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Entitled lunch lady complains about janitor's cleaning method at school, janitor cleverly complies with her demands, leading to a mess in the cafeteria: ‘I'm just following orders’

Entitled lunch lady complains about janitor's cleaning method at school, janitor cleverly complies with her demands, leading to a mess in the cafeteria: ‘I'm just following orders’

Boss rejects employee's report claiming it's ‘not thorough enough’, employee resubmits a 20-page detailed breakdown as a response: ‘I sent it off and waited’

Boss rejects employee's report claiming it's ‘not thorough enough’, employee resubmits a 20-page detailed breakdown as a response: ‘I sent it off and waited’

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‘She counted it all by hand’: Penny-pincher cashes out $1000 of coins at the bank, depositing it handful after handful to avoid paying service fees, beating the bank at their own game

Jesse Kessenheimer

Cheap company refuses to reimburse employee $20 because they didn't keep receipts, so employee racks up a $280 bill on the next work trip: ‘I went all in’

Cheap company refuses to reimburse employee $20 because they didn't keep receipts, so employee racks up a $280 bill on the next work trip: ‘I went all in’

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CEO tries to fire and replace employee with 2 interns when they take PTO to recover after 13-hour shifts: 'I told them, pay me triple my wage and I'll consider [coming back]'

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Employee gets accused of 'slacking off' and gets assigned manager's tasks to fill time, he finds a way to automate every task, resulting in manager getting fired: 'He had nothing to do'

Employee gets accused of 'slacking off' and gets assigned manager's tasks to fill time, he finds a way to automate every task, resulting in manager getting fired: 'He had nothing to do'

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Entitled customer tries to load 6,000 pounds of concrete onto his car despite employee's warnings, breaks car's suspension: 'It was the absolute best day I've ever had at work'

Entitled customer drops water company for competitor, then comes back begging for their far better service: '[My] boss's face turned red'

Entitled customer drops water company for competitor, then comes back begging for their far better service: '[My] boss's face turned red'

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Company expects staff to cook food for their own employee appreciation event unpaid and off the clock, so one employee calls out his boss for unlawful practice

Company expects staff to cook food for their own employee appreciation event unpaid and off the clock, so one employee calls out boss for unlawful practice

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'Sorry, it’s 5:00. Let’s pick this up tomorrow': Employee ditches work every day at 5:01, maliciously complying with an over-disciplined manager's shortsighted scheduling demands

Jesse Kessenheimer

Company faces major system shutdown after entire IT department gets fired and instructed to have their data destroyed without leaving backup: ‘They're not sure how to fix it’

Company faces major system shutdown after entire IT department gets fired and instructed to have their data destroyed without leaving backup: ‘They're not sure how to fix it’

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Micromanager makes entire team log every single task, employee complies, causing tasks to take forever: 'The result? It was chaos'

Micromanager makes entire team log every single task, employee complies, causing tasks to take forever: 'The result? It was chaos'

‘I'll just do my job slower’: Overworked employee decides to do the bare minimum after manager denies their overdue raise, leading manager to quickly regret their decision

‘I'll just do my job slower’: Overworked employee decides to do the bare minimum after manager denies their overdue raise, leading manager to quickly regret their decision

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Parents pay $500 per kid for ski lessons they can't use: 'I'm sure the manager knew what I was doing'

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'It was no less than $25,000': College advisor points out administrative flaw, request gets rejected, department has to pay $25k

'It was no less than $25,000': College advisor points out administrative flaw, request gets rejected, department has to pay $25k

Boss demands employee pay for professional corporate profile picture, employee uses a fake picture of themselves instead, only for boss to love it: ‘He's praising my commitment to excellence'

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17-year-old gets forced out of the house by his parents for telling his 15-year-old sister that she is their favorite child: 'Sometimes they just let my sister choose what we should do for my birthday'

17-year-old gets forced out of the house by his parents for telling his 15-year-old sister that she is their favorite child: 'Sometimes they just let my sister choose what we should do for my birthday'

‘Nightmare boss finally terminated’: Tantrum-throwing assistant manager finally gets canned after he pops a bag of hot food next to his coworkers, hardworking employee lands a promotion as a result

‘Nightmare boss finally terminated’: Tantrum-throwing assistant manager finally gets canned after he pops a bag of hot food next to his coworkers, hardworking employee lands a promotion as a result

CEO sends CCTV footage of employees in a group work chat while's he's out of town: 'He's watching us. I'm quitting tomorrow'

CEO sends CCTV footage of employees in a group work chat while's he's out of town: 'He's watching us. I'm quitting tomorrow'

'He has not contributed a single cent': Eldest sister asks her freeloading brother to pay $200 in rent after his “temporary” stay at her family's house exceeds 3 months, he refuses and threatens to go live in his car

'He has not contributed a single cent': Eldest sister asks her freeloading brother to pay $200 in rent after his “temporary” stay at her family's house exceeds 3 months, he refuses and threatens to go live in his car

Traveling nurse asks friends to stay at their house in Hawaii for three months, they agree, only to kick her out a week later following her endless demands: ‘My boyfriend will be coming with me, and I'll need a car too’

Traveling nurse asks friends to stay at their house in Hawaii for three months, they agree, only to kick her out a week later following her endless demands: ‘My boyfriend will be coming with me, and I'll need a car too’

Harvard PhD graduate insults his roommate's “lesser college” degree, then gets exposed when he struggles to figure out how to use the new can opener: ‘I’d find mangled cans in the garbage’

Harvard PhD graduate insults his roommate's “lesser college” degree, then gets exposed when he struggles to figure out how to use the new can opener: ‘I’d find mangled cans in the garbage’

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