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AskReddit is a popular subreddit on Reddit that allows any user to post interesting questions for anyone to answer, often generating funny discussion threads. These are their stories. 

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Retail worker exacts revenge on micromanager by letting innocent toddler steal from shop, setting off uncomfortable discussion with superiors

Retail worker exacts revenge on micromanager by letting innocent toddler steal from shop, setting off uncomfortable discussion with superiors

'A month later, there are googly eyes everywhere': 20+ Employees who had weird days at work

'A month later, there are googly eyes everywhere': 20+ Employees who had memorably weird days at work

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employee forced to sign official reprimand because toxic management expects them work outside of their normal shift hours because a selfish co-worker was a no-show

‘It's not my responsibility to work shifts that aren't assigned to me’: Employee wrongfully reprimanded by entitled management after refusing to work overtime for a no-show co-worker

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'My boss... asked me if he could borrow $1000': 25+ Bosses who had ridiculous requests for their employees

After being ordered to cut hours, employee drives costs sky-high with lunch bills and overtime to prove the value of loyal employees

After being ordered to cut hours, employee drives costs sky-high with lunch bills and overtime to prove the value of loyal employees

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male Karen customer berates employee because the system booked him for a suite that isn't open until 2025, continues to verbally harass her even though it wasn't her fault

‘You're useless anyway’: Entitled customer repeatedly scolds front desk employee, claims that "his" Presidential Suite was taken despite the room having been booked until 2025

Traveler ditches friend that shows up to much anticipated European trip with her mother, putting friendship at risk

Traveler ditches friend that shows up to much anticipated European trip with her mother, putting friendship at risk

'It was her raccoon... she left a bag of sugar out for it': 20+ Absurd people who became the "crazy neighbor"

'It was her raccoon... she left a bag of sugar out for it': 15+ Absurd people who became the "crazy neighbor"

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entitled karen customer in the wild won't let employee speak a full sentence, leading her to not get her savings card scanned and paying $85 more in groceries

‘Tell me the total NOW!’: Grocery store Karen customer pays $85 dollars more in groceries because she kept verbally cutting off employee

entitled karen co-worker quits after breakdown regarding tips that she didn't earn, attempts to force some money from her co-worker but he doesn't budge

‘Good riddance’: Entitled Karen waitress expects a tip share from her co-worker after they cash out $300 in tips, quits after zero compensation for work she didn't do

'[Ex-husband] dug up all the plants in her garden and took them with him': 20+ Moments of extreme pettiness that people were very proud of

'[Ex-husband] dug up all the plants in her garden and took them with him': 25+ Moments of extreme pettiness that people were very proud of

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'What, you don't like the competition?': 30+ Smarty pants who had the most clever comebacks

'I've heard all but good things about you': 30+ Smarty pants who had the most clever comebacks

Manager refuses to reimburse client for wrongful charge, client cleverly complies with their no refunds ‘rule’

Manager refuses to reimburse client for wrongful charge, client cleverly complies with their no refunds ‘rule’

'[She] thought it said "Strength." What it said was, "Simplified Chinese"': 25+ Regrettable tattoo choices

'[She] thought it said "Strength." What it said was, "Simplified Chinese"': 25+ Regrettable tattoo choices

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employee refuses to work unpaid over time because he was denied WFH privileges, company only wants him to WFH when it's unpaid

Employee outsmarts toxic management's unreasonable free labor expectations after denying him WFH privileges: ‘My contract says that I am prohibited [from] work[ing] from home’

'He was fired for sleeping at his desk repeatedly': Managers share the most memorable ways employees got fired

'He was fired for sleeping at his desk repeatedly': Managers share the most memorable ways employees got fired