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‘The bank's call center manager personally called me’: Bank freezes man’s account for over a month due to clerk’s error, ignores his calls, so he floods their social media with complaints and they come running

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‘This was just one guy's way of feeling powerful’: Semi truck driver gets denied by building supply store clerk for being 6 minutes late after driving a Drywall delivery from New Hampshire to New Jersey

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‘25 minutes later I get a freaked-out phone call from the head tech at the US HQ’: Remote worker ordered to return equipment mid-project maliciously complies, sending US HQ of a European manufacturer into panic until they drop the recall

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‘I stood up and told her "I'm done with this conversation" and walked out’: Boss promises big opportunities, then pushes a star employee out of the loop, favoring two junior minions she hired to flatter her

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‘"No OT! No exceptions!". Sure thing boss man’: New manager bans all overtime, leading to understaffed production lines, losing $120,000 in a day, and gets fired only three months into job

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‘"You knew I could hear you, right?" and he said "Huh?"’: Coworker Darron accidentally answers call on Truck Bluetooth, trashes colleague without knowing she can hear him

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‘I get to watch her struggle worse than I did in it’: Fellow teacher grabs leadership role from a colleague, then learns she can’t handle the parents and spreadsheets it involves

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Retail worker takes district manager’s corporate cliches literally and shows up in CEO cosplay after being told to dress for the job she wants: ‘She asked my manager about it and he just shrugged and said "She's dressing for the job she wants"’

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‘My coworkers aren't happy they didn't let her go over all of this’: Healthcare worker files an HR complaint against a 22-year-old coworker for creating a hostile environment, and the company responds with a demotion

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Sound technician’s dream summer music festival gig goes off‑key when supervisor, Anna, waves hot tea over the mixer to boss him around: ‘Now our boss says we're "acting like children"’

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‘I’ve never had to deal with someone like this before’: Lead employee deals with a 40-something coworker who floods chat with emoji-filled pings and needless questions, so she sets strict boundaries

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Escape room employee stuck with a condescending coworker who makes shifts miserable and undercuts her confidence, documents his behavior in search for a way out: ‘I LOVE this job, but he is like a dark cloud in the work place’

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56-year-old coworker makes a Google Doc of petty complaints to get the receptionist fired, shares it with entire staff, but no one backs her, and she just embarrasses herself: ‘She's all talk but no walk. She just wants to cause drama.’

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‘The bright side is: she’s finally quiet and respectful of our shared space’: Colleague melts down and throws a tantrum after being told to remove desk decorations for fire inspection, accuses her coworker of betrayal, and refuses to speak

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‘She’s acting like a 12-year-old in middle school fawning over her unobtainable crush who happens to be dating me’: 35-year-old coworker Sarah fixates on colleague’s boyfriend she never met, fishing for details and copying her to feel connected to him

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‘Trying to save money on travel made them spend more, oops!’: Penny-pinching contracting company bans mileage, forces a 21-year-old to rent “cheapest” car with under-25 fees, and ends up paying nearly $800 plus gas

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