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'I'm just doing my job...': Hotel clerk pushed to the brink after wife demands access to husband’s hotel room despite not being listed on the booking confirmation and refusing to verify her marital status

'I'm just doing my job...': Hotel clerk pushed to the brink after wife demands access to husband’s hotel room despite not being listed on the booking confirmation and refusing to verify her marital status

'You want to send me home? Sounds good!': Micromanager sends employee home for violating uniform, employee pulls out company handbook to prove him wrong

'You want to send me home? Sounds good!': Micromanager sends employee home for violating uniform, employee pulls out company handbook to prove him wrong

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'Don't touch anything electrical if you're not an electrician': Frustrated foundry workers maliciously comply with electrician's order

'I got paid an extra $30 for literally doing nothing': Retail worker maliciously complies with manager's rules about clocking out

'I got paid an extra $30 for literally doing nothing': Retail worker maliciously complies with manager's rules about clocking out

'His inbox soon overflowed with 20 to 30 pointless emails daily': Micromanager regrets insisting on being copied on everything following malicious compliance

'His inbox soon overflowed with 20 to 30 pointless emails daily': Micromanager regrets insisting on being copied on everything following malicious compliance

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‘They refused to admit their mistake’: Hotel guests' reservation gets canceled due to failed credit card transaction, they demand front desk clerk give them a discounted room

‘They refused to admit their mistake’: Hotel guests' reservation gets canceled due to failed credit card transaction, they demand front desk clerk give them a discounted room

'You need me more than I need you...': Undervalued employee refuses to back down after company goes after him for quitting, despite earning them $1.5 million

'You need me more than I need you...': Undervalued employee refuses to back down after company goes after him for quitting, despite earning them $1.5 million

'I played along': New employee accidentally bosses around his supervisor

'I played along': New employee accidentally bosses around his supervisor

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Boomer tries to reject job candidate because she's a fan of Star Trek: 'My coworker found this to be a red flag'

Boomer tries to reject job candidate because she's a fan of Star Trek: 'My coworker found this to be a red flag'

'You should have thought about it sooner': Nanny arrives at new job and immediately gets sick, boss refuses to give her a day off

'You should have thought about it sooner': Nanny arrives at new job and immediately gets sick, boss refuses to give her a day off

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Worker contacted by shocked HR months after being told they'd been laid off in case of mistaken identity: 'It took them almost TWO months to realize'

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'I went back and got every leaf off of her property': "Lawn Karen" complains about her yards' appearance

'I went back and got every leaf off of her property': "Lawn Karen" complains about her yards' appearance

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'I left with zero notice': Employer shocked when employee quits after 30% pay cut for a new job that pays double the amount they had offered

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Coworker gets reprimanded for not smiling: 'I don't get paid enough to deal with this'

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‘With one click I lost everything’: Boss assigns employee with complicated task unrelated to his field, employee makes mistake that costs him his job

‘With one click I lost everything’: Boss assigns employee with complicated task unrelated to his field, employee makes mistake that costs him his job

'He had now dropped his car keys': New technician immediately drops several valuable items into 800 foot pit

'He had now dropped his car keys': New technician immediately drops several valuable items into 800 foot pit

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Boss takes full credit for tech employee's presentation, employee goes to VP before boss's performance review: 'Guess who didn't get credit for strategic contributions?'

Boss takes full credit for tech employee's presentation, employee goes to VP before boss's performance review: 'Guess who didn't get credit for strategic contributions?'

Employee gets fired after they leave 1-star review on the landscaper who works with the company due to their poor service: ‘My business isn't with them’

Employee gets fired after they leave 1-star review on the landscaper who works with the company due to their poor service: ‘My business isn't with them’

Coworker Kelsey demands a colleague drive 50 miles back to the office and Uber her forgotten laptop to the airport, because she’s “childless and free”: ‘She escalated our group chat, tagging my manager, saying I’m refusing to help the team’

Coworker Kelsey demands a colleague drive 50 miles back to the office and Uber her forgotten laptop to the airport, because she’s “childless and free”: ‘She escalated our group chat, tagging my manager, saying I’m refusing to help the team’

‘Oh rats!’: Employee treats tech support with 0 respect, so IT leads her district manager to the break room where she's been living with her cat

‘Oh rats!’: Employee treats tech support with 0 respect, so IT leads her district manager to the break room where she's been living with her cat

Worker gets laid off, told that they're "expendable," gets hired by their former employer's biggest client and watches as the former employer loses clients and even contacts them for "advice": 'Feels good knowing they made a mistake undervaluing me'

Worker gets laid off, told that they're "expendable," gets hired by their former employer's biggest client and watches as the former employer loses clients and even contacts them for "advice": 'Feels good knowing they made a mistake undervaluing me'

65-year-old coworker salty of younger new hire, tries to get her in trouble but ends up putting her own job on the line: ‘Not believing my luck I said, "Actually… YOU booked [it] wrong!"’

65-year-old coworker salty of younger new hire, tries to get her in trouble but ends up putting her own job on the line: ‘Not believing my luck I said, "Actually… YOU booked [it] wrong!"’

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