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Bank won’t let me withdraw all funds? Ok | I moved from Pennsylvania to Michigan a few years ago and only go home once a year or so. A few years back I transferred the vast majority of my bank account to Michigan, but they were giving me a hard time about closing the account and so I withdrew all funds except for

'They were giving me a hard time about closing the account': Bank tries to charge guy a fee to close account, he decides to drown them in perpetual transactions

They Refused Me an Office, I Complied, They Regretted It

'I distinctly heard the yelling': Stubborn department heads conspire against new hire having an office, get chewed out

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You want 70, um ok, 1,2,3,..... | My sister buys these fish to feed to my BIL's pet fish. She goes into the pet store and says she would like 70 of the little guys. So, the net goes in and right into the bag. Well my sister looks and goes, "that's not 70".

Woman unhappy with uncounted fish, demands employee count them out, gets less fish

Karen boss DESPERATELY needed my uniform back the next day “NO EXCUSES!”

'The new manager was one of the biggest Karens you have ever met': Fast food worker gets revenge on evil Karen boss by returning a muddy uniform

As you wish | This happened a couple or three decades ago in the military. I was in charge of the squadron budget and made sure all unit expenditures were proper (right funds account) and funds were available.

'Sir, I sent those requests to you two weeks ago': Commander demands every expenditure passes through his approval, subordinates oblige

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"If my work is that bad then it would be better for everyone if I quit"

'He's been telling me all year that I [...] wasn't good enough for my role': Employee quits for better job after boss threatened him all year

'We already switched seats" After a while the couple said "Oh you have the middle seat", i was confused because the wife was sitting at the aisle. And i said that was not the agreement and i want my seat back.

Entitled Couple Tricks Guy Into Trading for Worse Plane Seat, He Ends up With a Better Seat

No OT but you won’t swap me to day shift? Ok, boss.

Employee's Horrible Boss Denies Request to Switch Shift, Gets Revenge By Working OT Against Company Policy

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Charging me for something extra that never existed? Fine, I'll pretend like it did | I was using a storage company to keep my stuff over the summer, and they already fudged up the first part of the delivery so I wasn't having high hopes for the time when I was supposed to get my stuff back.

Storage Facility Obstinately Charges Guy for Non-existent Box, so Guy Demands It Back

Pedantic manager picks apart their own work Backstory: I worked for a high street retail chain that, in their infinite wisdom, ditched the store manager position and instead had 4 assistant managers running a store. This led to intensive workplace politics as the more competitive staff kept trying to pull stuff to make out that they were the big dog despite the fact that we were all on the same level.

Worker Manipulates Meddling Micromanager Into Annihilating Their Own Work

Don't want to pay me for my work? Alright, I'll undo it!

'We won't give you anything more than $5': Delivery service tries to cheat driver out of agreed upon rate, cue malicious compliance

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Professor Fails Students, Students Tell Dean, Dean Fails Professor

Don’t get me wrong, I love my coworker but she’s acting like she’s the manager when she isn’t.

'She's acting like she's the manager when she isn't': Coworker starts making rules and requirements for everyone else, team members retaliate

tole my seat eh? Well now we are gonna' get real cozy. I (43m) flew Southwest recently and spaced on checking in early so I ended up way in the back of the plane. It was only an hour flight so I wasn't too distraught about it

Entitled Dude Steals Guy's Plane Seat, Guy Sits on Top of Him

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My IT Directors emails look awfully suspicious.

Guy Forced to Endure 2-Hour Phishing Workshop as Punishment, Reports All IT Director's Emails as Phishing Attempts

If I get penalized for one day, then I will be out for three.

Employee Discovers Loophole in Company Sick Day Policy and Enrages Horrible Boss