business

Bankrupt boomer parents ask adult sons to put their names on legal documents so they can open an IT firm: 'They don't understand how much money need to put into their business'

Emmy Pratt

Boss asks employee making $62K to front $2300 for a business trip, calls him broke because he can't afford it: 'You need to plan better and have an emergency fund.'

Emmy Pratt

Entrepreneur loses $60k over a handshake deal with his best friend and business partner: 'Lost the money. Lost the friend.'

Ben Weiss

‘He came into the office with a big smug smile’: Under-appreciated tech employee is reprimanded for not wearing a tie, comes in with the most obnoxious yellow tie, quits, and finagles free training for himself

Elna McHilderson

'I know this is fraud': Person opens fake Instagram account for their roommate's cat to write off $8,000 in business expenses over 5 years

Blake Seidel

Online handbag seller refuses to send bag to entitled customer after they demand a refund for two past orders, leading to a dispute on the site: ‘I decided to cancel the order’

Bar Mor Hazut

Daughter refuses to sell the house she inherited from her father to pay for mom's failed business debt, mom ignores her and puts the house up for sale anyway: ‘This is the only option’

Bar Mor Hazut

'Telling family members I scammed them': College student refuses to transfer back from Art History to Business major, after discovering her parents paid off her student loans on the "condition" she study business, turning a “gift” into emotional leverage

Emma Saven

Company begs former employee for passwords after not sending his final paycheck: 'With how they treated me, I'm not inclined to answer'

Ben Weiss

IT project manager sabotages business after boss refuses to pay for car repairs they caused: 'They won't provide me with a car!'

Ben Weiss

Successful businessman refuses to give half his fortune to his farmer brother after a lifetime of his family favoring his brother: 'I was sending money home regularly.'

Emmy Pratt

Senior manager discovers her company is acquiring her former company after she burned bridges with them when she quit: 'My old coworkers will be joining my team. Ugh!'

Ben Weiss

‘It was an infuriating but liberating feeling’: Under-appreciated employee finally quits after 10 years, company realizes he's holding the whole place together and matches his new offer, still walks away

Elna McHilderson

Financially unstable sister demands sibling loan her money to help her start a business, sibling agrees only if they sign a contract, sister refuses: ‘I would never have done the same to you’

Bar Mor Hazut

Wealthy son loans father money to keep his business, until son discovers father removed him from his will, leading son to sell the loans to dad's business competitor: ‘I saddled him with debt’

Bar Mor Hazut

Homeowner asks for a 20k credit limit, gets lectured by an associate but stuns them by getting approved: '[She said] “Start out with a low limit, like $100, while [you] learn how credit cards work”

Etai Eshet