‘I called him up with the sole intention of wasting his time’: Former barista gets revenge on customer by pretending to use him as her realtor

Some people say revenge is a dish best served cold. Have you ever wished you could get even with someone who was rude to you? That’s what one former barista did when she met her old nemesis, a snooty realtor who used to belittle her and her co-workers. When u/Forsaken-Problem6758 decided to sell her house,…

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‘You may not be allowed to leave’: Worker shares break room poster at their new job detailing restrictive break policy

Some workplaces function as if they’re kindergarten classrooms and as if the employees are children who are incapable of making their own decisions and undeserving of self-determination. It’s insulting, really, when you work in one of these places where constant oversight and continual encroachment into what freedoms remain are a part of everyday policies. Existing…

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‘[I] did more loops than I could count’: Masked roommate racks up hundreds of dollars in red light camera fines

This is genius. One guy shared the way they got back at a thieving roommate — and their methods are certainly food for thought.  Roommate relationships can make or break your living situation. If you decide to live with someone responsible and clean, you’ll probably get along just fine. But of course, you don’t really…

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‘She thought we’d ‘rekindle’ things’: Bride invites her sister’s ex-boyfriend to the wedding, attempting to get them back together; sister stands up for herself and refuses to attend

Sisterly loyalties only go so far, and when one woman’s sister, the bride, thought she’d play god with her own sibling’s relationship, things backfired. Frankly, weddings bring out the cringe in all of us. Whether you’re a sorry sap that cries during the vows (guilty as charged), the distant aunt who reminds the bride that…

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‘I firmly and categorically DECLINED’: Job applicant asked to do free, unpaid work as part of the interview process, he rejects them

Being tasked with performing action items during an interview process that only a full-time employee should be doing is the reddest of red flags. No matter how desperate you are for work, you have to be aware that there is absolutely nothing stopping these potential employers from taking your unpaid work, running with it, and…

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‘Strike when the time is right’: Factory’s lawyer plays long-game, outsmarting new company’s big shot attorneys and their claim to pipe color ‘green’ by finding a clause in their own contract

One retired lawyer spilled the beans to u/necronboy and some other factory workers back in the 90s, about 30 years ago, at a ‘End of the year break-up party’, as OP called it. This corporate lawyer recounted his most memorable case in all his years of working, and it had everyone listening with bated breath,…

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