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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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Man tricks coworker into helping him paint his house

Man gets tricked by coworker to drive two hours to his house after work to help him paint: 'He said please don't make dumb excuses'

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Manager ignores employee's resignation letter for 3 weeks, employee decides not to remind her: 'I don't care if she's left in a bind'

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Coworker replies all all 3000-employee company-wide emails with pointless “thanks” and “noted” messages, flooding inboxes, making whole office slowly lose it: ‘During lunch yesterday I got three separate reply-all emails from her within 20 minutes’

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UPDATE: “[She] stole my position and now I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it”: Teacher loses leadership role to a colleague who now has trouble with the same demands and responsibilities

Work food thief stops stealing after worker does this

Office lunch thief stops stealing after employee makes leftovers too annoying to take: 'Instead of one box of food I split it into six or seven little ones'

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High school night-shift custodian snaps at a phone-obsessed coworker, Bill, then worries she crossed a line by judging his personal life, talking about his younger sister: ‘I'm starting to think I should have kept my mouth shut’

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Senior engineer outsmarts an arrogant new hire when the newbie tries to play office politics, shattering his misplaced corporte confidence: 'He quit out of embarrassment'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Nepo-baby coworker tries to override her dad’s approval of a 3 PM leave to work from home arrangement with a colleague but gets shut down by her boss-father: ‘He told me it has nothing to do with her, she has no authority’

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Company forces employee to absorb coworker's job after they quit, but does it gradually to keep employee from noticing, they protest: 'My calendar is packed'

Company forces employee to absorb coworker's job after they quit, but does it gradually to keep employee from noticing, they protest: 'My calendar is packed'

Entitled mom pressures a coworker to give up 1 week of PTO because her vacation time is more important than their anniversary: 'She said parents should get priority'

Entitled mom pressures a coworker to give up 1 week of PTO because her vacation time is more important than their anniversary: 'She said parents should get priority'

Employee wins company holiday raffle, office manager demands they hand over the prize to a colleague who's retiring: ‘My ticket was in there fair and square’

Employee wins company holiday raffle, office manager demands they hand over the prize to a colleague who's retiring: ‘My ticket was in there fair and square’

Retail worker reprimanded for working overtime, then gets reprimanded again for staying exactly on schedule: 'He’s threatening a write up. For doing exactly what he told me to do'

Retail worker reprimanded for working overtime, then gets reprimanded again for staying exactly on schedule: 'He’s threatening a write up. For doing exactly what he told me to do'

Underpaid and overworked employee demands a $170,000 raise, management laughs in his face, so he leaves to make $180,000, and takes the entire team with him: '[The] satisfaction and vindication is incredible!'

Underpaid and overworked employee demands a $170,000 raise, management laughs in his face, so he leaves to make $180,000, and takes the entire team with him: '[The] satisfaction and vindication is incredible!'

Boss demands employee respond only to ticketed requests that follow the process "no exceptions," employee complies and ignores boss's urgent messages: 'I stopped answering his Slack messages'

Boss demands employee respond only to ticketed requests that follow the process "no exceptions," employee complies and ignores boss's urgent messages: 'I stopped answering his Slack messages'

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