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Company only pays half of minimum wage, so new teen hire refuses to show up for first shift, causes other employees to quit: ‘Good luck… You guys gonna need it!’

Elna McHilderson

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‘Nice work bro!’: Entitled homeowner ruins 30% of new flooring, so contractor secretly hides a fish in the wall causing over $10,000 in rework at homeowner's expense

Elna McHilderson

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Electrician tells out-of-town job crew what they need to get the job done, gets ignored, company ends up having to pay double the fees: ‘He should have listened...'

Elna McHilderson

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'It got so bad that the upper management started an intimidation campaign': Employee gets written up for being transparent about sick time, so he trains 150+ coworkers to exploit the system

Isabella Penn

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‘Petty but helpful’: Brother gets subtle revenge on his condescending brother-in-law after his sister reveals his incompetence, woodworker for the win

Elna McHilderson

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Mom and pop shop ignores employees concerns, exact issue ensues: 'That was my first taste of, “maybe being a manager doesn't mean you have all the answers”.'

Elna McHilderson

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City slickers try to sue small town rancher for getting them ticketed for ‘trespassing’ after backpacking on his private property, rancher gets the last laugh: ‘I got the payment…'

Elna McHilderson

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Manager shorts pay and tries to get employee to quit, instead unknowingly saves him $18k and employed for 6 years: ‘I don’t steal from employers, unless they steal from me first.’

Elna McHilderson

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'Do I feel guilty? Nope': Distribution center employee steals £18,000 from a mega-corporation through a phony return loophole, ends up with enough cash to put a downpayment on a house before quitting

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Could we just get it over with and ’do it your way?'': Rookie tow boat drivers put in their place after tattling on their senior barge manager, then they end up begging him for help when their undercooked plan backfires

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'It took 2 times...': Rookie firefighter weaponizes his incompetence to achieve epic malicious compliance when senior firefighter demands coffee every morning

Elna McHilderson

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‘I'll happily take your points': Resident takes a jab at the local roofing business after getting spammed with advertising despite demanding to be on a ‘No Call List,' he settles the score by stealing their rewards points at the pump

Jesse Kessenheimer

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New parents move to the country and develop an animosity with ‘redneck’ neighbor, so the dad uses his skills in IT to end it: ‘I went postal’

Elna McHilderson

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Car dealership tries to pull one over on young woman buying a car, she schools them instead and they end up having to buy her a brand new engine: '[They] tried to worm their way out of it, but I knew'

Elna McHilderson

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‘I cut into their profit’: Advising contractor punishes a big company's project foreman with copious overtime hours after managers mandate attendance to trivial daily 'stand-up' meetings

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I laugh a little, thinking he’s joking’: Employee scheduled to work at 8 AM clocks in at 8:01 AM, gets fired over being one single minute late

Elna McHilderson

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