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'I'll make sure it's $30 Every. Single. Time': Employee gets in trouble for expensing $1.02 above the limit, maliciously complies and costs the company 3x her normal spending

'I'll make sure it's $30 Every. Single. Time': Employee gets in trouble for expensing $1.02 above the limit, maliciously complies and costs the company 3x her normal spending

'I can give as good as I get...': Man confronts Karen and demands that she stop handing out his number to random people, Karen refuses to comply, leading to a full-blown virtual dispute

'I can give as good as I get...': Man confronts Karen and demands that she stop handing out his number to random people, Karen refuses to comply, leading to a full-blown virtual dispute

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'That’s millions of pounds of [our] order you’ve lost us!': Spare parts estimator plays the long game after company refuses to pay up

'That’s millions of pounds of [our] order you’ve lost us!': Spare parts estimator plays the long game after company refuses to pay up

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Coworker keeps pushing their work onto employee, they take leave and watch the project come to a standstill: 'I went to HR'

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Boss forces worker to stay and work late despite having nothing to do, gets paid to read: 'My boss was speechless'

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Dad says to dig a hole and don't stop "until I tell you," kid digs a hole over 6ft deep: 'There was a momentary look of shock on his face'

'How my grandpa built the tallest house in town': Homeowner tries over and over to build his house illegally tall

'How my grandpa built the tallest house in town': Homeowner tries over and over to build his house illegally tall

'It was important that her husband not be bothered': Overworked mom decides to stop driving forever after husband chides her for not doing her "responsibilities"

'It was important that her husband not be bothered': Overworked mom decides to stop driving forever after husband chides her for not doing her "responsibilities"

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Boss enforces checking emails every 24 hours even when off work, employee maliciously complies and submits OT: 'Make sure you put it on your timesheet'

Boss enforces checking emails every 24 hours even when off work, employee maliciously complies and submits OT: 'Make sure you put it on your timesheet'

‘Stop complaining about your neighbors’: Noisy bench-pressing neighbor falls through the floor, landlord pays up after ignoring tenant’s complaints

‘Stop complaining about your neighbors’: Noisy bench-pressing neighbor falls through the floor, landlord pays up after ignoring tenant’s complaints

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IT employee maliciously complies to new boss's autocratic dress code: '[I wore] hi-vis polo shirts'

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'It felt good snitching... especially since they are lying and stealing from my community': Man calls out house flippers for not paying taxes, gains community support

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Corporate agency demands more detailed timesheets, worker charges all their bureaucratic tasks, gets time off as a result: 'They freaked out'

‘One minute more and would have been time theft, right?': Employee hangs up a work call in the middle of his own sentence to teach petty manager a lesson

‘One minute more and would have been time theft, right?': Employee hangs up a work call in the middle of his own sentence to teach petty manager a lesson

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Update: 'It was enough to fire him immediately': Food hall managers keep kids and "fancy bigwigs" waiting outside in 90 degree heat

Update: 'It was enough to fire him immediately': Food hall managers keep kids and "fancy bigwigs" waiting outside in 90 degree heat

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Worker forced to attend boring training, uses instructor's lesson against them: '[He said] I was being unreasonable'

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18-year-old high schooler boards flight alone, leaving mom, stepfather, and 3 and 6-year-old half-siblings behind: 'I was basically expected to take over my mom's part of the parenting'

18-year-old high schooler boards flight alone, leaving mom, stepfather, and 3 and 6-year-old half-siblings behind: 'I was basically expected to take over my mom's part of the parenting'

Employer threatens remote employee with lawsuit for a second time after they hand in their resignation, despite them extending their notice period by 45 days: 'I just want out of this circus without getting a lawsuit thrown at me'

Employer threatens remote employee with lawsuit for a second time after they hand in their resignation, despite them extending their notice period by 45 days: 'I just want out of this circus without getting a lawsuit thrown at me'

10 Managers who were surprised when their best employees quit on the spot: 'A guy left on his 15-minute break... and just never came back'

10 Managers who were surprised when their best employees quit on the spot: 'A guy left on his 15-minute break... and just never came back'

Management demands 24/7 availability without extra pay for routine work that could wait until Monday, and pulls employee into meetings, criticizing his lack of responsiveness: ‘There’s no emergency, and no contract that says I owe them my free time’

Management demands 24/7 availability without extra pay for routine work that could wait until Monday, and pulls employee into meetings, criticizing his lack of responsiveness: ‘There’s no emergency, and no contract that says I owe them my free time’

'I automated my job over a year ago and haven't told anyone': IT specialist spends all day playing video games after perfecting automated system for his entire job

'I automated my job over a year ago and haven't told anyone': IT specialist spends all day playing video games after perfecting automated system for his entire job

Couple temporarily living with husband's parents refuse to pay for the new kitchen appliances his mother ordered, after she secretly added them to the list of monthly expenses they usually split: 'We aren't going to pay for appliances we didn't need'

Couple temporarily living with husband's parents refuse to pay for the new kitchen appliances his mother ordered, after she secretly added them to the list of monthly expenses they usually split: 'We aren't going to pay for appliances we didn't need'

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