joanzzz

Bringing fictional stories to life through meaningful lessons.

[sharrrp @Sakuraharutoyut]

とある大型商業施設で。
妻は妊娠中でもうお腹が大きいこともあり、優先スペースに車を停めさせてもらったのですが
車を停めて降りた時に一人の男が近づいて来て
「ここに停めていいんですか？」と言ってきた
なんでそんな事聞くのか聞いたら
「いや、あなたがこのスペースに停めて良いのかと思って」と言ってくる

[Ebun @kenkenlewu]

This guy in my office asked my female colleague out, but she told him she wasn't interested.

So, the guy stopped paying for her daily lunch of ₦3,000.

Yesterday, when they brought food, the food seller told him, "Sir, your bill is ₦8,000 today. Miss... asked me to add extra meat."

The guy replied, "No, she will be paying for her food. I'll send my own ₦3,000."

My colleague heard him and got angry.

"Because of the ₦3,000 food you always pay for me, calculate the money sef! Nonsense!"

The guy actually calculated everything.

He said he had been paying for her food since August. When he added everything up, it came to ₦312,000.

Out of anger, my colleague transferred ₦350,000 to him before we closed yesterday.

Guess who sent me a message around 6 a.m. this morning?

My female colleague!

She needs ₦20k to sustain her until the end of the month.

Apparently, she borrowed the ₦350,000 from OPay yesterday just to pay the guy back.

[✦ 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞 ✦ @teeteesunflower]

Years ago, I was a bridesmaid in a friend’s wedding. I was the only black girl in the bridal party and had never had my makeup done professionally. I didn’t want to be the oddball, so I joined everyone else in paying for the artist . I was already cautious and made sure the bride sent the artist my picture and my foundation shades for a few brands. When I sat down, she had nothing that matched my shade range nor undertones. I got up and immediately left the room to grab my makeup bag.

[✦ 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞 ✦ @teeteesunflower]

I celebrate the wins so much,
but I am in no way settled.
There is so much work to do.
So many wrongs to right.
I don’t want to let down my guard or forget what so many people went through, and are STILL going through to get here.

Thank you, Friends both near and far,
for standing with me through this.
At home, and across the oceans.
What a hard road…
I’m crying my millionth tear tonight thinking about how much it has mattered to know that I was never alone in caring about it.

[✦ 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞 ✦ @teeteesunflower]

I want for the things that I said mattered to me - Honesty, integrity, loving my neighbor, to always matter to me no matter who is in power.
No matter how I feel threatened.

I want to keep fighting for a world where we love our neighbors; Even the ones who are nothing like us.

I want to stand on the truth no matter who isn’t.

It was never just about politics for me.
It was about the kind of world I want my children and grandchildren to live in.

[✦ 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐥𝐞 ✦ @teeteesunflower]

Now that there is so much good news and relief happening every day, I feel like I have enough emotional space to sit and contemplate.

I cannot even tell you how many prayers I’ve prayed and tears I’ve cried in these last two years; The nights without sleep…
To now have it turned around so massively and abruptly feels both wonderful and strange,
and I keep reminding myself to not forget all I’ve learned.

I want to be a good steward of the lesson.

[Neezrer @Neezrer]

The ONLY people who want you to stay after finding out someone cheated on you are the ones who’ve stayed themselves lmaooo like why I gotta be dumb bc you were??

[Oyinkansola🎀💐 @Oyinkansol73072]

@IfyG_ifeanyi Imagine being the newest employee and accidentally becoming the reason the hospital has a pizza surplus. What happened when the operations manager saw him?

[Ifeanyichukwu @IfyG_ifeanyi]

Our student nurse was asked to order pizza for Friday’s all-hands meeting.

50 pizzas.

He ordered 50 party packs by mistake. Ten pizzas per pack.

He was the newest on the team, so he got the job.

At 12:05pm, a van pulled up at the staff entrance. Then another. Then five more.

500 pizzas. $5,500. Already paid on the hospital account.

The head of operations came down to the loading dock and saw boxes stacked to the ceiling. 

[osita @osita9401]

@golddfrm Imagine fining someone for helping their recovering mother. Some HOA boards really need to learn their limits.

[レン|恋❤️ @takesan67694478]

@sangminyu3 連絡が減ることより、関係を良くしようとする姿勢がなくなる方がつらいですよね😌
ただ、忙しさや疲れもあるので、決めつけずに一度ちゃんと話したいですね。

[kelly @kellytheboss7]

My brother's wife stood up at Sunday lunch and thanked me for buying her a twelve hundred pound laptop, and I had never bought her a single thing.
Tansy held the box up for a photo.
The whole table started clapping.
I opened my banking app under the table and saw the payment had gone out on

[ハル ｜ 疲れない人間関係の言語化 @Joenguyen90]

派遣営業「〇〇さん、来月からの更新契約書持ってきました。あ、ひとつ変更点があって、これまで月1万5千円出てた交通費が来月から支給なしになります」

私「えっ、契約満了の4日前にですか。時給も据え置きなのに交通費1万5千円が消えたら、実質的な減給になってしまいます」

派遣営業「派遣先の予算削減なんですよ。どうしてもって言うなら、来月からは他の方にお願いするしかないですね」

私「派遣法で交通費や均等・均衡待遇が義務付けられていますよね。4日前に『飲めないなら終了』はあまりに一方的です」

派遣営業「業界ではよくある話ですよ。文句言われても予算がないものは出ません」

私「それでも契約条件の根幹に関わる変更です。このままサインはできません！」

派遣営業「今日中にサインしないなら更新枠は別の人に回すぞ！いいんだな！」・・・

[osita @osita9401]

After dinner, my wife came out of the shower wrapped in a towel. I had been thinking about something all evening, and I finally decided to tell her.

