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'I once worked as a professional bubble wrap popper': 20+ unusual jobs you don't see every day

It's not like a regular job, it's a cool job.
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A coworker called me a s technician. I reported him to HR and got him fired.

'I reported him to HR and got him fired': Hardware tech accuses IT coworker of 'cheating the system'

This IT worker was tired of being insulted for no reason at all.
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We have an intern named James. God blessed James with an incredible amount of confidence

'James failed to realize that, even on Casual Friday, American flag tank tops still weren't appropriate office attire': Employee spills legendary intern's office antics

Interns come and go, but one guy, James, made an impression on the entire office with his high jinks.
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Bosses of Reddit, what's the weirdest reason why you had to fire an employee?

'Fired for stealing jelly beans': 20+ Super strange reasons people got immediately fired from their jobs

The deli employee who got fired for eating all the skin off every single rotisserie chicken behind the counter is living the dream! What a glorious act of rebellion, probably never repeated twice, to eat the most delicious parts of the rotisserie chickens, and then become a living legend before getting (rightfully) canned. That person is super unhinged, as are numerous other people in the hilarious stories included below. Every workplace has a story of “ that one guy ," who everyone knows did s…
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'My boss decided to chow down on my meal': Employee calls boss witch, boss gets petty revenge by eating his lunch

The real question here is who had it coming: the boss or the employee?
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Write our reports using the language we speak at home? You got it boss

'Write our reports using the language we speak at home? You got it boss': ESL teacher maliciously complies with boss's writing requirements

This boss had the brilliant idea to require the English as a second language teachers suddenly change the language they provided reports in — and she “refuses to admit defeat."
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'I was asked to take a 30%+ cut in pay': Boss asks employee to be a 'team player,' employee quits, company goes under

One has to wonder if the boss was willing to take the same pay cut!
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'Found £16k in a suitcase in of my new home': 30 Top Secret Confessions of the Week (April 11, 2023)

'Found £16k in a suitcase in my new home': 30 Top Secret Confessions of the Week (April 11, 2023)

These secrets could never be told in real life, so people snuck to the internet to gain some anonymity for some utterly unhinged confessions . Don't hold in your guilt about that random thing you're stressing over. Instead, you can tell it to @fesshole, a Twitter account solely dedicated to intercepting people's secrets . They then post them up anonymously, letting folks get that weight off their chest without anyone ever connecting their confession back to them. We've collected a great batch f…
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‘She wasn’t missed’: Nepo baby takes credit for everyone else’s work, ends up getting fired

‘She wasn’t missed’: Nepo baby takes credit for everyone else’s work, ends up getting fired

You know you must be particularly bad at your job when your Daddy is best buds with the CEO and you still can’t help but get fired. That’s what happened to this Redditor’s coworker, who was hired with next to no experience yet found a way to boss literally everyone around her and take credit for their work. One day, OP wrote up a report and handed it to her, only to watch her immediately head directly into the CEO’s office and give it to him, all while acting like it was her report. Well, you c…
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'I'm sorry you doubted me': Employee's job offer gets revoked after they boldly lie to company during onboarding

'I'm sorry you doubted me': Employee's job offer gets revoked after they boldly lie to company during onboarding

It's never been harder to lie to your employer, thanks to the power of modern tech. But this employee found that out way too late, because they clearly didn't think through the consequences of lying about a car accident . As some folks in the comments reflected, if you needed to be late to work or lie to your boss in the past, it wasn't that difficult. This person, though, didn't count on being fact-checked by a website that tells you where a photo can be found online. When the employee's photo…
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'We're looking for someone age 22-26 with 30 years of experience': 20+ Memeable Interview Fails

Is there anything more humbling and potentially humiliating than a job interview?
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'Got berated by a Karen for the first time': Entitled diner freaks out over butter, calls server evil for ruining her birthday

'Got berated by a Karen for the first time': Entitled diner freaks out over butter, calls server evil for ruining her birthday

Even long-time servers are upset when entitled people throw a fit. It's always unpleasant, and it never gets any easier to be screamed at by someone. Even for this server, who's been in the industry for six years, a Karen managed to spoil their mood. As u/ravioliwizard shared in their post to r/TalesFromYourServer , “It all started when a woman asked for a side of butter…” The Karen immediately began to fret over her butter, even though the server had barely left her table. Then, the OP says th…
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'[I] hit send...everyone in the room and on the call started laughing': Husband tries to write apology to his wife the lazy way, humiliates himself in front of coworkers

'[I] hit send...everyone in the room and on the call started laughing': Husband tries to write apology to his wife the lazy way, humiliates himself in front of coworkers

People used to give their spouses flowers after a big argument, but this husband chose to “write” an apology letter instead.
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'I just quit my job': Boss confiscates worker's lunch break as punishment, they quit

Breaks are one of the most essential rights of your daily working life, and they're not something to be treated as a privilege that can be taken away as punishment—like a parent taking away their child's favorite toy. Yet it's astounding how many managers and small business owners try this—completely unaware of the legal framework they must operate within and intentionally hiding behind their ignorance to shield them from questioning their morals and ethics. Would it be too much to ask that emp…
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My boss watches me on the video cameras even on her days off so I’m quitting

'My boss watches me on the video cameras': Employee learns her boss is watching her every move

We all know that feeling when you're at work and you feel like you're being watched. Well, turns out this employee actually was being spied on at all times. Her boss was looking at the security cameras regardless of whether or not she was actually in the office. First of all, let's start our breakdown with the fact that this horrible boss needs to get a life of her own. You know there's a problem when people on Reddit are recommending that OP check her country's surveillance laws. As for the wo…
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'I'm changing back into my shorts': Employee forced to go home for 'violating' uniform, gets back at toxic boss using the employee handbook

You can't enforce rules that aren't there!
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