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Employee stops giving entitled coworker rides to and from work after she repeatedly slacks off on the job, refuses to do her any more favors because she's so ungrateful: ‘She's taking advantage of my kindness’

Manager scolds game developer for deviating from script to find errors, complies and ignores major bug: 'No deviations. Just follow the document as written'

Manager scolds game developer for deviating from script to find errors, complies and ignores major bug: 'No deviations. Just follow the document as written'

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‘Time to start butchering their names’: Entire office refuses to call employee by their rightful name for over a year, employee calls them out to HR

‘Time to start butchering their names’: Entire office refuses to call employee by their rightful name for over a year, employee calls them out to HR

‘My boss stole my bag and threw it away’: Boss tosses employee’s bag in the dumpster after office hours, HR intervenes and sides with boss

‘My boss stole my bag and threw it away’: Boss tosses employee’s bag in the dumpster after office hours, HR intervenes and sides with boss

Employee gets fired for standing around for 5 minutes after showing up to work 2 minutes late: ‘This isn’t working out’

Employee gets fired for standing around for 5 minutes after showing up to work 2 minutes late: ‘This isn’t working out’

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Boss reprimands employee for showing too much personality in emails, employee complies and gets accused of sounding too cold: 'I thought you didn't want personal touches'

Boss reprimands employee for showing too much personality in emails, employee complies and gets accused of sounding too cold: 'I thought you didn't want personal touches'

Delusional direct report refuses to accept that his manager is in charge of him, manager gets even: 'Adam has openly claimed he doesn’t technically report to me'

Delusional direct report refuses to accept that his manager is in charge of him, manager gets even: 'Adam has openly claimed he doesn’t technically report to me'

'Helped my former boss get fired': Former employee gets entitled ex-boss audited three years after getting wrongfully dismissed

'Helped my former boss get fired': Former employee gets entitled ex-boss audited three years after getting wrongfully dismissed

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Boss pressures employee to postpone PTO due to upcoming project deadline, employee refuses, citing HR policy: 'Managers are responsible for planning around employee availability'

Boss pressures employee to postpone PTO due to upcoming project deadline, employee refuses, citing HR policy: 'Managers are responsible for planning around employee availability'

'You're not paid to talk': 18-year-old disgruntled barista reprimanded for chatting with coworkers, barista maliciously complies and plays the "mute challenge" for days

'You're not paid to talk': 18-year-old disgruntled barista reprimanded for chatting with coworkers, barista maliciously complies and plays the "mute challenge" for days

Selfish woman ditches carpooling with coworker to go with her work crush instead, then comes running back after his car gets damaged and she no longer has a ride to work: 'I missed you, I think I will be coming with you now on'

Selfish woman ditches carpooling with coworker to go with her work crush instead, then comes running back after his car gets damaged and she no longer has a ride to work: 'I missed you, I think I will be coming with you now on'

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Graphic designer told to stop "pestering" client, designer complies, client's project goes up in flames: 'As per your request, I did not follow up'

Graphic designer told to stop "pestering" client, designer complies, client's project goes up in flames: 'As per your request, I did not follow up'

'I stopped correcting Stacey's work': Employee told by HR to stop fixing boss's mistakes without approval, boss loses clients over too many errors

'I stopped correcting Stacey's work': Employee told by HR to stop fixing boss's mistakes without approval, boss loses clients over too many errors

Employee spills water on coworker’s laptop during lunch, refuses to pay them back after discovering it is ruined, coworker considers reporting it to boss: ‘I can’t afford a new laptop’

Employee spills water on coworker’s laptop during lunch, refuses to pay them back after discovering it is ruined, coworker considers reporting it to boss: ‘I can’t afford a new laptop’

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‘You need to stop yelling. You’re not at a zoo’: Child-free coworker Kelly grabs and “disciplines” a colleague’s 5-year-old kid at a company BBQ, pushing the 31-year-old mother to snap and put Kelly in her place

‘You need to stop yelling. You’re not at a zoo’: Child-free coworker Kelly grabs and “disciplines” a colleague’s 5-year-old son at a company BBQ, pushing the 31-year-old mother to snap and put Kelly in her place

"British" coworker gets caught using real accent, employees discover he's been from Indiana this whole time: 'Who commits to an accent for three years at a corporate job?'

"British" coworker gets caught using real accent, employees discover he's been from Indiana this whole time: 'Who commits to an accent for three years at a corporate job?'

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Hardworking 16-year-old won’t give his dad weekly $50 he saves up from his first job, encouraging him to build his own career: ‘He has been getting overly invested into my job and things [revolve] around my work life'

Hardworking 16-year-old won’t give his dad weekly $50 he saves up from his first job, encouraging him to build his own career: ‘He has been getting overly invested into my job and things [revolve] around my work life'

Stay-at-home mom continues cooking homemade meals every day for a full house to save money despite her picky brother-in-law’s demands for special meals: 'I can’t really afford making main courses that are entirely meat'

Stay-at-home mom continues cooking homemade meals every day for a full house to save money despite her picky brother-in-law’s demands for special meals: 'I can’t really afford making main courses that are entirely meat'

Remote worker stops answering his older coworker's calls after being phoned 5-6 times daily, including during flights and customer dinners

Remote worker stops answering his older coworker's calls after being phoned 5-6 times daily, including during flights and customer dinners

'I hope they fire me': 47-year-old employee makes a mistake at work that leads to serious repercussions, hopes management fires him due to burnout

'I hope they fire me': 47-year-old employee makes a mistake at work that leads to serious repercussions, hopes management fires him due to burnout

Software engineer refuses to fix neighbor's laptop after being swarmed with requests from being labeled by the neighbor as the building's free IT support: 'He told everyone in our 20-unit building that I’m a tech genius who helps everyone for free'

Software engineer refuses to fix neighbor's laptop after being swarmed with requests from being labeled by the neighbor as the building's free IT support: 'He told everyone in our 20-unit building that I’m a tech genius who helps everyone for free'

'The guy who made my life miserable for a year is now going to be under my authority': Software engineer takes a 50% pay cut to join “dream team,” finally gets promoted over undermining team lead

'The guy who made my life miserable for a year is now going to be under my authority': Software engineer takes a 50% pay cut to join “dream team,” finally gets promoted over undermining team lead

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