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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

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'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

'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

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'"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'

‘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

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'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

‘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

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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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'I let him think he got [a small victory]': Homeowner goes MIA when payment is due, wood floor installer contractor gets his money and then some

Elna McHilderson

'The penalty is $150k per image': Client refuses to paid photographer, gets predictably sued

'The penalty is $150k per image': Client refuses to paid photographer, gets predictably sued

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Hardworking lawyer shows up to work hours before everyone else and still gets fired: 'The three hours early riser put in before the sun was up did not count, because no one was there to see them.'

Hardworking lawyer shows up to work hours before everyone else and still gets fired: 'The three hours early riser put in before the sun was up did not count, because no one was there to see them.'

Parents force 18-year-old on vacation to Africa to reconnect with his heritage and family, he brings his PS4 with him on the trip and complains the entire time: '[They] forced me into something I was clear I didn’t want'

Parents force 18-year-old on vacation to Africa to reconnect with his heritage and family, he brings his PS4 with him on the trip and complains the entire time: '[They] forced me into something I was clear I didn’t want'

Parents force 15-year-old to attend twin sister's birthday party after banning her from celebrating her own birthday due to bad grades: 'My parents told me my absence was noticed by relatives and they were embarrassed'

Parents force 15-year-old to attend twin sister's birthday party after banning her from celebrating her own birthday due to bad grades: 'My parents told me my absence was noticed by relatives and they were embarrassed'

Employee finds loophole in company's tracking system, takes 2 hour breaks that are only marked as 30 minutes: 'I did exactly as I was told'

Employee finds loophole in company's tracking system, takes 2 hour breaks that are only marked as 30 minutes: 'I did exactly as I was told'

20+ Employees who made big mistakes on the job: '[She] printed 500 copies of her gas bill on the company printer'

20+ Employees who made big mistakes on the job: '[She] printed 500 copies of her gas bill on the company printer'

Entitled Aunt asks if she can store a few items at niece's apartment, arrives with a full moving truck: 'You asked to leave a few things, not move in!'

Entitled Aunt asks if she can store a few items at niece's apartment, arrives with a full moving truck: 'You asked to leave a few things, not move in!'

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