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So the entire office should organise itself around Maureen’s paranoia? According to this story, that’s the case. Some people are so lost in their own delusion that they will attribute any action to some secret agenda. Of course, I don’t think we should all walk on eggshells because of people like this, but in this case, I think it’s fair.

Employee gets called out by coworker who believes he only shows up on her floor to give her dirty looks: ‘Me and my partners in crime decided we are going to press this issue to the point of disruption’

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New management tells employees that if they aren't at their desk, it means they aren't working, so employees comply, and it doesn't go as expected: 'Alert fired at 5:06. Nobody was at their desk, that meant nobody was working. So nobody looked'

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Renter argues with landlord due to the state of the apartment, landlord says to take it to the city, the renter complies, and they go in her favor: 'All I needed was the peeling paint fixed now I'm going to enjoy living in a unit that is up to code'

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Landlord refuses to fix the appliances in the rented house, so renter sells them off to get his deposit back, and he wasted money: 'I still came out ahead because I pocketed about the same as our deposit'

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This high-performing service manager stopped working unscheduled and unpaid overtime after their boss demanded they work to their scheduled hours after they went home early once: 'I'm working my 9-5'

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Customer complained that she wasn't greeted at the store, and it made it seem like no one was available to help her, so an employee complied with the demand: 'I proceeded to follow her around the store constantly asking'

Close-up of a server putting a salad on a table that has several drinks glasses, and a couple sat there.

Man demands restaurant server leave him alone on first date, misses out on second date because of lack of service: 'My job is to guide people without being overbearing'

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Supervisor demands analyst complete report unpaid on a Saturday, analyst logs in just to CC the VP of the company in his reply—supervisor gets reprimanded, analyst gets 3 hours pay: 'After that, no one ever tried calling me outside of working hours'

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Statistics professor demands improbable equal effort for 4-student group project—1 doesn't help, all 4 claim an impossible 33% equal share—group invents new math making 132%=100%

Statistics professor demands improbable equal effort for 4-student group project—1 doesn't help, all 4 claim an impossible 33% equal share—group invents new math making 132%=100%: 'The professor was confused. "That adds up to 132%, how is that possible?"'

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Professor had special rules about formatting in essays and expected every student to follow them, one student complied, but it wasn’t what he expected: ‘By the next essay, the formatting section of the syllabus had basically doubled in length.’

his is proof that sometimes 'intuition' just isn't right. Some security guards and employees feel like you're onto something, and they are probably basing their opinion on some deep-rooted prejudice or the fact that you look like someone they dislike.

Woman spends around $500 worth of decorations from store but is followed by employee, resulting in her returning everything she bought: ‘They said that this would look bad on the store for having a massive return. I reiterated that's the consequences’

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Customer gets accused of stealing at a retail store after an employee stared at them for their whole visit, making them want to return their $500 purchase: ' They returned everything very begrudgingly, but I have yet to set foot in that store since'

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Employee gets asked by boss that his “team’s status” remains always available, so he complies, creating a system that did it for him: ‘And it simulated just enough activity to keep my status green.’

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Fitness business owner gets an influencer client who first demanded services for free and then complained when she gained 0.5 pounds in a week, demanding a refund: ‘Post a public statement on your page admitting your plan doesn’t work.'

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Restaurant server maliciously complies with disrespectful people’s crazy demands, gives them exactly what they ask for, and they still complain: ‘She never gets in trouble’

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New manager demands employee dress professionally or “go home” during an office Casual Friday—employee complies, goes home, still gets a full day's pay—HR sides with employee, and the whole team is mad at the manager