Chess not checkers

You're due for a dentist appointment. How do I know? Because we are all due for a checkup–we're just procrastinating and pushing the appointment because everyone detests going to the dentist. That is… until we have a raging toothache and can't sleep at night. The dentist will always be the bad guy until we desperately need him,

After 12 years of experience, as well as an expensive Master's degree that resulted in $50k in student debt, the original poster of this story could hardly boast about her teaching salary at $25/hour.

He's so confused

While many of us are ashamed of what we would spend to have a minimum wage employee deliver takeout straight to our door during a summer thunderstorm, most of us will happily go online to feed ourselves out of convenience, spending far more for a pizza than any person should.

Walk a mile in these non-slip shoes

At least you're better at your job than these guys

Never underestimate the patience of an hourly employee.

Karmic payout

Pallets may be heavy, but so is the weight of anti-authority malicious compliance

Do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life.

(Sometimes) Managers know best, but a micromanager never knows what's good for the company. In their attempt to get a grip on every facet of their workforce, micromanagers inadvertently strangle their best employees, forcing even good workers to maliciously comply.

Tech support guys have seen it all–from power outages and troubleshooting, to complete idiocracy, IT guys must cultivate some serious patience to deal with the technologically illiterate folks of the world.

We all know how negative the stories about bosses and managers can be when it comes to Reddit. It is a safe space to vent, complain, and plot petty revenge against those who are in charge of the way our workplaces… well, work. It seems that for every genuinely good manager out there, there are around 10 bad ones, and those are usually the ones we read about on Reddit. However, this Reddit story is like no other, as it comes to show that there are still good managers out there, who even go out o…

Don't try to rip off someone who's really good at sleuthing.

Rich people always feel entitled to the servitude of others, but in this story, a construction guy shows his client who has all of the power on this job site.