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IT employee takes management role for better pay and career growth, realizes he hates managing people and wants his old position back: ‘Dealing with egos, pointless arguments’

Are we policing what people do with their free time now? Should extremely tired moms make even their free time productive? I’m going to preface this piece by saying I don’t agree with either the husband or the commentators in this post. I thought my point of view would be the most obvious,

Man dismisses his wife’s feelings as social-media influence: ‘If I ever try to bring up something to him that might be bothering me, he will often question whether I actually feel that way or if I found it on TikTok’

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Some people need clearer boundaries to understand rejection It’s ok; not all of us understand things so quickly. Some of us need very clear words and actions to get the message. Of course, I’m being sarcastic here;

‘He said, “You feel different today,” and asked me to go for a walk. I said I had work, but he literally shut my laptop and made me come’: Woman wonders how to stop her ‘overly friendly’ coworker’s advances

A woman in a white coat and lab glasses works on a machine.

Lab company eliminates holiday pay, gets annoyed when only 3 employees cover the holiday: 'They eliminated the only reason people were willing to sacrifice their holidays'

Many important life events are just coincidences that happen because you were in the right place at the right time I often think about it; maybe your mom and dad met at a concert that one of them wasn’t going to, and their friends made them go. Maybe you stop a random girl in the street to ask for the time, and she ends up being the love of your life. I mean, what are the odds? But it happens.

‘What's the Smallest Decision You've Ever Made That Ended Up Changing Your Life?’: People Share Minor Choices that Significantly Altered Their Life Paths

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Crazy weekend at the hotel makes front desk employee question if people are okay or if something is going on due to the attitude they all have: 'Some people really shouldn't be out in public unescorted'

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Boss increases salaried employees hours from 9-5 to 7-5 after team goes from 5 employees to 2 employees: 'Is that a red flag?'

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Job seeker shocked when employer offers $30,000 below advertized rate 3-month interview process, then rescinds the job offer after following their simple organizational question: 'The second I asked a basic professional question, they panicked'

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New work rule doubles employee's commute time home, refuses to let them leave 15 minutes early to avoid this: 'Are we being unreasonable?'

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Boss demands employee attend an unpaid ‘mandatory fun day’ on Saturday despite knowing she has a second job, warns that missing shows lack of commitment: '[She said] it would be "noted in my file’

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Wealthy girl refuses to pay back her roommate after her parents cut her off, roommate takes revenge by stealing her mattress: 'She's been sleeping on the couch for the last two days'

Melissa Knudson

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Resident realizes that their small balcony can be profitable by turning it into a small garden where they plant vegetables and make $300 a month: 'Small-scale niche produce can sell really well locally if you build a community around it'

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Irresponsible girlfriend lets her reckless brother drive her boyfriend's car, he crashes it, and she gets upset when the boyfriend forbids her from ever taking his car again

Giuliana Tiscioni

We should take his story as an example or a to-do list for when we find ourselves trapped in a situation like this- when somebody else takes credit for something we did, especially in the workplace or university, for example.

UPDATE on the employee who took credit for his coworker’s project: ‘Apparently my coworker had presented my involvement as occasional support, not me doing significant parts of the work’

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First-year teacher lands last-minute job as an NYC elementary school gym teacher one month before the new semester, instantly regrets it: ‘I'm responsible for 2 classes in the gym at once, including 2 special education classes together…’

Elna McHilderson

Sometimes being honest works against us I can’t believe this employee wrote an entire post without realizing he is the one who’s in the wrong. I can’t believe that being morally correct isn’t always the best. Being honest is absolutely a virtue, but one has to have enough malice to understand whether it works in our favour in a specific scenario.

Man tracks how much time his job actually takes, and it’s far less than expected: ‘I thought maybe this would finally start a conversation about shorter weeks or at least letting us work from home those days’