“Baby, promise you won't get angry.”

She looked at me suspiciously. “What is it?”

I moved closer and whispered, “I've been fantasizing about inviting another man into our bedroom.”

Her smile disappeared. She stared at me, clearly shocked.

“Are you seriously asking me to share my husband with another woman... or another man?”

I swallowed hard. “I'm talking about another man joining us.”

[htest(오늘도 행복하자) @htest001]

웨어러블 밴드가 측정하는 심장 박동과 수면 리듬, 위치 정보가 어디로 전송되는지 알고 계신가요. 무심코 누른 헬스 앱의 '전체 동의'는 내 최고 등급 민감 건강 정보를 마케팅용으로 넘깁니다.

내 신체 데이터를 안전하게 지키고 불필요한 접근을 막는 5단계 권한 회수법을 아래 타래에서 지금 살펴보세요.

[Busola Onikeeki @Busolaonicake]

年末の大掃除をするために、私たちは家事代行サービスをお願いした。
予約した時間は午前9時。
ところが、スタッフの女性が到着したのは10時近くだった。
遅刻については特に気にしていなかった。年末はどこも忙しいし、交通事情だってある。
ただ、玄関を開けた瞬間、彼女の顔を見て少し驚いた。
目が真っ赤で、何度も申し訳なさそうに頭を下げていた。
「本当にすみません。途中で家族から連絡があって……祖母が亡くなったそうなんです。会社には休みたいと伝えたんですが、人が足りないから行ってくれと言われてしまって」

[Mrs Ril🥀💍 @MrsRilzk]

The school principal transferred our daughter to a completely different school without our permission simply because she discovered we had purchased a house outside the school district. What made it worse was that we hadn’t even moved into the new house yet. We were still renovating it, and our daughter was supposed to finish the school year at the school she had been attending for years.

My wife and I were furious, especially when we discovered that the principal had taken it upon herself to make decisions about our daughter’s education without even discussing them with us.

Me: I received an email from the school this morning saying our daughter’s enrollment had been transferred to another school. Have you seen it?

Wife: What? Transferred? To where?

Me: Apparently, the school she’s been assigned to is the one serving the district where our new house is located.

Wife: But we haven’t moved there. We’re still renovating the place. We haven’t even decided when we’re moving.

Me: Exactly. So I called the school to find out what was going on.

Wife: And what did they say?

Me: The secretary told me the principal had already submitted the paperwork. Apparently, she was informed that we had purchased a property outside the current school district.

Wife: Who informed her? And why is our house purchase suddenly the school’s business?

Me: That’s exactly what I asked.

I decided to call the principal directly. She answered after a few rings.

Principal: Hello, this is Principal Harris.

[joanzzz @joanzimugha]

「食事なんて、点滴でいいよ」と言っていた夫が、台所で泣いていた。

結婚して五年目。夫は口ぐせのように「食べ物に興味ない」と言う人だった。
私は毎晩、栄養と彩りを考えて、ごはんを作っていた。

その週、私はインフルエンザで寝込んだ。
熱は三十九度。三日間、台所に立てなかった。

「何か食べる?」と夫が聞いた。
「お粥が食べたい」
「分かった。作る」

三十分後、夫が運んできたお粥は、水っぽくて、塩の味しかしなかった。
「ごめん。味、しないよな」
「ううん、ありがとう」

私は文句を言わなかった。ただ、全部食べた。

その夜、夫は台所で、スマホを見ながらずっと何かを調べていた。

四日目の朝、熱が下がった。
台所へ行くと、冷蔵庫の扉に、メモが貼ってあった。
「出汁は昆布から。卵は最後に入れる。ネギは多めに」
その下に、夫の字で、三日分の記録があった。
「一日目 水が多すぎ。二日目 塩が多すぎ。三日目 まだ足りない」

テーブルの上には、湯気の立つ土鍋があった。
夫が、小さな声で言った。
「毎日、これを考えてたんだよな」
「うん」
「俺、点滴でいいって言ってた」
夫の目は、赤かった。
「あれ、取り消す。今日から、洗い物は全部俺がやる」

土鍋のお粥は、ちゃんと、出汁の味がした。

[Busola Onikeeki @Busolaonicake]

友人たちが、私の知らないところで集まるようになっていたことに気づいたのは、何気ない会話がきっかけだった。
大学時代から仲のいい友人が5人いる。卒業してからも定期的に連絡を取り合い、誰かの誕生日には集まり、悩みがあれば相談する。少なくとも私は、そういう関係だと思っていた。
ところが最近、グループLINEにメッセージを送っても返事が遅くなり、週末の予定を聞いても「まだ決まってない」と言われることが増えた。
ある日、友人の一人がスマホで旅行の写真を見せてくれた。画面をスクロールした瞬間、見覚えのある友人たちが温泉旅館で楽しそうに笑っている写真が出てきた。
「これ、いつ行ったの？」

[katyana @katyanahh]

My mother-in-law invited me to her house for lunch and insisted that I come without her son.

I thought she wanted us to become closer because our relationship had been difficult since the wedding.

After lunch, she placed an envelope containing KSh 500,000 on the table and said, "Take this money, leave my son, and never tell him we had this conversation."

I laughed because I thought she was joking.

Then she showed me a photograph that made me stop smiling.