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'Feeling a spirit of pettiness overtake me, I fill the cart with M&Ms': 4 Tales of petty revenge that one retail worker got on customers

Remy Millisky

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Employer fires 17-year-old employee after they miss a shift due to hospitalization, despite family phoning boss: 'At this point we are terminating your employment'

Brad Dickson

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Database admin gets boss fired by rerouting critical messages to his pager that go unanswered: 'His face falls, he knew right then he screwed up'

Brad Dickson

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'I'm surprised we didn't all quit that day': 20+ Fast food workers share what happened on their worst day of work

Remy Millisky

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City council demands man remove grass from home and the neighboring road or pay the price, man cleverly complies making matters worse

Sienna Varady

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Customer insists flooring installer does it their way, gets exactly what they asked for: 'I got paid to remove the work that I just got paid to install so I can get paid to install it again'

Brad Dickson

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'[I'm] not doing... extra beyond my work hours': Employee openly plays on their phone in front of boss after boss refuses to let them leave early

Remy Millisky

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'All right. I know one of you took the wheels off my chair': Office of engineers embarks on pranking spree

Remy Millisky

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'The company ended up going into liquidation': Manufacturing boss demands overworked laborer stick to his original duties despite the fact that they've been doing every job alone, their compliance sinks the company

Brad Dickson

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Social worker sacked for complaining to OSHA, still gets paid a salary for 10 years after getting forgotten entirely: ‘They still paid her and she kept quiet’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘[He’s] trying to poke holes in their offer': Employee is convinced not to quit when boss goes back on scheduling issue, but she receives a better offer and quits anyway, boss panics

Elna McHilderson

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'That's not my job': Supervisor demands that a temp waiter unload heavy drink pallets from a truck, they maliciously comply by offloading each bottle one by one

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘Why did you even hire me?’: Employee gets fired after only 4 days on the job, manager claims it's because they couldn't afford to have someone train them

Bar Mor Hazut

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'Stay in my own lane? You got it': Care facility worker told not to help clients during admin hours, boss begrudgingly has to get their hands dirty

Brad Dickson

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'Making lots of money is great but...': Wise career-man enlightens job seekers searching for $120k+ per year of the pitfalls of chasing cash instead of passion

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Upper manager introduces "innovative" new idea against subordinate's advice, it fails spectacularly: 'He doesn't want to admit he made a mistake'

Brad Dickson

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