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AskReddit is a popular subreddit on Reddit that allows any user to post interesting questions for anyone to answer, often generating funny discussion threads. These are their stories. 

‘Something inside me just cracked’: Employee loses it when their coworker yet again volunteers them to complete workplace tasks without their consent

Lana DeGaetano

Employee recommends ‘Stranger Things’ to their arrogant colleague, who then berates them because the show ‘traumatized’ her: ‘Her bad moods would dominate the workplace’

Lana DeGaetano

Client debates if they were wrong for not letting their solo event planner keep leftover retainer money as a tip, after the planner refunded it, later hinting that a positive review could make up the gratuity: 'First time it even occurred to me'

Emma Saven

Overworked admin quits after months of late paychecks and being denied wedding time off, CFO demands she trains her replacement during her honeymoon, worried she won't receive final paycheck if she refuses: 'This was my last straw'

Emma Saven

Burned-out employee frustrated over company’s new $50k “wellness pods” purchase, after company refuses to hire new staff to lighten their employees' heavy workload, instead demanding they take a nap and get back to work: 'They sell it like it’s a benefit'

Emma Saven

‘He was sued for stealing from the company’: Newbie security guard lies to his coworker, claiming their boss allows him to leave early, then tries to blame his coworker when he gets caught

Lana DeGaetano

Man confronts girlfriend for allowing her freeloading 25-year-old brother to move in with them, without his permission, claims he isn't comfortable with financially supporting another adult: 'He bounces between jobs, roommates, and couches'

Emma Saven

'She loves you': First-time cat pawrent wonders why her whiskered friend constantly watches her, receives wholesome reaffirming from the online feline family

Ayala Sorotsky

‘I worked hard to get where I am’: Husband insists 29 y/o wife quit her job because he received a sizable salary increase, she refuses on principle

Lana DeGaetano

Neighbor repeatedly steals Melbourne tenant's parking spot, so tenant boxes in neighbor's car over a long weekend by pretending he 'lost his keys', leaving him unable to use car for two days, teaching him a lesson: 'He hasn’t dared park in my spot since'

Emma Saven

College student pulls their dorm fire alarm at 4 AM after smelling smoke, RA is angry because they exposed that she skipped her night shift: ‘She said I got her in trouble for nothing’

Lana DeGaetano

Restaurant workers divulge the weirdest ways customers tried to get a free meal: 'A woman with long, straight black hair found a long, straight black hair in her food'

Ally Perry

'Kids these days': Daughter drives dad to work while his car is in repairs, but after yelling at her for skipping one morning drive due to a strong migraine, she refuses to drive him anymore, he accuses her of holding a grudge

Emma Saven

‘He’s now my personal debt collector’: Man adds friend to his phone plan during financial hardship, but his friend refuses to return the favor when the man's finances are affected by the government shutdown

Lana DeGaetano

Entitled woman invites herself to Friendsgiving, arrives two hours late, then stuns host by demanding to borrow their tables, dishes, and décor for her own party, after going no contact when refused, she asks again a year later: 'I was pretty put off'

Emma Saven

Why aren't cats afraid of heights? The online feline family is figuring out this age old question posed by a cat pawrent: 'The short answer is cats are magic!’

Ayala Sorotsky