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Laboratory technician refuses to continue picking up the slack of his deadweight lab partner, so he quits and leaves management with the lazy employee they favored for months: ‘No more breaking my back’

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Micromanager bans personal phones at his IT team's desks, but his attempt at control backfires when there's a server crash at 4:45 PM on Friday: 'I was just following policy to avoid a write-up'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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Office worker throws a fit after a failed attempt to take home dietary-restricted pizzas not reserved for him, then bizarrely tries to steal paper towels off of the office custodial cart later that same day: ‘Happy news, boss gave me the day off’

Lana DeGaetano

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'"I love this type of pettiness'": Entitled shop owner demands neighboring business clean their windows for free due to “seniority," windows get stained instead

Elna McHilderson

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Coworker pettily sends out a team-wide email to confront an employee who made a minor mistake on the job: “They emailed the entire team of 90 people’

Lana DeGaetano

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Remote worker fired after being caught working 6 jobs at once: 'He's a legend'

Remy Millisky

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Sound technician’s dream summer music festival gig goes off‑key when supervisor, Anna, waves hot tea over the mixer to boss him around: ‘Now our boss says we're "acting like children"’

Etai Eshet

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‘I’ve never had to deal with someone like this before’: Lead employee deals with a 40-something coworker who floods chat with emoji-filled pings and needless questions, so she sets strict boundaries

Etai Eshet

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'It's use it or lose it!': Boss keeps denying pub kitchen manager's PTO requests, then refuses to let them roll over, kitchen manager finally puts his foot down

Ben Weiss

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Employee cuts coworker off from free rides to work after she refuses to chip in for gas: ‘I've been adding almost an hour to my commute just to help her out’

Lana DeGaetano

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'He called me back in about 3 minutes': Mechanic goes $300 over agreed repair budget and threatens to keep customer’s truck, customer refuses to pay and calls his bluff

Isabella Penn

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Escape room employee stuck with a condescending coworker who makes shifts miserable and undercuts her confidence, documents his behavior in search for a way out: ‘I LOVE this job, but he is like a dark cloud in the work place’

Etai Eshet

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Entire staff maliciously complies with the controlling manager's demands to follow exact contract hours, leaving mid-meeting at exactly 4:30, getting her fired after complaining to HR: 'She sends meeting invite for 4.30 pm, everyone rejects it'

Emma Saven

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Boss discovers employee is quitting when she gets an email from a hiring manager asking for a reference letter, boss accuses employee of burning bridges: ‘Was I supposed to let her know I’m interviewing?’

Bar Mor Hazut

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'HR keeps telling her to hang in there': After leadership change at small non-profit, employee faced policy-defying demands from a new supervisor, and was placed on a PIP despite documenting compliance, HR refuses to intervene following complaints

Emma Saven

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Employee sends an email criticizing management to the entire company by accident, causing other coworkers to come forward and sound their complaints: ‘I'm probably getting fired tomorrow’

Bar Mor Hazut

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