Why is it so hard for customers to understand that sometimes there is simply no way for them to get their way? No, it is not because the 18-year-old employee wants to make your life difficult, and no, it is not out of spite, it is simply because places of work have rules and policies, and there is nothing they can do about it. If a grocery store employee tells a customer that they do not have delivery service, there is no magic spell that will conjure a delivery person to do that job, no matter…

Retail workers should be paid, at minimum, $250k a year to deal with their silliest customers. Many low-paid jobs are underpaying their workers: the employees make minimum wage as they work incredibly hard and often under intense pressure from their managers. There are plenty of cushy office jobs that pay 6 or 7 figures each year, and these aren't even close to being as difficult as your average retail worker's job . Retail workers have to deal with the full range of humanity, from the super sw…

"What I'm getting from her [is] that I am being selfish and I should wait for everyone book theirs before mine."

Nothing breaks familiar bonds between once close-knit coworkers, who have bonded through commiserative mutual suffering at the hands of a toxic employer like the eventuality of one of them leaving. As the realization dawns that they're going to have to continue on in the world while their coworker is freed, stress sets in, and the toxic atmosphere takes hold. Then they collectively turn on the leaving coworker, partly out of jealousy at their newfound liberation and partly because turning on th…

There are times when a less lucrative job with excellent chances for advancement is preferable. However, deciding to accept such a role carries a number of disadvantages of its own. The story below is an account of a frustrated worker. The original poster (OP) started a new job recently. However, despite all of the fantastic learning opportunities, the salary is really low. OP did not consider this a problem, even though it meant she could not afford premium labels or to spend money on a ton of…

Although we love to judge managers here, being one is not an easy task. It is challenging to be responsible for multiple employees, as each step they take reflects directly to their manager. So when we hear stories of managers taking a hit because of something their employees did, we do feel for them, as we know that some managers are just trying to do their jobs as best as they can, just like the rest of us. When the manager (OP, original poster) in this story discovered one of their employees…

When people start new jobs, usually, they tend to keep their heads low and just survive the first couple of weeks. That does not mean they do not make friends, or do their job as well as they can, it just means that they try not to cause any trouble, or stir up issues for other people in the company. The new hire in this story didn't get the memo on how one should behave at a new job, and if there is one person who should have kept their heads down, it is this guy. Right of the bat, he behaved…

What would your boss do if they found out you read books in your spare time? It's a pretty harmless item to have around the workplace, right? Many bosses would assume you brought that book to read during your commute or your lunch break. I'm sure many would prefer that to employees being on their phones anyway! But this person's boss found some books laying around the office, and she took that personally. This person's supervisor sounds like both a snoop and a micromanager. She went and searche…

Being fired from your job on day one should earn you some type of medal. It's a very special achievement after all. When managers are training a new employee, they expect them to mess up basically every task for a while. But you can't chock up everything to being unaware or untrained. Some things, like employees who can't focus on the job or those who berate the customers, have to go ASAP. Up next, read about a couple of the “worst lawyers ever," who got lazy when drafting a retirement document…

There's always a bigger fish… No matter how big or small you are, you can almost take solace in the fact that there's always going to be someone bigger or better than you at something and will soon come to take your place. This is a real worry to the big fish out there who are desperate to maintain their status as top dogfish. In this way, sometimes being the smallest fish is beneficial because all the other fish are so much larger than you that they consider you to not be a threat or even wort…

Requiring your employees to clock in at exactly their scheduled start time each day is guaranteed to add some extra stress into their lives. It's not as if most employees are trying to be late. Most of them are stuck in traffic or caught on a train that won't move. They rush into work as fast as they can—they might even sprint to make it!—but if they're even two or five minutes late , their boss is still going to be annoyed. All that rushing around to try to make it on time, and the boss still…

We've all been the new kid at a job.

Do you remember that one viral video in which a reporter reports live from his office and then his kid comes in the room, followed by their nanny, who panickly drags the kid out of the room, all while their father apologizes profusely to the viewers? If not, I largely advise you to watch it, because it is hilarious. I am bringing this video up because we could all relate to what happened in the video, and the humanity everyone showed in it. Since working from home became such an intricate part…

"Cause and effect" or "action and reaction" is typically a predictable concept—bounce a ball on the ground at your feet, and you'd expect it to come flying straight back at your face. Still, when the factor of human perception motivations is included, you can end up with some interesting reactions that you might not have considered. Take for instance, this worker who injured themself during their lunch break while working from home, leading to their boss's ending of their workplace's flexible w…

Being forced to bring proof to work for being sick should simply not be a thing. We are all adults, there is no reason why we should not be believed when we say we feel bad enough that we cannot go to work. Even if one is not truly and wholeheartedly sick, if they feel like they are not up to going to work on a certain day, absolutely nothing will happen if they just stay home for a day without providing a doctor's note. The fact that the manager in this Reddit story had the audacity to request…

Doesn't work like that, lady