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'I offer $55k over asking price [on a different house]': Snobby realtor loses $10,000+ on a sale after underestimating a female executive's net worth

It's 2024 and there's still a wage gap between men and women. Although bigotry in the workplace is no surprise anymore, you'd think that out in the purchasing world, money would speak louder than gender. However, in our next tale, a chauvinistic realtor shoves his foot in his mouth after assuming a woman's financial capability... And no amount of fresh-baked cookies, commission incentives, or low-interest rates could change her mind after that blunder.
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'They have sent out 5 different reps to see us...to be greeted by me dressed in a chicken suit': Workplace bands together to stop telemarketers with creative tactics

This dude is the kind of coworker we all dream of having: he's not afraid to push the limits , and he is hilarious while doing so. This is a story about telemarketing calls that would not stop. Perhaps you yourself are familiar with telemarketers. They were incessant during the 1990s and early 2000s: it was common to receive call after call during dinner time. You and your family would be sat around the table eating a chicken dinner, only for a random number to call and start asking questions.…
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'Is it ok if I fire you?': Boss fires employee for being late, then surprises them with offer

'Is it ok if I fire you?': Boss fires employee for being late, then surprises them with offer

If you're late, you're late — and your boss might not care about your excuses. A baffling thing that some people do is tell you that there are no excuses for your actions. Then, they still want you to explain yourself. So the conversation will start by your boss demanding to know why you're late. You then say that you were late because you had car trouble , or perhaps your nanny cancelled last minute, or any other good reason for not being on time. Even the best employees in the world won't mak…
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20+ Misleading packaging and items that overpromised and failed to deliver

Managing people's expectations is one of the most important parts of any communication around service delivery. The last thing you want to do is overpromise and then not deliver on the expectations that you have set for yourself. Underdelivering on expectations will always end up with people being disappointed—regardless of if it's a business or personal relationship. It's far easier to set realistic expectations in the first place and then win them over when you exceed that just-average level…
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'My boss snubbed me after I saved the company $45,000' : Boss refuses to promote burnt out employee despite increased profit margins, leads to malicious compliance, boss gets made redundant

'My boss snubbed me after I saved the company $45,000' : Boss refuses to promote burnt out employee despite increased profit margins, leads to malicious compliance, boss gets made redundant

Managers often have the tendency of getting employees to jump through hoops in hopes of getting promoted, then don't end up delivering. This employee did so much extra work that she actually saved the company $45,000, but alas, she was told she was still not ‘deserving’ of a promotion. In other words, even if you do a good job, it's not good enough. Fed up, OP decided enough was enough, because if the company was saving $45,000 but still couldn't ‘afford to give OP a raise’, then why bother put…
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father trying to pass out flyers about his new navigation app at a boating convention keeps geting ignored, this makes his daughter heartbroken so she posts a tiktok video asking for help, his business explodes in popularity and is now the #1 navigation app

'He's worked so hard on it': Daughter helps blow up her father's new business by posting a TikTok asking viewers to give her hardworking dad a chance

Argo Navigation is a free app for boaters for them to connect, share local boating knowledge, and discover/ get directions to new destinations. It was created by a lifelong boater, but you probably wouldn't have heard about any of this if you weren't already a very intense boater. You would have to be searching for this specific app to find it. Marketing is hard, however, this app creator had a secret marketing weapon he didn't even know he had. He had his Gen Z daughter. While at a boating con…
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Person gives the facts to Multi-Level Marketing scammer, but they double down

MLM Hun Gets the Facts, Won't Accept Them

Hopefully some day they'll turn around.
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A collection of the "next big things" that ended up totally flopping.

Hyped Up Things That Totally Flopped

Sometimes expectations get crushed by reality.
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Twitter Brands Pore Over Weetabix's Bean Drama

How did we get here as a society?
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Entitled influencer's obsessed dad gets involved in contest and ruins project | Posted by u/EstamelTharchon 3 days ago an obsessed parent can lose biggest client Long told this story all my friends, and suppose 's time share with developer at an $agency. Our biggest client at time bank. Apparently, banks our area have huge hard-on raffles, giveaways, and similar marketing tricks get new accounts opened. Better yet, they are constantly trying one-up each other, which is great marketing/developer

Entitled Influencer's Dad Disputes Contest, Ruins Entire Project

Great work, guy.
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Tumblr Users Trade Unconfirmed Facts About Soda And Carrier Pigeons

Well that's enough learnin for this month.
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Batman Begins movie trailer presenting it as a romantic comedy

ABC Family Markets Batman Begins As Light-Hearted Romance

Literally seems like a parody promo.
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Employees Forced To Listen To Terrible Corporate Concert

The level of cringe is to the moon and back.
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Products that are more expensive and somehow worse | lunari_moonari 30.2k points 18 hours ago Cable television. More commercials, channels upon channels crap, ridiculous billI.

Stuff That's Getting More Expensive and Somehow Worse

How did they manage that?
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The Devil on Price is Right.

The Devil on Price is Right

Honestly this is better with no context.
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Loopholes clever people used to save money | West Virginia there law waived taxes automobile title transfers between parents and children friend wanted buy car his uncle. So uncle sold car his father who then sold his other son who sold his own son, my friend. Three transactions. Zero taxes.

Loopholes That Clever Folks Exploited

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