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"Special Agent Smith" sent this poor guy just trying to do his job and research RC planes, into a full-fledged panic attack. Goes to show you've always got to be mindful about what kinds of questions your asking in forums online. Never know how it might look to government officials who don't have the context or know you. 

Companies and institutions around us like to impose inconvenient rules for dumb reasons. Companies will make you wear uncomfortable hats. Colleges will make you comply with unfair printing fees. It's a minor, but meaningful success when you can get revenge within the rules and beat them at their own game.

This lactose and fructose intolerant employee made the grave error of assuming that his office was all cleared out. From that assumption, he thought it'd be chill to rip a few farts, and ended up vastly underestimating the stench of said farts. It gets even worse when his boss ends up coming through when the farts have hit peak stench, and he's being introduced to his new female co-worker in the middle of all this. Yikes all around! 

Consider the following list a bunch of red flags for when people offer you "career advice" that could actually be anything but helpful in you accomplishing what you want. Just cause it's advice doesn't mean it's good advice. 

People are sharing the wildest stuff they've seen at work in a trending AskReddit thread. The ensuing moments are filled to the brim with cringe and public freakouts, and people generally just acting like animals. 

AskReddit users are sharing what kinds of BS they're currently dealing with at work, and you can just feel the frustration in these posts. Nothing like having a boss who doesn't understand time, or one that skims over those days you requested off, and makes you come in anyways. Oh, and shoutout to anyone dealing with a co-worker that cuts their nails at work. What kind of madness is that? Just a little hard to focus with that kind of personal hygiene maintenance going on in the background. 

These people screwed up big enough that they thought they'd be fired on the spot, but apparently life isn't as cutthroat as you'd think sometimes. Whether they had an understanding boss, did the right thing, or just straight up weren't caught, these employees lived to work another day.

This guy's Twitter thread about an "invisible advantage" he encountered when trading clients with his female coworker. The ensuing tweets are bound to stir up a cocktail of fiery opinions on the matter. What do you think? 

If HR is doing their job, then they're keeping the moral compass of a company intact and on track. You hope that they're able to shut down all the BS and toxic behavior that crosses the line when it comes to what's acceptable in the workplace environment. This AskReddit thread has people that worked HR or took their complaint to HR, sharing what kind of circumstances inspired the decision. Buckle up. 

If you're looking for a little more workplace drama, we recommend checking out the story of this guy taking revenge on his coworker after they played dirty to ruin his promotion. Wonder what HR would have to say about that! 

Sometimes you and a job just aren't meant to be. From that revelation it's up to you whether or not you want to quit the job in style. 

When Twitter User, Adrian Harewood, showed up to work wearing mismatched shoes, and lived to tweet about it; the rest of Twitter stepped forward to offer up their own experiences not being able to show up with their sh*t fully put together. The resulting thread is brimming with panicked moments that we all might (unfortunately) be able to relate to, when we weren't having our best days. 

Thoroughly enjoyed the way this revenge tale played out. Wannabe fashion coworker gets called out and ultimately ruined for being unnecessarily rude to her "frumpy" co-worker. 

This reads like a crime thriller novel. A+ live-tweet commentary here, sir. 

Quitting your job on the spot is one thing, but when you and all of your coworkers quit at the same time, that's usually a good indicator that an owner or manager somewhere totally screwed up. There's a whole lot of incompetence out there, and these people only tolerated it for a while before doing a mass exodus. For more stories about bad jobs, here are people who quit on the spot.

Here are the stories of cashiers, customer service reps, delivery drivers, service people and retail workers of all stripes who had to deal with the dumbest, most irrational, and outright furious customers to grace the planet. Man, these people suck. We understand why you'd be mad if a company actually wronged you, but to make impossible demands and turn into an abusive monster is completely out of the question. Here's a story of a cashier who talked back to a Karen and lived.

Working retail, you get to see an amazing number of characters stroll through the front door. There's always something new around the corner, ready to completely derail your day, make you miss your lunch break, and in rare cases, actually make you sort of happy. This Tumblr user documented their first few days of working at a Target, and the world did not disappoint. For more retail stories, check these horror stories from Hot Topic employees.