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Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

Boss demands fired employee return their uniform despite employee paying hundreds of dollars for them, employee returns them covered in cat fur as payback: ‘You didn't say they had to be clean’

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‘Okay!’: Helpful employee is scolded by arrogant boss for taking workplace initiative, so they fill up boss's entire afternoon with back-to-back interviews

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Hotel quiet fires porter over scheduling conflicts, they refuse to return their uniform when their boss demands it back: 'You want your uniform back? Come and get it'

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'I've never felt so powerful': Last-minute $1.5M contract falls apart after the company's WiFi goes out, then an employee reminds his pushy boss the limits of their stringent WFH policy

Jesse Kessenheimer

Employee discovers loophole within company half-day policy, allowing him to work for only one hour every Friday: 'Half days revolve around lunch times'

Employee discovers loophole within company half-day policy, allowing him to work for only one hour every Friday: 'Half days revolve around lunch times'

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Worker offered “promotion” without additional compensation, finds a new job and takes half the team with him: 'Another company offered him the same management role—with actual compensation'

Entitled couple terminates lease without warning roommate, he gets petty and takes the fridge: 'I didn't have a leg to stand on'

Entitled couple terminates lease without warning roommate, he gets petty and takes the fridge: 'I didn't have a leg to stand on'

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$1.5 million quote goes unfinished thanks to a bad office internet connection and rigid remote work policy: 'Ah, well. If only I could go home to use my working internet'

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‘Message heard loud and clear’: Auto employee maliciously complies with arrogant boss's orders, almost costs the auto shop a crucial client as a result

‘Message heard loud and clear’: Auto employee maliciously complies with arrogant boss's orders, almost costs the auto shop a crucial client as a result

HOA issues unfair fine to resident for using his own trash bin, he spams them with notifications: 'I’ll notify you every time I’m using my trash cans'

HOA issues unfair fine to resident for using his own trash bin, he spams them with notifications: 'I’ll notify you every time I’m using my trash cans'

Downstairs neighbor micromanages tenant's noise levels, so the tenant starts doing their laundry at 6 A.M. as a morning wake-up call: ‘They can do nothing about it’

Downstairs neighbor micromanages tenant's noise levels, so the tenant starts doing their laundry at 6 A.M. as a morning wake-up call: ‘They can do nothing about it’

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Boss asks employee to train their replacement before firing them, company begs employee to come back when the new hire doesn't work out: ‘Nah, I’m good now’

Boss asks employee to train their replacement before firing them, company begs employee to come back when the new hire doesn't work out: ‘Nah, I’m good now’

Server forced to wait on entitled divorced couple, maliciously complies with their order: 'Ask me for 4 eggs, I give you 4 eggs'

Server forced to wait on entitled divorced couple, maliciously complies with their order: 'Ask me for 4 eggs, I give you 4 eggs'

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’

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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

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HOA sends non-HOA homeowner a letter demanding her to follow all HOA rules because her home's previous owner agreed to do so: ‘[They said] I still have to follow them’

HOA sends non-HOA homeowner a letter demanding her to follow all HOA rules because her home's previous owner agreed to do so: ‘[They said] I still have to follow them’

Factory management holds a meeting to report record profits and tell employees that they won't be paid between Christmas and New Years, doesn't go as planned: 'We didn't even feel heard. But hey, green number get bigger'

Factory management holds a meeting to report record profits and tell employees that they won't be paid between Christmas and New Years, doesn't go as planned: 'We didn't even feel heard. But hey, green number get bigger'

Mom requests $350+ for daughter whose car got impounded for blocking neighbor's driveway: 'You had more than enough room to get into your driveway through your front lawn'

Mom requests $350+ for daughter whose car got impounded for blocking neighbor's driveway: 'You had more than enough room to get into your driveway through your front lawn'

Fed-up employees share what finally pushed them to quit with no notice: 'I laughed the whole way home'

Fed-up employees share what finally pushed them to quit with no notice: 'I laughed the whole way home'

New hire quits after two weeks, prepares to sue ex-boss for withholding his paycheck: 'I need my full paycheck as I worked a full two weeks!'

New hire quits after two weeks, prepares to sue ex-boss for withholding his paycheck: 'I need my full paycheck as I worked a full two weeks!'

'Yeah, I'm not coming back. I quit!': Boss takes away employee's lunch break after he is late one time, employee leaves for good

'Yeah, I'm not coming back. I quit!': Boss takes away employee's lunch break after he is late one time, employee leaves for good

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