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'I automated everything my boss did': Data analyst gets bonus after writing script to make their boss obsolete

'They wouldn't listen': Employee places $6k order for equipment, receives a $500k server instead, resulting in customer service fraud investigation

'They wouldn't listen': Employee places $6k order for equipment, receives a $500k server instead, resulting in customer service fraud investigation

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'Karen doing as Karen does': Customer demands extra extra caramel at drive thru, worker maliciously complies

'Karen doing as Karen does': Customer demands extra extra caramel at drive thru, worker maliciously complies

'Dissolve my department... and expect the same output?': Department head costs employer $30k, discovers their boss's "illegal move"

'Dissolve my department... and expect the same output?': Department head costs employer $30k, discovers their boss's "illegal move"

'That was basically the "last straw"': Overwhelmed employee gets scolded for working overtime, starts working only 5 hours per day

'That was basically the "last straw"': Overwhelmed employee gets scolded for working overtime, starts working only 5 hours per day

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Karen barks at $250 bill, shoves manager in front of on-duty officers: ''[They] immediately cuff her'

Karen barks at $250 bill, shoves manager in front of on-duty officers: '[They] immediately cuff her'

'Don't worry about the business... it'll run without you': Coffee shop manager blocks bosses number and quits, things start "going wrong the next day"

'Don't worry about the business... it'll run without you': Coffee shop manager blocks bosses number and quits, things start "going wrong the next day"

'Well, 9:00am - 5:00pm it is!': Lawyer refuses to come in early for big meeting after getting reprimanded by partner for leaving early

'Well, 9:00am - 5:00pm it is!': Lawyer refuses to come in early for big meeting after getting reprimanded by partner for leaving early

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'The exec told me that the seal was fine': Construction boss insists on running broken cement mixer, gets humiliated and covered in dust

'The exec told me that the seal was fine': Construction boss insists on running broken cement mixer, gets humiliated and covered in dust

'Meet me at the courthouse': Coder brings 500 pages of evidence to judge to get back at their boss

'Meet me at the courthouse': Coder brings 500 pages of evidence to judge to get payback on their stingy boss

'My mom ends up ruining the life of her ex-boss': Head of Finance gets caught making financial 'irregularities' for decades

'My mom ends up ruining the life of her ex-boss': Head of Finance gets caught making financial 'irregularities' for decades

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'I don't work here, lady': Delivery guy agrees to scan woman's groceries at her insistence

'I don't work here, lady': Delivery guy agrees to scan woman's groceries at her insistence

'To save two dollars in OT, they let a few thousand dollars [...] go to waste': Employee lectured for working OT, double malicious compliance ensues

'To save two dollars in OT, they let a few thousand dollars [...] go to waste': Employee lectured for working OT, double malicious compliance ensues

'He claims [I] was "wasting two hours of everybody's time"': Manager won't speak to IT employee after being one-upped in front of clients

'He claims [I] was "wasting two hours of everybody's time"': Manager refuses to speak to IT employee after being embarrassed in front of clients

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'I knew I was getting fired': Retail manager creates the world's hardest passwords just before getting fired

'I knew I was getting fired': Retail manager creates the world's hardest passwords just before getting fired

'We paid for everything': Guy invites ex on vacation, ex demands to be reimbursed for petty purchases

'We paid for everything': Guy invites ex on vacation, ex demands to be reimbursed for petty purchases

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A Midday Lunch of 24 Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday (October 20, 2025)

A Midday Lunch of 24 Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday (October 20, 2025)

Remote employee plans to quit for a new job after getting hit with return-to-office mandate, walks away with 7 months’ severance instead: 'I am still laughing'

Remote employee plans to quit for a new job after getting hit with return-to-office mandate, walks away with 7 months’ severance instead: 'I am still laughing'

Boss takes credit for team's work on a big presentation, only to be publicly reprimanded by his own boss when he fails to present the data properly: ‘Classic corporate leadership’

Boss takes credit for team's work on a big presentation, only to be publicly reprimanded by his own boss when he fails to present the data properly: ‘Classic corporate leadership’

Tech employee skips unpaid ‘mandatory’ team retreat, manager suggests they've lost their chance for a promotion as a result: ‘He said my attitude is the issue’

Tech employee skips unpaid ‘mandatory’ team retreat, manager suggests they've lost their chance for a promotion as a result: ‘He said my attitude is the issue’

Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

Boss demands IT employee follow process to the letter, stalling out a project with a major client and causing frantic messages from their boss: 'No ticket = no work. Bureaucracy over brains'

24-year-old refuses to risk her career for her reckless brother, standing her ground against her parents’ pressure: ‘He’s 28 and literally is the most careless person in this world’

24-year-old refuses to risk her career for her reckless brother, standing her ground against her parents’ pressure: ‘He’s 28 and literally is the most careless person in this world’

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