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.

Ben Weiss

‘Who should be the next 007?’: Why James Bond traditionalists need to get over themselves

Employee forced to meet with HR because his "engagement score" dropped 7 points last quarter: 'This is about being graded by software that has no idea what my job is'

Delusional high school senior shows up to graduation in her own cap and gown despite failing out of school: 'The Dean of Students walks over and tells her [...] this area is for graduating students'

Employee calls out lazy coworker in public for constantly making other team members correct her mistakes: 'There is no “we” in this. She is going to fix her own problems'

Update: Boss denies employee's July PTO request because it aligns with her vacation, employee refuses to cancel her trip, finds better job at competitor

Florida tourist gets sued by Airbnb host for destruction of property after he discarded the hidden camera he found in the bedroom

Pennsylvania tenant calls out landlord for trying to sneak new clause into his lease renewal without approval: 'These companies count on you not reading [your lease]'

'I had such high hopes for this company, but now I just feel disgusted': Job candidate left stunned after business manager spends 95% of the interview bad-mouthing his coworkers and colleagues

'I wouldn’t sell her MY sandwich': Elderly woman throws a tantrum at cafeteria employee for refusing to give her the breakfast sandwich she made hours ago for herself

Pennsylvania warehouse employee reports safety issue, then gets job title quietly changed by HR as punishment: 'I never signed anything'