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Job candidate withdraws his application after HR emails him by the wrong name, then gets upset when he corrects them: ‘My name is Zach, not Ryan’

Job candidate withdraws his application after HR emails him by the wrong name, then gets upset when he corrects them: ‘My name is Zach, not Ryan’

Boss cuts new hire's hours on her first shift, then yells at her for asking to work more, leading new employee to reconsider job: ‘I can't handle people raising their voices at me’

Boss cuts new hire's hours on her first shift, then yells at her for asking to work more, leading new employee to reconsider job: ‘I can't handle people raising their voices at me’

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Restaurant charges customer twice after they ask to remake a dish because it had eggs in it, customer refuses to pay: ‘The menu did not list eggs’

Restaurant charges customer twice after they ask to remake a dish because it had eggs in it, customer refuses to pay altogether: ‘The menu did not list eggs’

Job candidate leaves in the middle of group interview after company refuses to provide health insurance to new hires: ‘I don't care’

Job candidate leaves in the middle of group interview after company refuses to provide health insurance to new hires: ‘I don't care’

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Manager demands new hire employee write shorter reports, employee complies: 'He came to my desk. In person. To discuss the report'

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Company demands employees pay for branded clothes, then forbids everyone from wearing them on shift: 'Wait, you thought you could actually wear the uniforms you paid for?'

Company demands employees pay for branded clothes, then forbids everyone from wearing them on shift: 'Wait, you thought you could actually wear the uniforms you paid for?'

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'Promoted at 12, laid off by 2 PM': Company leader publicly congratulates worker who has already been fired

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Warehouse manager sends new hire on an impossible errand, new hire quietly slips out and takes a 3-hour break

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‘Two can play that game’: Traveling employee triples the cost of their work trips after being denied a £20 expense over petty technicalities

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Manufacturer helps client with urgent order by supplying differently specced parts at client's agreement, client still makes official complaint because the parts weren't to normal specification, manufacturer delays their orders thereafter in retaliation

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15+ Employees who got fired for their social media posts: 'Girl called out last minute... she was posting pics from Six Flags'

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Boss gives another company his employee's personal phone number without their consent: ‘This is my own personal data’

Boss gives another company his employee's personal phone number without her consent: ‘This is my own personal data’

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Woman sets up email trap that tricks entitled coworker into hitting 'reply all' on an unprofessional message to her, office shuns him: ‘3-minutes later, I see a failed attempt at "Message Recall" and my enjoyment knows no bounds.’

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kClient refuses to pay house cleaner in full after claiming she didn't do a good job, then attempts to hire her again, cleaner demands: 'Payment upfront'

Client refuses to pay house cleaner in full after claiming she didn't do a good job, then attempts to hire her again, cleaner demands: 'Payment upfront'

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Employee tells coworkers how much his raise was, despite manager asking them to keep it private: ‘[Colleague] is making $14000 less than I am’

Employee tells coworkers how much his raise was, despite manager asking them to keep it private: ‘[Colleague] is making $14000 less than I am’

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Manager repeatedly ignores developer's warning, resulting in $228k of incorrect transactions: 'The system did exactly what it was told to do'

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Tenant changes Wi-Fi password to block freeloading neighbor, he guesses the new one and offers to split the bill: '[It was your dog’s name with 123 at the end]'

Tenant changes Wi-Fi password to block freeloading neighbor, he guesses the new one and offers to split the bill: '[It was your dog’s name with 123 at the end]'

Landlord confronts loud resident after getting complaints from neighbors, leading resident to go door-to-door, demanding to know who filed the complaint: ‘I denied it was me’

Landlord confronts loud resident after getting complaints from neighbors, leading resident to go door-to-door, demanding to know who filed the complaint: ‘I denied it was me’

Man refuses to keep mowing his elderly neighbors' two-acre meadow for free after their adult kids demand he continue doing it once the parents are gone

Man refuses to keep mowing his elderly neighbors' two-acre meadow for free after their adult kids demand he continue doing it once the parents are gone

'I drove across town to do remote work in a closet': Remote employee rebels against in-person mandate after company installs "focus rooms" for all-day virtual meetings

'I drove across town to do remote work in a closet': Remote employee rebels against in-person mandate after company installs "focus rooms" for all-day virtual meetings

Employee calls out coworker after she gets glowing performance review for sending weekly email to upper management summarizing everyone else's hard work

Employee calls out coworker after she gets glowing performance review for sending weekly email to upper management summarizing everyone else's hard work

Call center coworkers turn on Danny, an entitled new hire who watches TV at his desk during downtime and gets the internet banned for everyone: 'Management looked the other way, until Danny came around'

Call center coworkers turn on Danny, an entitled new hire who watches TV at his desk during downtime and gets the internet banned for everyone: 'Management looked the other way, until Danny came around'

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