It's a tale as old as time. You have the perfect job at a small company, everybody manages their workload well, and things are going smoothly. Then, the company finally gets bought out by a larger one, and a new CEO enters the picture. What follows is a seismic cultural shift with new expectations, responsibilities, and rules. This thread was posted to Reddit by RevolutionFriendly56 , who shared their side of the story after their new CEO decided to lecture everyone about loyalty and staying bu…

This teen is annoyed by their Dad piling on the responsibility, and they finally found a way out of it. In some families, there are so many kids that the other siblings have to help out to care for everyone. This was quite common in the past, when families were much bigger than they are today (think 4-10 kids instead of 1 or 2). People like u/hankiepanki were responsible for caring for large families. This person reported that they were cooking and cleaning for between 8-10 people after their m…

You know how some people will pay off big fines with massive bags of pennies? This is in a similar vein… except 10x crazier. When people get involved in court battles , it can quickly become petty and contentious. The two parties are in court because they're trying to litigate an issue, and it's going to cost one of them a lot of money in the end. What the court rules is what you have to do, whether you like it or not, and even if you appeal the verdict, you may still have to pay that big fine…

Just how long should a customer have to wait for service when they're checking out at a store ? It depends on a lot of factors. For example, if you check out at a store at 6 PM and there are no cashiers to be seen for a minute or two, you might be confused and annoyed. At 2 AM at that same store, you'd probably take it in stride if there were no cashiers , knowing you may have to go find that person and tell them you're ready to pay. The same goes for family stores, or small shops where the sto…

This customer decided to throw a huge fit at the exact the wrong time. Not that there's a right time for a customer to throw a fit… Unless you're a literal toddler or baby, no one is going to care about your hissy fit. You've got to “use your words,” as they say to children. When you're an adult, you're expected to act like one, yet so many adults just have total meltdowns when they're faced with issues that require them to talk to customer service reps. Customer service reps should get a lot o…

Getting caught in between the demands of different authority figures within the same company is not always easy to navigate. Not only are you catering to the needs and requests of your direct supervisor, but now you have found yourself having to cater to the whims of the person who signs your paycheck and your micromanager's paycheck. That is the conundrum that this Redditor found himself in and it triggered a lot of insecurity from his direct manager, who insisted on getting an extensive updat…

Sometimes you don't know what you're getting into as a new hire at a business, and you only find out when you're in too deep. U/TechnicalViking knows that all too well after realizing they'd been duped into working on an absolutely massive project with basically no guidance or help whatsoever. When you're desperate to find a job, you stop looking out for red flags and just start searching for a paycheck, any paycheck. Even if a company seems sus, you might still take the gig just out of necessi…

"This gets met with more attitude so I ask if I’ll be getting paid sick time for the day I missed yesterday. He says no, not without a doctors note. . ."

What would we ever do without our neighbors? If you've got kind neighbors, it can be such a blessing. If you've got a few cranky neighbors making your life miserable, however, you'll wish you lived miles from any other people! U/PaludisVulpes had a bad experience with their neighbor. For those living in any downstairs apartment , they're always going to have to hear some sounds. If the neighbors are having a party, they'll hear music and tons of feet walking around. Maybe they'll hear the dog s…

Salesfolks know that people don't want to be upsold , but that only makes them try harder. For people who work on commission , getting some extra cash in their paycheck at the end of each month is irresistible. And all they have to do is sell their customers add-ons that they don't really need, like insurance for expensive electronics. Just anecdotally, there are two types of people: those who never break their devices, and people who can't go a month without cracking their iPad screen wide ope…

I'm convinced that some customers return to the same fast-food restaurants over and over just to mess with the employees. When a customer comes into the store announcing how bad the service was last time, and how the employees were so impolite, and the food was just awful… It makes you wonder, why are they even here? Do they know that there are a million options for fast food , including the same exact food from the same chain a mile or two away? Do they know that they have free will, and no on…

Prom is too important to miss just because your fast-food boss says “no.”

No matter where you work, security checks are always important, and should not be taken lightly. We should be grateful that we are taken care of in that regard, and that we feel safe when we go to work every day. That being said, security checkpoints can get a little bit annoying, especially if the guards there are not nice people. For example, the employee in this Reddit story found a clever and funny way to get back at a demanding X-ray guard at their place of work. OP (original poster) works…

Customers aren't always right, but they're happy to be confidently wrong. This person worked at an ice cream parlor as a teenager, which is a typical first job for many kids. U/chsser writes that they generally enjoyed the role, but they had a few regulars who had zero patience. At any restaurant, there are bound to be delays, and you might even get the wrong order from time to time. If you're a regular, it'll probably happen to you eventually. The person antagonizing this teen was a regular to…

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes, am I right? No one's ever told that to this customer apparently, who just couldn't understand why he wasn't getting his Chinese food i n a timely manner. This story takes place back in the days of landline phones . It seems like they don't even put landline phones in newer houses today; I don't know a single person who still uses that brick of a phone glued to the wall. In the ages of cell phones, they're completely obsolete. Not everyone misses them, eithe…

Parents: you can't live with ‘em, can’t live without ‘em. You love them dearly, and they know how to get under your skin like no one else. That’s just how family is! It's the reason that a lot of people put up with irritating behavior from their family members, letting them push their boundaries way too far. If you've ever had to share a car with your family members, you know exactly how u/RiskItF0rTheBiscuit's sister was feeling. She writes that she and her Mom were sharing a car already, and…