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18-year-old retail employee gets scolded for being 6 minutes late to work, then takes their manager's demands literally as payback: ‘If you can’t be here on time, don't come in at all—so I didn't'

Jesse Kessenheimer

'I just stood there': Manager demands employees stick only to assigned tasks, employee complies by refusing to help customers outside of their department

'I just stood there': Manager demands employees stick only to assigned tasks, employee complies by refusing to help customers outside of their department

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20+ Job candidates who spotted red flags during job interviews: 'You could not pay me enough to work for that place'

18-year-old refuses to help her chaotic roommate get a job at her retail store, roommate shows up for a walk-in interview anyway: 'Kayla is now banned from the store'

18-year-old refuses to help her chaotic roommate get a job at her retail store, roommate shows up for a walk-in interview anyway: 'Kayla is now banned from the store'

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'They asked if I was ok with a few days of "unpaid training"': 20+ Employees who quit their new jobs as quickly as possible

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Entitled shopper confuses customer for employee, demands their employee discount: 'You’re wearing red and khakis. Don’t lie to me!'

Entitled shopper confuses customer for employee, demands their employee discount: 'You’re wearing red and khakis. Don’t lie to me!'

Hardware store customer refuses help from saleswoman, asks for salesman instead, who then repeats every question to his female coworker to make a point: ‘I turned and asked Bonnie’

Hardware store customer refuses help from saleswoman, asks for salesman instead, who then repeats every question to his female coworker to make a point: ‘I turned and asked Bonnie’

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'She told me I wouldn't be paid': 15+ Employees who quit toxic jobs on day 1

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‘Lock the doors’: Retail employee kicks customers out after manager demands they abide by ever-changing schedule, store loses major sales, manager gets written up as a result

‘Lock the doors’: Retail employee kicks customers out after manager demands they abide by ever-changing schedule, store loses major sales, manager gets written up as a result

'Good luck selling air': Retail workers instructed not to stock storefront shelves, they comply despite knowing it will affect sales, resulting in a dispute with management

'Good luck selling air': Retail workers instructed not to stock storefront shelves, they comply despite knowing it will affect sales, resulting in a dispute with management

Entitled customers treat retail employee like scum, so after they purchase the $500 wedding gift for a friend, he replaces the price tag with an $18 one: ‘Making the [Karen] look like a [cheapskate]'

Entitled customers treat retail employee like scum, so after they purchase the $500 wedding gift for a friend, he replaces the price tag with an $18 one: ‘Making the [Karen] look like a [cheapskate]'

Elna McHilderson

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18-year-old working her first job takes her loafing coworker up on his offer after he tells her to "do it herself", takes his job after doing his work for him: 'I’m doing it myself now. With a raise'

Entitled lady hassles random woman at the thrift store, so woman buys every single pants in that Karen's size: ‘It cost me less than $30… One of my proudest petty moments.'

Entitled lady hassles random woman at the thrift store, so woman buys every single pants in that Karen's size: ‘It cost me less than $30… One of my proudest petty moments.'

Elna McHilderson

‘Still fills me with joy and pride': Boss disrespects and underpays beloved manager, so entire staff quits on the spot and 1/4 of their business closes within a year

‘Still fills me with joy and pride': Boss disrespects and underpays beloved manager, so entire staff quits on the spot and 1/4 of their business closes within a year

Elna McHilderson

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Entitled customer expects retail employee to apply outdated discount on an item their store doesn't sell, an audacious argument ensues: ‘He got all huffy when he didn't get his way’

‘I’m not scheduled to exist… Until 9:00:00 AM': Karen manager scolds employee for clocking in ONE minute early, employee malicious complies so hard that he gets employee of the month

‘I’m not scheduled to exist… Until 9:00:00 AM': Karen manager scolds employee for clocking in ONE minute early, employee malicious complies so hard that he gets employee of the month

Elna McHilderson

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Management forced employee to stick to 8:00-16:00 "core hours” and pre-approved OT, she complies, proving that her new schedule harms work-flow and production: 'Flexibility would no longer be available'

Management forced employee to stick to 8:00-16:00 "core hours” and pre-approved OT, she complies, proving that her new schedule harms work-flow and production: 'Flexibility would no longer be available'

Employee gets fired 2 weeks after her wedding because her company doesn't want to add her spouse to her insurance: 'Friday morning, my performance was fantastic, I was getting praised, how would I suddenly be fired for my performance on Monday afternoon?'

Employee gets fired 2 weeks after her wedding because her company doesn't want to add her spouse to her insurance: 'Friday morning, my performance was fantastic, I was getting praised, how would I suddenly be fired for my performance on Monday afternoon?'

21-year-old employee avoids boss's demands to shovel snow: 'I had already planned not to go... because it wasn't my job'

21-year-old employee avoids boss's demands to shovel snow: 'I had already planned not to go... because it wasn't my job'

Brother moves every 6 months at most, always expects free help, and finally gets refused when his sibling chooses not to play free mover for hire: ‘Every time he moves, he expects me to help pack, carry heavy furniture, and drive the rental truck.’

Brother moves every 6 months at most, always expects free help, and finally gets refused when his sibling chooses not to play free mover for hire: ‘Every time he moves, he expects me to help pack, carry heavy furniture, and drive the rental truck.’

Employees share the funniest stories of getting fired and how losing their jobs ended up being the best thing that could’ve happened to them: 'I ended up making 3 times what he was making at the job he was fired from'

Employees share the funniest stories of getting fired and how losing their jobs ended up being the best thing that could’ve happened to them: 'I ended up making 3 times what he was making at the job he was fired from'

Warehouse manager follows an out-of-touch boss' new corporate-approved protocol, brings the shift to a halt because the head honcho doesn't understand logistics: 'Soon we have a whole row of pallets stuck'

Warehouse manager follows an out-of-touch boss' new corporate-approved protocol, brings the shift to a halt because the head honcho doesn't understand logistics: 'Soon we have a whole row of pallets stuck'

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