Employee Tries to Bluff and 'Fakes' Their Two-Week Notice, Shocked When Employer Immediately Accepts

It's commonly said that you should "Always get something in writing" so that you can prove that something was said or an agreement was made. This generally is poor advice when you're doing something like feinting retirement or resignation in order to strong arm your employer into doing something you'd like them to do. Unless you really mean it, it's just really not a good idea… because by putting it in writing, you're literally giving them written notice, and if they're eager to be rid of you and your shenanigans, they might just accept. 

That's exactly what happened to dear old Jane here when she tried to bluff by giving bogus two-week notice of her retirement. To her shock and horror, her employer quietly (and stealthily) accepted and then started making arrangements to get Jane gone -as fast as possible. When Jane came to work one day soon after, she was shocked to find that she didn't actually work there anymore!

Scroll on to see screenshots of this story, posted by Redditor u/technogrind, and the reactions. For more workplace shenanigans, check out this employee who was asked for updates on their project after being fired by their employer. 

Girlfriend Won't Let Stay-at-Home Dad Work, so He Steals From Their Emergency Fund

What happens when you pair a working lady who financially abuses her partner with a stay-at-home dad who has a spending problem? 

 

The answer is that this relationship has more red flags than a Woody Allen movie. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit by u/Ameliaroselia, who shared her story of discovering that her boyfriend, the father of her kid, stole thousands of dollars from her emergency safe over the course of a year. 

 

Now before everyone goes on to blame him entirely for the situation at hand, there's some nuance here. The Redditor admits that her boyfriend had expressed a desire to work more, a desire that she rejected for selfish reasons (wanting to spend more family time together). He also had a history of spending money irresponsibly, but her way of handling that compulsion was to make him run even the smallest of purchases by her before buying anything. We are in no way excusing stealing from your partner; what this guy did was obviously extremely messed up. Still, the financial abuse here cannot be excused either. In short, as many of the comments on Reddit suggest, they both suck. 

 

Check out more stories about relationship drama. Like this couple who fought over the boyfriend's overuse of his girlfriend's skincare products. Keep scrolling below for the original post and for the heated discussion in the comments!

Office Supply Store Employee Given Horrible Review, Gets Revenge on Evil Manager

Some managers are just asking to be treated this way.

 

This office supply employee had a wonderful relationship with her manager, as did her co-workers, until that manager left and was replaced by Jean. Jean was so disliked that turnover skyrocketed (the number of employees under Jean went from 20 to 7 within just a couple of MONTHS). This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/tornadogirll, who made it known to Jean that she was not her biggest fan.

 

By the time the Redditor's annual review rolled around, Jean gave her a horrid review that resulted in the original poster getting denied a raise. That's when Jean had no idea what she was in for. The Redditor spent her final months on the job doing the bare minimum (shoutout to quiet quitters everywhere!), refusing to answer the phone or train new hires, and even messing up the system for the cash register. The best prank, however, was that she convinced customers and contractors that Jean's name was Jan. That last one is iconic. 

 

Of course, the Redditor was fired. She already had another job lined up but wanted to plan one final act of revenge. It turns out her Mom is one of the biggest customers at the store and when she came to the office to personally close her account and announce that she was switching to a different chain, she revealed that she was "Bri's mom."

 

For more stories of employees enacting vengeance at work, check out this post about a bartender's own form of revenge. Keep scrolling below for the original post and for the best comments!

Woman Expects Coworker To Give Her Free PTO Days, Lashes Out When Rejected

And the coworker dramas continue. It seems as if they'll never end. While we feel sympathy for this woman and the hardships she's had to muddle through, on top of the exhaustion of raising kids, it's just a bit entitled to expect your coworker to offer up their vacation days that they'd been saving up for their own meaningful vacation. Definite guilt trip vibes in this story. 

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit by u/ThrowawayAITA5391, who shared their story about the kind of nosy, needy, and manipulative coworker we know all too well. While of course, we have sympathy for this person who has children and who recently took time off after a death in the family, the manipulation tactics here are just not cute. She's certainly allowed to feel deep down that the Redditor doesn't need all those vacation days, but she should just do what anyone else would do in that situation: keep it to herself and just quietly stew over it at her desk. 

For some more juicy coworker drama, check out this vegan employee who told their coworker that they should eat their burger outside, and the escalation that ensued. 

‘I’m here, ain’t I?’: Farmers can’t believe how spot-on a doctor on TikTok is with his spoof about rural medicine

If you are from a rural area, then you know that handling pain comes with a different scale than anywhere else. Mostly because the closest doctor is hundreds of miles away, so deciding to see one is basically taking an entire day off, and people who work the rural areas, like farmers and ranchers, don't have time to waste an entire day of work by going to see a doctor. TikToker Dr. Glaucomflecken perfectly captures how rural medicine works and viewers who farm, ranch, or are just from rural areas wholeheartedly agree with everything he says. You share a pharmacist with you and your animals. Your doctor is also the town's mailman or local politician. And if a farmer voluntarily goes to the hospital on their own accord, then you know it's something very serious. Rural folk love the content so much and also share some of their own stories of rural medicine—mostly about how their 80-something-year-old papaw wouldn't go to the hospital even though he just chopped off his hand or something… Farmers are tough, man!