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A Midday Lunch of 27 Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday (October 6, 2025)

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘When I refused, she actually went to our manager to complain’: Coworker gets mad when her dream trip overlaps with a colleague’s Christmas vacation, then demands they give it up because “Christmas matters more for families”

Etai Eshet

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Boss’s boss grabs and eats employee’s special-ordered chips, ignores ownership, and turns snack packs into a power move while everyone watches in silence: “ He admitted he had taken them. No apology, no “oops”’

Etai Eshet

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New employee monitors boss's schedule, asking for confidential information and requesting to join meetings with higher-ups, boss left baffled: ‘It's not something I’m willing to discuss’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Karen threatens to get a call center employee fired because they won't refund $1.50, but after 15 minutes of getting yelled at, the employee just hangs up on her: ‘This call is no longer productive’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Children's Museum employee gets fired after insisting on better treatment for fish: 'It is not your place to give me advice'

Remy Millisky

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‘[That was] money I needed’: Top saleswoman refuses to accept her manager's empty promises after they cut everyone's hours in half, quitting for a better-paying job that values their employees

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Boss demands 24/7 "urgent" access to employee, interrupting the employee's evenings and weekends with tasks that could have waited: 'If I’m not answering emails at 10PM, I’ll wake up to passive aggressive messages'

Brad Dickson

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‘Guy looked for a second at me then waved me off and said to get lost’: Entitled gym goer waves off fitness trainer who tries to enforce phone rules during his workout, gets caught lying about talking to his doctor, and is sent to talk loudly elsewhere

Etai Eshet

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‘I put in my notice. I finish my work and MORE, and apparently I don't look busy??? I wonder what else they think of me’: Employee quits after manager embarrasses her for not looking busy enough, despite doing extra work

Etai Eshet

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Belittled coworker creates a slideshow calling out their teammate, compiling screenshots of their in-office microaggressions to present to the entire department: ‘The receipts were literally on the projector’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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New IT manager tries to "fix" working hours to accommodate different time zones, backfires majorly as employees point out labor law violations: 'Turns out the manager made a mistake here'

Ben Weiss

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Company refuses to give employees raises unless they have a competing offer, employee provides a fake offer letter, resulting in a $45,000 raise: ‘Don't mind if I do’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘The joke was on him’: Manager gets himself fired after threatening to fire an integral employee if he didn't pass a test, he passes and immediately quits

Elna McHilderson

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'Delete anyone who doesn’t use it daily': IT developer maliciously complies with manager’s demand to restrict coworkers' portal access, after being blamed by multiple employees for being removed, he locks manager out of portal for not meeting requirements

Emma Saven

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‘It wasn’t long before…': Job only allowed employees to ‘clock in’ by calling on the office phone, employees retaliate by leaving 90-second voicemails every time

Elna McHilderson

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