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'We emailed back and forth trying to understand why we were being fined': HOA spends 4+ years suing tenant who insist they're "misappropriating our funds"

Up next, these scorned exes got some very petty revenge on their former partners , like one person who admitted they “took all of the knobs and handles off of everything—TV, dresser, stereo...”
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Top 20 Dad Jokes of the Week: 'My wife says I should do more lunges to be in shape. That would be a big step forward'

Top 20 Dad Jokes of the Week: 'My wife says I should do more lunges to be in shape. That would be a big step forward'

Seasons may change but Dads will always be the same. Whether you're in elementary school or you just got off of your parent's health insurance, you probably still cringe at your father's jokes, especially at the dinner table. Don't you just want to eat your meatballs in peace and not have to hear some strangely outdated, guffaw-inducing wordplay? Perhaps in theory, but the older you get, the more you come to appreciate those moments even if they're not exactly funny jokes. Perhaps you're on the…
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'The look on her face when she opened that burger was priceless': 20+ Petty ways that fast food employees got back at their most entitled customers

These fast-food workers made some split-second decisions about the food they were making, and their customers had no idea. Up next, this HOA board member made a startling decision without telling any homeowners, writing, “The pool is closed… what you may not know is the reason.”
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Family of Karens hog the building elevator, neighbor makes sure they stop on every floor: 'They don't know it was me'

Family of Karens hog the building elevator, neighbor makes sure they stop on every floor: 'They don't know it was me'

It's time to discuss elevator decorum. If you have a neighbor who refuses to hold the elevator for others or who takes too much time hogging the space, thereby actively inconveniencing everyone else, you very well may relate to this individual's experience. This Redditor has an upstairs Karen of a neighbor who would consistently take up to half an hour hogging the elevator and getting her family and belongings in and out, making it impossible for anyone else to make use of it. Finally, the orig…
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'Figure out how to grow up at 53': Man-baby lives rent-free for 53 years by mooching off of his parents and then gets left with no inheritance when Dad wises up to a lifetime of freeloading

He's gotten a free-ride up until now–It's time to grow up
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Developer embarrasses new boss and gets foolish "no overtime" policy overturned by adhering strictly to it: 'Well, it's 4:30. That's my 8 hours. I'll see you tomorrow'

Sometimes you can't just tell people things—they won't listen. It takes actually experiencing the negative result that you were warning them about for them to admit they were wrong. Predictably, this happens all the time with unreasonable egotistical bosses who are eager to prove themselves… This developer, working for a financial services company, developed various tools and scripts to compensate for the company's other shortcomings, sometimes inadequate customer solutions. This saw them worki…
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'I need to be paid if he wants my help': Employee gets back at entitled boss who refused to give her a raise

Try as he might, this boss isn't going to get his former employee to budge an inch. It's not like he has much leverage: he wants her to work for free! Up next, read about the outrageous reasons people divorced their spouses, like one person who “divorced his wife… because she would sleep with a nightlight .”
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'Anyway, I think I'm funny': Ex-husband gets perfect petty revenge on selfish ex-wife simply by being charitable

'Anyway, I think I'm funny': Ex-husband gets perfect petty revenge on selfish ex-wife simply by being charitable

Here's how to turn a breakup into something that helps humanity.
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'She called ME pathetic': Entitled Karen and son park in homeowner’s driveway, blocking her from getting in after work and claiming they’d only be a few minutes

After a long, exhausting day of work, the last thing anyone wants is another annoyance to keep them from going home and rotting on the couch. Imagine pulling into your street, just wanting to park, get inside, and finally relax—only to find someone else's car sitting in your driveway. That's exactly what happened to this homeowner. She came home after a tiring day, only to be blocked from her own property by an entitled Karen and her son, who had parked in her driveway without a second thought.…
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'Call it quits before it gets too messy': New tutor denied promised hours and school district leading to impossible commute, quits before first day

'Call it quits before it gets too messy': New tutor denied promised hours and school district leading to impossible commute, quits before first day

Sometimes the red flags do not become obvious from the get-go, but once they're waving, they become impossible to ignore. Here, we have a guy who landed a tutoring gig that was seemingly too good to be true. The hours perfectly complemented his second job, the rate was good, and he was promised to be placed in a school district with a decent commute to his other workplace. Well, it turns out that it really was all too good to be true, as the Redditor ended up getting fewer hours than what was p…
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‘Guy’s face turned red’: Entitled woodworker throws immature tantrum over a policy that requires all $20 bills to be checked, employee puts him in his place

‘Guy’s face turned red’: Entitled woodworker throws immature tantrum over a policy that requires all $20 bills to be checked, employee puts him in his place

Immature and entitled seem to go hand-in-hand.
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Employees reject promotions due to the lack of increased compensation for responsibility: 'We just don't want to work like our superiors'

Moving up the chain in any workplace comes with a certain amount of sacrifice, as you get more responsibility, your ability to simply log off and not worry about the fate and trajectory of your work slowly decreases. Sure, you might get less productive work done every day due to all the oversight and meetings, but the responsibility rests a heavy weight on your shoulders all the same. Of course, you get paid more, too, and that has its own benefits. But, there reaches a point where more and mor…
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'He needs to own a nice car': HOA volunteer repeatedly tries to get neighbor's boss to stop bringing old car into the neighborhood

This HOA member has never learned to mind her own business! It's free and it keeps you out of trouble, not to mention the peace of mind you gain from not having to worry about other people's problems in life. But some people really enjoy getting into other' people's business: they like to be a bit bossy and try to get everyone to conform to their exact wishes. This woman, an HOA member that u/Emancipatedtreesnake keeps running into, has a completely petty gripe. She doesn't think this person's…
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'You want ti be in control? Fine!': Micromanager gets comeuppance after requiring approval for mandatory training programs, employee malicious complies

'You want to be in control? Fine!': Micromanager gets comeuppance after requiring approval for mandatory training programs, employee maliciously complies

Micromanagers who want to see and approve every little thing are likely to regret that choice sooner rather than later. Here , we have a boss who disapproves of industry standards and ended up having to deal with the consequences of pressuring employees to comply with her outdated wishes. First, these industry standards were mandatory training programs that employees had to take every three years. It didn't matter if she felt they were pointless. She had to approve of them, but somehow, her wor…
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'Grandma... got kicked out of the store': 20+ Restaurant workers who served the most impolite customers

Every restaurant worker has at least one customer interaction that they'll never be able to get out of their head. Some are positive interactions, like having a regular who overtips, or a customer who goes out of their way to tell their manager how helpful the employee was. These positive interactions are always welcome, because many customers treat service workers like they're beneath them. Working as a server is just a job, but some customers treat these workers as if they're second-class cit…
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'He will owe us almost $30,000 in back pay': 1099 contractors rebel after working over 80 hours a week for their boss and having to sleep in their cars on work trips

'He will owe us almost $30,000 in back pay': 1099 contractors rebel after working over 80 hours a week for their boss and having to sleep in their cars on work trips

It's always shocking how many bosses think they can get away with shady behavior in this day and age. Employees are more empowered than ever, and when they feel like they're getting manipulated, it's not exactly hard to document and collect evidence in the digital age. Here, we have a boss who clearly hired all of his workers as 1099 contractors rather than full-time salaried employees in order to circumnavigate taxation. Despite their freelance status, these workers were putting in over 80 hou…
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