'I can't wait for Monday': Exemplary employee gets fired by a nepo-baby manager; gets revenge by leaving behind a boobytrapped break room full of rotting trash

Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor

Oct 18, 2023 10:00 AM EDT

Top-tier employees usually go unnoticed by upper management. As a workforce, we go above and beyond to keep the company on its feet and it seems like the folks that reap the most benefits have the fewest qualifications. Nepotism ransacks corporations, leaving open the managerial positions for those with shared genetics with the C-level bosses, god-complexes, and an Associates Degree in Business.

Usually these nepo-hires also feel the need to change the company to put their own stamp on it and unfortunately for long-time staff members, that usually means someone's about to get fired. A nepo-baby boss can't fight the urge to flex their power with an employee's livelihood in their hands, making the terminations following a nepo-hire almost inevitable. However, since nepo-hires also lack the basic skills the run the company, perhaps an impromptu termination is really just a blessing in disguise.

In this story, one man shattered workplace expectations and proved himself to be an exemplary employee. Although, after years of dedicated labor, his boss decided to hire his own son as the department manager and the company took a swift turn in the wrong direction. Scroll for the full account where a man found solace in his firing because of the sheer incompetence of his replacement.

Next on the agenda, here's a story of an intrusive landlord that thought he was being sneaky when he stole his tenant's mail (Hint: He got pranked pretty hard when his tenant found out, giving us the satisfaction and second-hand embarrassment we needed today).