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Warehouse manager sends new hire on an impossible errand, new hire quietly slips out and takes a 3-hour break

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Manufacturer helps client with urgent order by supplying differently specced parts at client's agreement, client still makes official complaint because the parts weren't to normal specification, manufacturer delays their orders thereafter in retaliation

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Designers create mistakes on purpose for entitled customer to find: 'Demand that there's always a mistake? Here you go!'

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9-year-old picky eater finds loophole in grandmother's strict dinner policy: 'Whatever is served to you gets eaten, no exceptions, no negotiating.'

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Manager repeatedly ignores developer's warning, resulting in $228k of incorrect transactions: 'The system did exactly what it was told to do'

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Truck driver gets fined $2500 after ignoring fellow driver's warnings about "improper" display violations: 'Maybe you ought to listen to people, especially when they are trying to save you money!'

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Micromanaging Warehouse Supervisor tells employee to start "documenting everything," they comply and use their paperwork to save themselves from being scapegoated: 'I started writing down every single thing'

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Bosses demand worker pick up item with 2-hour car ride, employee maliciously complies: '2 hours that I would normally spend doing work, I am now spending in my car'

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Manager gives employee a formal warning for following a protocol she created: ‘I wrote a detailed breakdown of every single violation’

An employee is seen from the side, typing on a laptop. In the background, a manager holds a tablet to discuss a project or ticket.

Boss demands employee respond only to ticketed requests that follow the process "no exceptions," employee complies and ignores boss's urgent messages: 'I stopped answering his Slack messages'

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Boss demands that employees remain at their desks and tell him what they're doing every time they get up, they comply and message him so often that he is forced to reverse the order: 'Last week I sent him 9 messages in one day'

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27-year-old calls out boyfriend for telling how to act in front of his friends: 'He literally told me to be myself and then shushed me when I tried'

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Stubborn HR training lands grocery store employee some extra cash: ‘My time is my time, and I'm getting paid for it’

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Employee uses loophole in company's half day policy, ends up working just one hour a day every Friday: 'Half days entirely depend on the set lunch time? Alright then!'

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Teen dishwasher maliciously complies with clueless boss's new rule, boss apologizes to teen: 'I actually really appreciated his reaction that day'

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Tax office rejects employee's work lunch deductions and claims they can drive home to make lunch, so the employee claims a larger deduction for mileage to and from work: ‘"Very well played..."’

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Tech guy gets fired at 58 after 35 years in tech, and instead of panicking, sees it as a chance to retire early, do DIY, and work part-time at a hardware store: ‘It's actually a relief, I was getting SO sick of the corporate stuff’

Tech guy gets fired at 58 after 35 years in tech, and instead of panicking, sees it as a chance to retire early, do DIY, and work part-time at a hardware store: ‘It's actually a relief, I was getting SO sick of the corporate stuff’

Boss ignored employee for their two weeks' notice period, waits until an hour before their last shift ends to send them tasks, employee simply leaves: ‘Radio silence’

Boss ignored employee for their two weeks' notice period, waits until an hour before their last shift ends to send them tasks, employee simply leaves: ‘Radio silence’

Union electrician spitefully applies to low-wage jobs requiring expert skills to waste unjust employers' time in interviews

Union electrician spitefully applies to low-wage jobs requiring expert skills to waste unjust employers' time in interviews

Landlord refuses to give tenants their security deposit back, claims his late wife handled it, leading tenants to pursue in court: ‘I have receipts, photos, and documentation’

Landlord refuses to give tenants their security deposit back, claims his late wife handled it, leading tenants to pursue in court: ‘I have receipts, photos, and documentation’

Gen Z employees demand “tone indicators,” older coworkers study and use them seriously, but young workers still get offended, and the whole thing gets dropped: ‘I’m here to do a job. That job is not babysitting anyone’s feelings’

Gen Z employees demand “tone indicators,” older coworkers study and use them seriously, but young workers still get offended, and the whole thing gets dropped: ‘I’m here to do a job. That job is not babysitting anyone’s feelings’

38-year-old parents demand their least favourite child defend them and his spoiled siblings against the rest of the family: 'They have become such spoiled brats and my parents act surprised when people call it out'

38-year-old parents demand their least favourite child defend them and his spoiled siblings against the rest of the family: 'They have become such spoiled brats and my parents act surprised when people call it out'

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