After moving in, this dude just wanted to take a quick break before they kept unpacking. If you've ever moved, you know what a massive task it is. You have to box up everything you own into what feels like one thousand boxes. Then, you have to transport all your belongings, or entrust a moving company to do it for you, and hope your precious items arrive intact. And finally, you then have to unpack all your stuff , and decorate your new living space. The OP of this story, u/cbing1010101, was in…

Executives will argue that business trips are important because they're maintaining relationships with their clients, but if you ask me, it's because they just want to get an all-expenses-paid vacation.

Having two bosses who are each mad at you for doing the thing the other boss told you to do is like being stuck between a rock and a hard place… But, in this case, the rock and the hard place are obstinate and refuse to talk to each other—having never figured out how to communicate properly. With that in mind, you probably wouldn't be surprised to learn that the rock and the hard place are, in fact, married and own a business together since plenty of married couples are experts at not communica…

This neighborhood HOA must really regret picking a fight with this driver. As u/wra**ehole writes in this great malicious compliance story, their HOA was seemingly targeting their car. Why? Because it's a bit old, about 30 years old to be exact, though the OP claims it's not an eyesore. Clearly, their HOA thinks differently. HOAs are supposed to improve the communities they surveil, but they've garnered a reputation for being nit-picky about every little detail of a person's property. You might…

This attorney moved from the city to the country without considering the consequences. It's a major life change, as u/USPO-222 writes. Social media often glamorizes life on a farm. On Instagram or Tiktok, people who act “trad” (meaning traditional) show off their relaxing, low-technology life. Some people will share their days of baking fresh bread, doing household chores, or feeding chickens. Farm life is all that stuff, but there's so much more that goes into it, especially for those who have…

Turn all phones off? Okay, if you say so… Phones in the workplace are quite the divisive topic. You could argue that these days, people really need their cell phones to run their lives effectively. For example, if you're at work, but you get a call or text that your child is sick and you need to get them from school, having your phone on you is the best way to communicate. On the other side of the coin, however, phones are so addictive that it's easy to get lost for hours browsing social media…

This new boss was ready to make some changes in the workplace, starting with this system administrator's daily schedule . Having a coworker who you're completely compatible with is such a blessing. There are so many types of personalities in the world that you're going to end up working with people of all backgrounds. So when you find a coworker who can make both of your lives easier, you know you've found a kindred spirit. This person had a great boss at first, as well as a coworker that he st…

This person made their cold-calling job extra easy with a life hack of sorts. As a cold caller, you're signing up for a job that's both repetitive and competitive. You have to make the same exact sales pitch dozens of times per day, but you can't let the monotony get to you. Instead, you have to convince potential clients to purchase your company's service. For those with the charisma of a salesperson, this job can be great. However, this OP, u/Unashamed_Outrage, writes that they strongly disli…

This person had the best summer job ever, all thanks to their boss who went above and beyond his job duties. We could all use a boss like John, as their former employee, u/timothy53, told in a tale of incredible malicious compliance. Summer jobs give teens a taste of independence. At your first job, you have the freedom to drive to work, earn some cash, and then catch up with your friends to enjoy some summer fun. A really great job for teens is lifeguarding . You have to be certified, and it's…

It's no surprise that someone who isn't qualified for their management position might not be very good at doing it—what's surprising is the vigor that these people display when doing petty and cruel things to their subordinates, wielding and abusing every last shred of stupid power they have with enthusiasm. At least in functional organizations, there are checks and balances to the abuse of power in the form of HR departments and upper managers who at least have an interest in reducing the orga…

Life is all good and dandy when you aren't going through micromanagement at work, but the second bosses decide that they want to become more stringent, you can kiss that dandiness goodbye. OP was working in a field where the urgent response was basically the purpose of said field. One day, OP's employer became super budget-conscious, and no longer allowed overtim e unless it was approved. The problem with that wasn't the scheduled overtime, but the unscheduled overtime. Most of the employees we…

This boss tried to bluff , only for their employee to call them out on it. While things didn't go to plan for the boss, their employee, u/exie610, got some amazing revenge. Some managers have no respect for individual jobs. Instead, they'll insist that alongside your own job, you can also do the work of four or five other people. Why do one job excellently when you can do five jobs badly? At some companies, things are always run this way, either because the boss is a penny pincher, or because m…

Doing the same exact task over and over again is not how most employees want to spend their days. Sure, most jobs involve some form of repetition. But this person's boss kept insisting they do the same exact inventory count over and over indefinitely, so it's no wonder this employee got so fed up. This person ended up filling out an anonymous survey where they spilled the beans, and as folks in the comments helpfully noted, please remember that no survey from your workplace is every really anon…

“Everything that happens and goes wrong, is my responsibility,” this facility manager wrote about their encounter with an irritating client. Key cards are pretty great inventions. Although, if you recall, the first round of major hotels to use keycards were kind of a disaster. In the mid 2000s at some point, hotels began switching from manual keys to key cards . The walk from the pool back to the room was brutal, especially when key cards were in their infancy. While on vacation as a young kid,…

After this employee hung up on a potential customer, their boss decided to implement new rules. Did these new rules involve common sense? Not at all. Teenagers have been making prank calls since the dawn of time; it's a right of passage to call up an establishment and ask them if their fridge is running. The OP writes that they got so many prank calls each day while working at a pizza restaurant that they got sick of hearing them. So they started hanging up on people who were asking for “bonele…

When it comes to their boss's odd behavior, this person writes that they “just figured it out” after five years. As a manager, you have tons of responsibilities. It's can be a lot of pressure — you have to answer to your own bosses while managing a bunch of people. You have to know how to prioritize, picking the most important tasks and getting to those first. And you also have to be cautious what you say to the employees who work underneath you. In the comments, several people noted that as a…