Recent Posts from Brad Dickson

Editor, Writer, Content Producer, and Biologist originally from the Pacific Northwest. Managing Editor of Cheezburger, Lead Editor of Fail Blog, and Memebase. Long-time member of the site, contributing since 2016 on Geek Universe, Memebase, and Fail Blog. I joined Cheezburger in 2016, first running Geek Universe and then Memebase before finally settling on Fail Blog. At that point, Fail Blog was all about classic “fails,” and schadenfreude but has since become more about how the internet and its trends intersect with our lives and social experiences at home, out and about in the world, and in the workplace. In a sense: how society is failing us. I enjoy keeping up with our rapidly changing culture and technology. Writing, then, about how technology, the internet, and pop culture converge and how they influence (and are influenced by) current employment, economic, and workplace issues. Owing to my background in the sciences, I have grown particularly fond of exploring the impacts of science and technology on our lives, creativity, and productivity. I have an interest in and approximate knowledge of many things, but have a particular love for nature and the outdoors, which is great for getting outside and touching grass after spending most of the week online plugged into the internet. My favorite author is, and remains, J.R.R. Tolkien—unoriginally and unapologetically.

Brad Dickson

Minnesota land owner now faces a hefty lawsuit after selling off classic car bodies for $600 over 6 years ago, when the cars had already been left on the property by the previous owner for 8 years: 'I sold them for a whopping $600 in May of 2020'

Boss holds emergency meeting with all 100 staff demanding that responders to "anonymous" company survey reveal themselves on the spot, turning the ordeal into a humiliation ritual: 'The room was silent except for one new girl who raised her hand'

New-hire fast food worker told to stand in one place and not move, they comply, standing still and not helping customers for more than 30 minutes: 'I’m sorry, I would get that for you but I’m not allowed'

Employee quiet quits for 4 years straight, gets a raise and then promoted, they tell how they did it: 'I got a raise and a promotion'

Manager demands remote employee drive to the office on their 2nd day, forcing them to drive 90 minutes to the office 3 times a week for an RTO policy they weren't told about, they quit immediately instead : 'I thought he was joking. I laughed'

'Took a counteroffer 8 months ago. Don't do what I did...': Employee's warning to others about accepting counteroffers after their manager's verbal promise of a promotion never eventuates, and the company undergoes reorganization

CEO singles out employee during a company meeting and makes a mockery of their request for reimbursement of commute costs amid rising fuel costs and a hypocritical RTO policy: 'He works fully remotely and makes several million a year'

Barista new hire making $15 an hour at a small local Michigan coffee shop discovers that their boss has been keeping tips, which he insists is "to put into the business," and their coworker experienced retaliation when they confronted the boss about it

Manager demands employee charge customers 75 cents for tap water, employee makes sure customers know boss is responsible forcing him to face the customers himself: 'My boss acted like he'd invented modern economics'

Young worker, early 20s, quits family-owned landscaping job when the 70-year-old owner of the company, whom he has never met, begins sending him scathing emails with false claims: 'Needless to say I quit the next day'