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'You can at least train your replacement': Boss threatens to fire employee for revealing their low salary online, employee quits

'You can at least train your replacement': Boss threatens to fire employee for revealing their low salary online, employee quits

If a boss says that the real problem is your inability to budget well, that's perhaps the biggest red flag of all.
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'I told my manager, "You need me, I don't need you"': Cashier refuses to sign papers during meeting with bosses

'I told my manager, "You need me, I don't need you"': Cashier refuses to sign papers during meeting with bosses

One cashier is living every working person's dream: telling their boss exactly what they think about them. If you've been paying attention at all for the past few years, I don't have to tell you that stores everywhere are very short staffed . Even at the grocery store, where the OP of this story works, you often see long lines at the checkout, and sometimes shelves with minimal products. Although it seems like everywhere is hiring, some places will just always have a high turnover rate. u/TAbad…
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'Why can't I have these?': Entitled shopper tries to grab food right out of customer's grocery cart

'Karen literally stomps her foot and says, "Why can't I have these?"': Entitled shopper tries to steal right out of customer's grocery cart

This is a strange one — why would this woman try to steal food from another customer while in a grocery store?
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'[My manager] didn't get done until midnight': Boss tries to micromanage a seasoned employee, then gets pwned when the boss's boss comes along

When you're good at your job, it sucks to have your clueless boss tell you what to do. Not only are they on a power trip of haughty, suit-clad dictatorship, but your arrogant boss couldn't do your job in a million years. Sometimes, when you're getting scolded at work by that kind of boss, all you need is a shred of revenge on their ignorance to feel better.
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'Sucks to be her': Customer gets revenge on a full-cart Karen who cut him in the grocery store express lane by using all of her reward points to get cheap gas

Customers who whip out a rewards card at every grocery store live every moment thinking about 10 cents of savings and they are very serious about their discounts. Typically those 'rewards members’ tend to also be the Karen or Kevin types and they can be a huge pain, thinking that every grocery store employee and patron is their personal servant.
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'How self absorbed can you be?': Grocery store Karen annoys entire checkout line while ignoring cashier

'How self absorbed can you be?': Grocery store Karen annoys entire checkout line while ignoring cashier

One cashier was rolling their eyes at this incredibly unaware customer who just couldn't seem to focus on the task at hand. Wake up, Karen, it's time to pay for your groceries, not blab with your friend! On the r/Talesfromretail subreddit, one frustrated grocery clerk shared the daily struggle of just getting customers to listen to them. On an unexpectedly busy day at the store, the cashier wasn't able to leave their post for a second due to the massive influx of customers. But still, when this…
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'I scanned about $475 worth of stuff': Dad takes kids to grocery store and lets them snack on whatever they want, then leaves without paying

This dad acts like he's never been to a grocery store in his entire life. He threw a fit just because the self-checkout was too much for him to handle. Self-checkout has become a way of life in many parts of the world, replacing cashiers with scanning machines you can operate yourself. This works well for many shoppers, because it means you don't have to wait as long in lines, and plenty of people like the privacy of not having to talk to anyone while they shop. But not everyone feels that way…
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'This was her big mistake, her address was on the check': Cashier gets petty revenge on an entitled Karen, orders her a lifetime of magazine subscriptions as vengeance

'This was her big mistake, her address was on the check': Cashier gets petty revenge on an entitled Karen, orders her a lifetime of magazine subscriptions as vengeance

When you work minimum wage jobs, like in retail, grocery, or delivery, for some reason, entitled people seem to think that they can lord themselves over you with no consequences. Sure, part of your job is to provide some sort of service to the customer, but you're certainly not their servant. Karens everywhere would disagree.
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'Company policy, right?': Customer finds loophole in store's return policy, enrages manager

This story is equally as satisfying for the customer as it is irritable for the store's manager.
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'He thinks he will catch a lunch thief. Of course, he ends up flashbanging himself': Kevin manager goes on rampage to find out who stole his sandwich

Tuna sandwich thieves, your days are numbered once this bumbling manager finds you! This is the story of “Kevin: The Last Grocery Emperor,”
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Hit me with your cart I’m hitting you back.

'EXCUSE YOU': Karen 1 hits Karen 2 with her shopping cart, Karen 2 hits her right back

Two Karens walk into a supermarket and the rest is history!
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'Are you kidding? I would buy this immediately': Internet completely divided over utterly bizarre food label

'Are you kidding? I would buy this immediately': Internet completely divided over utterly bizarre food label

As the saying goes, in marketing, all attention is good attention, but is that really true of this bizarre labelling choice? People had very strong opinions, both positive and negative, about the super weird label on this food. Twitter user @theactualemma shared a photo of a plant-based food product, with the caption, “I've never put something back on the shelf so quickly lol." The photo, as you can see below, shows a long mismash of a caption, with phrases like “yesss wee knowwwwww iiiit's on…
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'It's not a doctor's note, it's a Mommy note. Everyone in the office just stares at it': Manager shares story of an uppity employee and his over-involved Mommy

'It's not a doctor's note, it's a Mommy note. Everyone in the office just stares at it': Manager shares story of an uppity employee and his over-involved Mommy

One grocery store manager had an exasperating experience with “Ray,” a young employee with a lot of entitlement at his very first job.
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And this is why you NEVER mock someone's phobias, Karen!

Arachnophobic Grocery Store Worker Finds Spider in Bag, Karen Shames Her and Pays the Price

Everyone has their phobias. Don't make fun or you'll face the consequences!
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So what if there's a fire? Ring up my groceries!

Cranky Old Male Karen Refuses to Leave Grocery Store When There's a Fire

You know it's time to quit when there's a fire in the grocery store and you're made to stay because a cranky Karen needs their chicken stock!
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An awful nepotism manager ends up getting outed for never actually working his shifts | r/ProRevenge Join u/sunnykl Bad Grocery Place written before about good grocery store where worked high school had couple bad customers and lot senile seniors, but well run with great manager one worked at one summer college Bad Place 1994 chain grocery store with truly awful manager who straight out business school. He also regional office director's son, so he teflon. Anything went wrong got pinned on

Awful Manager Gets Outed For Never Actually Working

Played that manager like a fiddle, indeed.
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