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'I don't have to do half of my job anymore': Part-time grocery worker asks for raise after halting extra work

Remy Millisky

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‘I can hear the dripping sarcasm from the worker and I’m loving it’: 20-something-year-old Walmart employees give well-deserved sass to whiny Karen customer

Elna McHilderson

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'You know what? Keep the schedule. I quit': Pizzeria manager cuts employee's hours because he took one break, employee stands up to him and quits

Ben Weiss

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'Choose your battles': Employee refuses to turn off light switch because he clocked out, gets called out in the comments

Ben Weiss

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'For a winter play... I offered to do the worm across the stage ': 25+ Moments of cringe that keep people awake late at night

Remy Millisky

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'She told me I could NEVER tell a customer the store was closing': Retail employee works all night long after manager tells them to never tell customers to leave

Remy Millisky

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'I do not want to work for someone like you': Job candidate walks out mid-interview after boss shouts at another employee

Ben Weiss

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'"If it's not in writing, it didn't happen" goes both ways': Micromanager boss wants to know why employee wasn't working during their in-person meeting, employee starts writing everything down

Remy Millisky

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Update: 'You just have to work harder': Employee gets back at boss by writing essay about his poor management, quits as organization goes under

Ben Weiss

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'I have over 320 hours of annual leave banked': Boss wants employee to schedule surgery over Christmas so she doesn't have to take her PTO, employee claps back

Ben Weiss

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'He panicked when I told him': Gas station attendant allows insistent customer to pump his own gas, customer ruins his boss's tractor

Remy Millisky

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'My supervisor turns up unannounced': Guy's manager shows up at home while he's on sick leave to intimidate him

Ben Weiss

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'My boss threatened to call my new job': Employee gives notice, boss holds grudge, tries to get new employer to revoke their offer

Ben Weiss

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'[He] starts pulling chicken wings and chinese donuts out of his pockets': 30+ Chocolatey catastrophes and fishy faux pas that happened at all-you-can-eat buffets

Remy Millisky

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'I firmly and categorically DECLINED': Job applicant asked to do free, unpaid work as part of the interview process, he rejects them

Ben Weiss

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'Ten thousand pennies... And she'd just committed to carrying them': Client asks repair shop workers "Do you know who I am?" and insists on paying large bill with change

Remy Millisky

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