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23-year-old employee ditches 22-year-old carpooling friend, Teana, after her repeated lateness causes employee to be late for work and reprimanded by boss, when Teana discovers her ride has left, she ends their friendship: 'Says I abandoned her'

Emma Saven

Financially stable 24-year-old woman inherits $10k sapphire jewelry set from late grandmother, faces pressure from her financially struggling 72-year-old father to sell it and give him the profit, sparking family conflict: ‘I want to maintain the legacy’

Emma Saven

'Was she snooping on him?': Daughter works remotely at dad's house while he's away, caught off guard when his girlfriend shows up unannounced, claims she forgot her wallet, then spends 45 minutes lingering in his bedroom, daughter debates telling him

Emma Saven

Reliable employee refuses to cover coworker, Jenna's, future shifts, after discovering she lied about having a "family emergency" and instead attended a 3-day music festival, leading to workplace tension: 'I open Instagram and guess who’s posting stories'

Emma Saven

22-year-old daughter refuses to go on family trip, after her family tells her she can bring her girlfriend, and then suddenly uninvites her days before leaving, claiming they wanted it to be “only family”

Emma Saven

'I never started the treatment': Pressured patient quoted $7,500 for wisdom tooth removal and braces during rushed consultation, after only X-rays and digital impressions, he canceled the treatment, but the clinic now claims he owes the full surgery cost

Emma Saven

Frustrated man parks in his entitled neighbor, after neighbor refuses to stop blocking off half of his driveway with large truck, forcing man to do multi-point turns every time he leaves the house: ‘So I parked my car directly behind it’

Emma Saven

‘She felt I was using her for money’: Entitled friend uses woman for her 400 sq. ft. studio apartment in a HCOL city, then shames her for rightfully asking her to contribute some money toward expenses

Lana DeGaetano

Woman demands her boyfriend combine his income with hers, despite him already paying for 75% of their expenses, goes on to share all his private financial details with her sister when he refuses: ‘Her sister claims I’m selfish with money'

Emma Saven

'Suddenly they could rework the timeline': Manager demands team work unpaid overtime for a long-standing deadline, employees all respond by calling in ‘sick’, forcing manager to backtrack the timeline’s so-called ‘urgency’

Emma Saven

Bride pairs her brother-in-law with a bridesmaid he used to date for years during aisle walk, sparking post-wedding drama when his new girlfriend of 5 months feels disrespected, and ends up blocking the bride

Emma Saven

24-year-old manager informs boss that they've scheduled a surgery to repair their torn meniscus, boss is ‘furious’ and tries to guilt-trip them: ‘I have been struggling bad’

Lana DeGaetano

'A favour isn’t four years long:' Frustrated sibling stops driving older brother to work, after he breaks promise of using the carpool savings to get driving lessons

Emma Saven

'Delete anyone who doesn’t use it daily': IT developer maliciously complies with manager’s demand to restrict coworkers' portal access, after being blamed by multiple employees for being removed, he locks manager out of portal for not meeting requirements

Emma Saven

'It takes a village': Entitled woman lists neighbor as her son's emergency contact without permission and threatens to end their sons' friendship when neighbor confronts her, after receiving multiple surprise calls from his school

Emma Saven

‘It wasn’t a toy’: Introverted man refuses to lend his late uncle’s vintage guitar to the energetic 11-year-old neighbor, Max, leading to tense confrontation with boy’s mother, who claims he is preventing the opportunity to ‘foster his creativity’

Emma Saven