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His face did that tight smile thing,&apos; they wrote.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/employee-starting-taking-lunch-during-meetings-to-take-revenge-fp-ex2</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T17:15:38.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Manager kept scheduling meetings during lunch break — so he started joining meetings with a burrito bowl and ate on camera</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/792098/uploads/9ff05480-0d6d-11f1-9336-a7e4edc0f5ed_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Manager kept scheduling meetings during lunch break — so he started joining meetings with a burrito bowl and ate on camera</image:title><image:caption>A survey 35,000 workers across 26 countries found that employees are only given 35 minutes of lunch break per day, if they have one at all.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/couple-tips-100-for-bad-service-as-they-could-relate-to-server-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-22T19:15:40.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Couple had the worst anniversary dinner of their lives, slow service, and a 40-minute wait for appetizers — but then left a $100 tip and a note</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/797788/uploads/dc958610-2f4d-11f1-b86e-03b162d007c6_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Couple had the worst anniversary dinner of their lives, slow service, and a 40-minute wait for appetizers — but then left a $100 tip and a note</image:title><image:caption>An Iowa couple decides to tip $100 despite the bad server because they know what it is like.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/company-hosts-employee-appreciation-day-only-to-share-bad-news-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T14:08:14.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Company threw its staff an Employee Appreciation Day with food and games — then the CEO announced a salary freeze in the middle of his speech</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/798563/uploads/fc6891e0-3339-11f1-8841-df03eb0fc8ec_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Company threw its staff an Employee Appreciation Day with food and games — then the CEO announced a salary freeze in the middle of his speech</image:title><image:caption>Company hosts &apos;Employee Appreciation Day&apos; but turns a celebration into an awkward disaster</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/wife-involves-cop-to-announce-pregnancy-to-hubby-fp-ex1</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T14:45:20.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Officer pulled over a childless man for driving without a car seat. 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His entire field of study is &apos;cuteness&apos;</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/805016/uploads/5d834c80-5b3b-11f1-aa0a-2d7ddffdddd8_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>This Tokyo professor has one of the world&apos;s most unusual PhDs. His entire field of study is &apos;cuteness&apos;</image:title><image:caption>Joshua Dale, a professor at Chou University in Tokyo, has one of the most unique PhD degrees in the world. The best part? He founded the new field.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/a-1983-video-of-a-widow-who-fed-strangers-for-2-75-just-resurfaced-those-who-couldnt-pay-ate-free</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-22T05:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>A 1983 video of a widow who fed strangers for $2.75 just resurfaced. Those who couldn&apos;t pay ate free</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/805750/uploads/5b871910-5ff6-11f1-86f1-116af6212af1_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>A 1983 video of a widow who fed strangers for $2.75 just resurfaced. Those who couldn&apos;t pay ate free</image:title><image:caption>In 1983, in a tiny mill town in Buffalo, South Carolina, a widow named Agatha Burgess used to spend her days cooking for anyone who stopped by her home.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/rome-students-kept-reporting-a-ruin-under-their-school-gym-for-six-years-nobody-listened-until-now</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-22T04:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Rome students kept reporting a ruin under their school gym for six years. 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Their angry note made things personal</image:title><image:caption>Many people have faced the nightmare of shared laundry rooms, but this person took it to another level. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/healthcare-company-fires-man-for-missing-work-after-dads-death-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-22T14:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>&apos;Compassionate healthcare&apos; company fired a man for missing training while his father died of Stage 4 cancer — his reply is something else</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807771/uploads/680a2230-6e11-11f1-a398-8b362bfb32a0_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>&apos;Compassionate healthcare&apos; company fired a man for missing training while his father died of Stage 4 cancer — his reply is something else</image:title><image:caption>A man was terminated from his job for not attending trainings because he was dealing with his father&apos;s Stage IV Renal Cancer, and making arrangements for the funeral.