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Maternity wear | This happened several years ago. After onboarding a new job, I was told I could hire an assistant. The HR director, Kelly, handed me a stack of resumes, told me about a friend's daughter, and bumped "Kat" to the top of my interview list. Kat passed the tech test with high scores and interviewed well so, I hired her.

HR busybody demands pregnant assistant is reprimanded for maternity clothing... because the assistant's mother (HR's friend) doesn't approve of her boyfriend

My manager told us in a team meeting that our branch director asked that, from now on, every employee should eat lunch and spend lunch time in the lunch break room with everyone else. They have not made this mandatory, but it was basically implied that we need to comply to avoid being excluded from the team socially.

'We need to comply to avoid being excluded': Team leader implies required lunch break location to promote synergy and "cohesion"

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30+ Historical art memes for jesters and jokers

30+ Historical art memes for jesters and jokers

Entitled Dude Expects Girlfriend to Make an Extravagant Breakfast for Him Every Morning Because He 'Isn’t a Morning Person'

Entitled Dude Expects Girlfriend to Make an Extravagant Breakfast for Him Every Morning Because He 'Isn’t a Morning Person'

He had put a rule in place that nobody was allowed to recycle a broken laptop other than himself.

IT Supervisor "Dave" demands all to-be-recycled computers pass across his desk, ends up with a giant mountain broken computers

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AITA for not adding a third bathroom to our house?

'The girls were pissed': Parents add new gym to their home but make their four daughters share a bathroom

Angry Kevin gets himself banned from Gas Station

'I want to make a complaint:' Aggressive Kevin berates gas station manager until she bans him

40 Hilariously weird shirts to drive your relatives crazy at Thanksgiving dinner

40 Hilariously weird shirts to drive your relatives crazy at Thanksgiving dinner

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Karen complaining about the TV station interrupting her programs to cover news about… the station's own news helicopter crashing, k*lling two colleagues. I feel sorry for the social media manager having to deal with stuff like this while mourning two friends

'IT'S AT THE APEX OF A STORYLINE': Insensitive Karen enraged when soap operas are paused for a breaking news event

Boss told me at the last minute about "mandatory" overtime that he made up because he was mad two of my co-workers called off that day. I missed one day that week, first day in almost a year

'Clock out and go home then': Boss demands mandatory made-up overtime, fires worker and her boyfriend when she refuses

'I'm Fine! Totally Fine' 20+ Memes for Anxious Brains That Go a Mile a Minute

'I'm Fine! Totally Fine' 20+ Memes for Anxious Brains That Go a Mile a Minute

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One day the field rep called because he didn’t like how we’d answered an email. Not that we hadn’t answered it, just that he didn’t like the manner in which it had been answered. After decades of dealing with this shipper, being micromanaged to that level was not something that we were interested in.

'You should fire us!.. Ok.': Freight company follows through on client's empty threat, calls their bluff and stops servicing them

What I bought vs. What I got: 30+ People who immediately facepalmed over these terrible online items

What I bought vs. What I got: 30+ People who immediately facepalmed over terrible online purchases

‘Hey, We Don’t Push People’ Mother Reprimands Another Woman’s Kid for Pushing Her Baby, Gets Shouted At

‘Hey, We Don’t Push People’ Mother Reprimands Another Woman’s Kid for Pushing Her Baby, Gets Shouted At

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'All superheroes are villains if you're a construction worker': 20 Shower thoughts by true geniuses r/showerthoughts

'All superheroes are villains if you're a construction worker': 20 Shower thoughts by true geniuses

Top Trending Mildly Infuriating Moments This Week (November 27, 2022)

Top Trending Mildly Infuriating Moments This Week (November 27, 2022)