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‘Uno reverse card played’: New woodwork shop president fires employee for discovering insider theft, employee then tricks company out of $11,000 and wins $400

Elna McHilderson

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‘The moment I sat down my brain deleted everything': Guy lands interview for dream job and totally bombs it, internet assures him he still has a chance

Elna McHilderson

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'I was smiling/laughing too much': Dude decides it's time to update his resume when boss calls him in for a 1:1 just for smiling

Elna McHilderson

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'[A] good lesson for him:' Entire team calls out ‘sick’ after one coworker is forced to come in unwell, now the boss is covering the entire senior staff the week before Christmas

Elna McHilderson

Karen yells at workers

'I now have her phone number, address, socials...': Christmas order mixup causes Karen meltdown, employee recognizes the name and begins plotting

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'Never threaten to take away my cats': Rich trust fund baby forced to dish over $87k after treating ex like trash and attempting to take everything during the breakup

Elna McHilderson

Karen interaction in bathroom leads to petty revenge

'Because I'm a "nice" person': Holiday shopping Karen makes snide comment to fellow customer, gets roasted in the bathroom

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'I got my space back': Flight passenger doesn't back down from level 10 manspreader, ruins his sneakers

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'Definitely do NOT do that': College kid gets first job and is given bogus advice from sketchy boss, internet comes to the rescue

Elna McHilderson

Reddit thread about a noisy neighbor.

'I decided to write her a note': Tenant takes matters into her own hands after neighbor won't stop drilling and stomping

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'What a joke': Retired 55-year-old millionaire claiming he made all of his riches entirely on his own gets called out for what he truly is, a nepo-baby

Elna McHilderson

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'The math ain't mathin': 30+ Job Fails by Employees Who Just Had ONE Job to Do

Elna McHilderson

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'[She] got served a massive tray of humble pie': Older sister thinks younger sister's graduation is beneath her, so younger sister gets karma with a classic 'uno-reverse' move

Elna McHilderson

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'Fine by me': Manager demands nurse goes home to dry damp hair, maliciously complies and gets paid to stay home for 2-3 hours as her hair naturally air dries

Elna McHilderson

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'Don't want my advice? Then suffer the consequences': Newbie rail worker snubs senior employee, now has to pay for a 4.5-hour-long taxi ride for each individual team member

Elna McHilderson

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‘I now tell them what a bad landlady she is’: Ex-tenant is still connected to building's door system, so he uses it to give a ‘buyers warning’ to potential new renters

Elna McHilderson

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Absentee boss demands bakery supervisor increase pastry orders, supervisor complies despite knowing better, only to get demoted when it backfired: ‘We lost lots of sales’

Absentee boss demands bakery supervisor increase pastry orders, supervisor complies despite knowing better, only to get demoted when it backfired: ‘We lost lots of sales’

Petty bakery manager ignores employee's input during graduation weekend, resulting in $1000 loss and 19 free cakes given to customers for free: 'Jill got demoted'

Petty bakery manager ignores employee's input during graduation weekend, resulting in $1000 loss and 19 free cakes given to customers for free: 'Jill got demoted'

CEO rejects job candidate, claiming it's due to their failure to list any weaknesses, job candidate accuses CEO of being a bad interviewer: ‘Working with him sounds exhausting’

CEO rejects job candidate, claiming it's due to their failure to list any weaknesses, job candidate accuses CEO of being a bad interviewer: ‘Working with him sounds exhausting’

'Management was shocked': Boss writes employee up for discussing burnout in meetings, HR gives worker seven weeks of paid leave for burnout

'Management was shocked': Boss writes employee up for discussing burnout in meetings, HR gives worker seven weeks of paid leave for burnout

'I generated over 12 million in sales, and my salary was $60,000': Employee's raise request gets denied, he quits for better job offer, boss scrambles and suddenly offers to increase his salary

'I generated over 12 million in sales, and my salary was $60,000': Employee's raise request gets denied, he quits for better job offer, boss scrambles and suddenly offers to increase his salary

Parents charge young adult $87k in "back rent" they claim was accrued over 5 years of living with them: 'They don’t need the money, and I genuinely thought the “rent” was a budgeting exercise'

Parents charge young adult $87k in "back rent" they claim was accrued over 5 years of living with them: 'They don’t need the money, and I genuinely thought the “rent” was a budgeting exercise'

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