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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'

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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?!’

‘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'

Shoplifting Karen tries to buy employee's bag and claim it as her own: '[Karen] doubles down on her particular form of insanity'

Shoplifting Karen tries to buy employee's bag and claim it as her own: '[Karen] doubles down on her particular form of insanity'

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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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Guest contacts hotel demanding cancelled reservation, but their story keeps changing becoming increasingly unbelievable: 'I tell him no. That is against policy as per my manager'

After being ordered to cut hours, employee drives costs sky-high with lunch bills and overtime to prove the value of loyal employees

After being ordered to cut hours, employee drives costs sky-high with lunch bills and overtime to prove the value of loyal employees

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Micromanager fabricates write-up for job security until he is caught red-handed by employee's secret recording

Micromanager fabricates write-up for job security until he is caught red-handed by employee's secret recording

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Retail chain cuts workers' hours rather than paying overtime: 'They are going to schedule all the full timers at 35 hours so that no one goes over 40'

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Frustrated customer reveals entitled family's plan to exploit home improvement store and steal product: 'I made sure a pricing error did not occur'

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'One day, I had a belligerent customer come in': Teenage cashier gets back at impolite retail customer

'One day, I had a belligerent customer come in': Teenage cashier gets back at impolite retail customer

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'Look it up': Customer talks himself out of a price-match and has to pay more when retail associate looks it up and realizes it's against their policy

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Boss hires inadequate daughter to replace top employee, employee refuses to train daughter and quits job instead: ‘She's not fit for the job’

Boss hires inadequate daughter to replace top employee, employee refuses to train daughter and quits job instead: ‘She's not fit for the job’

Employee discovers that IT is monitoring his every move via his work phone, confronts boss immediately: 'They're trying to listen and track everything we're doing'

Employee discovers that IT is monitoring his every move via his work phone, confronts boss immediately: 'They're trying to listen and track everything we're doing'

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

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

Stepdad forces kids to pay rent and bills while living under his roof, stepkid does to same to him years later after stepdad loses his house: ‘Now he lives under my rules’

Stepdad forces kids to pay rent and bills while living under his roof, stepkid does to same to him years later after stepdad loses his house: ‘Now he lives under my rules’

26-year-old Master's graduate in her first job reports her 27-year-old coworker to HR for not doing her job for her: 'I felt that she was creating an overly hostile work environment that was affecting my productivity'

26-year-old Master's graduate in her first job reports her 27-year-old coworker to HR for not doing her job for her: 'I felt that she was creating an overly hostile work environment that was affecting my productivity'

Company forced to pay $6000 to fix tech issue after boss demands sole IT employee deletes his account on his last day at the job: ‘You asked me to do this’

Company forced to pay $6000 to fix tech issue after boss demands sole IT employee deletes his account on his last day at the job: ‘You asked me to do this’

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