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‘A boatload of microaggressions’: 20+ employees share when the office ‘Holiday Potluck’ went awry for them, proving it's a bad idea for the workplace

Elna McHilderson

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Overworked employee refuses to attend Christmas party after overhearing coworkers ‘trash talk’ about him, leading to a stern debate about work events: ‘So done with this company’

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘HR was even on my side’: Penny-pinching manager sneakily docks 1 hour per day from employee's timesheet, employee reports her but manager makes excuses to save face

Lana DeGaetano

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Senior IT manager with 25-years of experience humbles an arrogant new intern by letting him repeatedly fumble in front of the big boss: 'He pretty much humbled himself'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'So I blocked her': Judgmental office Karen gets blackballed from company files after scrutinizing the security officer's tactics, so he password locks everythin

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Candidate's offer falls through after manager claims they ‘no-showed' to the online interview, until candidate finds proof that manager lied: ‘This isn't [my] fault’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I paid $22 for slabs of fat': Male Karen demands for a refund for brisket sandwiches he never ordered, manager stands his ground

Ben Weiss

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Employee refuses to comply with team building exercise, claiming coworkers are doing it wrong, company fires the employee in response: ‘You failed’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I'm not a child': Vacationing employee is several days late for work after being stranded by flight delays, then they get bombarded by a concerned boss, causing a heated debate in the comments

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Long story short, I just quit my full-time job': Sole employee at a hotel that holds nearly 200 people shares exact customer interaction that made her quit on the spot

Elna McHilderson

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'John threw you under the bus’: Lazy coworker leaves a novice colleague high and dry while he's on vacation, then faces the consequences with management upon return when everything falls apart

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'Not allowed to go home early? Ok!': Manager defies boss by adjusting schedule so employees can still leave at a decent hour

Ben Weiss

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[He] was the stereotypical lazy manager': Employee teaches messy boss a lesson by leaving fake contamination note in the breakroom, scares boss into becoming a neat freak

Isabella Penn

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Employee refuses to pitch $50 for a gift for his boss who makes 3x his salary, protesting the staff's pathetic holiday pizza party in return: 'I already gave my gift… it's a 0% wage increase'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'But hey, 'I'm just a cashier'': Retail manager gets wrongfully reprimanded on Black Friday by incompetent supervisors, so he lets them 'run the show' as revenge

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I get a reply from the CEO': Business trip gets cut short for an obnoxious passenger after she ruins an 8-hour flight for everyone, insulted traveler writes a heated complaint after doing some clever sleuthing

Jesse Kessenheimer

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