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Employee calls the Fire Department after manager refuses to fix a hazard in the store's aisles, Fire Chief closes the store until manager complies with regulations: ‘Corporate was not happy’

Employee calls the Fire Department after manager refuses to fix a hazard in the store's aisles, Fire Chief closes the store until manager complies with regulations: ‘Corporate was not happy’

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

'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

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15+ Entitled customers who got put in their place by petty employees

'She had 250 [customers] laughing at her': 15+ Entitled customers who got put in their place by petty employees

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UPDATE: Senior employee demands special treatment from management, sabotages coworker's day-off request: 'I'm gonna threaten to quit over this'

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'[I] spilt a whole tray of drinks over the same man twice': 20+ Hospitality workers who made giant mistakes at work

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'This is going to be a $7,000 lesson for you': 15 Workers whose clients, customers, and bosses saw their big mistakes

'I was nice enough…': Entitled guy insults employee in German thinking he wouldn't understand, employee calls him out and leaves him “a human trout gasping for air”

'I was nice enough…': Entitled guy insults employee in German thinking he wouldn't understand, employee calls him out and leaves him “a human trout gasping for air”

Elna McHilderson

'I have to give it to him...': Entitled manager gets humbled after claiming employee is lazy but couldn't keep up with her duties, gets upper management to give her more staff

'I have to give it to him...': Entitled manager gets humbled after claiming employee is lazy but couldn't keep up with her duties, gets upper management to give her more staff

Elna McHilderson

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Karen customer demands barista make her a Frappuccino, complains that it's not an iced latte when the barista hands it to her: 'Being a barista is truly a social experiment'

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Manager tells 21-year-old retail worker to "just smile more," she obliges by smiling non-stop for her entire shift, horrifying a Karen customer: 'For the rest of my shift, and every shift after, I smiled'

After being told to "smile more", 21-year-old retail worker responds with an over-the-top, unsettling 'smile-mode', which catches on with coworkers, driving out the customers: 'He didn’t bring it up again'

After being told to "smile more", 21-year-old retail worker responds with an over-the-top, unsettling 'smile-mode', which catches on with coworkers, driving out the customers: 'He didn’t bring it up again'

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Store owner finds out manager took the entire staff out for coffee instead of opening the store in the morning, considers firing manager for poor judgment: ‘They left and locked the doors’

Store owner finds out manager took the entire staff out for coffee instead of opening the store in the morning, considers firing manager for poor judgment: ‘They left and locked the doors’

'Duty manager read it and then promptly started laughing': Entitled coworker demands injured colleague do the same heavy lifting, but the doctor's note actually gives her even more work to do

'Duty manager read it and then promptly started laughing': Entitled coworker demands injured colleague do the same heavy lifting, but the doctor's note actually gives her even more work to do

Elna McHilderson

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2 retail clothing store employees feud over store sections they're working in: 'Aileen says... "They are always picking favorites here"'

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'I'm outta here': 30+ Workers who quit their bad jobs on Day 1

Clueless customer ignores store safety precautions, moves barriers on both ends of the aisle while forklift operator works: 'She casually opened the barrier like it's a garden fence'

Clueless customer ignores store safety precautions, moves barriers on both ends of the aisle while forklift operator works: 'She casually opened the barrier like it's a garden fence'

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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’

Employee discovers that her boss is looking to replace her, files a report with HR: ‘My boss was fired’

Employee discovers that her boss is looking to replace her, files a report with HR: ‘My boss was fired’

Employee quits job without notice, then gets threatened with litigation by HR if they don't return their work phone immediately, employee refuses to comply: ‘They deserve no respect’

Employee quits job without notice, then gets threatened with litigation by HR if they don't return their work phone immediately, employee refuses to comply: ‘They deserve no respect’

Difficult neighbor moves in at 2:00 AM, resident next door gets even by testing their loud speaker: 'I turned it up to 90%, let the music blast and enjoyed it'

Difficult neighbor moves in at 2:00 AM, resident next door gets even by testing their loud speaker: 'I turned it up to 90%, let the music blast and enjoyed it'

Library management demands employee print receipts for every book checkout, causing massive lines in the library and a dispute with the city office: ‘The fallout was immediate'

Library management demands employee print receipts for every book checkout, causing massive lines in the library and a dispute with the city office: ‘The fallout was immediate'

40 employees quit at unmanaged retail store, leaving 3 brave managers to run it alone: 'Callie [tells] me to call the entire staff 1 by 1'

40 employees quit at unmanaged retail store, leaving 3 brave managers to run it alone: 'Callie [tells] me to call the entire staff 1 by 1'

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