emmyward's avatar

Emmy Pratt

I sell houses that don't exist to men who were never born
Emmy has been a Writer and Editor for Memebase since June of 2022, but her fascination with memes and online culture has lasted all her life. Since she was 12 years old, she's been scrounging Twitter for the latest discourse and scoping out super-specific memes to send to her friends and loved ones. She spent 8 hours a day on Tumblr in 2012, and that training has gotten her to where she is today. Prior to working at Cheezburger, she's been published in TV Insider and The Broadway Beat. Prior non-writing job titles include Library Security Guard, Dog Bakery Employee, and High School Dragon Mascot. The meme industry has been the one that stuck. Emmy earned her degree in English from The Ohio State University, where she was the President of the school's historic humor magazine and not-yet historic sketch comedy troupe.
The superintendent hands you the keys to your new apartment, which you have to pay for, even though you work for the apartment complex

Apartment complex gives employees the 'benefit' of taking their rent directly out of their paycheck: 'That's not a benefit, that's just paying rent.'
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt
Employee looks annoyed while listening to his coworkers talking about how they spend their money.

Employee complains about how his coworkers spend their money: 'He complained to our bosses about me going to concerts. We got told that we couldn’t brag about any extra expenses.'
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt
The boss hosts a mandatory virtual happy hour that all of his employees hate with a fiery passion.

Boss mandates a virtual Happy Hour with remote employees every Friday at 4 PM: 'It is not even remotely optional.'
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt
Old man in grocery store criticizing employee for the dirty bathrooms

South Carolinian complains that Gen Z grocery store employee is not friendly enough for him: 'Are you from up North? Down here, we're friendly."
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt
An overly confident young employee strolls into a meeting to ask his boss for a 50% raise.

Gen Z employee demands a 50% raise after 1 year of work, requests meeting with CEO after his manager says no: 'He informed me that he deserves a $41K bump.'
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt
A map of the area surrounding Dallas with a red square around land outside of Plano Texas

Texan real estate agent boasts that town outside of Dallas has the best real estate in the world because it has more HOAs than anywhere on Earth: 'Current entry price is $1.2 million.'
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt
Two roommates are sitting on the couch together, watching TV.

22-year-old forces roommate to hide from her parents because they think she's living alone: 'Are her parents paying her rent? Is she pocketing your rent?'
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt
A hotel chef cooks breakfast after telling her coworker all about her terribly tragic life.

Hotel cook constantly trauma dumps and complains to her 32-year-old coworker, whom she barely knows: 'I'm truly sorry that you've had so much tragedy in your life, but I do not have the tools to help.'
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt
Frustrated employee finally tells his coworker exactly what he thinks of his little “jokes.”

Employee snaps at coworker for texting jokes in the company group chat: 'Josh, shut up and let me do my job.'
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt
A teacher teaches her class moments after getting passed up for a promotion.

School principal tells teacher she didn't get a promotion in the school hallway: 'In front of the students, whispering, as other classes walked by. I then had to continue to teach for the rest of the day.'
Author image for Emmy Pratt Emmy Pratt