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This story is a bit of an oldie but goodie. We've been talking a lot about entitled cheapskates and this story really takes the cake where scum like that is concerned. After eight hours of watching this woman's children, this babysitter was denied the pre-agreed upon payment rate of $16 an hour. The babysitting client had claimed that free ice cream and a day of fun was a fair exchange. Needless to say, the babysitter did not agree, and shared screen shots to Reddit. They quickly went viral, an…

Since when do shift workers need to wait for permission before leaving once their shift ends? Are you going to pay overtime? No? Okay, bye then! When redditor u/Brooklynisqueerr gave their manager a heads up once their shift had ended, OP was rightfully confused when their manager seemed angry and annoyed. She even made up a new rule on the spot: "Next time you need to wait for a manager to let you go home." Instead of fighting with the boss, OP complied…maliciously.

There are so many parents out there that make their kids feel guilty for being born. How many times have you heard the line, “I feed you. I bought the clothes off of your back. I do everything for you.” Yikes. Rhetoric like this makes kids feel guilty about needing to be cared for, which is the parent's responsibility. Some parents take this guilt-tripping to the next level, such as Redditor u/Cantlosemyemployment who asked Reddit whether he was the bad guy for wanting his stepson to spend some…

Sometimes photographers catch something happening at the exact right moment. They can capture a baby throwing up on its father, or snap a jumping cat at a moment when it looks like it is levitating. Sometimes these photographers are the ones we love. On August 7th, Redditor u/BabyGroot1337 shared a photo with the r/Funny subreddit, with the caption “undoubtedly the best photo I took at my sister's wedding .” The photo depicts a woman sitting at a table with a look that says “I'm over it” while…

Imagine if, in the middle of a job interview, your potential future employer demanded that you open up your bag and reveal its contents? That would feel like a bizarre invasion of privacy, wouldn't it? Well that's basically what a recruiter did to redditor u/nuestl during a virtual job interview—the recruiter asked OP to give her a look around the room so that she could determine whether OP was organized enough for the gig. Keep scrolling for the whole story.

The city I used to live in had a local cult. They preyed on international college students, those searching for a religious community, and straight-up loners to build an army of members. With promises of friendship and community, they'd isolate people from their families and other friends to the point where they'd spend 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with the cult. They'd provide housing for members and “strongly encourage” them to get in relationships and marry. As bemusing it is to have a…

There’s nothing worse than being in that wishy-washy phase of the job interviewing process. You know what I’m talking about: you’re a few interviews and everything seems to be going as planned. The recruiter likes you the boss likes you the only thing you haven’t gotten yet is an offer letter.

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I played Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty for the first time on Christmas day in 2001. That morning, after all the presents had been opened, my dad popped our new game (that he got for us) into the PS2 so that he could “test it out.” Five hours later, he finally concluded that the game was in working order and reluctantly handed off the controller to me and my little sister. Up until that point, I had only ever played games like Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, and Ape Escape— which are all iconic ga…

People are becoming much more critical of recruiters' rhetoric during the Great Resignation era. Even as early as the application process, employers will show their slips, and it will be apparent that their business is not an ideal working environment . Red flags during the hiring process should never be brushed off or ignored, and this case is no exception to that rule. Reddit user Iambacon shared a job posting they found on Facebook to r/recruitinghell. There were several things with this pos…

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As much as my spoiled ass complains about my childhood trauma, I could never ever claim that I was an unwanted child. Despite the fact that my worst bully told me my parents wished I wasn't born. Nothing could be further from the truth. I've read my mom's diaries where she yearned for kids , and felt surprised that my city-dwelling father wanted to procreate right out of college. Unfortunately, this isn't a universal experience. Redditor u/SniperGlizzy took to Twitter and asked people who had c…

If retail work wasn't hellish enough, it turns out that even providing good customer service can get you reprimanded by the bosses . One troubled redditor recently shared their experience working as a mystery shopper to r/antiwork , which spurred a lively thread of many other stories from former mystery shoppers and retail workers. The thread reveals that the mystery shopping strategy is much more about snitching on employees for failing to properly scam customers than it is about ensuring qual…

"Eyyy, Tony Pizza!" If this is how my partner greeted me, I would be ecstatic. It embodies everything I love: a New York accent, an Italian name, and an Italian food . This weekend I learned that not everyone is quite as forgiving and open-minded when it comes to pet names. And you know what? That's okay. Everyone is entitled to their own comfort in the nickname department. But once you reveal your contempt for a moniker in a Reddit thread, you're fair game. And you just might go viral.