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'I would duct tape them to the bottom of her desk': Coworker keeps stealing bananas, employee claps back by hiding rotting ones under her desk

'I would duct tape them to the bottom of her desk': Coworker keeps stealing bananas, employee claps back by hiding rotting ones under her desk

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Meddling boss demands more accurate timesheets, backfires spectacularly: '[He thinks] we are manipulating our hours'

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'Don't know, don't care. This is my last day': General manager tells employee to start searching for jobs, no one realizes employee gave one week notice

'Don't know, don't care. This is my last day': General manager tells employee to start searching for jobs, no one realizes employee gave one week notice

'This... is going to cost the company millions': Factory employee lets frozen products turn to "boiled mush" per their boss's orders

'This... is going to cost the company millions': Factory employee lets frozen products turn to "boiled mush" per their boss's orders

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'Change your meeting times to [when] I am available': Remote worker gets back at employer by working scheduled hours, to their employer's immediate regret

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'18K gone in less than 30 seconds': 20 workers share the biggest mistakes they've made on the job

'18K gone in less than 30 seconds': 20 workers share the biggest mistakes they've made on the job

‘Feeling happily petty’: Guy gets even with his messy coworker by ruining his rubber band collection

‘Feeling happily petty’: Guy gets even with his messy coworker by ruining his rubber band collection

‘I should get a bump in pay too’: Worker asks for 20% raise, boss says to get another offer he can match, worker maliciously complies

‘I should get a bump in pay too’: Worker asks for 20% raise, boss says to get another offer he can match, worker maliciously complies

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‘Does he just want us all to quit?’: Boss enforces mandatory two-hour stand-up meeting at 8:00 am every day, worker rebels

‘Does he just want us all to quit?’: Boss enforces mandatory two-hour stand-up meeting at 8:00 am every day, worker rebels

'My work gets everyone a birthday cake but me': Top Mildly Infuriating Work Stories

'My work gets everyone a birthday cake but me': Top Mildly Infuriating Work Stories

Top 20 Workers who had just one job and still made mistakes (December 31, 2023)

Top 20 Workers who had just one job and still made mistakes (December 31, 2023)

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'I am counting EVERYTHING': Retail worker maliciously complies with supervisor's contradictory instructions

'I am counting EVERYTHING': Retail worker maliciously complies with supervisor's contradictory instructions

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'I can't, I'm stuck in traffic': Boss insists presentation given from the office, worker misses it due to traffic

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'View the job as a chance to give, not to earn': Out-of-touch executive tells struggling workers to do the job for the love, not the money

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'I just did what she had asked me to do: Boss insists on detailed meeting notes, used as evidence to get them fired

'Work tried to punish me. It backfired': Tax associate blamed for not coming in on day off, maliciously complies and ruins boss's reputation

'Work tried to punish me. It backfired': Tax associate blamed for not coming in on day off, maliciously complies and ruins boss's reputation

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UPDATE: 16-year-old boy gets car towed by neighbor after he won't stop parking large truck on their lawn: 'It's not my problem'

UPDATE: 16-year-old boy gets car towed by neighbor after he won't stop parking large truck on their lawn: 'It's not my problem'

Resident parks their car on the street while constructing their driveway, neighbor's 19-year-old daughter demands they move for her truck instead: ‘There's nowhere else for me to park’

Resident parks their car on the street while constructing their driveway, neighbor's 19-year-old daughter demands they move for her truck instead: ‘There's nowhere else for me to park’

Customer walks out of diner without tipping after overhearing 20-year-old waitress mocking him: 'She was making fun of a paying customer for no reason'

Customer walks out of diner without tipping after overhearing 20-year-old waitress mocking him: 'She was making fun of a paying customer for no reason'

Job candidate walks out of fourth-round interview after recruiter refuses to reveal salary for the position: 'Salary transparency is basic respect'

Job candidate walks out of fourth-round interview after recruiter refuses to reveal salary for the position: 'Salary transparency is basic respect'

Employee loses days of PTO for taking an hour for lunch: 'I finally decided to treat myself and go to lunch one day...I received an email that I will be losing 2 days of PTO.'

Employee loses days of PTO for taking an hour for lunch: 'I finally decided to treat myself and go to lunch one day...I received an email that I will be losing 2 days of PTO.'

HOA demands homeowner fix brown patch in his lawn, he obliges by planting heaps of mint which multiplies throughout the neighborhood: 'Spring comes and mint is EVERYWHERE - around mailboxes, along walking paths, even in their fancy entrance landscaping'

HOA demands homeowner fix brown patch in his lawn, he obliges by planting heaps of mint which multiplies throughout the neighborhood: 'Spring comes and mint is EVERYWHERE - around mailboxes, along walking paths, even in their fancy entrance landscaping'

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