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'Just print out the order. Don't mess with it. At all': Specialty printer agrees to print customer's order after he insist he knows what he's doing

'Just print out the order. Don't mess with it. At all': Specialty printer agrees to print customer's botched order after he insist he knows what he's doing

'Remove your team from the field. I am going to have a hot dog': Referee kicks out irate parent for "two reasons"

'Remove your team from the field. I am going to have a hot dog': Referee kicks out irate parent for "two reasons"

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'What do you think you're doing? You're not one of the big shots': Employee books expensive flight to abide by stingy boss's travel rule

'What do you think you're doing? You're not one of the big shots': Employee books expensive flight to abide by stingy boss's travel rule

'I had the misfortune of working for the laziest manager I've ever known': Overworked auto parts store assistant manager quits at the worst possible time

'I had the misfortune of working for the laziest manager I've ever known': Overworked auto parts store assistant manager quits at the worst possible time

'I'm only working for 7 hours each day': Website manager agrees to manager's strict work hours, but commenters advise them about a more pressing issue

'I'm only working for 7 hours each day': Website manager agrees to manager's strict work hours, but commenters advise them about a more pressing issue

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'Guess who didn't answer the numerous desperate calls?': Frustrated gardener abandons job on the day of the owner's daughter's wedding

'Guess who didn't answer the numerous desperate calls?': Frustrated gardener abandons job on the day of the owner's daughter's wedding

'Sorry man, can't let you in': Movie theater employee gets to stop annoying teens from buying tickets

'Sorry man, can't let you in': Movie theater employee gets to stop annoying teens from buying tickets

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'He... had to delete 40 pages of emails': Boss insists web developer send him emails for every 404 error

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'How could you not foresee this?': Manager forbids security guard from letting visitors enter office without his approval, guard complies, causing manager to miss important meeting when he fails to answer his phone

'How could you not foresee this?': Manager forbids security guard from letting visitors enter office without his approval, guard complies, causing manager to miss important meeting when he fails to answer his phone

Employee flips the script on micromanager's 'constructive criticism', prompting a humbling retraction

Employee flips the script on micromanager's 'constructive criticism', prompting a humbling retraction

'[I was] tired of an old man hanging around my house': Entitled landlord insists on bothering tenant, tries to take back his property

'[I was] tired of an old man hanging around my house': Entitled landlord insists on bothering tenant, tries to take back his property

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retail employee is subjected to chaos when management reverses staff roles, clueless supervisors find out for themselves that their ideas are better on paper than in practice

‘Short staffed? No problem’: Management implements major changes to tourist attraction employee roles, chaos ensues when staff is unaware of standard procedures

$'The new owner has made some questionable choices': Baker tries to explain simple math to business owner, owner rejects their logic$

'The new owner has made some questionable choices': Baker tries to explain simple math to business owner, owner rejects their logic

'Staff... mutually agreed to give this person exactly what they asked for': Micromanager creates strict new rules for employees, sparking a "great resignation"

'Staff... mutually agreed to give this person exactly what they asked for': Micromanager creates strict new rules for employees, sparking a "great resignation"

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'Young girl, please. I know what fuel my car needs': Taxi driver insists he knows how to fuel his vehicle and pays the price for his mistake

'Young girl, please. I know what fuel my car needs': Taxi driver insists he knows how to fuel his vehicle and pays the price for his mistake

'Won't fix your buggy software? Fine, pay our bills': Company scrambles after realizing they're being constantly overbooked by an app

'Won't fix your buggy software? Fine, pay our bills': Company scrambles after realizing they're being constantly overbooked by an app

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'My position has been eliminated': New homeowner closes on deal on first house, only to be fired from his job 15 minutes later

'My position has been eliminated': New homeowner closes on deal on first house, only to be fired from his job 15 minutes later

20-year-old rejects his stepmother and her family after they treated him like an outsider since he was 5 years old, despite his dad's demands that he consider them family: 'I was left out and they were angry I was even there'

20-year-old rejects his stepmother and her family after they treated him like an outsider since he was 5 years old, despite his dad's demands that he consider them family: 'I was left out and they were angry I was even there'

Employee forced to train his 2 entitled replacements during final weeks after being let go, gets payback on his last day: 'Yeah, I'm not doing that'

Employee forced to train his 2 entitled replacements during final weeks after being let go, gets payback on his last day: 'Yeah, I'm not doing that'

Harvard PhD graduate insults his roommate's “lesser college” degree, then gets exposed when he struggles to figure out how to use the new can opener: ‘I’d find mangled cans in the garbage’

Harvard PhD graduate insults his roommate's “lesser college” degree, then gets exposed when he struggles to figure out how to use the new can opener: ‘I’d find mangled cans in the garbage’

'I am in shock': Candidate interviews for a sales role and gets rejected, company founders impressed by response and decide their talents deserve a custom position

'I am in shock': Candidate interviews for a sales role and gets rejected, company founders impressed by response and decide their talents deserve a custom position

‘My coworkers aren't happy they didn't let her go over all of this’: Healthcare worker files an HR complaint against a 22-year-old coworker for creating a hostile environment, and the company responds with a demotion

‘My coworkers aren't happy they didn't let her go over all of this’: Healthcare worker files an HR complaint against a 22-year-old coworker for creating a hostile environment, and the company responds with a demotion

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