Recent Posts from Ben Weiss

Ben Weiss is a New York-based writer/editor for the FAIL Blog team at Cheezburger. He holds an MFA from NYU Tisch and a BA from Northwestern University. His favorite topics to write about at Cheezburger are workplace drama, neighborhood feuds, celebrity news, and his greatest love of all, movies & television. Ben has also contributed to "Puppet Regime," a weekly political sketch comedy segment that airs on GZERO World with Ian Bremmer on PBS, for which he won a Telly Award for Best Online Comedy Series as part of the writing team. In his free time, Ben moonlights as a screenwriter and filmmaker. He was a semifinalist for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and a finalist for the Humanitas Comedy Fellowship. He worships at the altar of Nicole Kidman.

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Employee calls out male coworker "Jason" for claiming her work as his own, jeopardizing his relationship with their client

Maryland couple forced to front repayment of $5,600 for a $750 loan: 'If this had been explained clearly, there is no way [we] would’ve agreed to it'

60-year-old homebuyer blindsided by previous owner, who demands access to the backyard shed: 'These sheds can go for thousands of dollars'

Former employee wipes data from his work computer after discovering his replacement was offered the salary he wanted

Employee gets written up for going to his 2:00pm dentist appointment during working hours

Flight attendant refuses to entertain disruptive influencers on a domestic 5-hour flight by getting their beverage privileges revoked: 'There is a volume threshold in shared spaces'

Boston-based employee's remote status revoked, forced to come into a WeWork twice a week with no one from his company on site: 'No one from my team is within 500 miles!'

Homeowner gets even with gossiping neighbor by refusing to help jump-start her car, leaving her stranded: 'Some people only look out for themselves'

Hiring manager laughs in job candidate's face after he requests exact same salary range that was in the online posting: 'Yeah, that's not going to happen here, we were thinking more like $62k for someone at your level'

Employee spends $500 of his own money to throw coworker's going-away party, cancels the event because no one paid him back in time