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Candidate gets told they are an ideal match by a recruiter, then quickly rejected by the hiring manager for not staying long enough in previous jobs: ‘You’re told you’re a great match until you aren’t’

Restaurant manager refuses to give diner her employee's discount after watching her make non-stop demands to new server to mock his inexperience: ‘Their smiles dropped’

Restaurant manager refuses to give diner her employee's discount after watching her make non-stop demands to new server to mock his inexperience: ‘Their smiles dropped’

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Overworked junior specialist realizes his ‘above and beyond’ work mentality won't get him anywhere so he stops, managers are now drowning in work: 'It's truly satisfying to see'

Elna McHilderson

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Boss waits to tell employee that they must change their entire revenue plan overnight because the company is $350k short: ‘I’m expected to magically fix everything’

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'Me? I just enjoyed the show': Cashier catches a thief, alerting their store manager when a shopper tries to return a $50 stolen board game; shoplifted gets banned for life

Jesse Kessenheimer

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HR pressures employee returning from 3 years of medical leave to input all of their time-off requests once they return to work, then gets mad when they use all 75 accrued days: ‘Still makes me smile like a maniac’

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Boss forces manager to require that his assistant join team meetings during his vacation: '[We] need to attend meetings for free on our days off'

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Restaurant site supervisor misconceives a manager's effective method of keeping their food service seamless, manager has them removed by the owner: ‘Game on’

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10+ Managers who got even with entitled customers: 'I loved... being able to say "I am the manager"'

Coworker demands friendly employee give her cash after she locks her credit card, employee refuses, coworker calls them out on social media: ‘I stopped speaking to her’

Coworker demands friendly employee give her cash after she locks her credit card, employee refuses, coworker calls them out on social media: ‘I stopped speaking to her’

Boss demands employee stop sitting on the floor of their private office to relieve their back pain, claiming it's against company policy, employee demands proof: ‘Show me the rulebook’

Boss demands employee stop sitting on the floor of their private office to relieve their back pain, claiming it's against company policy, employee demands proof: ‘Show me the rulebook’

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‘I'll keep my mouth shut’: Boss demands employee stay silent during project presentation, trying to take credit for employee's work, VP puts boss in her place

‘I'll keep my mouth shut’: Boss demands employee stay silent during project presentation, trying to take credit for employee's work, VP puts boss in her place

HR disciplines employee for missing mandatory meeting, only to discover they forgot to invite them in the first place: ‘Do you want me to telepathically sense meetings?’

HR disciplines employee for missing mandatory meeting, only to discover they forgot to invite them in the first place: ‘Do you want me to telepathically sense meetings?’

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'I'm not working for free' Barista calls out new manager who demands they work a 4-hour unpaid "trial shift" on day 1

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'You need to fire her!': Entitled shopper tries to force the grocery store manager to fire a repairwoman thinking she's a cashier

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A Midmorning Snack of 25 Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday (December 8, 2025)

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Neighbor demands closer parking spot because she has 3 kids under 5 years old, resident refuses and reports ongoing disputes: 'You don't NEED close spot like do'

Neighbor demands closer parking spot because she has 3 kids under 5 years old, resident refuses and reports ongoing disputes: 'You don't NEED close spot like do'

Marketing agency fires employee for AI usage after they signed a contract that forbade them from using it for work tasks: ‘His work from the past two weeks, also AI‘

Marketing agency fires employee for AI usage after they signed a contract that forbade them from using it for work tasks: ‘His work from the past two weeks, also AI‘

Employee backs out of their promise to cover coworker's shift after she also demands they take over all of her extra tasks of the day, gets called out: ‘Coworkers should help each other’

Employee backs out of their promise to cover coworker's shift after she also demands they take over all of her extra tasks of the day, gets called out: ‘Coworkers should help each other’

Employee informs manager he has to miss work due to medical emergency, HR reframes this as a resignation: 'I never resigned!'

Employee informs manager he has to miss work due to medical emergency, HR reframes this as a resignation: 'I never resigned!'

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

New micromanager scolds employee for using the company credit card for meals while working overtime, employee decides to write individual expense reports for everything they buy moving forward: ‘By week two, Dave's inbox was flooded’

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