FAIL Blog - Page 88 - Work Life and Social Dilemmas - Employment, Life, Work, Culture - Cheezburger

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31-year-old man states that his coworkers' flirting is part of their culture, insists on ‘separating family from business’, leaving his girlfriend questioning whether he simply enjoys the attention: 'Am I overreacting?'

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'I'm your mom!': Mother ignores daughter's warnings and takes a job 2 hours away, then expects to move into her house when the commute becomes unbearable

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'[I was] awarded a 12 cent raise': 15+ Employees who quit their jobs for good reasons

Overworked employee resigns live on camera during company meeting after discovering her new assistant is paid more than her: ‘Then she logged off’

Overworked employee resigns live on camera during company meeting after discovering her new assistant is paid more than her: ‘Then she logged off’

All around the world, employees struggle with this type of manager, the one obsessed with everyone looking servile and energetic, who will stop at nothing to achieve the desired look. The part that not every manager considers is that to become servile and energetic, employees need to be at least a little comfortable and, hopefully, unconcerned about knee pain.

Manager obsessed with "professional appearance" says cashiers look "lazy" if they’re sitting down and bans chairs completely during shifts. ‘Within like 2 weeks, the front end became a disaster.’

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Employee Sparks Backlash After Giving Two Weeks Notice While on PTO

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee for some extra energy (June 6, 2026)

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Boss replaces his employees with AI, then begs everyone to come back when his business goes up in flames: ‘Their clients are suing them’

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29-year-old wife is tired of her same-age husband’s people-pleasing tendencies. 'No one sees the other side of the coin, where he’s completely bitter and resentful because he feels that he gives more than he gets.'

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Man wins $100,000, only to be awarded $20 because of a "misprint"

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Database worker bills $200 for labor because the accounting department wants to save $0.20 cents on a $5 replacement ethernet cable: ‘The purchasing clerk was proud’

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Bride insists that amateur photographer friend photograph her wedding for free: '[She] said it's "just clicking a button," and that's what friends do.'

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'I literally told her not to': Entitled 23-year-old gets German Shepherd without roommate's approval, roommate ends up doing all the work

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Daughter gives her mother an eviction notice on her birthday after years of covering the household bills, loans, and rent while her family refused to pay their share

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We, as people, as opposed to robots, in relationships, should aim to consider context when answering a question or even when we are just chatting, but sometimes simple distractions or routine creep up on our daily conversations, and we end up getting on our loved one’s nerves.

Wife asks husband what he’d like for dinner, becomes upset when he actually replies with what he’d like for dinner instead of saying he will cook. ‘She asked for suggestions, so I gave one.’

Very few things in relationships are as countable as money, so when we do the math and the facts don’t add up, we probably should go back to square one and reevaluate our future with the other person. Nine times out of ten, it’s very hard to find a balance, and leaving becomes part of the equation.

28-year-old man is found hiding $77,000 from his fianceé while she was paying for pretty much everything in their lives, making excuses when discovered: ‘I was planning on showing it to you as a surprise.’