‘GREAT! I don’t want to work after hours’: Beancounters nearly lose $100,000+ after abandoning clients after hours because they corners on company phones for tech support staff to save $50/month

Entry-level positions should never be expected to be available to clients 24/7– that’s the work of upper management jobs who send one email a day and make a quarter million (+) per year. Life’s all about balance, and when your work-life balance is disrupted, company hierarchies can get challenged and clients can feel the rumblings…

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‘We only do deliveries over the phone’: Cashier refuses to take delivery order in person, customer calls from the lobby

Rules usually exist for a reason. Generally, they come into being because someone did something and learned the hard way that the way they chose wasn’t the way that it should be done, so it’s decided that this way should never be attempted again by either them—or those surviving them—depending on how poorly their attempt…

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‘The landlord requested a new paint job’: Sailors get back at landlord by painting his rental property from floor to roof

This sailor is sticking to the honor code to help people in his community. Not everyone agrees with his hands-on methods, though.  The people of the internet are divided over this guy’s grandfather’s story of malicious compliance. It’s a classic tale of landlord versus tenant.  Unless you live in a rent stabilized building, your landlord…

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