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Prospective employee rejects job for requiring 1 week trial period with no pay: 'A one week trial that requires office attendance and full employee level work is not a trial but unpaid labor'

JR Atkinson

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'I asked her for the 100$ back. She didn't have the money.': Friend agrees to cat-sit, doesn't show up, ghosts the cat owner, and never returns the payment

Ayala Sorotsky

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New management refuses to pay consultant for his time, consultant conspires to get an important license revoked: 'If you want someone’s work, pay them!'

Ben Weiss

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Girlfriend pays boyfriend back after borrowing $12K in rent from him, boyfriend refuses to acknowledge she's repaid him at least double what she originally borrowed: 'I repaid between $28,800 on the low end and $38,400 on the high end.'

Emmy Pratt

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Grad student demands younger sister pay her $6000 after discovering she secretly got her car stripped, towed, and lost to the tow yard while pretending everything was fine, sparking drama as parents defend her: 'She was sending me old pictures of my car'

Emma Saven

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New employee refuses to contribute to a coworker-run “social fund” after coworker repeatedly dodges her requests for a simple spending breakdown, tension rises as coworkers label her stingy: 'Nobody else needs this level of detail'

Emma Saven

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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

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Injured woman refuses to pay $680 for a ski trip she didn't go on, resisting pressure from her boyfriend who invited someone else in her stead: 'I’m not paying for a vacation I didn’t attend'

Jesse Kessenheimer

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‘I got reverse scammed’: Contractor builds new chicken coop for homeowner, then disappears without getting paid, homeowner spends months trying to find him

Bar Mor Hazut

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'I don’t think it’s fair for her to take advantage of me': 24-year-old woman living with her brother refuses to keep doing her lazy sister-in-law, Lara's, personal laundry after being repeatedly treated like the "household maid"

Emma Saven

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'I was now the person holding a bag of sugar and a pile of IOUs': Office worker quits organizing monthly birthday funds after losing about $120 covering late or missing payments, igniting office drama over "ruining a nice tradition"

Emma Saven

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31-year-old IT professional refuses to be family’s unpaid tech support any longer, starts invoicing relatives with a “Family Tech Menu” of fees for his help, sparking backlash from entire family: 'You're turning into a landlord for computers'

Emma Saven

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Update: Hotel overnight worker "forgets" second language to get even with boss who won't pay $100 bonus

Remy Millisky

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'Decided I’m suddenly a risk': Tenant stunned to see strangers touring their apartment, as landlord suddenly refuses to renew their lease due to credit check, forcing them to search for alternate housing, despite two years of "spotless" rental payments

Emma Saven

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Cat sitter demands coworker pay him $2K after he watched her cat for 6 months, cat owner offers him $300 as compensation: 'No money was agreed or promised before I left'

Emmy Pratt

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'You’re putting a price on your niece?': 26-year-old woman refuses to keep babysitting niece for free after her sister repeatedly breaks promises to pay, causing family division as mother defends her sister, despite father telling her to maintain boundary

Emma Saven

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