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Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

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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'