'She said "I forgot that I worked here"': Employees reveal the most unusual excuses they've ever heard from someone calling off work

Lana DeGaetano

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Boss schedules employee to work during their vacation, threatens to fire them if they don't come in and hires someone to replace them: 'Turns out while I was gone he tried to replace me with someone who quit after 2 days'

Brad Dickson

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'Worst live show I've ever been to': 20+ Concerts that made fans want to hold their ears

Remy Millisky

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‘The bright side is: she’s finally quiet and respectful of our shared space’: Colleague melts down and throws a tantrum after being told to remove desk decorations for fire inspection, accuses her coworker of betrayal, and refuses to speak

Etai Eshet

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Coworker pressures teammates to buy lunch for the entire team, using birthdays and special occasions as an excuse to get free food: ‘At first, we thought it was just her being friendly’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Approve my 1-week PTO or accept my 2-week notice': Boss denies IT employee's vacation request until he trains the new hire on a decade worth of experience, employee refuses and submits his resignation instead

Ben Weiss

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‘I learned my lesson': 19-year-old night janitor agrees to take on boss's work during summer break, immediately regrets it after discovering they won't get compensated for the extra work

Bar Mor Hazut

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7-year-old brother refuses to move bicycle out of passageway after his older sibling insists, so his sibling disassembles it and packs it away for him instead: 'I spent 30 minutes taking apart his bike'

Emma Saven

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'She will not be allowed to attend my wedding': Bride-to-be refuses to let 23-year-old brother bring her high school nemesis, Carrie, as a plus-one to her wedding, so he refuses to attend, sparking distress among their family

Emma Saven

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'I plug them in every night at 6 pm sharp': Neighbor installs ambient lights on their balcony, then tells an entitled Karen to kick rocks when she gets offended by their holiday implications

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘What's the C-suite's play here?’: Company lets go of 40+ high-performing employees, then immediately posts 40+ better-paying jobs on a job board, leaving employees dumbfounded

Lana DeGaetano

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23-year-old employee demands that 24-year-old coworker pays for her parking ticket because she said they could park there: 'She was lying!'

Ben Weiss

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"‘I have no interest"’: Manager's new elderly employee refuses to complete his job duties simply because he doesn't want to do them, upper management fails to re-train or fire him

Lana DeGaetano

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Negligent farmer refuses to help his neighbor build a fence after his escaped pigs repeatedly damage his property, so the 27-year-old landowner suggests a country compromise: ‘Time to make some bacon’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Owners of beloved neighborhood cat named Blue get even with entitled HOA board members: 'Who knew a cat could turn a neighborhood meeting into a full-blown drama?'

Remy Millisky

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'I was just trying to exit': Karen threatens to call law enforcement on her neighbor, who has to make unavoidable 3-point turns to get out of their tight parking spot, then accuses them of burglary ideation

Lana DeGaetano

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