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Drawing boundaries with roommates is always more difficult than it seems. If you're a people pleaser like I am, you probably know what I'm talking about. Perhaps your roommate is overstepping or asking too much of you. Perhaps you want to say something and stand up for yourself, but you are also conflict-averse and have no desire to ruffle any feathers. Still, these confrontations are inevitable unless you plan to let people walk all over you for the rest of your life. That may sound overdramatic, but the truth of the matter is that once you let one person treat you that way, before you know it, this dynamic can become an unfortunate and irreparable pattern.

For this 24-year-old, she found herself in a situation where her roommate thought her jobless sister could move in without her expressed permission. Initially, it was supposed to last only a few days, but it gradually extended into weeks and beyond. When the author clocked that the sister wasn't exactly applying herself so she could get out of there and find her own place, she realized that she was going to have to be the one to put a stop to this breach of a personal boundary. Keep scrolling below to find out what transpired when the author insisted that the sister start paying rent!

That grating sound outside your cubicle isn't construction, nor is it your boss checking in for a mid-day touch base. It's your coworker, who, without knowing it, completely hijacks your attention any chance they get. Or maybe they do know it, and just don't care. Either way, the end result is the same: You've been chatting for over 20 minutes, and the client deck you promised to have on your boss's table by EOD is a deserted Microsoft PowerPoint landscape. The words on the pages are simply a mirage, and your coworker's fruitless anecdotes pull you out of your midday dissociative state. So much for leaving early…

We all have that one coworker. If you don't, I'm jealous of you. You might be that coworker… This is where self-awareness is key. If you're spending your day talking more than you're working, dig deeper. No one necessarily wants to look inward to find something annoying about themselves, but the key to getting better is admitting you have a problem, or so I've heard.

Here are some memes to send your coworker when they won't stop bothering you. They might want to get a few laughs out of you, but when they're done with these, they just might leave you alone for the rest of the day… 

Are all boss actually physically allergic to giving their employees a moment to rest, or is it just something that is in their nature? Where does the need to boss people around come from? (Pun not intended, surprisingly.)

We understand that managers want your employees to do as much work as possible while they are on the clock, because they are quite literally being paid to be there. But sometimes, especially in fields like retail, there truly is nothing to do. Why is it so wrong for employees to just… rest? Why must they busy themselves with meaningless tasks just in case the boss comes in and sees them looking hardworking and busy?

If we could have a focus group with a bunch of managers and ask them these questions, we would, just so we can listen to them attempt to logic their way out of their toxic leadership. But since we can't really do that, we might as well get a laugh out of bosses who realise their mistakes, like the one in the story below.

Employees who work in hospitality will never fail to amaze me. Even after bearing witness to countless entitled customers per day, they still somehow keep their heads on straight (albeit, with much friction, surely). Customer service isn't for the faint of heart—I worked in retail and restaurants for years until I realized my skin was not nearly as thick as it needed to be to keep my calm around the clock…

Hotel customers are a different beast. You're dealing with people, away from their homes, who believe that every staff member is their personal servant and must bow down to every request they throw their way. You'd think that every entitled customer grew up with a silver spoon in their mouth, but that can't be true…

The entitled mom in this next story complains to a hotel staff member that they should reopen the hotel pool at 10 pm, against the hotel rules, because her kids want to continue swimming. This employee does not mess around when it comes to entitled guests who think they're above it all, so they relay this information to their manager. Scroll below to see how entitlement wins, sometimes…