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32-year-old husband is couch-bound after breaking his ankle, overwhelmed wife has to do everything alone and jokes about needing a week to herself, he takes this to heart: 'All of a sudden his demeanor changed'

Emma Saven

Coworker repeatedly bothers employee with photos and stories of her 3-year-old son, employee is reprimanded when she asks coworker to keep their relationship professional: ‘My manager… disciplined me for “not being best friends like we should be”’

Lana DeGaetano

'We microwaved her salad': 15+ bizarre requests for servers from entitled customers

Ben Weiss

'He fumbles, repeats himself, and starts sweating’: CEO steals sole credit for his employee's work, then he gets burned in an international meeting when she refuses to help him answer questions about ‘his program’

Jesse Kessenheimer

"No eye contact, no acknowledgement, nothing": 33-year-old teacher blatantly ignored by husband's ex-girlfriend at work despite a decade passing since break up, struggles to navigate hostile work environment

Ely Bulnes

‘I was woken about an hour ago to a coworker at my door’: Night-shift worker’s day off is ruined when management sends a colleague to his door after another employee didn’t show

Etai Eshet

Woman yells at coworkers when she finds sister's baby shower cake half-eaten in the fridge despite note, internet speculates that boss ate it: "Whoever ate that cake was the real menace"

Ely Bulnes

Employee pleasantly surprised after she thinks she's getting fired but actually gets promoted, sparks others to share similarly misjudged meetings: ‘[I] got a $5K bonus instead!’

Elna McHilderson

Scapegoated IT admin gets blamed when client's employee retires and accidentally deletes their entire database: 'Welp, I'm retired now! Guess I'll delete everything'

Brad Dickson

21 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (July 4, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

30+ Workers who got petty revenge on coworkers who ate their lunches: 'Put 1/2 of a scorpion pepper in each [burrito]... he never ate my food again'

Remy Millisky

Single mom puts foot down after boss insists on taking meetings at her house: 'My other coworkers told me he doesn't do it this way for them'

Ally Perry

Job candidate walks out of fourth-round interview after recruiter refuses to reveal salary for the position: 'Salary transparency is basic respect'

Ben Weiss

Tech employee gets skipped for promotion at his first ‘real’ job because he was out sick, gets revenge on petty manager several years later: ‘I love telling [this story]!’

Elna McHilderson

15-year-old poultry farm supervisor gets talked down to because of his age, ‘promotes’ mean employee to waste duty: 'As it turns out, you still don't want to [mess with] your boss even if he's 15.'

Elna McHilderson

Boss demands a “good reason” for every vacation request, so an employee maliciously complies, inventing dramatic tales: ‘My boss still gets visibility uncomfortable whenever I come to ask for time off, it's kind of hilarious to me’

Etai Eshet