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What are the ethics of accepting a windfall of cash at someone's expense? Employee accepts coworker's husband's trading card collection and sells it for profit, creates HR issue when he finds out and she demands it back: '[I told her] it's too late'

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‘After more than 20 years working there, she was fired.’ Loyal employee fired 4 years before retirement by her former mentee, who climbed the ranks with questionable methods

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Employee gets let go after 17 years, now receives incessant calls from former coworkers asking for help: 'If the company needs my knowledge that [badly] they can rehire me'

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Entitled supervisor acts like the blue-collar expert by belittling his team, wrecks an entire wall when he tries to operate the forklift: ‘We hated him and loved to see him screw something up.'

Elna McHilderson

Employee who thrives on workplace drama loses his mind after coworker launches a silent revenge campaign

Employee who thrives on workplace drama loses his mind after coworker launches a silent revenge campaign: 'If you can't tell, I don't like Jim'

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Non-confrontational employee exposes an office thief, crafting a glitter trap to call them out during the company meeting: ‘A little harmless embarrassment to solve the problem without getting HR involved'

Jesse Kessenheimer

Part-time employee gets promoted above dismissive colleague, then ignores colleague's attempts to become friends: ‘I'm driving her crazy by gray rocking her’

Part-time employee gets promoted above dismissive colleague, then ignores colleague's attempts to become friends: ‘I'm driving her crazy by gray rocking her’

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Employee gets promoted over more qualified but "difficult" coworker: 'I know he thinks I'm an empty suit [...] and he's completely right'

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Law firm partner opens coworker’s blinds daily to shame his messy desk, gets publicly humbled by an unflattering photo plastered all over the office

Law firm partner opens coworker’s blinds daily to shame his messy desk, gets publicly humbled by an unflattering photo plastered all over the office: 'I decided that petty revenge was the best option'

Store supervisor demands employee keep working beyond closing time to “show commitment to the company”, employee refuses, leaving supervisor to handle customers alone: ‘My shift has ended’

Store supervisor demands employee keep working beyond closing time to “show commitment to the company”, employee refuses, leaving supervisor to handle customers alone: ‘My shift has ended’

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‘Kara's smile froze': 32-year-old woman proudly shuts down pretentious 20-something-year-old coworker who keeps pretending like she doesn't remember her name

Elna McHilderson

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15+ Coworkers who packed bizarre lunches: 'My coworker is at it again'

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Entitled employee refuses to complete her assignments, claims she's too busy, coworker gets her fired by proving she had nothing to do: ‘She was caught lying to our boss’

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UPDATE: 56-year-old shares Google Doc of complaints about mid-20s receptionist, gets fired: 'She manifested her own downfall'

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Coworker demands company accommodate her schedule for parenting, but chooses late hours to avoid her child and complains about missing time with them: '[She's] an absolute nightmare of a person'

Optional PTO donation program leads to tension after employee refuses to donate his hours to coworker he barely knows

Optional PTO donation program leads to tension after employee refuses to donate his hours to coworker he barely knows: 'My boss pulled me aside and said it looks bad'

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Entitled next-door neighbour constantly pushes neighbours' generosity by using his lawn and properties, when confronted about it: ‘He laughed it off, said "we're neighbours, what's mine is yours" smiled and kept sitting there’'

Entitled next-door neighbour constantly pushes neighbours' generosity by using his lawn and properties, when confronted about it: ‘He laughed it off, said "we're neighbours, what's mine is yours" smiled and kept sitting there’'

Employee plans to leave his job without notice and refuses to train his designated successor: 'If anything remotely related to "what she does" is brought up by the employees, I tell them that they'll have to reach out to her, and I can't help them'

Employee plans to leave his job without notice and refuses to train his designated successor: 'If anything remotely related to "what she does" is brought up by the employees, I tell them that they'll have to reach out to her, and I can't help them'

Employee gets fired after only two days on the job, HR refuses to give them a reason why: ‘I left my previous job for them’

Employee gets fired after only two days on the job, HR refuses to give them a reason why: ‘I left my previous job for them’

First-time homeowner refuses to let her sister's family of 6 move in, discovers they assigned themselves bedrooms in the house she bought after years of saving without asking her

First-time homeowner refuses to let her sister's family of 6 move in, discovers they assigned themselves bedrooms in the house she bought after years of saving without asking her

Call-center employee finds a loophole that starts making her job a lot easier: ‘I had just had a customer before this one who got a call and had to go... which gave me the bright idea'

Call-center employee finds a loophole that starts making her job a lot easier: ‘I had just had a customer before this one who got a call and had to go... which gave me the bright idea'

Man refuses to continue supporting 60-year-old mother after 18 months of doing so, leading him to question whether or not that was a good decision: 'The timeline I warned her about has now arrived.'

Man refuses to continue supporting 60-year-old mother after 18 months of doing so, leading him to question whether or not that was a good decision: 'The timeline I warned her about has now arrived.'

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