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'I'm cracking up at the audacity': Workers collaborate to humiliate boss in front of CEO after he takes away their lunch break

This boss was left with an embarrassing predicament, but he has no one to blame but himself. Employees who aren't hungry are better workers, that's just a fact . You probably know the feeling of skipping breakfast and feeling groggy all morning, only to wake up after your lunch break and power through the rest of your day. When you're hungry, you can get headaches or wooziness, which isn't going to help you focus on your work. If all you can do is daydream about hamburgers, you're not going to…
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'Pay increases are no longer based on merit': Employee decides to do the bare minimum after boss confirms her work quality won't result in a raise

'Pay increases are no longer based on merit': Employee decides to do the bare minimum after boss confirms her work quality won't result in a raise

Sometimes, employers do not do themselves any favors. If they want their employees to work hard and to continue to apply themselves with the hopes of a raise or a promotion, it's probably not a great idea to let them know that this is a fallacy and that pay increases at the company have absolutely nothing to do with quality, performance, and merit. On the other hand, perhaps this was the best piece of knowledge for this employee to gain in order to jumpstart the process of looking elsewhere for…
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'So I can come in at 3 AM?': Entitled hotel guest insists on checking in before he's allowed, requests to sleep in the parking lot

You can't just show up to a hotel and demand a room. That's not how anything works! But that doesn't stop some hotel guests from trying that anyway. Travel mishaps do happen, and many hospitality workers will go above and beyond to try and make their guests' stays as pleasant as possible. But sometimes guests ask for things that are so unreasonable that they really can't be helped. There are people like this guy, who was being helped by front desk worker u/SkwrlTail, who decided he wanted to ch…
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Boss begins demanding the tasks and videos employee had been contributing to go above and beyond their role, they stop doing it: 'A please and thank you would go a long way for my motivation'

Going above and beyond should earn you praise and commendation. Unfortunately, it's more likely that all it will do is increase expectations. Showing your superiors what is “possible” and setting a new baseline for yourself. When this worker went above and beyond in their contributions to their workplace, creating and sharing video content for
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Messy roommate gets what she deserves when she constantly leaves her fellow roomie's bathroom a mess, so the fellow roomie teaches her a well-deserved lesson with bleach

‘Very satisfying’: Woman is fed up when roommate leaves a recurring mess in her bathroom, so she cleans the space with bleach and indirectly ruins her roommate's clothes

The roommate was given three separate warnings... can't really blame the woman at this point.
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‘Okay, in that case, I quit!’: Top-notch hotel concierge is told staff doesn't get PTO even after working there for over a year, so he immediately turns in his 2-week notice

‘Okay, in that case, I quit!’: Top-notch hotel concierge is told staff doesn't get PTO even after working there for over a year, so he immediately turns in his 2-week notice

"They were, of course, unable to find adequate replacement..."
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Former chef gets even with lunch-stealing coworker by putting scorpion pepper powder in food: '[He] never stole anyone's lunch again'

Former chef gets even with lunch-stealing coworker by putting scorpion pepper powder in food: '[He] never stole anyone's lunch again'

Stealing someone's lunch at work is one of the most obvious signs that some people really do never grow out of middle school behavior. Thankfully, this employee, who also happened to be a former chef, knew how to get even with the problematic coworker in his place of work. First of all, the former chef was, unfortunately, an easy target for the lunch thief, considering how elaborate and over-the-top their lunches tended to be. However, despite valid suspicions, the employee still had no officia…
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‘I saw red’: Reckless truck driver nearly collides with a family's car, pushing them off the highway, bystander follows driver home and reports him

‘I saw red’: Reckless truck driver nearly collides with a family's car, pushing them off the highway, bystander follows driver home and reports him

Unfortunately, we've all encountered an extremely reckless driver at least once. While there is a lot wrong with people like that, the worst of it is that they never seem to comprehend that when they refuse to pay attention to the road around them, they are endangering not only themselves, but everyone around them. If you don't care about your own safety, that is on you, but once you involve other people, you have a responsibility you simply cannot ignore. When I am on the road, it feels me wit…
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Boss rewards frustrated worker for a job well done with more work and responsibility: 'You're salaried not hourly so there is no compensation increase'

