FAIL Blog - Page 16 - Work Life and Social Dilemmas - Employment, Life, Work, Culture - Cheezburger

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Boss demands full return to office, resulting in his best employee refusing to do more than the minimum 9-5: ‘Flexibility works both ways'

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Aunt refuses to co-sign on her niece’s student loans after her parents were denied for their over 100K debt and awful credit score: ‘I don't think that her education costs are our responsibility.’

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Having a 9-5 can drain you if you don’t know how to handle it; you can spend your entire life stuck inside that loop, so it’s mandatory to search for alternatives to make your life enjoyable again. Some jobs are too tiring, and the only alternative is to change, but other jobs are ok, and what needs changing is our routine or our attitude for the rest of the day.

Employee asks for tips to overcome the bad feeling from a soul-sucking 9-5 job: ‘I end up rotting away in bed, doom scrolling on TikTok and Instagram reels because I finally feel let go from the chains of an 8-hour office day.’

A business owner asks his employees to volunteer to work on Saturdays for a private event hosted at the office.

Business Owner Threatens to Assign Volunteers to Work His Private Event on a Saturday if His Employees Don't Willingly Volunteer: 'We Don't Work Saturdays.'

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for extra energy (August 11, 2026)

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker calls out colleague for wearing the same outfit every day: 'She's mentally still stuck in middle school'

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Relentless coworker demands employee move out of “her seat” in break room, despite knowing there are no assigned seats, employee firmly refuses: ‘You don't own it’

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‘What is a secret about the industry that you work in that customers shouldn’t know?’: Employees share the secrets that nobody knows about the industry they work in, and that would change the customer experience completely.

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Woman teaches instant karma after returning $500 worth of goods on the spot when she was wrongfully accused of stealing: 'That's the consequence…'

Elna McHilderson

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24-year-old woman discovers her 60-year-old neighbor has been running an extension cord to her outlet to power her own air conditioning units amid the latest heatwave: 'She runs 2 ACs in her trailer, a large industrial fan, all her lights are always on'

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Woman decides to opt out of a 40-year-old friend's birthday as it's camping, the birthday girl then wanted to do a dinner at a restaurant to celebrate, but the woman already had plans: 'She’s upset that I’m prioritizing my “ex-boyfriend” over her.'

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Return-To-Office Mandate Forces Employees Into the Office 4 Days a Week for “Collaboration” Following Years of Remote Work, But All Meetings Are Still Online Anyways—Then the Company Fires Half the Team and Remaining Employees Get 2 Times the Workload

Having roommates must be one of the most challenging experiences one can have. I've had many roommate experiences, and whether the person is your best friend, a random stranger, a coworker, or whatever you can imagine, living together is tough.

21-year-old woman throws away the stuff her roommate brought to the house without asking: ‘She started bringing home straight-up trash, for lack of better words. It felt like the apartment was the thrift store.’

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HR reprimands warehouse workers for talking while forcing them to do pointless team-building games: ‘Hooray. I can't wait to have my numbers dip because of bean bag toss day, then get asked why’

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A remote employee making $75K does his stress-free job in the comfort of his living room.

Remote employee making $75K considers rejecting a senior job offer where he'd make $105K: 'It's 5 days in the office, a 45-minute commute, and obviously comes with a lot more responsibility.'

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Hotel guest mistreats front desk employee after he incorrectly booked a room with a 3rd-party website and treated badly every employee who tried to help him: ‘You people keep saying 3rd-party, what is that? What’s the other 2 parties?’