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Software developer complies with management's demand to stop helping users with system issues, leading to a lack of help desk: ‘That did not go well for the users’

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17-year-old worker shuts down entire ride at the theme park where they work after their boss scapegoats the team for his own mistake: 'I shut down the ride'

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'Landlords maliciously complianced themselves': Upstairs roommates decide to buy the building and become terrible landlords, try to call tenant’s bluff but end up in trouble with the law

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"I asked her to stop. She wouldn’t.": Entitled neighbor parks in resident's spot in front of his garage, demands he pay her $300 after she gets towed: 'She got towed again a few days later for parking in front of someone else’s garage'

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‘You can't make me play’: Disrespectful high school band teacher uses teen student's medical absence as a chance to lecture class on ‘selfish band members’, then pettily tries to force the teen to stay in the class, but the teen fights fire with fire

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Coworkers dress like it's 1996 to get back at the new manager's dress code mandate, showing up in increasingly formal garb to make a point: ‘The office was a time capsule by Wednesday’

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Boss demands cashier clock out every time they leave the register, employee complies, only for it to get flagged by HR: ‘My timecard showed I’d left work thirteen times’

Boss demands cashier clock out every time they leave the register, employee complies, only for it to get flagged by HR: ‘My timecard showed I’d left work thirteen times’

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'I will take any little win': Micromanaging boss orders employee to scrutinize and reduce freelancer's billable hours, accidentally gets them more money

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New CEO tells the team they have to work 8-5, causing problems with clients in another timezone: 'The policy was lifted within 2 weeks when our West Coast clients couldn't get in touch with us'

Truck driver runs over demanding homeowners' entire lawn while making a delivery after they refuse to listen to his warning: ‘I got out and looked at my handywork’

Truck driver runs over demanding homeowners' entire lawn while making a delivery after they refuse to listen to his warning: ‘I got out and looked at my handywork’

'My boss forces us to turn our cameras on for every meeting': Fully remote team rebels against new boss's camera mandate by using eyebrow-raising filters and backgrounds

'My boss forces us to turn our cameras on for every meeting': Fully remote team rebels against new boss's camera mandate by using eyebrow-raising filters and backgrounds

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Retail boss tells assistant manager that "everyone's replaceable" when they ask for their first raise in 3 years, business struggles after they quit: 'Turns out, he was wrong'

Boss demands IT send "detailed daily reports" for everything little task they do on the job, IT sends an 87-page novel in response: ‘8:02 AM: Logged into system’

Boss demands IT send "detailed daily reports" for everything little task they do on the job, IT sends an 87-page novel in response: ‘8:02 AM: Logged into system’

Employee's access to software gets revoked by IT, so they send IT a list of all the tasks they need to take over: ‘Within 30 minutes, the decision was reversed and I had my access back’

Employee's access to software gets revoked by IT, so they send IT a list of all the tasks they need to take over: ‘Within 30 minutes, the decision was reversed and I had my access back’

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Outside hire production manager declares 'No Overtime! No exceptions!' production stalls costing the company $120k: '[He] lasted about 3 months [after that]'

'What on earth is happening?': Manager demands employee participate in the team group chat, employee complies, sending random texts in every language but English

'What on earth is happening?': Manager demands employee participate in the team group chat, employee complies, sending random messages in every language but English

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Neighbor tries to evict homeowner from their own driveway by putting up a ‘tow away zone’ sign, homeowner parks there anyway, tow driver refuses to get involved: ‘I knew it was going to escalate’

Neighbor tries to evict homeowner from their own driveway by putting up a ‘tow away zone’ sign, homeowner parks there anyway, tow driver refuses to get involved: ‘I knew it was going to escalate’

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35 Pictures of People Who Had 1 Job and Managed to Get It Completely Wrong

35 Pictures of People Who Had 1 Job and Managed to Get It Completely Wrong

Identical twin sister decides to start a life of her own after her parents encouraged an unhealthy, codependent familial relationship for years, family implodes as a result: ‘I just can't be enmeshed with her for the rest of my life’

Identical twin sister decides to start a life of her own after her parents encouraged an unhealthy, codependent familial relationship for years, family implodes as a result: ‘I just can't be enmeshed with her for the rest of my life’

Customer questions that retail workers are tired of answering: 'I wanna speak to your manager then'

Customer questions that retail workers are tired of answering: 'I wanna speak to your manager then'

"I asked her to stop. She wouldn’t.": Entitled neighbor parks in resident's spot in front of his garage, demands he pay her $300 after she gets towed: 'She got towed again a few days later for parking in front of someone else’s garage'

"I asked her to stop. She wouldn’t.": Entitled neighbor parks in resident's spot in front of his garage, demands he pay her $300 after she gets towed: 'She got towed again a few days later for parking in front of someone else’s garage'

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