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'I went as Calvin and Hobbes... everyone thought I was Siegfried and Roy': 20+ Scarily awkward Halloween costume mixups

Boss fires employee but expects him to stick around and work harder during 3-month notice period, so the employee decides to talk to recruiters to get his life back

‘Management is acting more toxic’: Employee is fired but expected to work harder during his 3-month notice period, so he talks to recruiters during office hours

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'Guy told me he couldn't really move fast because his motorcycle boots were too heavy': 20+ Employees who got fired for surprisingly funny reasons

Childfree woman is expected to help entitled sister-in-law with her six kids during a family vacation, woman refuses to play mommy while SIL relaxes

Sister-in-law expects child-free woman to help with her six kids during a family vacation, woman refuses to play mommy while SIL relaxes: ‘[Her husband] does absolutely nothing for his kids’

Picked-on employee resigns and gives boss piece of his mind, tapes a tuna sandwich under his desk in return for years of torment

Boss gets handed revenge that reeks when scorned employee tapes a tuna sandwich under his desk, never to be found again: ‘Well played, Petty Crocker’

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CEO takes 1.5 hour Zoom call mid-6AM flight, refuses to use headphones and passenger wonders if this is tolerable behavior

Fortune 25 CEO takes 1.5 hour Zoom call on a 6 AM flight, passenger claims he refused to use headphones and spoke with an ‘I'm the eldest boy’ level of volume: ‘Is this okay?’

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'Oh, the embarrassment': 20+ Times people tried to be funny, only to have their jokes majorly backfire

Entitled boss expects server to get back to work when she faints on the job, so the server gives her two week notice

‘She didn’t even see me as a person’: Server gives her two week notice after entitled boss expects her to get back to work when she faints on the job

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Promoted employee asks colleague for his work and ideas after he didn't get the promotion, colleague refuses to transfer them because he's salty

Employee is passed up on a promotion but is expected to transfer all of his work and ideas to colleague who landed the position: ‘Higher-ups didn't want my ideas in the first place’

'Had an attack of food poisoning while in a crowded car for driver's ed': Top embarrassing moments people had in public

'Had an attack of food poisoning while in a crowded car for driver's ed': Top embarrassing moments people had in public

Toxic corporation threatens employee's jobs security when he refuses to work off the clock, but employee refuses and considers taking issue to another level

Colleague intimidates employee when he refuses to work for free by threatening to write him up and dock his future pay raises, he stands his ground: ‘Not a chance. Pay me’

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Woman Refuses To Refund Pregnant Friend for A Girls' Trip She Already Paid For, Especially Given the Fact That The Friend Knew She Was Pregnant During Booking

Woman Refuses to Refund Pregnant Friend for a Girls’ Vacation to Greece After Friend Agrees to the Trip Knowing She’s Already Pregnant, Tries To Use It as an Excuse Later On

Entitle coworker steals woman's lunch everyday and expects her to be okay with it, so the woman reports her to HR and is awaiting a hard reprimand

‘She was an entitled thief’: Coworker steals woman's lunch everyday & has the audacity to leave her thank you notes, then asks her to share when it's not in the usual spot

Entitled parents drain daughter's savings account and give it to her brother, then feel entitled to her daughter's cash after she sells her house despite being no-contact for years

‘I’ve always been the outsider’: No-contact parents sneak back into daughter's life and request the money she made off of selling her home, despite draining her savings account years earlier

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Incompetent employee gets what he deserves when he's booted from his company for slacking off, coworkers get back at him by simply doing their jobs

‘Enough was enough’: Long-time ‘deadweight employee’ is finally exposed after he takes a vacation and his team's efficiency skyrockets, is booted from the company as a result

Woman Unfriends Engaged Couple After They Force Her to Cancel Her Vacation Plans Due to Their Wedding, Who Then Uninvite Her and Change the Save-the-Date

Entitled Engaged Couple Force Friends To Cancel Their Musical Festival Plans for Their Wedding Date, Then Uninvite Them From the Ceremony and Change the Date

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New hire quits after two weeks, prepares to sue ex-boss for withholding his paycheck: 'I need my full paycheck as I worked a full two weeks!'

New hire quits after two weeks, prepares to sue ex-boss for withholding his paycheck: 'I need my full paycheck as I worked a full two weeks!'

Mom requests $350+ for daughter whose car got impounded for blocking neighbor's driveway: 'You had more than enough room to get into your driveway through your front lawn'

Mom requests $350+ for daughter whose car got impounded for blocking neighbor's driveway: 'You had more than enough room to get into your driveway through your front lawn'

High school teenager gets even with administrators who tried to prevent them from going to college: 'The principal and vice principal call to talk. I wasn't interested'

High school teenager gets even with administrators who tried to prevent them from going to college: 'The principal and vice principal call to talk. I wasn't interested'

Factory management holds a meeting to report record profits and tell employees that they won't be paid between Christmas and New Years, doesn't go as planned: 'We didn't even feel heard. But hey, green number get bigger'

Factory management holds a meeting to report record profits and tell employees that they won't be paid between Christmas and New Years, doesn't go as planned: 'We didn't even feel heard. But hey, green number get bigger'

Managers write up employee for being burnt out after losing two family members, face payback when they tell him to stop talking about burnout

Managers write up employee for being burnt out after losing two family members, face payback when they tell him to stop talking about burnout

'Yeah, I'm not coming back. I quit!': Boss takes away employee's lunch break after he is late one time, employee leaves for good

'Yeah, I'm not coming back. I quit!': Boss takes away employee's lunch break after he is late one time, employee leaves for good

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