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Mom forbids 13-year-old daughter from touching anything in the kitchen unless she cleans her baking mess, leading daughter to stop doing chores: ‘Fine, I won't touch anything’

Mom forbids 13-year-old daughter from touching anything in the kitchen unless she cleans her baking mess, leading daughter to stop doing chores: ‘Fine, I won't touch anything’

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Regional manager demands retail workers don't clean store until closing, gets forced to pay out overtime: 'We didn't finish until 9:30 every night'

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Manager demands 17-year-old fast food worker find shift replacement the night before final exam, finds themselves working with deadbeat brother: 'My boss went ballistic'

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Call center supervisors allow favorite employees to slack off while coworkers take calls, face payback when worker crashes personal computer: 'I'm just a call center employee. I don't code'

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Employee works 75 hour weeks with unpaid overtime, boss complains about them being inefficient: 'Without me overextending myself, the problems quickly grew'

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Supervisor insists employee is flouting casual work dress code, he gets him demoted by turning up to the office in a suit: 'I look really sharp in it'

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Manager denies employee promotion after taking credit for their work, faces fallout after employee stops completing managerial duties: 'Things went south quicker than I could have imagined'

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Boss demotes managerial employee for taking 2 months of sick leave, faces consequences of rash decision making: 'I told my former staff to direct ALL questions to my boss'

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Manager faces blowback after demanding hotel landscaper train employee to replace him: 'I realized that I was too expensive for him'

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'Someone came into the store and ordered 47 double quarter pounders': Fast food manager demands employees don't leave breakroom during breaks, faces consequences of their compliance

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Company forces security guard to wear full uniform in a heat wave, faces consequences of his compliance: 'On a good day, it was 140°+ in the box'

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'I asked her to pull out the company handbook and read the definition of business attire': Manager faces retaliation after insisting that employees have to wear business attire on Fridays when all other departments wear jeans

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Customer berates 19-year-old retail worker for processing lottery ticket too slowly, she retaliates by hiding his favorite discounts: 'He was nasty to everyone working there'

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Entitled company makes employees bring own food to worker appreciation potluck, employee retaliates by taking unauthorized leave to cook: 'I was going to leave 3 hours early'

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Mom convinced son is unemployed because he works remotely while taking care of her, she forces him to send out resumes, resulting in him taking a job abroad: ‘I'm excited to get out of this family’

Mom convinced son is unemployed because he works remotely while taking care of her, she forces him to send out resumes, resulting in him taking a job abroad: ‘I'm excited to get out of this family’

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Demanding professor insists student presentations stick to schedule then allows frequent overrunning, faces schooling from student determined to make the grade : 'We're sure we have this down to 30 minutes'

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Customer gives delivery driver snack and bottle of water, faces reprimanding from his wife: 'As a married woman, I don't like that'

Customer gives delivery driver snack and bottle of water, faces reprimanding from his wife: 'As a married woman, I don't like that'

'They're losing their free help': Aunt and uncle expect their adopted 19-year-old niece to be the unofficial caregiver for troubled foster kids, so she moves out

'They're losing their free help': Aunt and uncle expect their adopted 19-year-old niece to be the unofficial caregiver for troubled foster kids, so she moves out

30-year-old man takes credit for work of 25-year-old female colleague in client meeting, flips out when she calls him out on it: 'Everyone knew it was mine'

30-year-old man takes credit for work of 25-year-old female colleague in client meeting, flips out when she calls him out on it: 'Everyone knew it was mine'

Mom allows daughter to be fired from family business, expects her to work as her secretary for free: 'She keeps telling me it's my duty'

Mom allows daughter to be fired from family business, expects her to work as her secretary for free: 'She keeps telling me it's my duty'

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Customer refuses to tip his waitress on a $300 bill after she refused to serve him a Sprite: 'She brought my check and charged me for the Sprite that she never brought'

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