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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead

'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead (October 18, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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Remote employee plans to quit for a new job after getting hit with return-to-office mandate, walks away with 7 months’ severance instead: 'I am still laughing'

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Employees under untracked unlimited PTO policy thrive until HR calls their vacations “excessive” and demands new restrictions and their manager to enforce them: ‘Now I have to penalize them for failing to meet expectations that none of us knew existed’

Employees under untracked unlimited PTO policy thrive until HR calls their vacations “excessive” and demands new restrictions their manager has to enforce : ‘Now I have to penalize them for failing to meet expectations that none of us knew existed’

‘He was a great boss': Beloved garage shop manager has it with corporate, takes matters into his own hands using ugly brown paint, gets corporate to give him his way

‘He was a great boss': Beloved garage shop manager has it with corporate, takes matters into his own hands using ugly brown paint, gets corporate to give him his way

Elna McHilderson

29-year-old architect rejects requests for her project files and designs after being laid off and rehired as a contractor by the same firm: ‘They’re I’ll “burn bridges” in the industry’

29-year-old architect rejects requests for her project files and designs after being laid off and rehired as a contractor by the same firm: ‘They’re saying I’ll “burn bridges” in the industry’

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‘I then told her I would be putting in my 2 weeks if she couldn’t give me a raise’: Boss mocks employees for wanting a raise, so they threaten they quit and end up getting more money

‘I then told her I would be putting in my 2 weeks if she couldn’t give me a raise’: Boss mocks employees for wanting a raise, so they threaten they quit and end up getting more money

Waitress fired after 13 years over a Reese’s cup, when a lying coworker turned a harmless snack break into a full-blown scandal: ‘I just feel like I was unfairly and unlawfully terminated’

Waitress fired after 13 years over a Reese’s cup, when a lying coworker turned a harmless snack break into a full-blown scandal: ‘I just feel like I was unfairly and unlawfully terminated’

'I'm already looking forward to a [stress-free] Holiday:' Contractor leaves job without notice, company thinks he's on vacation, keeps getting paid

'I'm already looking forward to a [stress-free] Holiday:' Contractor leaves job without notice, company thinks he's on vacation, keeps getting paid

Elna McHilderson

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‘I don’t have that kind of money! Don’t you have matching ones you can give me?’: Intern snaps at coworker for not giving her enough free clothes after she complained she was broke, and can’t afford new clothing

‘I don’t have that kind of money! Don’t you have matching ones you can give me?’: Intern snaps at coworker for not giving her enough free clothes after she complained she was broke, and can’t afford new clothing

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HOA threatens to put a lien on a couple's home, only for the couple to find out that joining the HOA is voluntary: ‘Who knows how many other properties they are doing this to’

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'They ended up giving me a raise': Company moves management overseas to streamline operations, ends up destroying productivity until they rehire the local manager they demoted

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead

'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead (October 11, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

31-year-old pregnant coworker Sarah tries to take a front parking spot from a colleague with a knee problem, leading to office drama and HR intervention: ‘I felt guilty, but I stood my ground’

31-year-old pregnant coworker Sarah tries to take a front parking spot from a colleague with a knee problem, leading to office drama and HR intervention: ‘I felt guilty, but I stood my ground’

‘I’m just trying to survive the last few days until I’m officially gone’: Woman quits her retail store job, sending her manager into a rage spiral and making her last days tense

‘I’m just trying to survive the last few days until I’m officially gone’: Woman quits her retail store job, sending her manager into a rage spiral and making her last days tense

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'I've made significant progress on my reading lol': Employee ends up getting hours of leisure time after entitled supervisor forces her to change her work schedule

'I've made significant progress on my reading lol': Employee ends up getting hours of leisure time after entitled supervisor forces her to change her work schedule

Elna McHilderson

‘When I refused, she actually went to our manager to complain’: Coworker gets mad when her dream trip overlaps with a colleague’s Christmas vacation, then demands they give it up because “Christmas matters more for families”

‘When I refused, she actually went to our manager to complain’: Coworker gets mad when her dream trip overlaps with a colleague’s Christmas vacation, then demands they give it up because “Christmas matters more for families”

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Neighborhood kids think they're entitled to using new homeowner's trampoline whenever they want: 'Maybe you shouldn't of gotten a trampoline if you didn't want neighborhood kids on it'

Neighborhood kids think they're entitled to using new homeowner's trampoline whenever they want: 'Maybe you shouldn't of gotten a trampoline if you didn't want neighborhood kids on it'

Company fires longtime employee, only to hire a whole team to cover the job, fired employee refuses to help team figure it out: 'If they want my knowledge, they can hire me back'

Company fires longtime employee, only to hire a whole team to cover the job, fired employee refuses to help team figure it out: 'If they want my knowledge, they can hire me back'

Entitled mom pressures a coworker to give up 1 week of PTO because her vacation time is more important than their anniversary: 'She said parents should get priority'

Entitled mom pressures a coworker to give up 1 week of PTO because her vacation time is more important than their anniversary: 'She said parents should get priority'

Boss demands a full return to office after years of remote work, then works from home while his employees are forced to commute: ‘Leadership have different requirements’

Boss demands a full return to office after years of remote work, then works from home while his employees are forced to commute: ‘Leadership have different requirements’

Retail worker reprimanded for working overtime, then gets reprimanded again for staying exactly on schedule: 'He’s threatening a write up. For doing exactly what he told me to do'

Retail worker reprimanded for working overtime, then gets reprimanded again for staying exactly on schedule: 'He’s threatening a write up. For doing exactly what he told me to do'

Woman refuses to reference an ex‑friend of 6 years, Daniel, for new job after he threw her under the bus and blamed her for failed project

Woman refuses to reference an ex‑friend of 6 years, Daniel, for new job after he threw her under the bus and blamed her for failed project

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