The phrase "over my dead body" is typically reserved for extreme instances where you want to express desperate and dramatic opposition to a measure of change someone is trying to bring about.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
'Company event was a cringe fest': CEO requires underpaid employees to attend company event, gloats about himself the whole time
No one wants to go to mandatory company events on your day off, so managers and bosses better make sure that employees who are required to go have a good time. First of all, these company events are usually after a tough work week, they usually involve way too much schmoozing for anyone's good, and they're usually wildly inconvenient in terms of location and time. All that happened with this Redditor, who was also an underpaid employee who primarily decided to attend the event because it meant there would be a free meal for her and her family.
So, she and her husband begrudgingly attended the event and it was all going as smoothly as it could have for a while. Everyone seemed to be in good spirits. The kids got their free meals. However, everything changed as soon as the tone-deaf CEO of the company decided to open his mouth and give a speech.
He proceeded to brag about her perfect his family is and how great the company is doing despite the fact that so many employees in attendance were struggling to make ends meet. Yet he continued to go on and on as if he had some chronic version of main character syndrome. The speech was about as cringe as it gets, and you can tell from the reactions from folks in the comments section that this is not a singular experience. So many employees have had to endure these kinds of speeches from their bosses. Maybe one magical day in the future, they will get the message that no one wants to hear this nonsense.
For more stories like this, here's one about an employee's malicious compliance against a coworker.
'He just took the printer and threw it out of the window': 15+ Employees share their craziest days at work
Most days in the workplace are ordinary and routine, so when something out of the ordinary happens, it can make for a memorable shift. These people know that all too well — they replied to u/Murkantilism's question, "What is the craziest thing you've seen somebody do at the workplace?"
Whether you work at a restaurant or retail establishment or an office, your place of work has a routine that everyone follows. Things can get a little dull after a while of doing the same exact things day in and day out. So it's a tad bit entertaining to witness a customer freakout or a coworker having a meltdown over something trivial.
I was surprised by the amount of shenanigans people managed to get into with forklifts. Forklifts do look extremely fun to drive around, so I get the temptation. For those without a license to operate such a machine, the temptation to drive it can lead to some major messes. It's not the same as a car, you really do need to have a license to drive it!
Check out all the hilarious crazy days people shared below. Then, have another laugh at these passengers who shared the wild things they overheard on airplanes, like one person who asked, "Are those snakes ok back there?"
Servers Discuss Goofiest Requests From Customers at Restaurants
Working in the service industry is one of the toughest to endure, as customers, management, and coworkers can really get under your skin. You need the patience of a sloth, the memory of an elephant, and the speed of a cheetah. Picture this: a family of eight, children sobbing whilst simultaneously drooling, parents at their wit's end just rattling off their order to you while corralling their children. Having a long list of dietary restrictions and substitutions to their order after demanding you explain everything on the menu for them. Sending you for drink refills every couple of minutes… the list goes on. And that's just one table.
Your face hurts from smiling because, after all, you can't be rude. To most people, at least. Despite the fact that some customers will ask you some pretty ridiculous questions, you have to keep your cool. Scroll down for the funniest, most goofy things that customers have actually said out loud to servers. For more like this, here is an employee who closed the largest deal in history for the company they worked for, and still got fired.
'Extra extra extra pickles': Chef shares his stories of petty malicious compliance to absurd customer requests
Restaurants see no shortage of demands for customization and demanding customers, with the latter uttering the former with surprising frequency. Dealing with these demands from the demanding is no picnic, but learning to handle them can be. Not in the literal sense in that you're going to sit down in a nice grassy spot with a blanket, basket, some nice cheeses, a bottle of prosecco, some ripe fruit, and your favorite pal—more so in the sense that like a picnic is a pleasing and relaxing experience for everyone involved, so too can dealing with entitled persons. Oh—and there is food involved in both instances.
This phrase is, of course, not taking into account the experience of the person responsible for planning the picnic, who may not be relaxed at all and may, in fact, be very stressed out due to all the planning, organization, and coordination necessary to pull off a successful picnic in the first place. For this person, a picnic is no picnic at all.
And still—the original point stands. If you're going to survive in the restaurant environment or retail—or any customer service role—learning to handle demands in low-stress ways is essential. One of the best ways to do this is by maliciously complying with suitable requests, technically fulfilling the rude customers order even if it's not exactly what they meant.
Read on to see this post originally posted on Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit by a chef who shared some of his best examples of maliciously complying with customer requests.
'[I] automated my useless boss out of her job': Boss sneaks out of work to have an affair, employee automates every task she does
This boss thought she was getting away with sneaking around, but the entire office already knew her secrets.
One basic rules of adult life is to avoid dating those you work with. There are billions of people in the world, so why would you want to date someone who you work with all day? It can lead to awkward power dynamics. Even if the relationship works really well, any cutesy behavior between the couple is sure to make the rest of the workplace uncomfortable.
This boss seems like she was "useless," as u/lungb*ng shared in this malicious compliance story. Kerry, this person's boss, was known for showing up late, calling off work last minute, and leaving work early. The cherry on top is that she was also having an affair with her boss. Maybe she thought she was concealing her relationship well, but it seems like the whole office caught wind of it.
As her employee, the OP was pretty annoyed by her accumulating time off, so one day, the OP took matters into their own hands. The best part is, they had the CEO on their side. It seems like the OP improved this workplace — and now their dating bosses have way more time to continue their affair.
Next up, these women were outraged that children on a beach were allowed to play with inflatable toys, so they complained to this lifeguard.
'I left the lid open for good measure': Resident gets even with neighbor who kept using their trash can, placing bin by their patio
Every apartment/home comes with a unique set of problems, unless you're Bill Gates, of course. Either your boiler keeps breaking down, your roof is leaking, or a pipe burst. Perhaps you don't have any of the above issues, but your neighbors are an absolute pain to deal with. Well, in that case, join the club… See, I've had a neighbor or two who made it their mission to make my life as miserable as possible, so I can definitely relate to OP, who was fed up with his own neighbor's rude antics. Yep, OP was certainly struggling…
Instead of using their own trash cans, OP's neighbors were using his. Not only were they using them, but they were disposing of some questionable items. If you're thinking, 'Gross', then yeah, it really is. Scroll down to read how OP dealt with his rowdy, infuriatingly rude neighbors. For more, here is a tenant who came home after vacation only to find out that his landlord had rented out his home.
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