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Yes, I dropped out. Yes, he knows. Yes, he doesn&apos;t care. He has his degree, but respects that I took a different path,&quot; the woman wrote.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/boss-dismisses-workers-warning-on-store-layout-and-it-backfires-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-25T12:45:55.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boss dismissed worker’s concerns about the new store layout — then watched in horror as customers struggled to get inside</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/786397/uploads/02a58e40-ebce-11f0-93b9-ad3b3d50e589_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boss dismissed worker’s concerns about the new store layout — then watched in horror as customers struggled to get inside</image:title><image:caption>&quot;My beautiful shop floor is now a three foot high sea of shitty red plastic, with barely a single square foot of floor space to stand in.&quot;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-dined-and-dashed-on-applebees-120-meal-but-karma-caught-up-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-24T16:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman eating at Applebee’s dined and dashed on a $120 meal — until one mistake cost her 8x the price</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/786677/uploads/3c2467e0-ed54-11f0-8488-9d1457d8e371_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman eating at Applebee’s dined and dashed on a $120 meal — until one mistake cost her 8x the price</image:title><image:caption>The sheer amount of food being ordered made the waiter a little suspicious, but he didn&apos;t think her vibe was off, and so he let it go. &quot;She wasn&apos;t giving me that type of energy,&quot; 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What they revealed after graduation changed everything</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/boy-ate-lunch-alone-until-a-footballer-joined-and-it-changed-it-all-fpr-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-24T13:45:44.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Autistic boy ate lunch alone every day in school — then the college football star sat beside him, and everything changed overnight</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/789203/uploads/ceff4420-6304-11f0-abc0-6795d43b5daf_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Autistic boy ate lunch alone every day in school — then the college football star sat beside him, and everything changed overnight</image:title><image:caption>Sixth grader with autism was used to eating lunch alone until a football star sat next to him, and it started off a chain reaction.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/hoa-sends-formal-notice-over-owner-doing-rooftop-yoga-regret-it-fpr-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-25T15:15:09.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>HOA filed an ‘inappropriate public display’ complaint over a homeowner’s rooftop yoga — she made them regret it</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/789214/uploads/859bcd20-3e42-11f1-ac81-eb501540187b_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>HOA filed an ‘inappropriate public display’ complaint over a homeowner’s rooftop yoga — she made them regret it</image:title><image:caption>A homeowner&apos;s peaceful morning yoga practice under fire after neighbor files complaint with HOA!</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/manager-approved-new-policy-then-wrote-up-employee-for-enforcing-it-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-04-25T16:15:16.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Manager approves ridiculous new policy before writing up every employee for enforcing it. 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