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IT worker told to stop wasting time helping their coworkers, IT tickets get out of control when all the small problems are no longer getting fixed: 'Everyone was quietly enjoying the fact that Boss's ridiculous policy had backfired spectacularly'

Brad Dickson

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Boss insists employees wear full uniform in 100-degree heat, security guard collapses and workplace gets robbed: 'My work gave me a bonus'

Isabella Penn

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'I felt sorry for his son's future': Rich friend turns favor into free labor, bossing his friend and making him take orders from his entitled kid

Etai Eshet

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'Proof or not, there’s a perspective you are not at work': Boss accuses a hybrid employee of skipping work, so they respond with detailed daily reports of all of their activity, boss backtracks immediately

Jesse Kessenheimer

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65-year-old loud coworker insults teammates with her “jokes”, blames them for being sensitive: ‘I’ve seen her be completely clueless, baffled when people are hurt’

Etai Eshet

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Custodian notices something off with cleaner being used but random Karen employee demands 'no other cleaner will do,' office becomes barely breathable: 'Well, that's her problem'

Elna McHilderson

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Boss forces new employee to clock out and continue working for 30 more minutes without pay, employee decides to confront boss's boss about it: ‘I'm so infuriated’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Boss demands that everyone take lunch at exactly 12:00 PM, left handling an empty office when the time arrives: '12:00 hits. We all just… walk away. Phones ringing, customers mid-sentence---not our problem. Boss looked panicked, trying to handle it all.'

Brad Dickson

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Company revokes offer from job candidate without explanation after candidate attempts to negotiate the salary: ‘This feels like shady business practice’

Bar Mor Hazut

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UPDATE: Entitled client gets entire company fired after insisting that "every email" should go to his inbox: 'He has over 100 new emails... My bosses and I are still laughing'

Remy Millisky

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Boss “concerned” about 26-year-old employee’s love life, turning workplace chatter into awkward lectures: ‘I don't understand why he's so concerned about my relationship he knows nothing about”

Etai Eshet

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'They kept messing it up': Employee refuses to come to work after boss insists on complicated shift schedules despite being warned it creates confusion, leading to a dispute

Bar Mor Hazut

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Neighbor declares homeowner's front yard to be a "community parking area," gets towed: 'As soon as she parked her car there again I immediately called a tow [truck]'

Brad Dickson

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‘She kept calling me a liar’: Employee coming off of 12-hour shift rejects coworker's last-minute plea for shift coverage, coworker bombards her with a lengthy, audacious text message

Lana DeGaetano

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‘[It was] a 30-minute humiliation session’: Job seeker is berated by interviewer for having a PhD, despite listing higher education as a preference in the job description

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Made me feel awful—he completely invalidated me’: Boss publicly mocks new hire on first week, prompting employee to leave meeting feeling defeated and questioning their abilities

Etai Eshet

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