'I sank the company boat': 20 employees share their most egregious errors on the job

Ben Weiss

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Experienced employee discovers younger coworkers are getting paid 70% more than him, decides to disengage from the job completely instead of looking for a new one: ‘I don't see a point anymore’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Restaurant manager has their leave revoked after being prevented from taking it all year: 'No one is allowed to take my shift because I am the only one that knows how to do everything'

Brad Dickson

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Worker spreads 100 copies of boss's meeting notes company-wide: 'Folks were... refusing to do their normal duties [and] browsing Indeed during work'

Remy Millisky

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‘She needs customer service training’: Customers arrive at restaurant on New Year's night during closing, leave entitled review and tip 4% despite server's excellent service

Lana DeGaetano

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Employees refuse to throw retiring coworker's goodbye party, despite working together for over 20 years, coworker leaves company feeling disgraced: ‘I cried on my way home from work'

Bar Mor Hazut

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Kitchen manager accrues 25+ hours of PTO, boss denies request and refuses to let hours roll over into 2025: 'It's use it or lose it'

Ben Weiss

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'Closed for remodelation': 20+ Phrases that were funnier in translation

Remy Millisky

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25-year-old man insists on traveling solo after GF forgets her passport: 'I wasn't going to miss out on a trip just because she planned poorly'

Remy Millisky

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30 Unexpected design flaws that totally defeat the purpose: 'Dishwasher detergent that looks like juice'

Ben Weiss

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Boss refuses to pay new hire for training period, leading employee to accuse boss of going against the law, only to get fired on the spot: ‘She told me to hand in my uniform’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Parents kick 17-year-old brother out of house for telling 15-year-old sister that she's their favorite child: 'The favoritism mostly showed in them spoiling her and dedicating 1:1 time for her while they never made much of an effort with me'

Brad Dickson

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20+ Mother and daughter-in-laws who cannot get along: 'My MIL is a huge boundary stomper'

Remy Millisky

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Client refuses to pay and keeps ‘forgetting’ invoices, forcing freelancer to send blitz email barrage to get what’s owed: ‘Oh, I thought you needed them resent’

Etai Eshet

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Employee forced to use his car for trips, boss won’t pay for repairs, cue malicious compliance: ‘Since they won’t provide me with a car, […] I would no longer go to the meetings'

Ben Weiss

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25-year-old GF breaks up with BF who's "way too attached" to his cat: '[She] twisted a green flag into a red one'

Remy Millisky

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