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18-year-old hostess praised for her composure in stressful situations gets belittled by the bartender, quits right before the holiday rush: ‘This isn't worth $8 per hour’

Elna McHilderson

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Manager lets go valued server at diner, then begs for her to come back after disastrous Thanksgiving week at the restaurant: 'I do not want to back'

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Homeowner's girlfriend demands he fire his cleaning lady after finding out she takes food from his fridge, homeowner refuses: ‘She has my permission’

Homeowner's girlfriend demands he fire his cleaning lady after finding out she takes food out of his fridge, homeowner refuses: ‘She has my permission’

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29-year-old bartender stuck on closing shift gets even with work enemy by sabotaging her opening shift the next morning: '[She] completely has it out for me'

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Kind regular tips a new server 70% her first day on the job, making her cry on the spot with relief: 'She said I made her night and that no one had tipped her in FOUR hours'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Café owner demands bakery lead order more product due to upcoming holiday, ignoring and overriding their knowledge and experience, they comply and then quit when they're blamed for the wasted product: 'So I did it. I doubled my regular order'

'I got to be a Karen Vigilante': Customer witnesses guy make the young girl at the register cry for 'unrolling the quarters too slowly,' so she parks behind him and ruins his day

'I got to be a Karen Vigilante': Customer witnesses guy make the young girl at the register cry for 'unrolling the quarters too slowly,' so she parks behind him and ruins his day

Elna McHilderson

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Entitled lady demands to have other customer's table moved away from her at her favorite restaurant: 'I can’t eat while she’s sitting there!'

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7-year-old kid laughs at grocery store cashier for being "too slow", customer reprimands him after his entitled mom refuses to apologize:

7-year-old kid laughs at grocery store cashier for working "too slow", customer reprimands him after his entitled mom refuses to apologize: 'He just insulted someone doing their job'

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16-year-old waiter assumes couple is tipping $40 on a $60 bill, prompting an awkward confrontation and math problems as they struggle to straighten out the misunderstanding: 'He just freezes, until he finally says "100 minus 61.99...." and trails off'

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20-year-old kitchen worker tells her 40-year-old coworker that she's not surprised his wife divorced him over his online gaming obsession, sparks disagreement dividing the workplace: 'She wanted him to spend time with her instead of playing video games'

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'They owe me a lot of money': Former bar manager still had remote access to venue’s lighting, used it to prank owners who never paid him

‘Laughing through his anger’: Restaurant host gets written up for ‘abandoning’ post to aid with a car crash, convinces manager to fire him, celebrates

‘Laughing through his anger’: Restaurant host gets written up for ‘abandoning’ post to aid with a car crash, convinces manager to fire him, celebrates

Elna McHilderson

‘I never came back’: 22-year-old has it with incompetent manager, gets everyone in nightshift to call out, leaving manager alone with the weekend dinner rush

‘I never came back’: 22-year-old has it with incompetent manager, gets everyone in nightshift to call out, leaving manager alone with the weekend dinner rush

Elna McHilderson

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‘Spaghetti regretti’: Restaurant epically turns a special into a staple dish after entitled customer throws a tantrum about it

‘Spaghetti regretti’: Restaurant mocks entitled customer in the form of a delicious pasta special that they make a staple dish on the menu

Elna McHilderson

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'A string of cheese was still hanging from my mouth to the plate': 18+ Servers share their most unhinged, jaw-dropping workplace stories

Jesse Kessenheimer

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18-year-old high schooler boards flight alone, leaving mom, stepfather, and 3 and 6-year-old half-siblings behind: 'I was basically expected to take over my mom's part of the parenting'

18-year-old high schooler boards flight alone, leaving mom, stepfather, and 3 and 6-year-old half-siblings behind: 'I was basically expected to take over my mom's part of the parenting'

Manager faces HR backlash for unfairly "penalizing" a single mother, giving her a lower review and raise than her "flexible" male coworker, as he can work more after-hours and travel on short notice: 'They do equally good work, but he does more of it'

Manager faces HR backlash for unfairly "penalizing" a single mother, giving her a lower review and raise than her "flexible" male coworker, as he can work more after-hours and travel on short notice: 'They do equally good work, but he does more of it'

Family demands English-speaking daughter to be their translator for younger brother's shoplifting court hearing, but she refuses as her final exam is scheduled for the same day, sparking major family drama: 'I'm done being their 24-7 translator'

Family demands English-speaking daughter to be their translator for younger brother's shoplifting court hearing, but she refuses as her final exam is scheduled for the same day, sparking major family drama: 'I'm done being their 24-7 translator'

Employee double-checks a grant detail to prove his right, accidentally uncovers widespread legal noncompliance that everyone in the organization ignored for years: ‘This entire situation happened because I wasn’t about to let someone tell me I’m wrong’

Employee double-checks a grant detail to prove his right, accidentally uncovers widespread legal noncompliance that everyone in the organization ignored for years: ‘This entire situation happened because I wasn’t about to let someone tell me I’m wrong’

Years after a turbulent firing, former employee’s warning to HR leads company to cut major partnership with nonprofit that let her go: 'I did not spare any details'

Years after a turbulent firing, former employee’s warning to HR leads company to cut major partnership with nonprofit that let her go: 'I did not spare any details'

Job applicant walks out of interview before it starts after waiting for 30+ minutes, but not before giving the hiring manager a piece of his mind: 'My time [is] more valuable than this!'

Job applicant walks out of interview before it starts after waiting for 30+ minutes, but not before giving the hiring manager a piece of his mind: 'My time [is] more valuable than this!'

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