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Printing technician follows his new supervisor’s “manual only” rule, leaving a press shut down for three days and exposing impractical boss to the plant manager

Etai Eshet

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Employee discovers coworker faked a family emergency to get paid leave, and after weeks of covering his workload, finds proof he's actually on vacation in Bali: ‘The stress has been immense’

Cata Holmes

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Boss asks employee to stay on for 4 weeks after being denied a full-time job to help train her replacement: 'I’m so frazzled'

JR Atkinson

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Employee asks her coworker to stop washing his hands because she's sensitive to the scent of the office soap: 'Does that mean she's not washing her hands?'

Emmy Pratt

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Boss forces employee to sign offer letter with worse benefits and pitiful pay raise, threatens to fire them if they don't comply: 'I signed out of panic and fear'

JR Atkinson

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Barista turns down customer after he asks out coworker first, coworker chastises her for declining: 'That's why I'm single'

Ally Perry

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Employee gets promoted to supervisor over colleague with 3 more years' experience, faces pushback from coworkers: 'I'm not trying to act like everyone's boss'

Ally Perry

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Employee refuses to share the first harvest with coworkers after 3 years of doing the workplace gardening without their help: ‘We get the first dibs’

Cata Holmes

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Boss continually contacts employee after work hours with non-emergency asks: 'I'm muting her number going forward'

JR Atkinson

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning meme coffee for extra energy

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker accuses employee of smelling bad, despite her doctor telling her that she doesn't have a smell: 'I take great pains to NOT smell.'

Emmy Pratt

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HR publishes leaderboard to show how much PTO each employee donated to coworker and shame those who didn't: ‘People who donated 0 had their number highlighted in red’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Customer service rep decides to quit after being publicly scolded by boss for being 10 minutes late to a weekly meeting because they stayed on a call to resolve an upset customer’s issue, takes a full-time second job instead

Etai Eshet

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46-year-old boss begs and threatens 30-year-old woman not to resign, says he trusts her more than his wife and offers a raise, then returns to his usual behavior

Etai Eshet

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Coworker asks colleague to drop them off at the airport at 4am, doesn't understand that it's not normal: 'This seems a bit extreme'

JR Atkinson

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Two-person office forced to use a fancy phone system with hold music, so workers play the owner’s son-in-law’s terrible CD as muzak, and the requirement gets dropped as soon as a VP hears it

Etai Eshet

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