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'An “excuse me” wouldn't be difficult': Impatient customer hollers at employee and quickly gets put in their place by both the manager and fellow customer in line

'An “excuse me” wouldn't be difficult': Impatient customer hollers at employee and quickly gets put in their place by both the manager and fellow customer in line

Some heroes don't wear capes.
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‘She really got under my skin’: Gas station Karen gets a heavy dose of Karma after blowing up at attendant, gets arrested AND her car towed

‘She really got under my skin’: Gas station Karen gets a heavy dose of Karma after blowing up at attendant, gets arrested AND her car towed

There's no better feeling than experiencing justice in action.
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‘Gen X are becoming Boomers’: Employees who work the register share their biggest entitled customer ‘flops'

‘Gen X are becoming Boomers’: Employees who work the register share their biggest entitled customer ‘flops'

You shouldn't have to always be smiling at work, especially if you're having a bad day—why can't some customers get that through their heads?
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23 Food Service vs Retail Memes That Will Have You Thankful for Your 9-to-5 Office Job

23 Food Service vs Retail Memes That Will Have You Thankful for Your 9-to-5 Office Job

Working in the service industry really changes your brain chemistry.
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‘My petty self decided that the $250 charge wasn't enough': Entitled guest wrecks hotel room and throws a tantrum, concierge gets her banned and turned into her family's pariah

‘My petty self decided that the $250 charge wasn't enough': Entitled guest wrecks hotel room and throws a tantrum, concierge gets her banned and turned into her family's pariah

Don't mess with a hotel staff.
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Restaurant manager calls police on customers who are refusing to pay $9 for using the salad bar: '3 cop cars pulled in and surrounded them'

There's a whole lot you can get yourselves worked up about in this world… and salads aren't generally one of them. It's really not all that big of a deal to pay for food that you've taken, especially when it's a couple of leaves of lettuce. The vibes you usually get from salad lovers are chill and wholesome, though there is absolutely room for overlap in that group for people who seem to give off those vibes when they're really just masking how woefully entitled they are. It's hard to believe t…
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Restaurant owner receives bold email from colleague complaining about dining experience because he saw the chef wearing headphones: 'I put a no phone policy in my restaurant'

This restaurant owner recently received a pretty bold email from a colleague who was less than thrilled about seeing a chef in the kitchen sporting AirPods. The colleague, who owns a restaurant of his own, complained about the "unprofessional" vibe it created during his dining experience, citing a strict "no phone policy" he has in place at his own restaurant . But as the internet chimed in, opinions on the matter were split right down the middle. Some argued that it's no big deal if the chef i…
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‘What a mess up!’: New employee accidentally prints 3,600 shipping labels instead of 1 on his third day there, sparks others to share their embarrassing new job stories

‘What a mess up!’: New employee accidentally prints 3,600 shipping labels instead of 1 on his third day there, sparks others to share their embarrassing new job stories

We've all been the new kid at a job.
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21+ Best Works Memes for Employees Working the Night Shift This Week

21+ Best Works Memes for Employees Working the Night Shift This Week

Time does not exist when you're working the night shift...
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Cook quits 2 days into their 2 week notice when their boss takes it poorly: 'He got so angry he’s been slamming and throwing things near me'

Some people just don't respond well to rejection, even when that rejection comes in the perceived form of an employee handing in their notice even if they've never treated the employee well or cared much for them in the first place. Anyone who has been around the block a couple of times in their career will know how this goes. They'll say it's about betrayal and the fact that you're leaving your ream high and dry with a touch of “How could you do this to us,” this might be followed by silent tr…
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‘Ah yes, the betphaal’: People are freaking out over the confusing way this Starbucks organizes its drinks

‘Ah yes, the betphaal’: People are freaking out over the confusing way this Starbucks organizes its drinks

"What sort of algebra is this?..."
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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

What's the point of having vacation days if you're not allowed to use them?
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Restaurant serves entitled Karen after she writes scathing 1-star-review over $2 dispute, provides hard evidence and turns public discourse against her: 'Below is the truth along with supporting evidence...'

This restaurant brought receipts—literally, when serving this freshly-baked smackdown of a belligerent local Karen who left them a scathing review on a community group. The post got “around 300 comments,” prompting the restaurant to reply. They gathered timestamped screenshots of the encounter along with the actual receipts of the Karen's transaction in order to refute her claims and turn the tide of public discourse against her. When you seek to publicly humiliate another person or organizatio…
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‘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

What are the professional rules on “take-backsies”?
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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

Kindness can go a long way, but so can pettiness.
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Fast food workers reveal the menu items you should seriously avoid: 'The ice machine doesn't get cleaned as often as you’d hope'

This might make you think twice about the next time you're feeling lazy and decide to pop through a drive-thru window to pick up a quick bite to eat. According to these fast food workers , no restaurant joint is off-limits. From menu items that are made up of all of the leftovers corporate doesn't want to go to waste to the machines that are built so poorly that they are impossible to clean, you probably should know these gross facts before you go spending your hard-earned money at some of thes…
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