engineering

'He shorted himself': Electronics specialist inadvertently gets petty revenge on new entitled boss when he corrects him in front of a big wig, boss gets transferred

Elna McHilderson

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'We're just gonna go ahead and sell you the property you've stolen': Construction head faces off with persistent client

Remy Millisky

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Know-it-all engineer asks machinist to fabricate a technically impossible part: 'The machinist was to machine a 12-inch part down to just over 13 inches shorter than it started'

Brad Dickson

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'I saw red, but then I had an idea': Woman engineer punishes her coworkers by agreeing to "get coffee" for them

Remy Millisky

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'Knock ‘em down a peg!’: Estimator for a niche construction manufacturing company puts his micromanaging managers in place with one ‘car-less’ mistake

Elna McHilderson

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‘Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me’: After blaming an inexperienced design engineer, sales rep gets hit with karma and loses his job

Sienna Varady

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'At this point... we’re making pure scrap': Industrial engineer begs to boss not to run trial with sticky materials, boss insists and costs company thousands

Remy Millisky

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‘He knew the score’: Senior electrician claps back at a power-tripping newbie engineer after getting his seniority insulted, using a power-washer to maliciously comply

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'They lost': Engineering firm removes employee from project to punish them, replacing them with inexperienced project manager who runs project into the ground

Eleonora Bader

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'I guess I'm not working at all, then': Engineer gets 3 days off work after micromanager demands he provide a ‘doctor’s note' to work from home

Eleonora Bader

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‘Update my website!’: Client calls IT support after engineer's report doesn't match the facilities description of their website

Eleonora Bader

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‘We are leaving’: Administration cripples company by denying employees raises, leading to mass resignation

Eleonora Bader

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[We put it] right between two of the bases in the baseball field': Engineer told to blindly obey boss's orders, obliges, obstructing client's baseball infield

Brad Dickson

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'I pulled up the screenshot': Boss tries to blame poor executive choices on his software engineer; gets ousted when their CEO discovers who actually lost their biggest client

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘He chucked it into their pool’: Retired engineer uses skills to get even with neighbors after reaching neighborly limit

Eleonora Bader

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'They were awoken by a metallic BANG!!!!': Engineering students make bomb-proof mailbox to stop destructive joyriders in their tracks

Brad Dickson

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