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-faces-two-years-jail-time-for-cleaning-up-a-river</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T05:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Thames Water dumps sewage in this river legally. He cleaned it up, now he faces jail</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807786/uploads/eae5bed0-6e20-11f1-b244-9554b3750cca_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Thames Water dumps sewage in this river legally. He cleaned it up, now he faces jail</image:title><image:caption>The government refused to fix a neglected waterway, so a lawyer and environmental campaigner, Paul Powlesland, brought the people together to do their job. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/wife-was-uninvited-to-friend-wedding-so-man-decided-to-skip-it-too-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-22T17:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Groom disinvited his best friend&apos;s wife 6 weeks before the wedding after she&apos;d booked flights, outfits, and PTO. His best friend had one thing to say</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807792/uploads/09e7c780-6e06-11f1-8050-37bac68756c4_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Groom disinvited his best friend&apos;s wife 6 weeks before the wedding after she&apos;d booked flights, outfits, and PTO. His best friend had one thing to say</image:title><image:caption>“I was honestly shocked. I told him that if my wife couldn&apos;t attend, then I wouldn&apos;t be attending either,” he said.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/simon-pegg-reads-apology-letter-to-penguins-by-tony-cross</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T00:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Someone finally apologized to the penguins. It&apos;s funny until it isn&apos;t</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807793/uploads/09a571e0-6e07-11f1-8050-37bac68756c4_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Someone finally apologized to the penguins. It&apos;s funny until it isn&apos;t</image:title><image:caption>Simon Pegg read an apology letter by Tony Cross from 2004 at the Letters Live event on Earth Day 2026 to bring attention to the &apos;Endangered&apos; species. Everyone realized the irony behind the comical narrative.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/entitled-mom-asked-passenger-in-wheelchair-to-switch-paid-seats-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-22T12:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Woman pre-boarded in a wheelchair after hip surgery — the entitled mom next to her still demanded the window seat she&apos;d paid for</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807816/uploads/430f8d50-6e14-11f1-9967-49f37a110e55_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Woman pre-boarded in a wheelchair after hip surgery — the entitled mom next to her still demanded the window seat she&apos;d paid for</image:title><image:caption>Despite pre-booking a wheelchair service and paying $50 for a window seat to avoid disruption, an &quot;entitled&quot; mom asked her to switch seats because she wanted to breast-feed her 10-week-old baby.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-stands-up-to-bullies-who-refused-to-move-away-from-her-seat-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-22T18:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Two large men tried to intimidate a petite, disabled woman into giving up her airline seat — her response had the entire cabin staring at them</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807820/uploads/c1666520-6e23-11f1-850c-614818ef61a3_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Two large men tried to intimidate a petite, disabled woman into giving up her airline seat — her response had the entire cabin staring at them</image:title><image:caption>Disabled woman whose seat was snatched by two bulky men employed an intelligent strategy to give them the taste of their own medicine </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/man-left-fiancee-after-seeing-how-she-spent-his-money-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T15:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Fiancée controlled every dollar he earned while she hid money in secret accounts — when he checked their bank statement, he called off the wedding</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807825/uploads/a1f12710-6e24-11f1-850c-614818ef61a3_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Fiancée controlled every dollar he earned while she hid money in secret accounts — when he checked their bank statement, he called off the wedding</image:title><image:caption>A man&apos;s fiancée controlled his hard-earned money and complained about how much he had to eat. A few months after moving in, he called off the wedding. </image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/woman-escaped-abusive-relationship-then-got-revenge-with-pokemon-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T19:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>She escaped an abusive relationship in the middle of the night — then got revenge by stealing her ex&apos;s prized shiny Pokémon and ghosting them</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807905/uploads/9f54fb80-6eec-11f1-be03-9f7c4eacee09_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>She escaped an abusive relationship in the middle of the night — then got revenge by stealing her ex&apos;s prized shiny Pokémon and ghosting them</image:title><image:caption>Woman stole her ex-girlfriend&apos;s favorite Pokemon who abused her when they were in a relationship.