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Bookkeepers refuse to continue working 18-hour-shifts, call out sick and ghost employer so there's no one to fill their role: '[They] refused to let me switch schedules after scheduling me to close at 11 PM and open at 5 AM'

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UPDATE: 'The store... treated me like I was not a potential client': Furniture store customer gets unfairly judged by employees, contacts manager to share their experience

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Boss calls 20-year-old woman working her first job "ungrateful" for not working unpaid overtime: 'Now I'm worried they're going to cut my hours or make my life harder'

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Entitled customer pays $40 to get car unlocked at the last minute, employee gets even with him: 'I throw his keys in the car, lock the doors... and leave':

Retail worker forced to deal with entitled mom and her 4 screaming children: '[She] let them loose to play tag/Marco Polo in the aisles'

Retail worker forced to deal with entitled mom and her 4 screaming children: '[She] let them loose to play tag/Marco Polo in the aisles'

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Entitled mother confronts tech retail worker at the supermarket who helped her and her son earlier: 'This happened about a week ago and I still think about it because of how absurd this lady was...'

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Manager yells at teen worker in front of customers, customers complain and he gets fired: 'I later found out he lost his job'

Employee gets into a ‘shouting match’ with arrogant customer after they let their kid fool around with heavy products, saves child from a potential injury: ‘What if he was still under there?!’

Employee gets into a ‘shouting match’ with arrogant customer after they let their kid fool around with heavy products, saves child from potential injury: ‘What if he was still under there?!’

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‘You just cash it, right?’: Customer attempts to pay with a handwritten check that isn't filled out properly, suggests the cashier go to the bank and deposit it for her

‘You just cash it, right?’: Customer attempts to pay with a handwritten check that isn't filled out properly, suggests the cashier go to the bank and deposit it for her

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'I am not allowed to do anything': Retail worker faces down angry parents after colleague sells parents the wrong computer for kid's gaming ambitions, prevented from helping them by silly company policy

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My employer has decided to give us a monthly in-person mandatory meeting at 8am one Sunday every month: 'the meetings are always things that could easily be covered in a simple email'

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Goth retail worker gets revenge on judgmental jewelry store employee by walking out and buying expensive watch at competitor: '[He was] treating him like he was about to steal something'

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'I honestly felt bad for the guy': Cashier sides with frustrated customer who leaves store without buying his groceries

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18-year-old employee tells boss to approve their leave or accept their resignation: 'How do I tell my boss that she either has to approve my 4 months' notice or accept my 2 weeks' resignation?'

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'Call the owner because the customer is always right': Designer purse shopper tries to lie her way into a steep discount

'Call the owner because the customer is always right': Designer purse shopper tries to lie her way into a steep discount

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'Karen was banned from the store': Customer insists on getting highly-sought-after book, battles retail worker to try and get it

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Employee tells coworkers to stop telling him how to do his job, gets caught breaking the rules by the boss: 'We had 10 trucks to unload'

Employee tells coworkers to stop telling him how to do his job, gets caught breaking the rules by the boss: 'We had 10 trucks to unload'

24-year-old woman kicks out unemployed, freeloading friend after she turns her short visit into a 3-week all-inclusive vacation: ‘She called me heartless’

24-year-old woman kicks out unemployed, freeloading friend after she turns her short visit into a 3-week all-inclusive vacation: ‘She called me heartless’

‘I would’ve much rather just have been laid off with everyone else’: Job forces employees into negative PTO debt, where taking time off means owing the company money later

‘I would’ve much rather just have been laid off with everyone else’: Job forces employees into negative PTO debt, where taking time off means owing the company money later

Parent of 16-year-old coffee shop worker encourages employees to get back at their boss: 'The parents of the other high school kids aren't all OK with this'

Parent of 16-year-old coffee shop worker encourages employees to get back at their boss: 'The parents of the other high school kids aren't all OK with this'

Entitled coworker rejects job candidate because she's a fan of Stark Trek: 'She made the mistake of mentioning her hobbies during [the] interview'

Entitled coworker rejects job candidate because she's a fan of Stark Trek: 'She made the mistake of mentioning her hobbies during [the] interview'

UPDATE: 'CEO didn't understand what my department did apparently': New employee decides she's a supervisor and refuses training, workers maliciously comply with her demands

UPDATE: 'CEO didn't understand what my department did apparently': New employee decides she's a supervisor and refuses training, workers maliciously comply with her demands

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