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A Midday Lunch of 26 Brown-Bagged Funnies to Get You Through the Workday (September 15, 2025)

Jesse Kessenheimer

HR tells employee not to cover for two coworkers to avoid giving him leverage for another raise, employee maliciously complies years later when coworkers are out sick: 'Focus on my core responsibilities? You got it!'

Ben Weiss

Employee's colleagues fail to respond to their emails, Microsoft Teams chats, and other methods of communication, sparking a discussion about non-communicative coworkers in the workplace: ‘I can walk into their offices and scream it at them I guess…’

Lana DeGaetano

'I run the place: Florist refuses to continue managing a flower shop for the woman buying his grandma's business after he catches her trash-talking and disrespecting him behind his back

Jesse Kessenheimer

'We printed everything in crisp, glorious grayscale': Supervisors print 200+ copies of colorless charts for a presentation for the C-level bosses after executives make a 'No Exceptions' rule about color printing

Jesse Kessenheimer

'Sometimes when you bluff you get called': Nanny walks out when family gets a new puppy because of her allergy, is upset they wont get rid of their new pet

JR Atkinson

Employee gets PTO request approved for family emergency, then revoked with no notice: 'If you take off unapproved time then we'll have to let you go'

Ben Weiss

Check Your LOL Inbox for These Work Funnies That Couldn’t Have Been an Email

Lana DeGaetano

'I feel used': Company asks employee to bake cookies for after-work event, fires her 2 days later

JR Atkinson

Boss refuses to allow part-time employee to work a second job on his days off because he must be available if a colleague calls out, but does not give him on-call pay: ‘I have to show up no matter what’

Lana DeGaetano

Guest hacks into hotel's network and optimizes their entire system after seeing how slow the WiFi is, refuses to get compensated: 'Manager was torn between being grateful and concerned’

Bar Mor Hazut

'[I] spilt a whole tray of drinks over the same man twice': 20+ Hospitality workers who made giant mistakes at work

Remy Millisky

Entitled boss "Paul" claims employee's work as his own and fires him, employee gets even years later by buying Paul's company and demoting him: 'Enjoy litigation and demotion!'

Ben Weiss

21-year-old backtracks on dogsitting for her boss after she informs her last-minute that her husband's old bandmate will be crashing with her overnight: 'The whole thing would have been really out of my comfort zone'

Ely Bulnes

20+ Workers who got fired on the spot: 'He suggested I should steal [snacks]'

Remy Millisky

'We both know you're not going to do that, so you don't need to blow smoke': Company rejects candidate after interviewing him for 6 months, asks to put his picture on their website

JR Atkinson