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/neighbor-tried-to-remove-120-year-old-orchid-but-regretted-it-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T18:15:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>His neighbor demanded he tear down his family&apos;s 120-year-old orchard — so he dug into her permits and handed her a $437,000 bill that bankrupted her</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807914/uploads/a598db00-6f24-11f1-9ee0-893f8a4268da_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>His neighbor demanded he tear down his family&apos;s 120-year-old orchard — so he dug into her permits and handed her a $437,000 bill that bankrupted her</image:title><image:caption>Newly arrived neighbor became determined to force his family to remove a 120-year-old orchard from their property, but ended up with a massive bill she couldn&apos;t afford to pay.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/wife-lies-to-husband-about-infertility-to-save-marriage-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T15:15:33.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>His wife said she wanted a big family — but after a year of trying, her husband discovers the secret she&apos;d been hiding since before they met</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807917/uploads/3cbbd5d0-6ecd-11f1-a161-e3773436f321_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>His wife said she wanted a big family — but after a year of trying, her husband discovers the secret she&apos;d been hiding since before they met</image:title><image:caption>A man considers ending his marriage after knowing his wife hid the fact that she might not conceive naturally.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/parents-give-away-daughters-room-to-son-without-informing-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T14:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Teen came home from college to find her room taken and her stuff in the attic — her dad had helped her pack up her dorm without saying a single word</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807956/uploads/2064d040-6ee5-11f1-a57d-af97295590df_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Teen came home from college to find her room taken and her stuff in the attic — her dad had helped her pack up her dorm without saying a single word</image:title><image:caption>Instead of staying over, the teenager left for her brother&apos;s house. Her parents called her a spoiled brat and said she couldn&apos;t return until she apologized.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/daughter-joked-about-dad-period-and-he-got-angry-she-insulted-him-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T13:50:30.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Her dad kept joking about women being moody on their periods — his daughter&apos;s instant reply left him tongue-tied in front of his friends</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807968/uploads/22295f70-6eec-11f1-be03-9f7c4eacee09_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Her dad kept joking about women being moody on their periods — his daughter&apos;s instant reply left him tongue-tied in front of his friends</image:title><image:caption>A woman shared how she turned her father&apos;s joke against himself, and got angry when the guests laughed at him.</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/employee-reports-illegal-rule-to-the-labor-board-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T16:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>Company put an illegal pay secrecy clause in the handbook — he photographed it, sent it to the Labor Board, and watched senior managers scramble</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807973/uploads/c27c14a0-6f04-11f1-b6bc-57aae2576635_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>Company put an illegal pay secrecy clause in the handbook — he photographed it, sent it to the Labor Board, and watched senior managers scramble</image:title><image:caption>The task force told employees that they could, in fact, talk about their pay and that the handbook had been &apos;revamped.&apos;</image:caption></image:image></url><url><loc>https://scoop.upworthy.com/grandson-received-all-of-grandma-assets-while-family-fights-over-it-fp</loc><news:news><news:publication><news:name>UPWORTHY</news:name><news:language>en</news:language></news:publication><news:publication_date>2026-06-23T17:45:00.000Z</news:publication_date><news:title>His family ignored grandmother for 20 years — then showed up at her funeral demanding the ranch and 7-figure estate she&apos;d left entirely to him</news:title></news:news><image:image><image:loc>https://d34zrgnx1tq8w.cloudfront.net/807974/uploads/7f155270-6ef6-11f1-b894-71e8036b3cac_1200_630.jpeg</image:loc><image:title>His family ignored grandmother for 20 years — then showed up at her funeral demanding the ranch and 7-figure estate she&apos;d left entirely to him</image:title><image:caption>The woman lived close to 100 before she passed away, but for years, her family ignored her, except for one grandson. At her funeral, the same family was fighting over the land and assets.</image:caption></image:image></url></urlset>