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'Enjoy the stress!': Minimum wage worker finds herself scheduled even though her vacation days were approved a month prior, leaves them high and dry

'Enjoy the stress!': Minimum wage worker finds herself scheduled even though her vacation days were approved a month prior, leaves them high and dry

Elna McHilderson

‘I was basically tricked into buying it’: Manager promises free item from store for employee's birthday, goes back and says the price will be deducted from their pay

‘I was basically tricked into buying it’: Manager promises free item from store for employee's birthday, goes back and says the price will be deducted from their pay

Elna McHilderson

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'All he had to do was be normal… He's not getting a refund now': Entitled hotel guest tries to whine his way into getting 1 free night, was about to get it until he turned into a Karen

'All he had to do was be normal… He's not getting a refund now': Entitled hotel guest tries to whine his way into getting 1 free night, was about to get it until he turned into a Karen

Elna McHilderson

‘[He] regretted it': Entitled supervisor at a casino kitchen tries to get dishwasher to work for free, ruins his own career

‘[He] regretted it': Entitled supervisor at a casino kitchen tries to get dishwasher to work for free, ruins his own career

Elna McHilderson

'I was asked for a tip at a SELF CHECKOUT': People Share the Most Ridiculous Times They Were Asked to Tip

'I was asked for a tip at a SELF CHECKOUT': People Share the Most Ridiculous Times They Were Asked to Tip

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‘You actually got me more money, so thank you’: Server makes an extra $100 tip after she catches one of her tables trying to dine and dash and another table sympathizes

‘You actually got me more money, so thank you’: Server makes an extra $100 tip after she catches one of her tables trying to dine and dash and another table sympathizes

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‘This isn’t petty revenge, this is just petty ignorance': Take-out manager gets chewed out by other service industry workers for withholding food orders to punish delivery drivers

‘This isn’t petty revenge, this is just petty ignorance': Take-out manager gets chewed out by other service industry workers for withholding food orders to punish delivery drivers

Elna McHilderson

‘Hundreds of pies… Stopped [by me]’: Pizza place manager forced to apologize and then fired after snubbing customer responsible for corporate's largest yearly order

‘Hundreds of pies… Stopped [by me]’: Pizza place manager forced to apologize and then fired after snubbing customer responsible for corporate's largest yearly order

Elna McHilderson

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‘Do I hire him and… Be evil?’: Manager interviews his high school bully and has hilarious inner debate on whether to be petty or professional, sparks discussion

‘Do I hire him and… Be evil?’: Manager interviews his elementary school bully and has inner debate on whether to be petty or professional, hilarity ensues

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Retail worker shares how she shut down 2 different super Karens in 1 day, manager has her back: ‘We laugh about it’

Retail worker shares how she shut down 2 different super Karens in 1 day, manager has her back: ‘We laugh about it’

Elna McHilderson

23 Funniest Work Memes for Employees Working a Short-Staffed Shift

23 Funniest Work Memes for Employees Working a Short-Staffed Shift

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'She took it way past a 10': Co-worker shows her true colors during a work trip when she throws a tantrum at the hotel staff, is now known as the office 'Super Karen'

'She took it way past a 10': Co-worker shows her true colors during a work trip when she throws a tantrum at the hotel staff, is now known as the office 'Super Karen'

Elna McHilderson

best work memes from this week

34 Working Hard or Hardly Working Memes for Exhausted Employees

Elna McHilderson

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'Everyone is incompetent and lazy': 30+ People share the "dirty little secrets" from the industries in which they have worked

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'I feel mortified': 28-year-old panic-quits dental assistant job after getting nearly 0 training, then gets rejected to work at a cafe for being “too old”

'I feel mortified': 28-year-old panic-quits dental assistant job after getting nearly 0 training, then gets rejected to work at a cafe for being “too old”

Elna McHilderson

'I'm being accused of disrupting the group vibe': Woman sees mooching couple at friend dinner, preemptively gets herself a separate check

'I'm being accused of disrupting the group vibe': Woman sees mooching couple at friend dinner, preemptively gets herself a separate check

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18-year-old college student wants to move out of her parents' home after being forced to care for her 3 younger siblings for all her teenaged years: 'I don’t want to go through that again'

18-year-old college student wants to move out of her parents' home after being forced to care for her 3 younger siblings for all her teenaged years: 'I don’t want to go through that again'

Company boss and head of HR fired together after employee documents years of manipulation and micromanaging, then presents evidence to SVP during boss’s promotion attempt: ‘What he didn't know was that all those years I kept all our communications’

Company boss and head of HR fired together after employee documents years of manipulation and micromanaging, then presents evidence to SVP during boss’s promotion attempt: ‘What he didn't know was that all those years I kept all our communications’

Employee demotes herself to force boss to work triple hours before getting him fired for misconduct: ‘I spoke to the regional manager that week and asked to be moved’

Employee demotes herself to force boss to work triple hours before getting him fired for misconduct: ‘I spoke to the regional manager that week and asked to be moved’

Factory worker starts 30 minutes later when "bean counter" says he isn't going to be paid for that time to save on costs, company loses money instead when the entire production line is forced to shut down because he's not there: 'I don't work for free'

Factory worker starts 30 minutes later when "bean counter" says he isn't going to be paid for that time to save on costs, company loses money instead when the entire production line is forced to shut down because he's not there: 'I don't work for free'

Company hires two job candidates for the same role, claiming they will rotate the responsibilities, only to fire one of them two months later: ‘I was set up to fail’

Company hires two job candidates for the same role, claiming they will rotate the responsibilities, only to fire one of them two months later: ‘I was set up to fail’

Entitled employer gives unsolicited advice after job candidate withdraws application: 'Accepting only easy opportunities is probably not going to take you as far'

Entitled employer gives unsolicited advice after job candidate withdraws application: 'Accepting only easy opportunities is probably not going to take you as far'

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