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‘Fine. You asked for it, you got it!': Mother cancels childcare in order to prep for Christmas after in-laws throw a tantrum, leaves the rest of the 2 AM gift wrapping up to them 1

Overworked employee requests coworkers take on some of her workload, they refuse, leading her to take a month-long sick leave instead: ‘Now her tasks are being reassigned to us’ 2

Fiancée demands $25,000 of $50,000 bonus to give to her parents for their mortgage: 'You’re already showing you don’t care about the people who matter to me' 3

15+ grappling grownups share facepalm-worthy adulting fails: ‘Used to think a lint roller was a one-time use thing, had no idea could pull off tape for a fresh roll underneath’ 4

'We ended up costing the HOA over $4,000': Neighborhood Karen tells residents to remove cameras, starting HOA legal feud, resulting half the board resigning 5

Brother cancels attendance to Christmas lunch, wants sister to travel 3 hours to his place instead: 'He immediately got defensive and suggested we just do our own thing' 6

'We ended up costing the HOA over $4,000': Neighborhood Karen tells residents to remove cameras, starting HOA legal feud, resulting half the board resigning 1

Boss demands employee gets doctor’s note after she skips optional office Christmas party, pushing her to report boss to HR: 'I was blindsided’ 2

‘Fine. You asked for it, you got it!': Mother cancels childcare in order to prep for Christmas after in-laws throw a tantrum, leaves the rest of the 2 AM gift wrapping up to them 3

Update: Former manager shows up to office Christmas party anyway, wife makes a scene: 'Jeff was mortified' 4

Employee confronts boss about her inability to keep office morale up, boss refuses to listen, claiming employees are happy as long as they don't quit: ‘That's her metric' 5

Entire team gets let go before Christmas, only for company to post pictures of over-the-top Holiday party: 'That looked expensive and like a grand ol' time' 6