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Boss mandates overtime to warehouse staff after most workers call in sick, then refuses to let new hire take days off when they catch it too: ‘I'm stuck here for 12-hour days now’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Pawrent gets Christmas Day call with grim news about their sick cat, but their orange kitty continues to defy the odds and makes a meowraculous recovery: 'He's been home for three days and still improving'

Blake Seidel

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Senior shi-tzu scheduled to cross the rainbow bridge makes miraculous recovery thanks to the dedication and love of his pawrents: ‘He was a sick sick sick dog, and we said goodbye to him so many times, but we didn't give up on him’

Laurent Shinar

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Reactive and sick shelter dog who got adopted by first-time owner despite needing expensive vet treatments and training turns into a ‘big mush’ after only two weeks

Laurent Shinar

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Boss fires employee on sick leave after they refuse to answer her calls, then claims the employee resigned on their own: ‘You shouldn't come to work again’

Bar Mor Hazut

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Coworker calls in sick to "recover" from her concert the night before, forcing employee to work without a break for a 12 hour shift: 'She was telling everyone she would fake call in sick, and still got away with it!'

Ben Weiss

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Dad refuses to call an ambulance for his 25-year-old son, whose spleen ruptured, because he was at work and ambulances are expensive: 'He looked at me and asked if I could drive myself.'

Emmy Pratt

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Dad shames mom for going to a concert when their 10-year-old daughter is sick during his custody time: 'He's saying I'm being selfish and I should skip my trip so he doesn't catch whatever she has.'

Emmy Pratt

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Stepmother insists on homeschooling her 12-year-old stepdaughter because of her medical issues, going against her and her mom's wishes: 'We already homeschool our 6-year-old.'

Emmy Pratt

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‘We can't imagine our house now without her... do something that can change the lives of these poor animals who have been mistreated’: Sick senior canine dumped in dog park saved by kind rescuer and given a clean bill of health, a furever home and family

Laurent Shinar

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Low-income sister opens a fundraiser for her sick dog, wealthy sister suddenly finds a kitten she allegedly can't afford and opens a rival fundraiser: ‘I asked her to share my fundraiser and she never did’

Ayala Sorotsky

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‘What a comeback’: Family takes in sick and scraggly Maine Coon cat, then turns him from foster feline to foster fail while restoring his floof, his health, and his faith in humanity

Blake Seidel

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‘Guys, I have never seen a more loyal dog. He follows me everywhere (even into the bathroom! Even into the SHOWER!)’: Supposedly sick shelter dog saved from being unnecessarily put to sleep after his furever mama found his ‘lumps’ were just matted fur

Laurent Shinar

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A Snotty Tissue of Sniffly Laughs for People Under the Weather to Sneeze Into

Elna McHilderson

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Dad pesters his half-unconscious wife with a 104-degree fever, asking her how to get their 4 kids ready for bed: 'I just snapped and told him to figure it out on his own'

Emmy Pratt

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Mom refuses to take her son to the hospital after he spikes a 106.3 degree fever: 'That's over 41 degrees Celsius'

Emmy Pratt

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