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35-year-old's helicopter parents refuse to let him accept an offer that pays $23,000 more than his last job: 'They want me to turn this opportunity down [...] and keep looking for local jobs in Kansas'

Ben Weiss

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Company promises yearly bonus to all employees, only to delay the payment without explanation, forcing employees to cancel plans made for the money: 'It only exists on a spreadsheet'

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Gift cards don't work that way': Taco shop drive-thru employee dumbfounded, denying a customer when they try to purchase a meal with a $0 gift card

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Science teacher's $6k raise request is denied, so they accept a new job with a 40% pay increase; admin backpedals with too little, too late: ‘I will not be changing my mind’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Injured woman refuses to pay $680 for a ski trip she didn't go on, resisting pressure from her boyfriend who invited someone else in her stead: 'I’m not paying for a vacation I didn’t attend'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employee gets offered another job with higher pay, leaves new job after only two weeks, manager gets offended: ‘I laughed and explained what I was offered’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager conspires to get 19-year-old Boba Shop employee fired, she files a complaint after not receiving her final paycheck: 'I got the whole place shut down'

Ben Weiss

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'Manager changed my clock-out times': New employees get left alone to close the store, forcing them to clock out an hour late every day, only to find out they don't get paid past closing time

Bar Mor Hazut

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‘HR hung up on me’: After being fired, HR director contacts ex-employee asking to hire them as a contractor, only to be appalled when they ask for a pay rate 5x their former salary

Bar Mor Hazut

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Nanny asks for a $5 raise after working with a family for 2 years, then she burns a bridge when the parents counteroffer with a pay cut: 'Mom thinks she's being savvy'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Mom puts 8-year-old son in a window seat despite it belonging to another passenger on flight, leading to a confrontation when passenger demands her seat back: ‘Be kind for once’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Manager approves employees' unlimited overtime for Mother's Day week, only to take it back halfway through: ‘You are doing too much overtime’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Take that, Dave': 15-year-old assistant soccer referee cheated out of money over a bogus new rule, maliciously complies and gets boss fired

Ben Weiss

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'How about NO': Hiring manager blocks candidate after they politely inquire about the job's pay rate, all while claiming it's unprofessional to even ask

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I saw her Instagram story, she was at a concert': Frugal friend refuses to bail out their roommate after they ask them to cover 100% of rent after finding out she lied about the real reason for financial hardship

Jesse Kessenheimer

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'I thought you were covering it since you picked it up': Coworker claims to accidentally order two lunches, eats both then expects colleague to pay

Isabella Penn

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