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Tax season gets under all of our skins… There's something about money, the absence of it, and realizing how much money is taken out of our paychecks per year for miscellaneous reasons that has the potential to turn us all into crazy people. I'm not sure about you, but I struggle to open my banking app, let alone do my taxes. There are some things certain people just shouldn't see… I'm just a girl!

If you didn't know, there are plenty of loopholes that rich people use to somehow make more money off of spending more money, and that's usually due to write-offs and deductions on their taxable income for a number of reasons. They say that rich people stay rich because they know how to keep their money, and this is just one way of doing it.

Even still, deductions are only a wealthy person's thing. Anyone can receive deductions on their taxes, which results in fewer taxes being taken out of their income because their taxable income grows smaller. I know, I know. I'm probably explaining this more than poorly. Oh well, on with the program!

The employee who shares the story below explains that they were wrestling with a tax office over office lunch deductions. This tax office failed to provide them with the deduction because, in their eyes, the employee could've simply gone home and made lunch for themselves instead of grabbing lunch outside. There is one issue with this logic… and the employee hits the nail right on the head.

For a tax office, they sure didn't think this through. If the employee drives to and from work for lunch, then their mileage increases. Which means: more money spent. Which means: more deductions. Don't you just love when the universe straight-up refuses to let you down? I have yet to experience the same stroke of luck, but stories like these sure give me hope that the universe is on the little guy's side sometimes. Scroll to read the full story.

If you ever think you're having an absurd day, a customer service employee is probably having a more absurd one. It's true.

How many customer complaints do you think customer-facing employees receive each day? Surely, not every customer can be as dense and dull as some of the most foolish ones an employee might come across in their daily life. Still, there are also too many nonsensical entitled customer stories for the number to be few. So, what gives? Why are so many customers, especially in the restaurant industry, so clueless?

That's not why we're here today, friends. We're on a mission not to answer a question, but to entertain ourselves with boots-on-the-ground journalism from restaurant industry veterans who can't believe some people are real.

Picture this: You walk up to a bar and see a delicious, deep brown drink with some caramel-colored foam on top. The smooth aromatics emanating from the sweet liquid in the martini glass are so distinct, so inviting, that you just have to ask the bartender what it is.

"An espresso martini, would you like one?"

You're nervous about giving a direct answer, as you're unsure if you'll like the taste as much as you enjoy the smell.

"What the heck, sure."

As the bartender whips up a replica of the drink already sitting upon the wooden bar, your excitement increases. All of the anticipation better be worth it. The bartender then hands you the drink you sought after, and, in one sweeping motion, you take a sip.

Then, you spit it out.

"It tastes like coffee!"

Why, that's because it is coffee… espresso, to be exact. Silly you. Instead of admitting foolishness, you berate the bartender.

Now, you'd never do this in real life, likely because you aren't someone who seeks to make another person's life more difficult. However, that's exactly what goes down in this next story, which prompts a mass influx of other restaurant industry employees to share their most nonsensical customer complaints. Scroll below to read about the kind of customer who doesn't know that ketchup is made with tomatoes.