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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead

'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead (September 27, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

‘She makes me feel like a fraternity pledge’: Bossy coworker treats temp lab tech like a personal assistant, demanding non-work-related chores and favors

‘She makes me feel like a fraternity pledge’: Bossy coworker treats temp lab tech like a personal assistant, demanding non-work-related chores and favors

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‘Add a little chaos to his meticulously organized weekend’: Employee has had it with controlling boss, puts his phone number on a Craigslist ad for farm animals and then quits

‘Add a little chaos to his meticulously organized weekend’: Employee has had it with controlling boss, puts his phone number on a Craigslist ad for farm animals and then quits

Elna McHilderson

‘You’re just the help with a fancy knife set, don’t act like you’re above me’: Entitled charity gala guest causes a scene after catering chef refuses to make her a special off-menu pasta dish

‘You’re just the help with a fancy knife set, don’t act like you’re above me’: Entitled charity gala guest causes a scene after catering chef refuses to make her a special off-menu pasta dish

Entitled friend demands a cut of her friend's $500 referral work bonus

Entitled friend demands a cut of her friend's $500 referral work bonus: ‘I laughed it off and didn’t think she was being serious’

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Assistant makes a standard PTO request, manager informs her he's done away with all paid vacation time

'Just so you know, we're not doing the PTO thing anymore': Assistant makes a standard PTO request, manager informs her he's done away with all paid vacation time

HR calls out employee of 15 years in attempt to steal his pension, employee's best friend saves his job

HR calls out employee of 15 years in attempt to steal his pension, employee's best friend saves his job: '[He] asked HR to prove it'

Boss offers employee a $1 promotional raise, then hires someone in the employee's current role before he accepts the offer

‘I’m furious. I’m disgusted I work for this company’: Boss offers employee a $1 promotional raise, then hires someone in the employee's current role before he accepts the offer

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‘Pretty sure the cat was the real hiring manager': Guy ends up having to wrangle a cat loose in the office during his job interview, gets the cat and gets hired

‘Pretty sure the cat was the real hiring manager': Guy ends up having to wrangle a cat loose in the office during his job interview, gets the cat and gets hired

Elna McHilderson

Kind employee guides new 16-year-old new girl through shift after petty coworkers get "stressed out" and refuse to train her

Kind employee guides new 16-year-old new girl through shift after petty coworkers get "stressed out" and refuse to train her: 'Over the next 5 hours I worked side by side with this child'

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'I had a boss who expected me to lay out his lunch': Employees share the most absurd rules they had to follow at work

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New HR Lady cancels beloved company traditions and fires people publicly, ends up getting fired the same way

New HR Lady cancels beloved company traditions and starts firing people publicly, ends up getting fired the same way 'All other employees [were] watching and some of them [were] clapping'

Underpaid and overworked employee scores a unicorn job offer and resigns from their current role, boss loses it

‘And just like that, the tables have completely turned’: Underpaid and overworked employee lands a unicorn job offer and resigns from their current role, boss loses it

‘We all got a good laugh’: Beloved employee gets laid off after 15 years of loyal service and company denies him unemployment, coworker avenges him in the grossest way

‘We all got a good laugh’: Beloved employee gets laid off after 15 years of loyal service and company denies him unemployment, coworker avenges him in the grossest way possible

Elna McHilderson

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25-year-old learns he's making $2,000 more than his office mentor: '[He] has worked 50 years in my current company!'

25-year-old employee learns he's making $2,000 more than his office mentor: '[He] has worked 50 years in my current company!'

Employee gets back at worker who suddenly quit, leaving them short-staffed

'A delightful shot at revenge': Employee gets back at worker who suddenly quit, leaving them short-staffed

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Engineer passed over for promotion for their own direct reports, instead up-skills himself on the job, uses those skills to land a better job with 3x the pay: 'I developed skills on the company dime that got me a >100% raise at another company'

Engineer passed over for promotion for their own direct reports, instead up-skills himself on the job, uses those skills to land a better job with 3x the pay: 'I developed skills on the company dime that got me a >100% raise at another company'

32-year-old carpenter fixes her older neighbor’s broken fence secretly at night so he won’t feel embarrassed just for others in the neighborhood to criticize her actions: ‘I didn’t do it for credit; I just wanted him to feel capable and happy’

32-year-old carpenter fixes her older neighbor’s broken fence secretly at night so he won’t feel embarrassed just for others in the neighborhood to criticize her actions: ‘I didn’t do it for credit; I just wanted him to feel capable and happy’

31-year-old pregnant coworker Sarah tries to take a front parking spot from a colleague with a knee problem, leading to office drama and HR intervention: ‘I felt guilty, but I stood my ground’

31-year-old pregnant coworker Sarah tries to take a front parking spot from a colleague with a knee problem, leading to office drama and HR intervention: ‘I felt guilty, but I stood my ground’

Lawyer submits 75 case files full of mistakes in 1 day to get back at bosses: 'No matter what they did, their system didn't work'

Lawyer submits 75 case files full of mistakes in 1 day to get back at bosses: 'No matter what they did, their system didn't work'

Entitled janitor demands $50 from office employee because they can "afford it": 'Apparently kindness equals being his personal ATM'

Entitled janitor demands $50 from office employee because they can "afford it": 'Apparently kindness equals being his personal ATM'

26+ year grocery store employee calls out "micromanagers" by name in company-wide email: 'The working conditions are so bad I don't even want to be here myself'

26+ year grocery store employee calls out "micromanagers" by name in company-wide email: 'The working conditions are so bad I don't even want to be here myself'

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