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Warehouse workers comply with a strict hair-length policy of "can't touch the collar", by wearing increasingly absurd wigs, forcing management to eventually drop the rule: 'The wigs became more and more ridiculous'

Emma Saven

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Business employees get petty revenge on 6 phone reps who won't stop calling them: 'I explained that we didn't have 500 mobile [phone] accounts'

Remy Millisky

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'I made the mistake of giving 6 months notice': Entitled manager forgets to hire new employee, spends 4 months doing double the workload

Remy Millisky

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Diligent student realizes the quarterback keeps copying their test answers, so they answers them incorrectly to make sure the athlete fails: 'I faked to stand up, shifting in my chair while he shot up and raced to turn in his'

Emma Saven

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Boss demands employee message him when they're finished with a client and before meeting the next one, employee maliciously complies and the boss's demands hilariously backfire: ‘Needless to say, that rule was never mentioned again’

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Severely underpaid’ employee is refused a raise despite above-average performance reviews, so they call out their boss land new job with a 60% pay increase

Lana DeGaetano

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Teen gets back at step-brother and step-mom who refuse to put gas in their shared car: 'I got up at 4 AM... and rode a bike'

Remy Millisky

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Rental car company tries to charge customer $91 for extra day despite turning in car 10 minutes early: 'If I'm getting charged an extra day, I'm using it'

Remy Millisky

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Employee refuses to continue working in-office on their designated WFH days after their boss scorns them for taking an approved remote work day: ‘[She said] I should think well about my work ethics in the future’

Lana DeGaetano

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Delivery courier waits for 100 minutes to maliciously comply with demanding manager's request: 'The time stamp was 3:03 so I was definitely not late'

Remy Millisky

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Man sends city officials to neighbor's house after his fence collapses, plan backfires: 'My uncle looked him in the eye and said, "Not my problem"'

Remy Millisky

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‘He's calling in sick, he's sick’: Boss insists manager's team member is lying about his illness when he calls out sick, is hilariously proven wrong

Lana DeGaetano

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'New boss gives me an impossible task': Overworked IT employee stands up to boss, demands guarantee of never working overtime again

Remy Millisky

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Employee tells coworkers to stop telling him how to do his job, gets caught breaking the rules by the boss: 'We had 10 trucks to unload'

Remy Millisky

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Boss demands hourly employee wash workplace linens at their own home: 'He's saving money for the company at your expense':

Remy Millisky

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UPDATE: 'CEO didn't understand what my department did apparently': New employee decides she's a supervisor and refuses training, workers maliciously comply with her demands

Remy Millisky

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