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'NO ONE can access their emails': Boss orders IT worker to cut off everyone's access over the weekend to avoid paying OT, worker maliciously complies

'NO ONE can access their emails': Boss orders IT worker to cut off everyone's access over the weekend to avoid paying OT, worker maliciously complies

'You gave him too much overtime... you're fired’: Micromanager gets fired after forcing worker to work huge amounts of overtime at odd hours, that resulted in big bills for the company

'You gave him too much overtime... you're fired’: Micromanager gets fired after forcing worker to work huge amounts of overtime at odd hours, that resulted in big bills for the company

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'Either you pay 50€ or you somehow make the luggage 50g lighter': Passenger has to make bag lighter to check luggage, maliciously complies by eating chocolate

'Either you pay 50€ or you somehow make the luggage 50g lighter': Passenger has to make bag lighter to check luggage, maliciously complies by eating chocolate

'Is it ok if I fire you?': Boss fires employee for being late, then surprises them with offer

'Is it ok if I fire you?': Boss fires employee for being late, then surprises them with offer

'No, you can't use your vacation time': Worker takes 7,200 hours of vacation time after job insists he work on holidays for decades

'No, you can't use your vacation time': Worker takes 7,200 hours of vacation time after job insists he work on holidays for decades

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‘This is your job now': Car dealership manager sends worker to deliver paperwork, despite lack of approval by higher-ups; customer CCs whole department on matter

‘This is your job now': Car dealership manager sends worker to deliver paperwork, despite lack of approval by higher-ups; customer CCs whole department on matter

‘I put my key on the counter and walked out’: Bakery worker gets back at micromanaging owner, quits on ‘sandwich day’, leaving boss to make hundreds of sandwiches by himself

‘I put my key on the counter and walked out’: Bakery worker gets back at micromanaging owner, quits on ‘sandwich day’, leaving boss to make hundreds of sandwiches by himself

'My hours were suddenly gone': Upper management revoke fast food worker's hours despite being in violation of company policy; worker demands reinstatement

'My hours were suddenly gone': Upper management revoke fast food worker's hours despite being in violation of company policy; worker demands reinstatement

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'You can't use your phone': Company refuses to let workers without ‘management title’ to use phones; contractor stops working, employees follow his lead, costing company $100,000

'You can't use your phone': Company refuses to let workers without ‘management title’ to use phones; contractor stops working, employees follow his lead, costing company $100,000

'Want me to work for my "interview"? Will do': Job candidate discovers their free writing sample was used in court case, sues the company that interviewed them

'Want me to work for my "interview"? Will do': Job candidate discovers their free writing sample was used in court case, sues the company that interviewed them

'[I] didn't do a single lab report all year': Teacher changes grading policy, student maliciously complies to get out of doing work

'[I] didn't do a single lab report all year': Teacher changes grading policy, student maliciously complies to get out of doing work

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"We want another server now': Waiter ignores customers for hours

'We want another server now': Waiter ignores customers for hours after they insult staff members

'I had the pleasure of calling them back to tell them': Customer service manager cancels services after customer's accidental reveal

'I had the pleasure of calling them back to tell them': Customer service manager cancels services after customer's accidental reveal

'HOA came down to our house to personally ask us to remove the sign': Family devises HOA workaround to avoid 24-hour sign rule

'HOA came down to our house to personally ask us to remove the sign': Family devises clever HOA workaround to avoid 24-hour sign rule

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'After a week with no electronics, it finally happened': Father takes son's devices, makes himself late for work

'After a week with no electronics, it finally happened': Father takes son's electronics, only to have the punishment backfire on him

‘You can't have breakfast until I say so’: Overworked hotel worker singles out guest who demands breakfast ‘on time’, allowing everyone else to eat breakfast early

‘You can't have breakfast until I say so’: Overworked hotel worker singles out guest who demands breakfast ‘on time’, allowing everyone else to eat breakfast early

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18-year-old call center employee told by new supervisor to "just stick to the script" she does exactly as asked leading to her boss changing her mind: 'If you deviate even slightly, you’ll be written up'

18-year-old call center employee told by new supervisor to "just stick to the script" she does exactly as asked leading to her boss changing her mind: 'If you deviate even slightly, you’ll be written up'

'Uncle John was quite upset': Entitled Uncle discovers the inheritance from his mother was left to his 18-year-old nephew while the rest was donated to charity

'Uncle John was quite upset': Entitled Uncle discovers the inheritance from his mother was left to his 18-year-old nephew while the rest was donated to charity

Update: New employee refuses to work overtime, boss fires him to make an example, entire team suffers without employee's efforts: 'We didn’t need to work overtime!'

Update: New employee refuses to work overtime, boss fires him to make an example, entire team suffers without employee's efforts: 'We didn’t need to work overtime!'

Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

49 and 47-year-old property owners shut down unrelenting friends after they repeatedly try to invite themselves over for vacation at their lake house: 'He finally got a hint'

49 and 47-year-old property owners shut down unrelenting friends after they repeatedly try to invite themselves over for vacation at their lake house: 'He finally got a hint'

'I no longer get invited to family outings': 20+ People who inherited money and regretted it

'I no longer get invited to family outings': 20+ People who inherited money and regretted it

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