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This Redditor posted this on a subreddit that’s all about despising HOAs and all the drama that puts us through; like, life wasn’t already hard enough to have to worry about people doing crazy financial stuff in a random association on top of it. I thought the problems stopped when you owned a house, but it seems that they follow every group of people

‘I asked for invoices for the cash and he sent me one fake invoice dated a month before any of the cash withdrawals were even made’: HOA member withdraws $10.000 in cash without asking for permission, leaving them wondering what to do

Do we have to rebrand our lives now? Boundaries between work and personal life have become diffuse, to say the least.

‘Everyone is acting like this is cute and wholesome. I don’t want to do it’: Company asks employees to submit a video of their home-office setup for publicity

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Restaurant owners cut hardworking employees hours down from 48 hours a week to 32 hours a week so their lazy nephews can work more, get angry when he gets a 2nd job on the weekends

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A woman smiles while sitting on the couch, her coworker blurred in the background, looking away and smiling.

Colleagues go on work trip, employee falters when coworker demands to join them on 1 week solo trip afterwards: ‘I don’t see why I should spend my free time with them’

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Driver leaves fake note to entitled lady at a parking lot to mess with her after she took their parking spot: ‘Sorry, I bumped into your car’

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The thing is, we’re right in the middle of a profound change, so I don't think we can expect everything to be settled and working soon. We still have many things to adjust and change. At first, companies wer

‘If this building blew up in flames it would still be a far second to the least hectic day at my old job’: Ex-marketing employee resigns and gets a ‘simple office job’ to get away from stress

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Indiana tenant discovers their neighbor's air conditioning unit is wired to their residence, and they’ve been paying for their neighbor's AC costs after they call a technician to investigate: ‘My bill will end up being $700, which is 5x more than normal’

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Mother of the groom doesn’t like his fiancée, so she doesn’t want to invite her to her 70th birthday trip, as she alleges she doesn’t know her enough: ‘My wife isn't invited, so I've essentially said I won't go, as I feel she should have been invited’

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Front desk employee tries to resolve a wrong reservation date for a hotel guest, but everyone is useless: ‘I told him that he was the most useless person I've ever spoken to, and that I hoped he had the day he deserved’

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Boss continually contacts employee after work hours with non-emergency asks: 'I'm muting her number going forward'

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Company gets rid of evening security guard, then demands last employee to leave to take care of closing duties, employee refuses: ‘I'm leaving at 5 from now on’

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Ohio neighbor throws a tantrum over homeowner's tree branches crossing the fence, complains and cuts them off, then reveals he's been trimming them himself for 20 years: ‘He never reached out’

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Baseball fan refuses to buy cheap MLB tickets and sit in more expensive seats, despite her boyfriend's encouragement: 'To me it seems like stealing.'

this teacher took things a step further when their micromanaging new director revoked their health insurance despite their 10-year-long service to the organization and their specialized skills.

Specialist Teacher "sneaky quits," vanishes before the next school term after 10 years in their role when micromanaging new Director revokes their health insurance—they move 2000 miles before Director notices their 120-day absence: 'I just didn’t show up'

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Entitled neighbor with an artist complex trespasses on private property, leaves her trashy sculpture in someone else's lawn, and gets offended when the house owner throws it away

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Dad tells daughter that he can't be taking that many things to college, but she thinks she's taking just the necessities, but her dad still says she could take less: 'I can't take less stuff without losing things I need to genuinely survive in college.'

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Boss's assistant demands employee stop over-documenting, employee proves they followed her exact instructions, boss takes employee's side: ‘She is getting what she asked for’

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Employee that is leaving the company gets tired of the new trainee disregarding everything he says and teaches, as she doesn't believe it's important: 'The new associate said she wasn't going to follow what I was telling her because I'm not her manager.'

An older boss rubs his temple in frustration as he looks at his phone.

New hire replies to future colleague's email about offer letter, gets chastised by boss for sharing salary details: 'You shouldn’t handle work this way'