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Petty boss refuses employee’s request for paid sick leave, then fires employee when she puts in her 5-week resignation notice: ‘At this point I’ve had enough’

Who knew that employees could get sick, thus keeping them out of work for a few days? C-suite executives can’t believe it every single time one of their underlings requests some paid sick leave, which is promoted and protected by the law. No employee should have to worry about their job being in peril because […]

Customer service rep gets paid to play video games after management’s misguided instructions leave them without any work: ‘For 5 days, I sat in my spare bedroom/office playing video games, all while logged in’

If you do your job too well, you’re simply going to make everyone else look bad by comparison. Instead of earning yourself the praise you deserve, you actually just wind up putting a target on your back while everyone quietly wishes you’d just disappear and stop making all of their jobs harder by setting the […]

‘He congratulated me and we had a laugh’: Wise-guy trolls a telemarketer by convincing them that he owns the White House, putting the cherry on top of a series of hilarious phone pranks

Telemarketers are the pests of the modern world.  Like mosquitos, they incessantly bug us, buzzing in our ears and leaving messages about our extended car warranty or, worse–buying our homes for a below-value cash offer! Great! Well, this wise guy in our next story figured out a hilarious way to combat the hovering telemarketers that […]

‘Surprise, surprise: he deducted and withheld my friend’s entire deposit’: Tenants get back at cheap landlord for claiming their entire deposit without cause

What is it about landlords and pushing everything to the absolute limit when it comes to financial recompensation? Damage one little corner of a 15-year-old carpet or a horrifically sun-faded curtain, and suddenly, they’re quoting you for full replacement and the consequential loss involved with that replacement—purely as a means to keeping your entire deposit, […]

Neighbor keeps taking woman’s assigned spot, she plays and beats her at her own game: ‘It took two days before she started leaving notes on my car asking me to stop’

It’s often said that you should never stoop to someone else’s level and, instead, take the high road and go on to live a better life, beating them through their inability to affect you. Well, truth be told, that’s not really all that much fun, and it’s not very practical at times since it doesn’t […]

Manager’s obsessive cost-cutting initiatives cost the company more money when double-sided printing policy causes problems with important client: ‘All printing must be double-sided—no exceptions’

A double-edged sword cuts both ways, and you could probably get a paper cut from a double-sided print job, too. Cutting costs might seem like a good idea, but really, you’re probably just going to slice right through other important things like customer satisfaction and, by extension, your company’s profit. After all, as the old […]

‘Malicious compliance… was easy for me. I just stopped talking’: Team of scientists falls into disaray after one scientist refuses to speak following feedback from their boss

This person’s boss had some feedback for them, but it was so vague that the employee was left baffled.  Most employees have quarterly or yearly check-ins with their supervisors. It’s a good way to manage expectations and address any concerning employee behavior before it becomes a major problem. This person worked on a team of […]