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'Every time he asked me a question I said, "Hmm, not sure"': Tropical fish store's expert employee tries to help customer, customer asks to be aided by 'someone who knows things'

'Every time he asked me a question I said, "Hmm, not sure"': Tropical fish store's expert employee tries to help customer, customer demands to be aided by 'someone who knows things'

'She can get lost': Karen complains about her shift schedule despite not following rules, supervisor maliciously complies, extends her shifts

'She can get lost': Karen complains about her shift schedule despite not following rules, supervisor maliciously complies, extends her shifts

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'Have fun waiting for two hours': Crew member reveals that pilot held up flight after telling crew members to stop bugging him

'Have fun waiting for two hours': Crew member reveals that pilot held up flight after telling crew members to stop bugging him

'Ex-wife told me to remove all my stuff from her storage unit. So I did': Guy takes washer, dryer, and car from cheating ex after she demands they take all their belongings out of storage

'Ex-wife told me to remove all my stuff from her storage unit. So I did': Guy takes washer, dryer, and car from cheating ex after she demands they take all their belongings out of storage

'So I just plop down in his seat': Passenger insists it 'doesn't matter' where he sits on airplane, refuses to give up seat to ticket-holding passenger

'So I just plop down in his seat': Passenger insists it 'doesn't matter' where he sits on airplane, refuses to give up seat to ticket-holding passenger

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'If we all agree to this, then we can all get perfect scores': Professor with bizarre grading policy gets schooled after students game the system, giving everyone a perfect score

'If we all agree to this, then we can all get perfect scores': Professor with bizarre grading policy gets schooled after students game the system, giving everyone a perfect score

'But you’re advertising it': Customer requests holiday drink from coffee shop, barista refuses to make it because 'it's after Christmas'

'But you’re advertising it': Customer requests holiday drink from coffee shop, barista refuses to make it because 'it's after Christmas'

'It's amazing what can be done when the CEO gets involved': Customer floods company execs with emails to get them to fix their computer

'It's amazing what can be done when the CEO gets involved': Frustrated customer floods company execs with emails to get them to fix their computer

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'No OT without manager approval': Retail worker uses OT policy to his advantage, leaves mid-shift once he hits 40 hours to go to the movies

'No OT without manager approval': Worker uses OT policy to his advantage, leaves mid-shift once he hits 40 hours to go to the movies

'We're just following his procedure, right?': New manager does away with his team's system, employees maliciously comply knowing productivity will decline

'We're just following his procedure, right?': New manager does away with his team's system, employees maliciously comply knowing productivity will decline

'She started piling on more work on me... I was happy to comply': Manager tries to get her employee to quit, instead the company pays their worker more

'She started piling on more work on me... I was happy to comply': Passive-aggressive manager tries to get her employee to quit, instead the company pays their worker more

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'He had to send out an email to the team recalling the rule': Team manager insists late employees need to bring breakfast for their entire team, employee humbles him with expensive meal purchase

'He had to send out an email to the team recalling the rule': Team manager insists late employees need to bring breakfast for their entire team, employee humbles him with expensive meal purchase

'I'll make the quesadillas exactly as ordered, but you pay the dry cleaners': Cheap manager changes restaurant recipes, gets covered in molten cheese in front of his corporate bosses

'I'll make the quesadillas exactly as ordered, but you pay the dry cleaners': Cheap manager changes restaurant recipes, gets covered in molten cheese in front of his corporate bosses

'You can't continue working from home because you go idle in chat too often': Remote worker devises plan to avoid going into the office by tricking their bosses

'You can't continue working from home because you go idle in chat too often': Remote worker devises plan to avoid going into the office by tricking their bosses

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'He is bug eyed and asked me how many tickets I was planning on submitting': Data analyst is denied access to their database, sends IT team help desk tickets for each of their 400+ clients

'He is bug eyed and asked me how many tickets I was planning on submitting': Data analyst is denied access to their database, sends IT team help desk tickets for each of their 400+ clients

'The landlord is very upset': Landlord insists engineer tenant fix their own appliances without realizing how much the tenant is billing him

'The landlord is very upset': Landlord insists engineer tenant fix their own appliances without realizing how much the tenant is billing him

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Entitled HOA board members demand that new homeowners give up their designated space for another neighbor, homeowners refuse: 'Peg didn't like that. Not one bit'

Entitled HOA board members demand that new homeowners give up their designated space for another neighbor, homeowners refuse: 'Peg didn't like that. Not one bit'

58-year-old essential employee gets laid off 1 year before retiring, entire team quits out of loyalty, HR begs them to come back for double their original pay: 'I'll come back for 13 weeks'

58-year-old essential employee gets laid off 1 year before retiring, entire team quits out of loyalty, HR begs them to come back for double their original pay: 'I'll come back for 13 weeks'

HOA Karen building manager, tries to force out tenant so her friend can move into the building, tenant gets the owner involved, who fires her and doubles her rent: 'she couldn’t afford to pay the full rent'

HOA Karen building manager, tries to force out tenant so her friend can move into the building, tenant gets the owner involved, who fires her and doubles her rent: 'she couldn’t afford to pay the full rent'

HR announces in-person office policy to fully remote team, sparking mass exodus: '[I] sent my resignation letter right there!'

HR announces in-person office policy to fully remote team, sparking mass exodus: '[I] sent my resignation letter right there!'

58-year-old employee gets let go, the rest of the department leaves, HR begs for employee to come back 4 months later: 'That's not going to work for me'

58-year-old employee gets let go, the rest of the department leaves, HR begs for employee to come back 4 months later: 'That's not going to work for me'

Management starts tracking employees' every move and forcing them to stay at their desks, their compliance cost the company $50k: 'We're doing exactly what they wanted - staying at our desks and not moving around'

Management starts tracking employees' every move and forcing them to stay at their desks, their compliance cost the company $50k: 'We're doing exactly what they wanted - staying at our desks and not moving around'

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