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'You want ti be in control? Fine!': Micromanager gets comeuppance after requiring approval for mandatory training programs, employee malicious complies

'You want to be in control? Fine!': Micromanager gets comeuppance after requiring approval for mandatory training programs, employee maliciously complies

Micromanagers who want to see and approve every little thing are likely to regret that choice sooner rather than later. Here , we have a boss who disapproves of industry standards and ended up having to deal with the consequences of pressuring employees to comply with her outdated wishes. First, these industry standards were mandatory training programs that employees had to take every three years. It didn't matter if she felt they were pointless. She had to approve of them, but somehow, her wor…
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Lab technician gives know-it-all scientist his comeuppance when he's told to stop double-checking his work in an ultimate fail moment

Arrogant scientist scolds lab technician for double-checking his work, so the lab technician smugly watches as he gets his comeuppance: ‘Biggest eye roll possible’

"You don't interrupt your enemy when they're making a mistake."
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'She was unwilling to listen': Consultant insists that she won't take "fashion advice" from coworker

This consultant is adamant that she should be allowed to wear whatever she wants to work. Too bad her coworkers don't feel the same way! Up next, read about these people who had some rough days at work, like one person who revealed they " Just lost thousands of dollars worth of product at work . Most likely getting fired.”
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'Mass malicious compliance': New HR manager stops employees from their morning routines, entire office stops working extra hours

The new HR person at this company had a funny idea for getting people into the office on time. This worker, u/KiKi_BTW, shared that when they worked at an otherwise “awesome company,” a new HR person interrupted the flow of things. A lot of the workers would bike to the job each day. It can be a great way to commute: you get your daily exercise in, save money on gas, and it's good for the environment, too. But adults get pretty sweaty when they work out, and a lot of offices accommodate this by…
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‘I don’t make the rules, I just follow them': College students share clever methods to get out of paying unjustified parking tickets

‘I don’t make the rules, I just follow them': College students share clever methods to get out of paying unjustified parking tickets

Being a college student already puts you at a difficult starting point when it comes to your financial state. There is simply so much one has to pay for in college, and physically being in school also means you can't really work to pay for everything college demands. One of the most infuriating things colleges usually take money for is parking. Apparently, the tuition is not enough to secure a place to park on campus, so colleges resort to asking even more money for parking passes or permits. T…
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'[Today] is our busiest day of the year, you can’t just up and quit!': Italian restaurant greeter follows boss's advice to have just one job, boss regrets it immediately

One restaurant greeter learned a valuable lesson about how people should treat them in a work setting. When you start your first job, you don't exactly know how you're supposed to be treated by management. Some places yell at their workers, others are passive-aggressive towards them, and others have super strict rules that they stick by no matter what. Your first job teaches you a lot… so by the time you get your second job, you're a little wiser and more experienced. This person was holding tw…
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'I wasn't "loyal" to this dealership': Car dealership employee quits on the spot after boss's firing joke goes wrong

This dude's former boss had an interesting idea of what loyalty meant. It's an odd query: should you shop where you work ? If you work at a restaurant, would they expect you to eat their food? Or if you work at a clothing store, would your boss be offended if you showed up wearing clothes from a different store? It depends on the workplace, but it's a bit strange to force requirements like this on your employees. I mean, don't show up to your retail job wearing the competitor's clothing… but wh…
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'Be careful what you complain about': Entitled customer throws tantrum over internet speed, demanding higher quality than what he's paying, employee maliciously complies and readjusts speed

'Be careful what you complain about': Entitled customer throws tantrum over internet speed, demanding higher quality than what he's paying, employee maliciously complies and readjusts speed

It takes a whole lot of audacity to complain about not having something you're not properly paying for… This entitled customer recently downgraded his internet speed from 500 mpbs to 100 because he wanted a cheaper plan. Well, as a result, this had consequences on the quality of his Wi-Fi connection. Of course, when you're a Karen, you don't necessarily have the capacity to put two and two together and realize that this is what you get for downgrading to a cheaper plan. He wound up complaining…
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‘I'm done’: Angry homeowner ‘mowliciously’ complies with entitled lawn care service and schedules his next appointment with them for 20 years from this year

Incompetent lawn mowing service with a ‘three-cut minimum’ cancels on customer three consecutive times, so he ‘mowliciously’ complies and schedules his next mowing for 2047

"I remind him, that I agreed to a three cut minimum and no where in any of the conversations did the company specific a restriction on when."
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'He had to re-stack half the woodpile': Teenager finds the worst way to stack a wood pile to get back at father

If a teenager wants to do something , they'll find the most creative ways to do it. Teenagers are simply unstoppable. Whether it's their parents, guardians, or teachers telling them not to do something, they can't be deterred. Things feel extra dramatic to them at that age: if they can't go out with their friend group , some teens act like it's the end of the world. Missing out on a group shopping trip because they're grounded is cause for a full-scale meltdown. For u/Quitthesht, being denied a…
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'I've spoken with one of our experts': Retail managers band together to get back at irrational customer

The longer you work in retail, the more you realize that some customers simply can't be helped . It's not that they don't want to be helped--they usually do, and they'll let the cashier know it. But they often want things like impossibly large discounts or merchandise that the store simply doesn't have in stock. Some customers see items that are supposedly in stock online, and then they'll spend 10 minutes insisting to the cashier that the item actually is in the store. If only they'd check in…
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'The amount of mail received per day was insane': Homeowner overwhelmed by massive amounts of mail accumulating at their house, Post Master hangs up on them

This person was having a major problem with their mail . It's almost the exact opposite problem of what many people deal with. A lot of folks get their mail stolen: whether it's packages or letters, some people will steal it. Other mail gets lost in transit somewhere, never to be seen again. But for this person, mail was piling up at their house, and almost all of it was for someone else! That probably happens to everyone from time to time: getting mail from a previous tenant or a letter for an…
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'They wanted to show off': Food processing CEO tries to show off new safety system to higher ups, cause a spill that takes 48 hours to clean

This CEO is about as foolish as you can get. You don't have to tell that to his employees, like u/Chairfighter, who have to put up with his shenanigans no matter what the cost. They just have to roll their eyes and do what the higher-ups say. After that, read about the funniest sleepwalking or sleeptalking incidents people have ever witnessed, such as: “One kid shouted 'I SEE THE LIGHT!' and then sleepwalked into a wall .”
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'One phone call to the CEO later, she's in his office': Car dealership tells customer that only the CEO can authorize her request, she refuses to back down

Don't mess with this “frazzled momma!” Moms get things done, as this car dealership was about to find out firsthand.
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'A cashier bursts into the room, panicked... lines are getting backed up': IT employee tries to avoid shutting down retail registers, oblivious manager refuses

These grocery shoppers had an especially memorable shopping experience thanks to one store manager who couldn't be bothered to do her job. Up next, check out these utterly baffling home design choices, like one person who “spent $15,000 on this kitchen… It's been on the market for 415 days .”
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'Congratulations, you played yourself': Day spa customer requests entourage be allowed to photograph her, regrets hasty decision to cancel

This person had a strange request for her salon , and the salon wasn't happy to hear about her plans. If you want to antagonize your hairdresser before your cut, that's your prerogative, but it's not the brightest idea. You're at the salon to get a nice haircut, something you probably can't do as nicely on your own. The hairdresser has immense power over you as they cut your hair---they can make you look amazing, goofy, or somewhere in between. No one goes to a hairdresser wanting a bad haircut…
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