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Landlord threatens tenants with illegal new contract, tenant reads the fine print: 'You should've read the fine print before you signed it'

Brad Dickson

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'The exec told me... to run it': Supervisor makes critical mistake with 3-story-tall concrete mixer, makes a giant mess

Remy Millisky

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Micromanager demands employee rush through a major inventory check, employee outs her when $1K+ of inventory is missing from the books and scores a bonus as a result

Lana DeGaetano

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'My dad’s beautiful brain started thinking': Karen neighbor insists HOA remove neighbor's boat from view, neighbor maliciously complies with her demands

Remy Millisky

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'My neighbor freaked out... that he had to replace it:' Guy confronts neighbor after his fence collapses and tells him he'll tattle to the city if he doesn't get it fixed

Remy Millisky

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Arrogant supervisor tells customer support employee to never go off script, so the employee maliciously complies and causes a ‘Million-Dollar Client Meltdown’

Lana DeGaetano

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'I got over 100%': Student infuriates teacher by getting a perfect score on the final with just extra credit, leaving most of the actual test blank

Ben Weiss

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'The organizers ended up having me turn off my mic': School club with "weird rules" insists student join call at the worst possible time

Remy Millisky

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'I don't want a sandwich, I want a raise': Employee discovers newly-hired 16-year-old makes more money than them, gets offered food instead of a raise

Remy Millisky

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'I went straight above him to the board of the college': College student gets ghosted by their group project peers, presents project alone out of "amusement"

Remy Millisky

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'Dad reminded me of the rules—it was his to keep': 8-year-old gets clever revenge on Dad for stealing their money from the dryer

Remy Millisky

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'Malicious compliance... was easy for me. I just stopped talking': Team of scientists falls into disaray after one scientist refuses to speak following feedback from their boss

Remy Millisky

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'[You] can handle my hyperactive 7-year-old? Be my guest': Senior veteran insists he knows best, parent lets her 7-year-old drive him up the wall

Remy Millisky

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'No calls and I can't leave the floor? Okay': Video store employee abandons boss in broken elevator after she insists they follow rules without exception

Remy Millisky

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'He was notorious for not listening to students': Teacher uses "unspoken rule" to get back at students, one student involves parents and embarrasses teacher

Remy Millisky

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Update: 'I used up every sheet of paper in our 14-story building': Writer agrees to "print out the internet" at entitled boss's request

Remy Millisky

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