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'Don't come back': Opportunistic employee goes home early when a scheduled fire drill makes management second-guess their instructional wording

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20+ Teachers share their most unhinged Gen Alpha student stories that still keep them up at night: 'Several of them can't tell time... on a digital clock'

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'I'm just doing my job': Front desk receptionist detains the CEO in the lobby for security approval after a company-wide email puts them on blast for the new 'NO EXCEPTIONS' policy

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45-minutes before closing, VP demands employees cannot clock out until ALL emails are answered, employee maliciously complies: ‘I had 46 unread emails… Only 2 were actual client questions.’

45-minutes before closing, VP demands employees cannot clock out until ALL emails are answered, employee maliciously complies: ‘I had 46 unread emails… Only 2 were actual client questions.’

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Jealous boss informs HR of a completely permissible after-work get-together that her employees attended, only because she wasn't invited herself: "[She] made a complaint that she was being ostracized’

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18-year-old café employee told by her new shift lead to stop talking, stops talking entirely, forcing the lead to backtrack: 'You’re not paid to talk, you’re paid to work'

Guy gets fired on the spot for not giving in to owner's spoiled daughter, his replacement steals money and boss beg's for old employee back: 'I politely declined.'

Guy gets fired on the spot for not giving in to owner's spoiled daughter, his replacement steals money and boss beg's for old employee back: 'I politely declined.'

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18-year-old retail employee gets scolded for being 6 minutes late to work, then takes their manager's demands literally as payback: ‘If you can’t be here on time, don't come in at all—so I didn't'

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Employee grows tired of workplace favoritism, decides to ‘accidentally' break their computer to get time off while entitled coworkers are forced to fill in: ‘We’re expected to work like machines’

Employee grows tired of workplace favoritism, decides to ‘accidentally' break their computer to get time off while entitled coworkers are forced to fill in: ‘We’re expected to work like machines’

'I just stood there': Manager demands employees stick only to assigned tasks, employee complies by refusing to help customers outside of their department

'I just stood there': Manager demands employees stick only to assigned tasks, employee complies by refusing to help customers outside of their department

'Helped my former boss get fired': Former employee gets entitled ex-boss audited three years after getting wrongfully dismissed

'Helped my former boss get fired': Former employee gets entitled ex-boss audited three years after getting wrongfully dismissed

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Boss questions employee's work ethic when they work from home for one day despite working their previously agreed upon WFH days from the office: 'You want me to honor my in-office-days? Okay, but you'll be forced to honor my WFH-days'

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‘I never said I was taking his shift’: Entitled coworker assumes fellow employee will take his shift without receiving confirmation, then sneakily tells boss they found shift coverage

Boss bans phones in the workplace, employee complies until boss needs to reach her urgently: 'I wasn’t about to get written [up] for breaking a policy she just finished enforcing'

Boss bans phones in the workplace, employee complies until boss needs to reach her urgently: 'I wasn’t about to get written [up] for breaking a policy she just finished enforcing'

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Employee 4 months into their new job loses 2 days of PTO over an 18 minute lunch break disagreement: '[Boss] told me I took time off on company time and there would be discipline to follow'

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New hire shows up 15 minutes late and insists he 'doesn't take orders': 'By 3 PM his keycard didn't work any more'

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18-year-old call center employee told by new supervisor to "just stick to the script" she does exactly as asked leading to her boss changing her mind: 'If you deviate even slightly, you’ll be written up'

18-year-old call center employee told by new supervisor to "just stick to the script" she does exactly as asked leading to her boss changing her mind: 'If you deviate even slightly, you’ll be written up'

'Uncle John was quite upset': Entitled Uncle discovers the inheritance from his mother was left to his 18-year-old nephew while the rest was donated to charity

'Uncle John was quite upset': Entitled Uncle discovers the inheritance from his mother was left to his 18-year-old nephew while the rest was donated to charity

Update: New employee refuses to work overtime, boss fires him to make an example, entire team suffers without employee's efforts: 'We didn’t need to work overtime!'

Update: New employee refuses to work overtime, boss fires him to make an example, entire team suffers without employee's efforts: 'We didn’t need to work overtime!'

Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

Cashier forced to clock out late for lunch break after their cover fails to arrive on time, gets reprimanded by store manager, leading cashier to leave the register unattended: ‘They wanted me to skip my break’

49 and 47-year-old property owners shut down unrelenting friends after they repeatedly try to invite themselves over for vacation at their lake house: 'He finally got a hint'

49 and 47-year-old property owners shut down unrelenting friends after they repeatedly try to invite themselves over for vacation at their lake house: 'He finally got a hint'

'Boss can only blame herself': Boss makes employee miss two days of pay, so he quits for better job and warns new hires so the vacancy wouldn't get filled

'Boss can only blame herself': Boss makes employee miss two days of pay, so he quits for better job and warns new hires so the vacancy wouldn't get filled

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