‘Higher-ups are furious’: Countless company projects put on hold after worker complies with boss’s demands to ‘order office supplies through corporate’

When someone does you a favor at work, the proper reaction should be a mix of ‘grateful’ and ‘thank you’. One employee was using their lunchtime to get office supplies for coworkers at their workplace, paying with the company card. They had been doing this for YEARS, so imagine their surprise when one day, they…

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‘I get an email from management stating my numbers are “concerning”‘: Worker investigated for being too productive at their new job

Companies want as much productivity as possible, claiming that they want to attract the best and brightest candidates—not that they’re going to pay those candidates what they deserve. If they accidentally do manage to land one of these workers, they’ll wish they hadn’t when the new worker arrives and shows everyone up, sparking an internal…

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‘We eventually found out what Grandpa Kevin had done’: Grandfather tries to bond with grandchild, accidentally ruins car’s entire brake system

In the same way you can’t eat at just anyone’s home, you can’t let just anyone fix up your car. That’s the lesson u/Muchacho1994 learned after letting their grandfather check out their 2005 Chevy Malibu.  Spending time with devoted grandparents is the best. They just want to spoil their grandkiddies with presents and food and…

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