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'My employers want everything without having to pay for it': Karen coworker shames employee for quiet quitting, employee claps back

'My employers want everything without having to pay for it': Karen coworker shames employee for quiet quitting, employee claps back

There's always that coworker who throws shade at everyone else for having boundaries at work.
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'I was just trying to help!': Coworker tries to hijack couple's wedding by doing all the planning, bride shuts it down

'I was just trying to help!': Coworker tries to hijack couple's wedding by doing all the planning, bride shuts it down

There are certain people in life who enjoy inserting themselves into situations where they are clearly not wanted. This coworker was invited to the Redditor and his wife's wedding as a courtesy, but she decided that it was important to her to assist in the planning despite not taking into account the tastes of the bride and groom. She honestly sounds like an absolute nightmare to deal with. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/EntitledPeople subreddit by u/Nachtjaeger68 , and let's just say tha…
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'Night person: DO NOT MOVE MY STUFF': Karen coworker refuses to share desk with night shift employee, leaves hostile note, cue petty payback

'Night person: DO NOT MOVE MY STUFF': Karen coworker refuses to share desk with night shift employee, leaves hostile note, cue petty payback

Sharin' is carin', Karen!
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'Our place was fined': Overworked employee has to take on incompetent coworker's job, maliciously complies and gets boss in trouble

'Our place was fined': Overworked employee has to take on incompetent coworker's job, maliciously complies and gets boss in trouble

Taking over for your coworker in a time of crisis is the nightmare to end all nightmares.
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'Let's get a supervisor involved': Hospital worker gets revenge on nurse coworker for fabricating a customer complaint to get her fired

It doesn't seem like the management of this hospital was abreast with the issues within their team—that is until this nurse made them very aware of what was going on after being unable to endure her toxic coworker any further. Living with a coworker who is determined to catch you out at every turn is impossible. These narcissistic, psychopathic individuals will stop at nothing to ensure that they report you for each and every procedural technicality, no matter how exaggerated, minor, or flat-ou…
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'Now she gets work with my mom': Woman gets her mother to work with her terrible ex-coworker when her parents refuse to listen

It has often been said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend—and I'm not exactly sure how that's supposed to all workout. Sure, they might not like the person you also don't like, but that doesn't necessarily mean that you guys are going to be all buddy-buddy, either. With your prickly and challenging personalities, it's more likely that the three of you will all be enemies together and carry on feuding perpetually like those three brothers after they offed their ginormous-jerk parents. Speak…
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'I’m not clocked in yet': Coworker tries to use employee who always shows up early, boss takes coworker's side, employee maliciously complies

'I’m not clocked in yet': Coworker tries to use employee, boss takes coworker's side, employee maliciously complies

Early morning routines are sacred, and when a coworker tries to intervene, tensions can rise.
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'They stole my bosses wallet on camera': 20+ Employees who got fired as fast as possible

'They stole my boss's wallet on camera': 20+ Employees who got fired as fast as possible

Getting a new coworker at your job is always interesting. Some people you immediately click with, others you don't, but either way, you're going to get to know them as you begin to work together. Unless you're these folks, that is. These employees shared stories of their coworkers who got fired as fast as possible, and in some cases, before they could even get their hiring paperwork filed. That's truly impressive! And it doesn't even seem to be that uncommon. You learn this is especially true f…
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'Lou was let go': Coworker gets fired, comes back to beg for free food and steal tips, gets banned

'Lou was let go': Coworker gets fired, comes back to beg for free food and steal tips, gets banned

Going back to an old job is always awkward, especially when you were fired from that job and especially when you go back to beg for free things—and especially when you go back to try and steal from your ex-coworkers' tip jar. Like, this guy actually managed to get himself demoted from line cook to customer and then managed to get himself demoted further from being a customer too. Lou really sucks, and is a In the end, it's incredibly fitting since you can't spell “lousy coworker” without “Lou.”
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'No money, no food': Employee refuses to indulge mooching coworker, tells him to pay for his own lunch, boss gets involved

'No money, no food': Employee refuses to indulge mooching coworker, tells him to pay for his own lunch, boss gets involved

In every office, there is that one coworker who mooches.
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'There was zero cooperation': Employees team up to make coworker lose important client

'There was zero cooperation': Employees team up to make coworker lose important client

Office camaraderie is never stronger when you're pitted against an annoying coworker or boss . It really brings people together to know that you're both subject to the whims of a jerk who you can't do anything about. There are certainly better ways to build team camaraderie , but you work with what you have. This malicious compliance story comes from u/flavius_lacivious, who worked at a manufacturing plant in the shipping and receiving department . Unfortunately for them, they were surrounded b…
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'Chill out': Boss gives overachieving employee a warning for working too hard

'Chill out': Boss gives overachieving employee a warning for working too hard

Does anyone else totally wish they had this guy as their boss?
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'GM [threw] his keys in the deep fryer': 10+ work stories where coworkers completely lost it

'GM [threw] his keys in the deep fryer': 10+ work stories where coworkers completely lost it

The only thing more entertaining than watching someone quit is watching them quit in glorious fashion.
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'I took [my] coworker's parking spot': Coworker complains about employee's lateness, employee gets back at him by taking his precious parking spot

'I took [my] coworker's parking spot': Coworker complains about employee's lateness, employee gets back at him by taking his precious parking spot

That coworker is going to regret being so vocal about this employee's tardiness.
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‘My coworker already sees me as his girlfriend’: Woman deals with a colleague who’s moving too fast

This woman should avoid her coworker's advances like the plague!
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20 Workplace memes for sleepy employees who are watching the clock

20 Workplace memes for sleepy employees who are watching the clock

If you're sleepy right this very moment, we get it. Work is tiring , and yet it's something most people do at least five days a week. The best way to make a work day pass by is having your favorite coworkers or managers around. If they aren't there, who's going to talk about movies or that one place you visited over the weekend or answer your silliest hypothetical questions? Without your work besties, you'd have to like, actually do the job you're paid to do . Boring! Have you ever fallen aslee…
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