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'I've noticed you took 3 bathroom breaks totaling 17 minutes. The team average is 12 minutes': Micromanager times employee's bathroom breaks, calls them out for taking too long

JR Atkinson

'[He's] rocking the boat': Temp manager meddles with the payroll system by forcing employees to do time sheets after hours, nobody gets paid on time for weeks, so he's fired

Jesse Kessenheimer

Boss brags to essential contractor about firing contractors without notice, essential contractor quits with 10 seconds of notice in return, leaving the company scrambling to pick up the pieces: 'Hey, thanks for everything, this is my last day!'

Brad Dickson

Patient cuts long line at the doctor’s office, nurse makes sure he waits longer than everyone else: 'Nurse straight up walked away'

Isabella Penn

Restaurant fires server via text while they're on a cruise: 'No shade, but you're an unfriendly loner that refuses to learn and grow. No shade though'

JR Atkinson

Engineer shuts down rich developer’s attempt to make her break safety codes to save money, and her firm backs her up against him: ‘My entire job is to make sure buildings don’t fall down’

Etai Eshet

Employee forced to come into work despite being sick just because manager can’t find coverage: ‘I’ve never had a job do this before!’

Ben Weiss

‘I thought this job would be my career for the next 30 years, but I'm worried’: Employee accidentally tells “CEO” her team was forced to volunteer, triggering management panic and office gossip

Etai Eshet

‘I never came back’: 22-year-old has it with incompetent manager, gets everyone in nightshift to call out, leaving manager alone with the weekend dinner rush

Elna McHilderson

‘I’m burned out’: Wife refuses to host Thanksgiving dinner for husband's entire family after years of doing all the work herself, he blames her for ruining family tradition

Bar Mor Hazut

New hire overhears coworker say she won’t last 3 months, employee sticks it out and confronts coworker on her last day: ‘So, I guess I lasted longer than 3 months!’

Ben Weiss

Colleague Melissa tries to claim credit for coworker’s idea, gets called out in front of manager mid-meeting: ‘Melissa told me I embarrassed her and made her look bad in front of the team’

Etai Eshet

Hustle Culture and the ‘Grindset’ is a Delusion Sold by Modern Snake Oil Salesmen

Jesse Kessenheimer

A Midday Lunch of 26 Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday (September 22, 2025)

Jesse Kessenheimer

Woman yells at coworker for 'telling her what to do' when she suggested she take a lunch break: 'I want to make her look bad for being out of the shop too much'

JR Atkinson

'Every day my soul leaves my body when I log on': The best relatable work memes this week (September 22, 2025)

Ally Perry