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'I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are': 25+ Smart alecks who had the perfect comebacks

'I hope the rest of your day is as pleasant as you are': 25+ Smart alecks who had the perfect comebacks

'I got her fired': Woman from HR makes employee's life difficult, employee names her in company-wide email announcing resignation

'I got her fired': Woman from HR makes employee's life difficult, employee names her in company-wide email announcing resignation

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'I don't respond on Sunday[s]': Boss requests that HR deduce employee's salary by 50% because he doesn't respond on his one day off

'I don't respond on Sunday[s]': Boss requests that HR deduce employee's salary by 50% because he doesn't respond on his one day off

'Nobody is questioning it': Employee submits Work From Home requests to HR, they never approve, he goes remote anyway and gets away with it

'Nobody is questioning it': Employee submits Work From Home requests to HR, they never approve, he goes remote anyway and gets away with it

'If I’m not her supervisor, then I don’t need to check any of [her] work': Administrative assistant claims she's on par with the CFO, CFO maliciously complies, she gets fired

'If I’m not her supervisor, then I don’t need to check any of [her] work': Administrative assistant claims she's on par with the CFO, CFO maliciously complies, she gets fired

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'"My team's not a bunch of maintenance men': Trade worker defies contractors orders to shovel snow and packs up 'everything on the site'

'My team's not a bunch of maintenance men': Trade worker defies contractors orders to shovel snow and packs up 'everything on the site'

'Her system absolutely backfired': Student finds loophole in summer job's payment policy, gets paid full day's work for 30 minutes of labor, collects all the money

'Her system absolutely backfired': Student finds loophole in summer job's payment policy, gets paid full day's work for 30 minutes of labor, collects all the money

Update: 'I can't even handle this level of pettiness': High school principal won't let teacher leave early for doctor appointment, teacher decides to take even more time off

Update: 'I can't even handle this level of pettiness': High school principal refuses to let teacher leave early for doctor appointment, teacher decides to take even more time off

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'I worked a full two weeks': Boss refuses to provide W2, denies employee his promised salary, employee sabotages company

'I worked a full two weeks': Boss refuses to provide W2, denies employee his promised salary, employee sabotages company

'Break time is alone time': Employee stops eating lunch with annoying coworkers, one takes it personally and starts sabotaging her

'Break time is alone time': Employee stops eating lunch with annoying coworkers, one takes it personally and starts sabotaging her

'My job can be done 100% remotely': Sick employee has to get doctor's note in order to work from home, doctor writes sassy message

'My job can be done 100% remotely': Sick employee has to get doctor's note in order to work from home, doctor writes sassy message

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'He tripped and fell onto the newly displayed trophy, immediately breaking it': 20+ Moments of pure embarrassment seen by a crowd of witnesses

'He tripped and fell onto the newly displayed trophy, immediately breaking it': 20+ Moments of pure embarrassment seen by a crowd of witnesses

'I have no choice': Single parent pressured to bring kid into work this Christmas because daycare is closed, rejecting her PTO request

'I have no choice': Single parent pressured to bring kid into work this Christmas because daycare is closed, Scrooge boss rejects her PTO request

'There’s been over 2 dozen people sending quitting emails': Employee sees toxic manager yell at intern, sends company-wide email about it, causes mass quitting

'There’s been over 2 dozen people sending quitting emails': Employee sees toxic manager yell at intern, sends company-wide email about it, causes mass quitting

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Update: 'All in all, a pretty satisfying conclusion on my end:' Showroom employee earns apology from upper management after they 86'd his idea and nothing worked

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'Appear busy, not desperate': 20+ job search hacks to remember when brushing up your resume

'Appear busy, not desperate': 20+ job search hacks to remember when brushing up your resume

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Job candidate logs onto Zoom interview early and overhears that an offer has already been made, proceeds to call them out: 'Hey guys, just so you know, I can hear you!'

Job candidate logs onto Zoom interview early and overhears that an offer has already been made, proceeds to call them out: 'Hey guys, just so you know, I can hear you!'

33-year-old insists on returning from Italy vacation early, 36-year-old friend makes a "drama" out of early return: 'My vacation mood had dropped to 0 and I just wanted to go home'

33-year-old insists on returning from Italy vacation early, 36-year-old friend makes a "drama" out of early return: 'My vacation mood had dropped to 0 and I just wanted to go home'

Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

Employee demands to be fired after company shifts from fully remote work to 3 days from the new office, boss agrees: 'I will not work a single day from this box'

'They fired me and want free labor': Marketing employee is laid off due to budget cuts, their boss expects them to train their replacement for 2 months unpaid

'They fired me and want free labor': Marketing employee is laid off due to budget cuts, their boss expects them to train their replacement for 2 months unpaid

Entitled friend uses roommate's car after her own car breaks down, roommate demands she stop when she takes it on leisure drives without asking: 'Fix your own car'

Entitled friend uses roommate's car after her own car breaks down, roommate demands she stop when she takes it on leisure drives without asking: 'Fix your own car'

Boss writes employee up to HR for not following instructions, employee proves that boss contradicts himself constantly: 'Sometimes you have to do what needs to be done'

Boss writes employee up to HR for not following instructions, employee proves that boss contradicts himself constantly: 'Sometimes you have to do what needs to be done'

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