‘You should fire us!.. Ok’: Freight company calls client’s bluff and fires them as a client

In the world of client service, there’s a common belief: go to any length—great lengths—to keep all clients satisfied, under contract, and coming back for more. Most managers frown deeply upon contract cancellation notices, forcing workers to submit justification for cancellation along with what their work group did to try and retain the customer. At…

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‘Good luck replacing me’: Senior machinist gets fired for ‘doing his job too well’, company ends up hiring 5 employees to replace him

‘If you don’t like it, find another job’, said a grouchy manager through clenched teeth, certain that his employee would back down like a pup from a wolf, but to his dismay, this machinist did not take the bait. ‘Good luck replacing me’, said the machinist, grabbing his things and taking off, not forgetting to…

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Some Memes to Make Everything Alright

Like a surprising amount of highly strung people, I never used to think that I was particularly anxious. Then I realized that I had spent so much of my life operating in Stress Mode that I was simply accustomed to it (and I got better at avoiding things to make it worse). Of course, self-awareness…

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