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Employee gets promoted over more qualified but "difficult" coworker: 'I know he thinks I'm an empty suit [...] and he's completely right'

Ben Weiss

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Law firm partner opens coworker’s blinds daily to shame his messy desk, gets publicly humbled by an unflattering photo plastered all over the office: 'I decided that petty revenge was the best option'

Isabella Penn

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Company forces return to office to increase productivity, accidentally teaches employees to stop working after 5 pm: 'These bosses don't understand the world changing around them'

Isabella Penn

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Owner wrongfully suspends top server, then regrets it when the restaurant falls apart and server refuses to come back early: 'I had the best week off of my life'

Isabella Penn

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Optional PTO donation program leads to tension after employee refuses to donate his hours to coworker he barely knows: 'My boss pulled me aside and said it looks bad'

Isabella Penn

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CEO reprimands employee after his 5-year-old appeared in the background during a work call, employee resigns after pressure: 'I don't feel I can work here anymore'

Ben Weiss

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Healthcare worker catches virus on the job, refuses to work 2 extra weeks after being fired under strict attendance policy: 'Finally I just told her if I wasn’t fired then I quit!'

Isabella Penn

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Man gets tricked by coworker to drive two hours to his house after work to help him paint: 'He said please don't make dumb excuses'

Isabella Penn

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Employee refuses to donate his PTO to a stranger in the office regardless of judgement from HR, colleagues, and his boss: 'I don't know Jennifer, maybe said hi twice'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Office lunch thief stops stealing after employee makes leftovers too annoying to take: 'Instead of one box of food I split it into six or seven little ones'

Isabella Penn

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Senior engineer outsmarts an arrogant new hire when the newbie tries to play office politics, shattering his misplaced corporte confidence: 'He quit out of embarrassment'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Guy responds politely to job rejection email, ends up scoring an interview in a positive turn of events: “Life is strange’

Lana DeGaetano

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Arrogant coworker takes credit for project, demands a promotion and gets fired instead: 'Sometimes the trash takes itself out!'

Ben Weiss

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Boss refuses employee expenses because one receipt is over by £0.03, ends up owing £250 when they resubmit their expense sheet according to company guidelines: 'I found all the extras'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Online handbag seller refuses to send bag to entitled customer after they demand a refund for two past orders, leading to a dispute on the site: ‘I decided to cancel the order’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I'm the one who ended my own interview': Recruiter lowballs job candidate and demeans their resume over zoom, so candidate wishes them ‘good luck’ and abruptly ends the call

Elna McHilderson

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