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'Always happy to help a fellow tradesman– but not this guy': Lazy handyman won't move his car to assist a fellow contractor, gets denied a ladder loan that complicates his own job

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Every time he called... the call was recorded': Contractor loses thousands of dollars to construction company, then takes a different job with them and plays the long game

'Every time he called... the call was recorded': Contractor loses thousands of dollars to construction company, then takes a different job with them and plays the long game

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‘The dude "released" me without notice’: Boss fires 3-year contractor, tries to bypass giving him unemployment by rehiring him as a 'new employee'

Elna McHilderson

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'Had he shown even the slightest remorse…': Karma comes for road rage-filled contractor when guy he runs guy off the road finds out his business license is expired and reports him

Elna McHilderson

'I was working for free': Contractor paints a curse word on his friend's wall in paint primer, outraged spouse demands an apology

'I was working for free': Contractor paints a curse word on his friend's wall in paint primer, outraged spouse demands an apology

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'I asked her five times to make a payment... oh well': Contractors smash clients new patio to pieces after client refuses to pay the crew

'I asked her five times to make a payment... oh well': Contractors smash clients' new patio to pieces after client refuses to pay the crew

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'You should fire us!.. Ok': Freight company calls client's bluff and fires them as a client

'"My team's not a bunch of maintenance men': Trade worker defies contractors orders to shovel snow and packs up 'everything on the site'

'My team's not a bunch of maintenance men': Trade worker defies contractors orders to shovel snow and packs up 'everything on the site'

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‘Strike when the time is right’: Factory's lawyer plays long-game, outsmarting new company's big shot attorneys and their claim to pipe color ‘green’ by finding a clause in their own contract

‘Strike when the time is right’: Factory's lawyer plays long-game, outsmarting new company's big shot attorneys and their claim to pipe color ‘green’ by finding a clause in their own contract

‘This is all your fault’: HOA fines residents $63,000 after fire sprinkler goes off, despite building staff's incompetence

‘This is all your fault’: HOA fines residents $63,000 after fire sprinkler goes off, despite building staff's incompetence

'You can't use your phone': Company refuses to let workers without ‘management title’ to use phones; contractor stops working, employees follow his lead, costing company $100,000

'You can't use your phone': Company refuses to let workers without ‘management title’ to use phones; contractor stops working, employees follow his lead, costing company $100,000

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‘You built a house on land you don't own’: Lawyer flips the script on builder whose poor craftsmanship led to client's ranch house getting foreclosed

‘You built a house on land you don't own’: Lawyer flips the script on builder whose poor craftsmanship led to client's ranch house getting foreclosed

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'Trust me, just do it': Contractor scores $12,000 extra on a job because a know-it-all client insists his measurements are accurate; they are not

Jesse Kessenheimer

Grandpa Builds Tallest House in Town for Family, Only to Drain the Equity, Leading to Foreclosure

Grandpa Builds Tallest House in Town for Family, Only to Drain the Equity, Leading to Foreclosure

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'You only brought in 21 clients': Cold-caller maliciously complies with boss by extending phone call times

'[I] got my entire Chain of Command fired': Bosses tell employee to check the same inventory over and over, employee anonymously reports their bosses

'[I] got my entire Chain of Command fired': Bosses demand employee check the same inventory over and over, employee anonymously reports their bosses

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18-year-old refuses to pay rent when her parents demand it after she has already moved out: '[My aunt said] my parents really needed this and deserved it for raising me [but] I want nothing to do with them'

18-year-old refuses to pay rent when her parents demand it after she has already moved out: '[My aunt said] my parents really needed this and deserved it for raising me [but] I want nothing to do with them'

‘My promotion was earned, not gifted’: Coworker Mark demands a cut of a colleague’s promotion bonus, claiming he deserves it for training him, but the colleague refuses

‘My promotion was earned, not gifted’: Coworker Mark demands a cut of a colleague’s promotion bonus, claiming he deserves it for training him, but the colleague refuses

Identical twin sister decides to start a life of her own after her parents encouraged an unhealthy, codependent familial relationship for years, family implodes as a result: ‘I just can't be enmeshed with her for the rest of my life’

Identical twin sister decides to start a life of her own after her parents encouraged an unhealthy, codependent familial relationship for years, family implodes as a result: ‘I just can't be enmeshed with her for the rest of my life’

Employee quits stable job for better position elsewhere, then gets fired on day four with no justified explanation: '[They] told me I wasn't the right fit!'

Employee quits stable job for better position elsewhere, then gets fired on day four with no justified explanation: '[They] told me I wasn't the right fit!'

'Everyone laughed except me and Leo': Woman walks out of family dinner after her father repeatedly insults her fiancé's job as an art teacher, causing tension between relatives who claim she's overreacting to "just jokes"

'Everyone laughed except me and Leo': Woman walks out of family dinner after her father repeatedly insults her fiancé's job as an art teacher, causing tension between relatives who claim she's overreacting to "just jokes"

Employee takes an interview from a competitor, CEO finds out, employee gets fired: 'I'm honestly baffled by the situation'

Employee takes an interview from a competitor, CEO finds out, employee gets fired: 'I'm honestly baffled by the situation'

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