Who knew that efficiency and productivity would not always be applauded in the workplace? It's the kind of awakening most young folks get when they land their first jobs. Not everything is actually about the work you do, although it should be. In fact, it should be that employees should be able to go in, get the job done, and leave on their own time, but I suppose it's not worth dreaming too big. Unfortunately, most work environments run on optics, as this student worker would quickly discover.…

Hiring managers don't always say exactly what they mean, but if you can read between the lines, you might save yourself the headache of working somewhere awful. After that, read about an ultra-petty apartment tenant who's getting back at their irritating landlady, sharing that “ I'm making my landlady wait 29 minutes .”

Although nobody likes to work on Christmas, some of us find ourselves landing jobs that require us to work during the holidays. It's not fun, but that's having a job in a nutshell, and there is not much we can do about it. If we value our job, we have to accept that sometimes we make sacrifices for it, including working on Christmas. The employee in this Reddit story (OP, original poster) was hired as a seasonal worker, so she knew from the start she would be required to work during the holiday…

This boss isn't being a problem solver! Just ask his employees, who had to watch him fail at an escape room in the most embarrassing way possible. Next up, read about one house guest who kept “pretending like he knew what he was doing” in the kitchen, ruining meal after meal in his host's home.

We've all got beef with finance bros

It's not easy socializing with former employers, especially when things did not end on a good note. Sometimes, you feel you can transcend any previous tension, but the reality is that it is not easy for those old wounds to heal. Here, we have a former employer who pushed this Redditor to quit on the spot by pointing out every little flaw and mistake at work, even when they were entirely unnecessary. Now, years later, the original poster (OP) was asked by his ex-boss if he could join OP's Dungeo…

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Any job that even slightly requires employees to have a car in order to do the job, should physically provide a car for said employees. If you cannot do the job without one, there is no reason why the responsibility of getting a car should be on you. However, because companies today are cheap and will do anything to avoid spending more money, they will never offer that option to employees without being prompted. If there's nothing to stop them, they will even go as far as making employee spend…

The quality of the customer service is going downhill fast at this one dollar store . How far would you go to help out a customer ? Sometimes it's the little things that matter most, like helping an older person carry their bags to their car for them. Or an employee could make someone's day by finding a random coupon for them to apply to their purchase, saving them a few bucks. A worker might even brighten up a customer's day just by chatting with them as they double-bag their items. So it's pr…

"They hand me all their work and leave the office at 2pm"

"Please know that your employer will always value their bottom line over your dignity. I loved this job. I am so so sad."

In the same way that dogs can sense an impending earthquake, this retail worker intuitively knew they were in for a wave of confused customers. You can tell this person, u/SushiThief, has been working in retail for a while. They write that while working at a toy store, they discovered that a major video game console was going on sale. It wasn't any regular sale. No, this time, the console was so cheap that it seemed too good to be true. And sure enough, too good to be true is exactly the lie th…

I don't work here, lady!

‘Tis the season to receive an underwhelming Christmas bonus from your out-of-touch employer! Sometimes, it’s a basket of stale cookies. Sometimes, it's a water bottle with the company logo on it that you can't even put in the dishwasher. And sometimes, it's a $25 gift card to the AMC movie theater near you, which for this employee , was a full 1.5 hours away and in an entirely other state. First of all, anyone who knows anything about the state of moviegoing today would implicitly understand th…

Everyone has their own style of quitting a dead-end job.

Bad service at a restaurant or bar is one of life's minor yet soul-crushing annoyances. You know, the kind of service where the orders take forever, drinks are left unfilled, or that awkward moment when the server doesn't even pretend to care that you've been side eyeing them for the past 20 minutes. Most of us try to cut servers some slack—after all, they're probably overworked, underpaid, and likely juggling a table full of Karens who are making their lives miserable.