A gift’s a gift

But it's my birthday...

For reasons that are still unknown, salary has proven to be one of the most private and sensitive bits of information in the business world for years, if not decades. What would you do, then, if your pay increase was unintentionally disclosed to the entire company? Would you be happy to brag about your raise, or would you attempt to keep it to yourself given how hard you worked to get here? The story below is an account of a frustrated employee. When the original poster (OP) first started worki…

Yeah, I’m not gonna do that

No, you shouldn't

Some things are best left unsaid

Yeah, I don't think so

Employee in their natural habitat

That's not how this should work

Isn't that your job?

That's less than a gumball

Working in the hospitality industry can be challenging. There are a lot of factors to take into account, in addition to the long hours, entitled guests, and constant barrage of unreasonable requests. The story that follows is an account of a frustrated front desk clerk. A woman approached the Original Poster (OP) while she was working the night shift. She stormed into the hotel and insisted on being checked in right away. But not long after she arrived, OP recognized that the woman in front of…

Not a valid excuse

The dream gig

Work in the food sector is never simple. It's more challenging, though, to work in the food industry with clients who are trying to score free meals. The story below is an account of a puzzled server. The Original Poster (OP) is a server at a local restaurant. As we all know by now, working in customer service has its challenges, but nothing could have prepared OP for the day when a family would attempt to score a free meal. The savvy family came up with a sly scheme to divert the attention of…

Everybody here has had some experience working in customer service. A number of us had jobs in theaters, motels, fast-food restaurants, and various other places. It's safe to say that working as a server was one of the hardest jobs I've ever had. For the most part, we felt like human punching bags that people might use to get even as they were traveling to and from work. Still, the job taught us to be tough, so in honor of the countless hours spent rushing from one irate client to the next, we'…