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‘I locked a customer in the building overnight’: 20+ employees share the biggest mistakes they made on the job

Bar Mor Hazut

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Interviewee incessantly monologues at hiring manager, he cuts him off and tells him to 'shut up and listen': 'You walked into this room with a 99 percent chance of getting the job'

JR Atkinson

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'It's not normal': Boss looks through employee's emails while he was on vacation, marks them unread to cover his tracks

JR Atkinson

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HR employee confides in boss about salary dissatisfaction, finds out she documented their conversations: 'The stuff she wrote? Some of it isn’t even what I said'

Ally Perry

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Girlfriend in her 20s tells boyfriend it's 'lazy' to want to retire at age 60: 'What are you gonna do for the last 20 years of your life?'

JR Atkinson

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Off-duty conflict resolution specialist on vacation is amazed by flight attendant's de-escalation skills with frustrated passengers: ‘Ma’am… You [are] a masterclass in kindness!'

Elna McHilderson

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'Unless you're getting paid OT, don't work 12 hour days': Company fires employee, forces coworker to take on 2x their work for no pay increase

JR Atkinson

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HR retaliates at employee's boyfriend under the guise of them breaking the rules, girlfriend suggests she's jealous: 'It's pretty evident she no longer likes me'

JR Atkinson

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‘Lady I work 3 jobs, I serve dozens of customers…’: 20+ Baristas share times random strangers demanded they were ‘regulars' and how they dealt with them

Elna McHilderson

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Retail worker pretends to not speak English to avoid bad-mannered customer: 'So I looked her [...] in the eye and said, "No hablo inglés"'

JR Atkinson

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Entitled shopper demands Instacart driver carry 22 packs of water up 17 flights of stairs for $8 tip, harangues him when he refuses: 'Do you think it's legal?'

JR Atkinson

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Employee is written up for not answering a work text while on vacation: 'They actually gave him a formal write up for delayed communication'

JR Atkinson

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Woman spies on ill coworker at home to verify he's unwell, mistakes him for his neighbor and tries to rat on him: 'He immediately calls HR and lets them know'

JR Atkinson

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Employee pleasantly surprised after she thinks she's getting fired but actually gets promoted, sparks others to share similarly misjudged meetings: ‘[I] got a $5K bonus instead!’

Elna McHilderson

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21 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (July 4, 2025)

Lana DeGaetano

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Single mom puts foot down after boss insists on taking meetings at her house: 'My other coworkers told me he doesn't do it this way for them'

Ally Perry

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