You can tell the hypocrisy of a management decision by how quickly it gets swept under the rug when someone calls them out. A similar phenomenon happens when a bad decision is made; everyone tells them that it is bad. They don't listen until it's too late and then pretend that nothing happened when the inevitable fallout occurs.
Karens need their sleep, firefighters!
This "concerned citizen" letter was captured and posted to this thread on Reddit's r/F***YouKaren's subreddit by u/Inadequate_Robot. The audacious and exhausted Karen in question was convinced that the nearby fire station was conducting nightly non-emergency runs between 10pm and 9am. She'd ~really appreciate it~ if they would stop. Tired Karen also went so far as to suggest an alternate route because the most important thing on a firefighter's mind during an emergency should, of course, be to avoid her house. We wouldn't want to awaken her majesty from her beauty rest.
Some of the highlights here include accusing firefighters of singlehandedly "disturbing the peace and creating sleep disorder." Also, Karens all around the world should take note: if you're going to post an anonymous letter to your small community complaining about something like noisy firetrucks, it would be a good idea to avoid giving obvious details about where you live. This Karen may be sleep deprived, but she's certainly no longer anonymous. Finally, the threat to pursue legal action at the end of the letter was a nice cherry on top. Good luck with that, girl!
For more Karen content, check out this story of how a man's vacation was upended by run-ins with not one but two Karens gone wild.
There's nothing like a Bridezilla ruining a lifelong friendship for a party. This maid of honor was fired halfway through the wedding planning process after having to spend $4,000 for the bride's big day. She shared her story via this thread on Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit.
For context: when u/kateymand first began her duties as maid of honor, she was upfront about not wanting to spend more than $3,000 on the wedding, which to her felt like a conservative estimate. Somehow in this family, everyone thinks it's perfectly normal for the maid of honor to be responsible for purchasing not just her own bridesmaid dress (which was $450, more than twice the average cost) but also the dresses for EVERY bridesmaid. I'm sorry, but in what universe is this normal?
The best part, of course, is when the inevitable confrontation happened and the bride LITERALLY said that u/kateymand couldn't be her maid of honor because she keeps trying to "force [her] 'CHEAP lifestyle down her throat.'" First of all, this woman should be a writer because that is visceral imagery right there. Second of all, YIKES! Now, the original poster has no interest in attending the wedding at all, and honestly neither would we.
For more endless Bridezilla content, check out this story where the bride dismissed her maid of honor for not wanting to party as hard as she does.
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Employees are fuming after this list of rules was posted in a work facility which included requiring employees to be at work 5 minutes early and limiting all bathroom breaks to ten minutes. Photos of the list were posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit where they have been trending and sparking discussion.
This thread was posted by u/Smoothsay to the popular subreddit, which frequently hosts discussions on fair treatment in the workplace in threads where disgruntled workers share their stories. This thread was posted with the title "This was posted at work today."
The four rules, which the HR Business Partner posted, target common complaints and frustrations that corporate managers often have. These managers often see bathroom breaks as a way for workers to shirk their duties. Meanwhile, I can't count the number of times that I have seen managers try to require workers to be ready for work five, ten, or even fifteen minutes before the start of their shift. Five minutes of your time doesn't matter, but 30 seconds of theirs is of utmost importance. Rounding up the list is overtime. Trying to clamp down on overtime by "forbidding unless approval" is a standard method employers use to circumvent laws around overtime. They hope to add unnecessarily complicated steps that pressure managers and workers into underreporting overtime. Any attempts to get this "approval" for overtime will be met with pushback, eventually leading employees to give up on reporting overtime.
The one rule on this list that I'll give them is the "smoking break" rule. The classic smoking break is usually around ten minutes every hour, and when you add it together, you start to realize how much time your smoking coworkers are spending outside puffing on a flaming stick. When you have a boss and coworkers who smoke, a fun game to play is to stand outside with them every time they leave together to have a smoking break.
Still, no one wants to deal with a coworker who desperately needs a nicotine fix, and even this rule is needlessly strict.
The original poster responded to a response in the comments to add some context to their situation.
"Sounds pretty illegal to require employees to be on-site, without pay. Sounds like you need to contact BOLI." -Shitposting24700
"I live in Canada. Seems like a grey area for them asking us to do it but probably illegal to punish us for ignoring." -Smoothsay
Read on to see the photos and screenshots of the thread below. Then visit here for more insane work postings.
