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Tuesday, May 3, 2022
Spoiled Daughter Wants $30k Europe Trip as Reward, Dad Wants His Partner to Pay
This dad is determined to give his darling princess a thirty thousand dollar Europe trip as a reward for getting into college. I don't know about you… But if a $30k Europe trip is a suitable reward just for getting into college then these people are living in a completely different world than the rest of us.
Not only is the premise of the trip itself absolutely insane, but the Dad also wants his partner to front the change. This is completely against the precedent that has been set in their relationship where they don't share finances. They're both well enough off that they have never needed to. Except, now this spoiled princess has broken her Daddy's bank and he's looking for alternative ways to meet her increasing demands.
This thread was posted to r/antiwork by the Dad's partner who has posted the topic to see whether or not she was in the wrong for rejecting her partner's proposal for the loan.
Commenters have overwhelmingly been supportive of her but have not hesitated to pass comments on how insane the entire premise of the trip is.
Girl Sees Her Stolen Bike for Sale Online, Devises a Plan to Steal It Back, Shares TikTok of the Epic Heist
It worked and she road off into the wind with her bike as the theft just stood there looking confused.
The Biggest Scams We All Keep Falling For
They say the greatest deception the devil achieved was convincing the world that he did not exist. In a similar vein, the worst scams are the ones that we've been manipulating into believing aren't scams in the first place. Take the wedding industry, for example. A bag of white plastic forks is only gonna run you a couple bucks. But slap "wedding forks" on that bad boy and all of a sudden they're multiple times the price. But you say you'd rather get the regular plastic forks? How dare you make a mockery of this special day by not spending the money to do the right thing? Oh, you're saying they're going to end up in a garbage bin so what's the difference? Well may we interest you in this special garbage wedding bin. No, it's not any different than a regular garbage bin. But it is for wedding forks, and this is a wedding, your special day, so it has to match.
For some more explicitly scammy scammers, here are incompetent scammers who were their own worst enemies.
Manager Doesn't Schedule in New Hire's Promised Vacation, Wonders if They're Wrong
This new hire quit their job when their manager did not uphold a promise to let them take leave they had discussed during the hiring process. The manager then took to the internet to see whether or not they were in the wrong because they couldn't fathom that they possibly could be. The internet endorsed the employee's actions and condemned the manager who posted the topic. The thread was then screen-shotted and shared on other subreddits, where it went viral.
The thread was originally posted to Reddit's r/AITA (Am I the A-hole) subreddit before being cross-posted to r/antiwork.
Commenters on the original thread were quick to tell the manager, who posted the topic, that they were undoubtedly the "A-Hole" and were entirely in the wrong in a "Damn near-unanimous" vote. Commenters on r/antiwork were harsher still, and their tirade against the manager resulted in both threads being locked.
Read on for the original post and comments below.
Insane Job Ad Promises Modern 'Mad Men' Workplace, Requires Woman Who Wants to Be Harassed
This job advertisement went viral after screenshots of the ad were posted online. The ad describes a vacant position with some unusual requirements for applicants. The situation necessitates an applicant who "have watched the TV show madmen and think the way the women are treated in the office is perfect (sic) acceptable." and mentions that the owner can be "erratic and contradictory."
The screenshots were posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit, a community where Redditors gather to share stories and experiences of mistreatment in the workplace. Threads like this are pretty at home on the subreddit and are often transferred to increase visibility and spark discussion surrounding poor or disadvantageous working conditions.
Commenters have been overwhelmingly appalled at the advertisement, and the reactions caused the company that posted it to withdraw the listing. Some commenters remarked that this posting reads like an act of revenge done by an assistant who has grown tired of this owner's behavior.
"If it's real, it was made by the last assistant on her way out," remarked LazyZealot9428. "Do you like being harassed? Would you do it for $20/hour? Then this job is for you!" commented another user.
Read on for the full posting and reactions below.
Manager Demands Employee Turn Phone Off, Shocked When They Can't Call to Notify of Catastrophic Failure
This place of work had a strict "no mobile phones" policy that demanded that phones were turned off during work hours, "no ifs or buts." But the rule, in all of its absoluteness, had no consideration for what should happen in the case of an emergency. In fact, it was pretty clear that "no phones, well, it meant no phones.
This story was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/Super-Monkfish, who shared a tried and true workplace "malicious compliance" tale of overcommitting to a rule.
When an emergency did occur at u/Super-Monkfish's place of work they were quick to listen to their boss's commands and sat and made sure that they kept their phone off and did not use it. Predictably, that meant that the problem was not resolved because no one was made aware of it and the result was a large cost to business for the day of trading.
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