There's no motivation in life like receiving a hard-earned reward—our brains are literally wired this way. When it comes to work, you might hope that that reward would be increased compensation that matches your increased contribution and efforts. But, unfortunately, at a lot of organizations, showing a willingness to take on more work is only showing that you're willing to be paid less for it, leaving you with more to do in the same amount of time with little to no increased compensation. Let'…
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20 jobs that are instant red flags for people seeking serious relationships: 'Stand up comedians [...] anything that happens in your relationship will be made public'

20 jobs that are instant red flags for people seeking serious relationships: 'Stand up comedians [...] anything that happens in your relationship will be made public'

Your potential partner's line of work is essential to your compatibility, regardless of whether or not people like to admit it. Sure, in theory, any two people should be able to make their relationship work if they get along. But let's be real here: if your partner works a job where you end up seeing far too little of them, love may not, in fact, conquer all. These Redditors shared the various forms of employment they feel are red flags for them, and as many folks in the comments section sugges…
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'I kept this up for the 4 hour flight': Passenger gets even after entitled seatmate takes up too much space on flight

'I kept this up for the 4 hour flight': Passenger gets even after entitled seatmate takes up too much space on flight

Who you end up sitting next to on a plane while traveling solo is truly a game of luck. Sometimes, you'll board the plane and the seat next to you will remain empty for 90% of the boarding process until some random annoying dude who was running late makes it onto the plane at the last minute. Other times, you're seated next to a screaming child who is on his very first flight. Here, we have a passenger who had to deal with an entitled seatmate. This guy quickly took over both armrests and encro…
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Nanny makes mother regret telling her not to parent her children, allowing the kids free reign before quitting on the spot: 'Don't try to parent my children!'

When you've been entrusted with the care of children, it's a little difficult to do your job without telling them what to do. Adult input to keep things moving in the right direction is essential to their safety and happiness, and it's kind of impossible to get anything done without it. With that considered, you'd be foolish, as the parent employing said child-carer, to tell that child-carer that they were unable to give your children instruction and “parent” them. As if—what? You just expect t…
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'My turn to share a response to a Karen's review': Restaurant server gets back at irate customer who posts long online rant about their dining experience

Getting to reply to your most irritating customer would be a dream come true for many food service workers. Normally if a customer complains about the service, the worker has to fetch their manager and let them handle it, or they have to meet the complaints with a smile and just let the insults roll off their shoulders. However, complaining in an online review leaves some room for creativity, as this server, u/human_ken_doll, found out. This waiter shared a lengthy “review” from a diner who was…
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'I wasn’t gonna let him win': Employee refuses to let boss keep picking on him, exposes his business negligence on his last day

'I wasn’t gonna let him win': Employee refuses to let boss keep picking on him, exposes his business negligence on his last day

Sometimes, bosses just decide out of nowhere that they don't like an employee. It's not based on work ethic. It's not based on morale or personality. They simply have chosen to have an enemy in the workplace to make matters more interesting and cutthroat for them. If you're unlucky, you may end up becoming that employee for your boss. When this happens, as it did to this Redditor , you have to keep reminding yourself that it's not you. Furthermore, if this treatment starts to get in the way of…
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New manager wants to be involved in everything, team swamps him with requests: 'We kept the manager so busy with emails we're all doing nothing'

Obsessive control over situations and circumstances does net results—and that's part of the problem. This early, immediate, and measurable success creates the validation necessary for managers—and really anyone in a position of authority—causing them to fall further and further into the pitfall that is micromanagement. Other than the fact that it ruins morale and generally makes everyone you're working with miserable, micromanagement presents some problems: namely, you'll reach a point, a limit…
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Man gets revenge on entitled roommates after months of them mooching off his food and throwing his groceries in the dumpster, he ends up on top

College roommates try to mooch off of man's food for months and throw his groceries in the dumpster as a ‘prank’, man returns the favor and gets their admission on tape

"I told them I'd take that recording to the dean if they didn't make things right."
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