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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

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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'

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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'

‘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

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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’

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’

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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’

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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Resident pays teenager to dig their car out of snow, only for a neighbor to demand to park in that spot instead, resident refuses: ‘Dig yourself out’

Resident pays teenager to dig their car out of snow, only for a neighbor to demand to park in that spot instead, resident refuses: ‘Dig yourself out’

Boss demands a full return to office after years of remote work, then works from home while his employees are forced to commute: ‘Leadership have different requirements’

Boss demands a full return to office after years of remote work, then works from home while his employees are forced to commute: ‘Leadership have different requirements’

Neighborhood kids think they're entitled to using new homeowner's trampoline whenever they want: 'Maybe you shouldn't of gotten a trampoline if you didn't want neighborhood kids on it'

Neighborhood kids think they're entitled to using new homeowner's trampoline whenever they want: 'Maybe you shouldn't of gotten a trampoline if you didn't want neighborhood kids on it'

Entitled mom pressures a coworker to give up 1 week of PTO because her vacation time is more important than their anniversary: 'She said parents should get priority'

Entitled mom pressures a coworker to give up 1 week of PTO because her vacation time is more important than their anniversary: 'She said parents should get priority'

15+ Employees share their workplace dramas: 'They got caught'

15+ Employees share their workplace dramas: 'They got caught'

Retired 74-year-old car guy and his wife bring a buyer to haul trailer full of tools they own from a man’s property in Southern California, he blocks them last minute, claiming they owe him “rent,” refusing to let them take their equipment

Retired 74-year-old car guy and his wife bring a buyer to haul trailer full of tools they own from a man’s property in Southern California, he blocks them last minute, claiming they owe him “rent,” refusing to let them take their equipment

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