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One detail on the receipt made women say ‘good riddance’</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814281/uploads/eabe01b0-9bb6-11f1-ad0e-854c7ac1dbb8_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>She dumped him after a ‘failed flower delivery,’ despite him planning every date. One detail on the receipt made women say ‘good riddance’</image:title><image:caption>After meeting through her sister, a woman and her new boyfriend quickly hit it off. He planned elaborate dates, hosted a Fourth of July fireworks show and made an effort to get to know her family. But then, she started noticing things that didn&apos;t add up.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/oklahoma-woman-fined-50-a-week-for-window-ac-in-summer-heat-fpsn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-21T14:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Oklahoma HOA fines woman $50 a week for using a window AC during a 109° summer. Their objection? It doesn’t &apos;align&apos; with the window</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814301/uploads/86bcf050-9bd3-11f1-8721-2b434410b23b_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Oklahoma HOA fines woman $50 a week for using a window AC during a 109° summer. Their objection? It doesn’t &apos;align&apos; with the window</image:title><image:caption>The ordeal started last summer, when the blistering temperatures led to Deak&apos;s HVAC system exploding. Given the unforgiving Oklahoma heat, Deak couldn&apos;t wait until a new system arrived so she set up a portable window AC unit as a makeshift solution. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/company-rejected-candidate-but-kept-code-written-during-interview-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-22T16:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Candidate completes 11 technical interviews and a week-long project. Company rejects him — then asks how to fix the code it kept</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814388/uploads/3788d810-9c5e-11f1-99d7-37120729f45d_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Candidate completes 11 technical interviews and a week-long project. Company rejects him — then asks how to fix the code it kept</image:title><image:caption>A candidate went through 11 technical interviews for a role, only to be rejected. The company reportedly used some of his interview work in its codebase. Then, after rejecting him, they contacted him again to ask for help fixing that same code. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-paid-investigator-10-000-to-crash-funeral-to-expose-best-friend-sn-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-22T16:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Terminally ill man caught his best friend flirting with his wife — so he paid an investigator $10,000 to expose him at the funeral</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814393/uploads/70a3c860-9d37-11f1-9773-cb17222fb7b5_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Terminally ill man caught his best friend flirting with his wife — so he paid an investigator $10,000 to expose him at the funeral</image:title><image:caption>Bill Edgar joked to his terminally ill friend, &quot;I can always crash your funeral for you,&quot; when the latter revealed his best friend had been flirting with his wife while he was on his deathbed. That was just the beginning of the Coffin Confessor.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/she-checked-his-co-workers-beli-account-and-found-hes-cheating-sn-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-22T13:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>She got suspicious when her boyfriend stopped posting work dinners on Beli. Photos on his new coworker’s profile showed why </news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814400/uploads/997a1840-9c6d-11f1-91d5-59b13d578204_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>She got suspicious when her boyfriend stopped posting work dinners on Beli. Photos on his new coworker’s profile showed why </image:title><image:caption>When a co-worker joined his team, Lenny got a hunch that something was wrong. Her instincts proved correct after she stumbled upon a set of photos that his co-worker had posted on the Beli App.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-lost-200-pounds-and-got-banned-at-work-thanks-to-ai-sn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-21T17:00:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Florida man gets banned from work after 200-pound weightloss — all because AI failed to recognize him</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814413/uploads/ffeb5be0-9d38-11f1-b2ad-6d675e2b727c_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Florida man gets banned from work after 200-pound weightloss — all because AI failed to recognize him</image:title><image:caption>When Sergio Lavya returned to his rideshare driving job, the company&apos;s facial-recognition system apparently failed to recognize him, leaving him unable to access his account.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/company-auctioned-persons-storage-unit-without-his-knowledge-fpsn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-21T18:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>He found his grandpa’s tools gone after a storage company ‘glitch’ auctioned $14000 worth of family keepsakes. Their solution? A $200 gift card</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814414/uploads/e58938c0-9d61-11f1-a5a3-31877d351619_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>He found his grandpa’s tools gone after a storage company ‘glitch’ auctioned $14000 worth of family keepsakes. Their solution? A $200 gift card</image:title><image:caption>A person wanted to keep his heirlooms safe during a home renovation inside a storage unit, which contained approximately $14,000 worth of their grandfather&apos;s belongings. But they learned it had been auctioned off for just $420. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/olivia-rodrigo-gave-a-college-student-5-000-to-pay-for-her-fees</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-22T05:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Olivia Rodrigo saw video of first-generation student struggling to pay tuition and quietly sent her $5,000</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814424/uploads/c36cc0a0-9c7f-11f1-834e-2b223d7d63d1_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Olivia Rodrigo saw video of first-generation student struggling to pay tuition and quietly sent her $5,000</image:title><image:caption>Causey just wanted to be open about her struggles and her journey as a first-generation college student. Millions of people related to her in this clip, including Rodrigo, who then initiated a private conversation with Causey. She told her that she felt li</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/bf-breaks-up-with-gf-because-she-joined-all-womens-gym-sn-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-22T17:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boyfriend of 7 years dumped her, saying she’d &apos;be happier with a woman.&apos; The reason? She joined a female-only gym</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814432/uploads/6871afd0-9d33-11f1-9773-cb17222fb7b5_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boyfriend of 7 years dumped her, saying she’d &apos;be happier with a woman.&apos; The reason? She joined a female-only gym</image:title><image:caption>Elana Schmidt&apos;s boyfriend broke up with her because she joined an all-women&apos;s gym and followed female fitness influencers on social media. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-discovers-man-she-was-dating-had-a-live-in-girlfreind-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-22T15:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Boyfriend accused her of ruining their relationship by questioning what he did on weekends. One search led her straight to his live-in girlfriend</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814435/uploads/72edc000-9c95-11f1-a639-954395a3c0eb_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Boyfriend accused her of ruining their relationship by questioning what he did on weekends. One search led her straight to his live-in girlfriend</image:title><image:caption>As they began discussing the possibility of a serious relationship, they agreed to be exclusive. But soon enough, little red flags started popping up, one being his text messages.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-regrets-dismissing-boyfriends-cheating-rumors-after-exs-receipts-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-21T13:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman dismissed cheating rumors after her boyfriend &apos;confronted&apos; his ex over text — then learned who had been waiting outside his house that night</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814440/uploads/029b0c60-9d56-11f1-a13d-9d819abf0fdf_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman dismissed cheating rumors after her boyfriend &apos;confronted&apos; his ex over text — then learned who had been waiting outside his house that night</image:title><image:caption>Back home after a bizarre encounter at a beach festival, Venegas received an alarming call from someone close, claiming her boyfriend had been with his ex. Although he brushed it off as a desperate ex trying for attention, he&apos;d regret it very soon.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/vet-appointment-for-dog-turns-out-to-be-cure-for-4-siblings-lyme-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-21T15:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>4 siblings went nearly a decade without a diagnosis — until their vet diagnosed the family dog within days and gave them the missing clue</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814507/uploads/ac6cb630-9d56-11f1-a13d-9d819abf0fdf_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>4 siblings went nearly a decade without a diagnosis — until their vet diagnosed the family dog within days and gave them the missing clue</image:title><image:caption>Makalea recalls spending most of her teenage years battling unusual pains. She would pull ticks off herself, but never realized why they were there in the first place.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/her-date-called-her-job-easy-but-what-he-did-for-work-made-it-ironic-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-21T14:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Anesthesiologist finished a brutal shift before a date only for him to call her job &apos;easy.&apos; When she found what he did for work — the irony was strong</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814513/uploads/4378ae20-9d21-11f1-b291-39b95b0f2bf0_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Anesthesiologist finished a brutal shift before a date only for him to call her job &apos;easy.&apos; When she found what he did for work — the irony was strong</image:title><image:caption>Dr. Pao Perez was hoping her Hinge date would be the downtime she was looking forward to. But her date turned out to be a major red flag, essentially saying that she gets paid a lot of money &quot;just to sit there and do nothing.&quot;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/candy-store-photo-revealed-cheating-man-with-pregnant-women-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-21T16:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Alabama candy store unknowingly posted a photo of a man with his pregnant mistress — only for his wife to show up in the comments</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814524/uploads/8affd130-9d33-11f1-9773-cb17222fb7b5_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Alabama candy store unknowingly posted a photo of a man with his pregnant mistress — only for his wife to show up in the comments</image:title><image:caption>Of all the photos that the candy store could have posted, they selected the photo of this man and unknowingly busted him.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-finds-buried-vhs-tapes-while-digging-and-the-content-is-insane-sn</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-08-22T18:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Man dug a hole to plant a tree and uncovered a stash of buried VHS tapes. Now everyone wants to know what’s on them</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/814537/uploads/11da5aa0-9d60-11f1-a5a3-31877d351619_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Man dug a hole to plant a tree and uncovered a stash of buried VHS tapes. Now everyone wants to know what’s on them</image:title><image:caption>What began as an ordinary afternoon chore for an arborist homeowner quickly turned into an archaeological dig. Finding a bunch of worn-out VHS tapes was only half the mystery, as the bizarre find soon turned into quite the hilarious situation.</image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>