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'I was given a 1 cent raise': 20+ Job quitters who had great motivations to leave their workplace for good

Remy Millisky

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'I quit on the spot and went to work for his competition': 20+ Employees who immediately quit to get back at their petty bosses and entitled coworkers

Remy Millisky

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'[He] ignored instructions... and dropped a $250,000 machine': 20+ Workers who made huge blunders but weren't fired

Remy Millisky

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'I looked that man... in the eye and said, "I don't know that cat"': 20+ Tenants who hid their pets from their landlords explain what happened when they were finally discovered

Remy Millisky

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‘I was so angry’: Employee reveals workplace mistreatment by toxic boss and starts a chain reaction from former scorned employees, boss gets fired as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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'I got a check... for $5. It bounced and cost me $10': 20+ Birthday gifts that were major disappointments

Remy Millisky

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'I went as Calvin and Hobbes... everyone thought I was Siegfried and Roy': 20+ Scarily awkward Halloween costume mixups

Remy Millisky

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‘Management is acting more toxic’: Employee is fired but expected to work harder during his 3-month notice period, so he talks to recruiters during office hours

Lana DeGaetano

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'Guy told me he couldn't really move fast because his motorcycle boots were too heavy': 20+ Employees who got fired for surprisingly funny reasons

Remy Millisky

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Boss gets handed revenge that reeks when scorned employee tapes a tuna sandwich under his desk, never to be found again: ‘Well played, Petty Crocker’

Lana DeGaetano

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Fortune 25 CEO takes 1.5 hour Zoom call on a 6 AM flight, passenger claims he refused to use headphones and spoke with an ‘I'm the eldest boy’ level of volume: ‘Is this okay?’

Lana DeGaetano

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'Oh, the embarrassment': 20+ Times people tried to be funny, only to have their jokes majorly backfire

Remy Millisky

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‘She didn’t even see me as a person’: Server gives her two week notice after entitled boss expects her to get back to work when she faints on the job

Lana DeGaetano

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Employee is passed up on a promotion but is expected to transfer all of his work and ideas to colleague who landed the position: ‘Higher-ups didn't want my ideas in the first place’

Lana DeGaetano

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'Had an attack of food poisoning while in a crowded car for driver's ed': Top embarrassing moments people had in public

Ben Weiss

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Colleague intimidates employee when he refuses to work for free by threatening to write him up and dock his future pay raises, he stands his ground: ‘Not a chance. Pay me’

Lana DeGaetano

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