The future is now

Oh, to get super sassy at work… We all have that one coworker that just brings out the worst in us. Usually, our pettiness comes from a place of reason. Have you ever had to teach someone a lesson after they proved time and time again that they were lousy workers? This manager got really feisty after her cashier kept arriving 3 hours late to work (yes, you read that right) due to getting her hair and nails done. You would think she'd be fired for being consistently late in this manner, but appa…

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Karens vs. self-checkout

It's no secret that some jobs discriminate based on age and gender. There's a reason that restaurants typically have teenage girls work as hostesses and servers and teenage boys washing dishes or bussing tables. It's not because one group is uniquely skilled at one of these jobs but because of industry conventions. There are still incredibly legal ways jobs can discriminate against certain groups. For example, have you ever applied to a job where one of the requirements is “the ability to lift…

I never felt less like a human being than when I worked a customer service job . Something about always having to be productive, getting harassed by customers, and not being allowed to sit and catch a break really tears you down. Your needs are not being prioritized at all, and as a result, you're physically and mentally exhausted by the end of your shift. In situations like these, a manager can make or break your experience. At my old job, I was lucky enough to have managers that would stick u…

There’s nothing like the unique brand of stress that comes with using a store’s self-checkout . Not only do you have to scan and bag everything by yourself, you have to deal with the whims of a temperamental retail robot and sometimes stand there for minutes at a time waiting for an actual staff member if things go wrong. Mistakes happen often, but they’re not always unwelcome. When @reecebrierley1 went to get groceries, he probably wasn’t expecting any of his items to be alive. Yet in a video …

No matter what some might say, there really is no such thing as unskilled labor. Whether they’re making your coffee or mopping the floor, pretty much anyone who works for an hourly rate has had to refine what they do until it’s something close to an art form (or at least decent enough that it isn’t going to get them fired). When people don’t always show their gratitude and a raise can be hard to come by, it’s no wonder that some enjoy showing off by taking their skills to social media. This see…