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'HOA came down to our house to personally ask us to remove the sign': Family devises HOA workaround to avoid 24-hour sign rule

'HOA came down to our house to personally ask us to remove the sign': Family devises clever HOA workaround to avoid 24-hour sign rule

'You don't want to SEE these anymore? No problem!': Supervisor tells employee to stop being late, employee relays his words verbatim to HR and now no one ever gets reported late

'You don't want to SEE these anymore? No problem!': Supervisor tells employee to stop being late, employee relays his words verbatim to HR and now no one ever gets reported late

Elna McHilderson

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'After a week with no electronics, it finally happened': Father takes son's devices, makes himself late for work

'After a week with no electronics, it finally happened': Father takes son's electronics, only to have the punishment backfire on him

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'I didn't come in early': Shrewd supervisor gets back at employer by working scheduled hours

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'Get back to work': Employer sends employee on errands during their lunch, won't let them eat on the clock

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‘No more overtime; Ok, boss': Machines overheat and shut down after delivery driver complies with demanding supervisor's request to ‘stop taking overtime’, leading to over $10,000 in damages

‘No more overtime; Ok, boss': Machines overheat and shut down after demanding supervisor instructs delivery driver to ‘stop taking overtime’, leading to over $10,000 in damages

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'I got it in writing': Manager demands BBQ cook clock-out early to cut their hours, their kitchen goes uncleaned and work goes unfinished

'I should get a bump in pay too': Boss pays new hire 20+% more, denies employee the same rate, employee gets a better job elsewhere

'I should get a bump in pay too': Boss pays new hire 20% more, denies employee the same rate, employee gets a better job elsewhere

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‘You can't have breakfast until I say so’: Overworked hotel worker singles out guest who demands breakfast ‘on time’, allowing everyone else to eat breakfast early

‘You can't have breakfast until I say so’: Overworked hotel worker singles out guest who demands breakfast ‘on time’, allowing everyone else to eat breakfast early

'The lady of the house simply will not permit it': Movers tasked with impractical sofa bed delivery, use their own contract to avoid carrying it up stairs

'The lady of the house simply will not permit it': Movers tasked with impractical sofa bed delivery, use their own contract to avoid carrying it up stairs

'[HOA] said that sunflowers are not allowed': Guy enlists lawyer's help to get even with HOA, maliciously complies with contract by planting corn

'[HOA] said that sunflowers are not allowed': Guy enlists lawyer's help to get even with HOA, maliciously complies with contract by planting corn

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'With a smile [my boss told] me, "I see what you did there"': Manager and employee team up to stick it to large company's HR, gets paid extra in overtime

'With a smile [my boss told] me, "I see what you did there"': Manager and employee team up to stick it to large company's HR, gets paid extra in overtime

Elna McHilderson

'I will update you every possible moment': Squadron of interns overload senior doctor with dozens of phone calls

'I will update you every possible moment': Squadron of interns bombard senior doctor with dozens of phone calls after he calls them 'lazy'

'I may not have questioned the process… If I had gotten a bit of respect': Civil engineer spends 3 hours on redundant paperwork, asks HR about computerizing and gets entire filing department cut

'I may not have questioned the process… If I had gotten a bit of respect': Civil engineer spends 3 hours on redundant paperwork, asks HR about computerizing and gets entire filing department cut

Elna McHilderson

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'I stopped doing their work for them': Company experiences huge losses when developer stops doing her coworker's work for them, exposing them

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Update: 'This is gonna raise a lot of eyebrows': Employee spends weeks doing nothing at work after boss refuses their simple solution to computer issues

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Woman buys an expensive snow blower after struggling with snow for years and refuses to lend it or clear a neighbor’s drive for free during a major storm

Woman buys an expensive snow blower after struggling with snow for years and refuses to lend it or clear a neighbor’s drive for free during a major storm

Resident discovers neighbor keeps going through their trash to ensure they "meet HOA standards", they report her to HOA management: ‘I just want her to leave me alone’

Resident discovers neighbor keeps going through their trash to ensure they "meet HOA standards", they report her to HOA management: ‘I just want her to leave me alone’

Teacher goes against admin rules, devises new system to stop misbehaving students that actually works: 'I literally can never win in admin’s eyes'

Teacher goes against admin rules, devises new system to stop misbehaving students that actually works: 'I literally can never win in admin’s eyes'

Employee gets moved to another department after 17 years, refuses to train his unqualified replacement: 'He keeps asking me how to do his job'

Employee gets moved to another department after 17 years, refuses to train his unqualified replacement: 'He keeps asking me how to do his job'

Homeowner shoveling snow for the neighborhood is confronted by neighbor who assumes he has been hired by the HOA and demands he clear her walkway: 'I've been waiting for my walkway to be shoveled out. Are you going to do it today?'

Homeowner shoveling snow for the neighborhood is confronted by neighbor who assumes he has been hired by the HOA and demands he clear her walkway: 'I've been waiting for my walkway to be shoveled out. Are you going to do it today?'

28-year-old BF blames GF after he eats birthday cheesecake left sitting outside for 48 hours: 'I lost my mind and called him immature'

28-year-old BF blames GF after he eats birthday cheesecake left sitting outside for 48 hours: 'I lost my mind and called him immature'

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