‘Yet another new manager facing the consequences’: New boss costs company $6000 in one day after making employees listen to long-winded speech

Some people just love to hear the sound of their own voices. Doesn’t matter what the topic is, or if it’s even appropriate for them to be yapping: some people just can’t help themselves.  These days, lots of offices are switching from remote work back to office work. For micromanagers, not having their employees in…

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Boss insists employee stay late for no reason, employee gets paid overtime to do nothing: ‘There was literally nothing left for me to do’

It should not be revelatory that the number of hours one spends at the office is completely separate from the amount of work one completes. Productivity and efficiency are relative to the individual worker, and there is something to be said for leaving employees alone when it comes to how they get their work done,…

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‘I don’t want your teller fired over this’: Bank teller gives $3,000 to a random customer, good Samaritan restores faith in humanity

There are a few moments in every person’s life where they’re given the opportunity to do the right thing. Unbeknownst to sleeper-agent good Samaritans, these moments are usually veiled with the guise of self-serving outcomes, the ‘finders keepers’ principal, or, in the case of the guy in our next story, accidentally earning $3,000 cash.

Boyfriend farts in his girlfriends face, can’t understand why she leaves the dinner: ‘I’m making this a bigger deal by trying to punish him’

I am part of the silent (but deadly) majority who thinks farts are funny. I was a huge South Park fan growing up, and so many of my favorite episodes included Terrance and Phillip, the fictional Canadian comedy duo who are obsessed with farting on each other. If you’ve never seen a Terrance and Phillip…

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