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'He was fuming, but I didn't care': Resident gains extra yard space and hundreds of dollars in neighborly dispute

'He was fuming, but I didn't care': Resident gains extra yard space and hundreds of dollars in neighborly dispute

'I hung up and ignored all calls from my boss': Restaurant boss asks employee to walk five miles in below zero temperatures, critiques their 'work ethic'

'I hung up and ignored all calls from my boss': Restaurant boss asks employee to walk five miles in below zero temperatures, critiques their 'work ethic'

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'I had to revoke your status': Karen demands manager run master keycard through system, manager revokes her access entirely

'I had to revoke your status': Karen demands manager run master keycard through system, manager revokes her access entirely

'I show the company the same level of compassion they showed me': Clock-watching manager refuses to make exception for employee's ailing father, employee gets five years worth of pay back

'I show the company the same level of compassion they showed me': Clock-watching manager refuses to make exception for employee's ailing father, employee gets five years worth of pay back

‘You wrecked my fence’: Quarry refuses to compensate farmer $60,000 for his fence, end up paying one million dollars in damages

‘You wrecked my fence’: Quarry refuses to compensate farmer $60,000 for his fence, end up paying one million dollars in damages

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‘I did as I was directed’: Camp bus driver leaves 40 blue-collar employees standing in the rain after a 12-hour shift

‘I did as I was directed’: Camp bus driver leaves 40 blue-collar employees standing in the rain after a 12-hour shift

‘We can do it tomorrow… when I’m being paid': Employee challenges boss by refusing to work unpaid overtime, boss calls HR on employee but gets fired instead

‘We can do it tomorrow… when I’m being paid': Employee challenges boss by refusing to work unpaid overtime, boss calls HR on employee but gets fired instead

‘I quit... taking the techs with me’: Fleet foreman quits after new manager takes over, leading to rest of employees jumping ship en masse

‘I quit... taking the techs with me’: Fleet foreman quits after new manager takes over, leading to rest of employees jumping ship en masse

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'[It] was the end of the HOA': HOA president's plan backfires after recruiting landowner only to revoke his property rights, forcing president to resign after misidentifying property

'[It] was the end of the HOA': HOA president's plan backfires after recruiting landowner only to revoke his property rights, forcing president to resign after misidentifying property

'You can't use a shopping cart': Customer complies with disgruntled cashier's demands, leading to overfilled checkout counter hassle

'You can't use a shopping cart': Customer complies with disgruntled cashier's demands, leading to overfilled checkout counter hassle

'We were all left stunned': Doctor refuses to page cardiac team for patient with heart palpitations, warns patient not to leave ward; so patient complies and calls team from hospital bed

'We were all left stunned': Doctor refuses to page cardiac team for patient with heart palpitations, warns patient not to leave ward; so patient complies and calls team from hospital bed

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'I've worked here for 25 years... watch me tank the company': Boss dangles 'firing' over veteran employee who left 19-hour shift 3 minutes early, veteran leads rest of employees down path of compliance, leading to boss getting fired

'I've worked here for 25 years... watch me tank the company': Boss dangles 'firing' over veteran employee who left 19-hour shift 3 minutes early, veteran leads rest of employees down path of compliance, leading to boss getting fired

‘The students were on their feet, cheering': High school teacher's assignment backfires when one student uses it to break the rules

‘The students were on their feet, cheering': High school teacher's assignment backfires when one student uses it to break the rules

‘I spent all Christmas on it’: Junior lawyer spends holidays working for incompetent boss, leading to 100s of hours of overtime

‘I spent all Christmas on it’: Junior lawyer spends holidays working for incompetent boss, leading to 100s of hours of overtime

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‘Strike when the time is right’: Factory's lawyer plays long-game, outsmarting new company's big shot attorneys and their claim to pipe color ‘green’ by finding a clause in their own contract

‘Strike when the time is right’: Factory's lawyer plays long-game, outsmarting new company's big shot attorneys and their claim to pipe color ‘green’ by finding a clause in their own contract

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Job candidate mistakenly receives email about his interview performance from hiring manager, sends an epic response: 'His attire wasn't professional enough for our office culture'

Job candidate mistakenly receives email about his interview performance from hiring manager, sends an epic response: 'His attire wasn't professional enough for our office culture'

Parents allow unemployed 23-year-old son to move home, he requests $10k from Dad after quitting new job: 'You don't quit your job without having another lined up'

Parents allow unemployed 23-year-old son to move home, he requests $10k from Dad after quitting new job: 'You don't quit your job without having another lined up'

Update: Employee tries to invoice company $37k using calculator screenshot: 'We owe him nothing'

Update: Employee tries to invoice company $37k using calculator screenshot: 'We owe him nothing'

‘The hardest part of my job isn’t the work, it’s the constant urgency over nothing‘: Company treats every minor task like a crisis, drowning its staff in fake emergencies until stress becomes the main worload

‘The hardest part of my job isn’t the work, it’s the constant urgency over nothing‘: Company treats every minor task like a crisis, drowning its staff in fake emergencies until stress becomes the main worload

‘I saved you’: Rejected job offer turns out to be a blessing in disguise when a recruiter admits that the prospective company was corrupt

‘I saved you’: Rejected job offer turns out to be a blessing in disguise when a recruiter admits that the prospective company was corrupt

‘Just fix it’: Retail customer blames employee for not stopping her from buying the wrong phone charger for her iPhone, then demands a refund without a receipt, worker refuses

‘Just fix it’: Retail customer blames employee for not stopping her from buying the wrong phone charger for her iPhone, then demands a refund without a receipt, worker refuses

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