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‘If you can't beat them, confuse them’: Scientist baffles entitled colleague by showing kindness, leaves him confused in the dust to work a “desirable” PhD position

Elna McHilderson

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‘I’ve got to say, things have improved greatly!’: Employee and his trainee collectively “break” their manager after only 5 months of doing exactly what they were asked to do

Elna McHilderson

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'I UNO-reversed that so fast': Entitled boss tries to ambush employee of 7 years with unjust disciplinary hearing, employee quits on the spot

Elna McHilderson

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Candidate goes through 6 months and 8 interviews, walks away before final round and gets higher paying job offer: 'Some companies just can’t help themselves'

Isabella Penn

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'Manager changed my clock-out times': New employees get left alone to close the store, forcing them to clock out an hour late every day, only to find out they don't get paid past closing time

Bar Mor Hazut

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Employee gets even with petty boss by providing email receipts, gets fired: 'She saw an opportunity'

Remy Millisky

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Customer demands an off-the-clock employee to help her find an item to repurchase in-store, then chews out the store's pregnant manager when the item's price changed from what it was 20 years prior: ‘Technology, inflation, reality, pick one’

Lana DeGaetano

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'It all started when...': Pour a dash of these laughs into your morning coffee to energize you for the work week ahead (September 27, 2025)

Elna McHilderson

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‘She makes me feel like a fraternity pledge’: Bossy coworker treats temp lab tech like a personal assistant, demanding non-work-related chores and favors

Etai Eshet

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‘Add a little chaos to his meticulously organized weekend’: Employee has had it with controlling boss, puts his phone number on a Craigslist ad for farm animals and then quits

Elna McHilderson

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‘You’re just the help with a fancy knife set, don’t act like you’re above me’: Entitled charity gala guest causes a scene after catering chef refuses to make her a special off-menu pasta dish

Etai Eshet

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Entitled friend demands a cut of her friend's $500 referral work bonus: ‘I laughed it off and didn’t think she was being serious’

Lana DeGaetano

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HR calls out employee of 15 years in attempt to steal his pension, employee's best friend saves his job: '[He] asked HR to prove it'

Remy Millisky

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‘I’m furious. I’m disgusted I work for this company’: Boss offers employee a $1 promotional raise, then hires someone in the employee's current role before he accepts the offer

Lana DeGaetano

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‘Pretty sure the cat was the real hiring manager': Guy ends up having to wrangle a cat loose in the office during his job interview, gets the cat and gets hired

Elna McHilderson

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Kind employee guides new 16-year-old new girl through shift after petty coworkers get "stressed out" and refuse to train her: 'Over the next 5 hours I worked side by side with this child'

Remy Millisky

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