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Top 20+ strange jobs people actually had and (mostly) loved: 'Working as a professional sleeper for sleep studies'

Top 20+ strange jobs people actually had and (mostly) loved: 'Working as a professional sleeper for sleep studies'

'On Mondays, I would show up to work on and not do anything': 20+ Workers who couldn't stay professional on the job

'On Mondays, I would show up to work on and not do anything': 20+ Workers who couldn't stay professional on the job

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'Did we mention we've got bedbugs?':15+ Homes that people will never visit a second time

'Did we mention we've got bedbugs?': 15+ Homes that people will never visit a second time

retail employee is subjected to chaos when management reverses staff roles, clueless supervisors find out for themselves that their ideas are better on paper than in practice

‘Short staffed? No problem’: Management implements major changes to tourist attraction employee roles, chaos ensues when staff is unaware of standard procedures

'I can’t hear out of my right eye': 30+ Odd moments people overheard and couldn't help but laugh at

'I can’t hear out of my right eye': 30+ Odd moments people overheard and couldn't help but laugh at

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'Saw a rat carrying a slice of pizza down the stairs of the subway': Top 20+ crazy New York City stories

'Saw a rat carrying a slice of pizza down the stairs of the subway': Top 20+ crazy New York City stories

'Dracula voices at [the] drive thru': 20+ People who got fired from their jobs

'Dracula voices at [the] drive thru': 20+ People who got fired from their jobs

entitled manager wrongfully terminates coffee shop employee, expects them to work their last shift without compensation

‘You're clearly not a barista’: Coffee shop employee's job is terminated by toxic manager, is still expected to finish her busy last shift without compensation

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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

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

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

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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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Customer skips long line and heads straight to register, cashier makes her regret it: 'She stormed off'

Customer skips long line and heads straight to register, cashier makes her regret it: 'She stormed off'

Neighbor repeatedly demands 24-year-old student remove the dandelions from the yard of his rental, so he blows the seeds into the neighbor's yard: 'My wife and I can't even sit out and enjoy our back yard, because of all those stupid dandelions!'

Neighbor repeatedly demands 24-year-old student remove the dandelions from the yard of his rental, so he blows the seeds into the neighbor's yard: 'My wife and I can't even sit out and enjoy our back yard, because of all those stupid dandelions!'

16-year-old quits job to stop paying for 10, 8, 7, and 5-year-old siblings: '[My parents] told me I should understand life isn't always equal'

16-year-old quits job to stop paying for 10, 8, 7, and 5-year-old siblings: '[My parents] told me I should understand life isn't always equal'

'Social etiquette at a waterpark: am I wrong?': Family of 5, 8, 14, and 15-year-old kids confronted by waterpark guests who want to take their chairs

'Social etiquette at a waterpark: am I wrong?': Family of 5, 8, 14, and 15-year-old kids confronted by waterpark guests who want to take their chairs

47-year-old employee on business trip turns down dinner with coworkers, boss threatens consequences: 'It was outside work hours, unpaid, and not scheduled'

47-year-old employee on business trip turns down dinner with coworkers, boss threatens consequences: 'It was outside work hours, unpaid, and not scheduled'

‘The manager stood [there] in absolute disbelief.’: Employees share the craziest ways they have seen someone quit their job

‘The manager stood [there] in absolute disbelief.’: Employees share the craziest ways they have seen someone quit their job

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