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'For a winter play... I offered to do the worm across the stage ': 25+ Moments of cringe that keep people awake late at night

Remy Millisky

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'I got paid for a full day without working': Employee facing firing for being 1-minute late to work, goes home instead

Brad Dickson

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'I don't understand it': IT guy yelled at by their boss over something they already fixed

Brad Dickson

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'My co-worker is running a yoga studio...instead of working': Professor debates telling on colleague who's making them "carry the burden"

Remy Millisky

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'She told me I could NEVER tell a customer the store was closing': Retail employee works all night long after manager tells them to never tell customers to leave

Remy Millisky

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'"If it's not in writing, it didn't happen" goes both ways': Micromanager boss wants to know why employee wasn't working during their in-person meeting, employee starts writing everything down

Remy Millisky

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'[I] told them I would not be returning to work': Young worker told by boss to accept job reassignment or find a new one, chooses the latter option

Brad Dickson

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'Quit arguing, if you say another word you’re fired': Boss instructs employee to drive 8 ton backhoe down the highway at 15 miles per hour

Remy Millisky

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'He panicked when I told him': Gas station attendant allows insistent customer to pump his own gas, customer ruins his boss's tractor

Remy Millisky

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'I was called into a meeting with the big boss': Medical worker with sick child is that their days off are 'suspicious'

Remy Millisky

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'I quit': Worker quits after discovering their engineering role is actually that of a glorified janitor under a micromanaging boss

Brad Dickson

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'She's been pulling each of us aside during office hours to grill us': Employee pushes back against 'nosy' general business manager

Remy Millisky

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'He doesn't know how to access the project': Micromanaging boss wants remote access to worker's private computer to view the project they're working on

Brad Dickson

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'[He] starts pulling chicken wings and chinese donuts out of his pockets': 30+ Chocolatey catastrophes and fishy faux pas that happened at all-you-can-eat buffets

Remy Millisky

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'You may not be allowed to leave': Worker shares break room poster at their new job detailing restrictive break policy

Brad Dickson

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'Ten thousand pennies... And she'd just committed to carrying them': Client asks repair shop workers "Do you know who I am?" and insists on paying large bill with change

Remy Millisky

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