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Boss forces employee to take a red-eye home, he takes off the next day and leaves his boss scrambling: 'An $80 hotel stay could have avoided a far more costly loss'

Ben Weiss

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'That’s millions of pounds of [our] order you’ve lost us!': Spare parts estimator plays the long game after company refuses to pay up

Remy Millisky

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Tenant increased apartment value by tending to neglected garden, landlord attempts to ‘kick’ tenant out to profit from the fruits of his labor

Sienna Varady

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'How my grandpa built the tallest house in town': Homeowner tries over and over to build his house illegally tall

Remy Millisky

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'It was important that her husband not be bothered': Overworked mom decides to stop driving forever after husband chides her for not doing her "responsibilities"

Remy Millisky

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Boss enforces checking emails every 24 hours even when off work, employee maliciously complies and submits OT: 'Make sure you put it on your timesheet'

Ben Weiss

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‘Stop complaining about your neighbors’: Noisy bench-pressing neighbor falls through the floor, landlord pays up after ignoring tenant’s complaints

Ben Weiss

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Employees outraged over company causally announcing shifting to a 42.5-hour workweek: 'They actually tried to spin this as a way to promote equity'

Isabella Penn

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Update: 'It was enough to fire him immediately': Food hall managers keep kids and "fancy bigwigs" waiting outside in 90 degree heat

Remy Millisky

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'[I was] following orders!': Son pranks Dad with malicious compliance, takes instructions too literally by wrapping gravel stones in masking tape

Ben Weiss

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'At this point... we’re making pure scrap': Industrial engineer begs to boss not to run trial with sticky materials, boss insists and costs company thousands

Remy Millisky

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'He came into the job knowing absolutely zero about what we did': Clueless boss causes entire department to be terminated

Remy Millisky

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'Good luck paying [your] employees!': Guy refuses to fix payroll problem until he gets paid more, 50 workers walk out

Ben Weiss

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'Red flags start appearing from the very first minute I arrive': Startup hires employee for impossible project, then vows to cut their salary in half

Remy Millisky

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'I made him too insecure': Guy dumps girlfriend after she scores higher on IQ test

Ben Weiss

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Employee maliciously complies with manager's demands to be notified "every single time" he leaves his desk: 'Yes, ma'am!'

Ben Weiss

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