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'You did what?': Employee breaks laptop on purpose after IT team refuses her request for new equipment, company ends up changing their entire policy

Some employees really go that extra mile when it comes to getting free stuff from their jobs. You know that one person who digs their hands into the office fridge and takes 7 items home… daily. So this woman gave off exactly that type of energy. This story was told by OP, who was working in IT, and the woman in question was his coworker. She had called up IT in hopes she would get a new laptop, as hers was 'old'.

IT refused her request, and she wasn't thrilled. But OP would never have expected what came next… Two weeks later, she came back to IT, this time with a different request… As it turned out, her computer was 'broken'. Check out how it all unfolded below. Then when you're done scrolling, here is another workplace story — this one is about a former employee who was being charged by a company they worked at for credit card late fees… despite the fact that they shouldn't have been responsible for canceling the card.

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Posted by Eleonora Bader
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