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“Plane go up, I give cookie, plane go down”: 20+ Professionals describe their job as poorly as possible

Etai Eshet

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‘Play stupid games, win stupid prizes’: Wannabe office big shot gets fired after swapping his coworker’s $30 ear buds for knockoff replacements, exposing a long list of small stings

Etai Eshet

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17-year-old employee gets fired for not personally calling in sick after fainting and going to the emergency room: 'We're praying for you but you're fired'

Ben Weiss

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'He was fired on the spot [and] sued for his extra leave': 20+ HR employees whose workers left them speechless

Remy Millisky

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Two junior employees miss their return flight from a business conference in Nashville after evading commitments for the entire event, senior employee gets blamed for their behavior: 'Text them at 3:45 pm that Lyft is arriving in 15 mins, no response'

Brad Dickson

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Employee fired for attending grandfather’s funeral after PTO was denied, gets revenge 6 months later when boss disputes work dates by flooding his phone with spam: 'His role was client facing so he couldn't ignore phone calls'

Isabella Penn

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Hotel guest throws tantrum at reception after finding out the breakfast buffet opened 15 minutes earlier than usual: ‘That is unacceptable’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Worker gets written up for "unprofessional attitude" after asking why their paycheck was 2 weeks late: 'You don't need to come at me with that kind of tone'

Brad Dickson

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Aspiring bar owner chooses her career over controlling boyfriend after he forces her to choose between him and her dream: '"If you take it, we're done"'

Lana DeGaetano

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Manager makes request at 4:30pm for employee to stay late, employee declines and manager throws temper tantrum: 'Nah, bro! Your emergency is not my emergency'

Ben Weiss

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Employee files HR complaint for not being invited to a co-worker she barely know's wedding, HR laughs and immediately closes the case: ‘Some people really do think they’re the main character.’

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker reports employee to HR for not inviting her to her private wedding, forcing her to have to explain to HR why she's not invited: 'Some people really do think they’re the main character'

Brad Dickson

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Guy contacts government worker on LinkedIn demanding he find him a $100k job because they had small talk in 2018, claiming it’s his civic duty as a public servant to help: ‘He asked me to send him my CV so he could copy it’

Etai Eshet

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'I made the mistake of giving 6 months notice': Entitled manager forgets to hire new employee, spends 4 months doing double the workload

Remy Millisky

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Coworker refuses every invitation for after-work social hangs, then throws a fit when she starts getting excluded: 'Jess it's just common sense, grow up'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Employees swap stories of the most ridiculous things they’ve seen coworkers do to get fired: 'He was arrested and fired the same day'

Isabella Penn

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