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'[I] didn't do a single lab report all year': Teacher changes grading policy, student maliciously complies to get out of doing work

'[I] didn't do a single lab report all year': Teacher changes grading policy, student maliciously complies to get out of doing work

"We want another server now': Waiter ignores customers for hours

'We want another server now': Waiter ignores customers for hours after they insult staff members

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'Win win for [me], not the company': Consultant finagles freebee PTO days when manager insist they work on impossible days

'Win win for [me], not the company': Consultant finagles freebee PTO days when manager insist they work on impossible days

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'Sorry boss, that's a managers job': Boss tells employee not to take on extra work, employee maliciously complies and boss's incompetence starts to show

'Sorry boss, that's a managers job': Boss tells employee not to take on extra work, employee maliciously complies and boss's incompetence starts to show

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'He told me to turn [his TV] back on': Cable customer service rep gets even with customer by complying to their demand that they cancel their service

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'I had the pleasure of calling them back to tell them': Customer service manager cancels services after customer's accidental reveal

'I had the pleasure of calling them back to tell them': Customer service manager cancels services after customer's accidental reveal

'I can do this in my head': Teacher makes student show his work, tells him it should take up the whole page, cue malicious compliance

'I can do this in my head': Teacher makes student show his work, tells him it should take up the whole page, cue malicious compliance

'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

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'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

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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

‘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

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'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

‘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

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Sister stops filling shared car with gas after older brother repeatedly leaves it nearly empty and ignores requests to help contribute: ‘[My mom decided that we share the car]’

Sister stops filling shared car with gas after older brother repeatedly leaves it nearly empty and ignores requests to help contribute: ‘[My mom decided that we share the car]’

Entitled neighbor demands homeowner pay 100% of shared driveway maintenance even though he constantly uses it for his business, deliveries, and visitors: 'I have decided reality works this way now'

Entitled neighbor demands homeowner pay 100% of shared driveway maintenance even though he constantly uses it for his business, deliveries, and visitors: 'I have decided reality works this way now'

Tenant's home gets broken into, then landlords expects her to pay $500 dollars for negligent charges: 'Someone tried to break into my apartment how is this my fault?'

Tenant's home gets broken into, then landlords expects her to pay $500 dollars for negligent charges: 'Someone tried to break into my apartment how is this my fault?'

Intern fired for declining boss's demand to immediately join last-minute 3:30 pm Sunday meeting on Memorial Day weekend, raising concerns of unrealistic employment demands: 'They just expect 24/7 availability from interns getting paid the bare minimum'

Intern fired for declining boss's demand to immediately join last-minute 3:30 pm Sunday meeting on Memorial Day weekend, raising concerns of unrealistic employment demands: 'They just expect 24/7 availability from interns getting paid the bare minimum'

Residents use empty house's garden as public path, until its new homeowners move in and fence their entire yard to keep the neighbors out: ‘That's our private property’

Residents use empty house's garden as public path, until its new homeowners move in and fence their entire yard to keep the neighbors out: ‘That's our private property’

Employee forced to meet with HR because his "engagement score" dropped 7 points last quarter: 'This is about being graded by software that has no idea what my job is'

Employee forced to meet with HR because his "engagement score" dropped 7 points last quarter: 'This is about being graded by software that has no idea what my job is'

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