20+ Coworker Memes of the Week for Understaffed Teams of Employees With One Foot Out the Door

It can be a struggle to find a workplace that has a satisfactory amount of employees on a team, AKA isn't severely understaffed. People need incentives to work, and a lot of the time, conditions are 'meh' at best — so why would people wanna send in resumes, let alone come to an interview? People don't get paid enough to deal with audacious customers. It seems fair employees would want proper compensation…

Gawking at the negative zeros in your bank account is mind-numbing. If we are to deal with pessimistic Karens all day, PAY US. Though we could also take a look at the glass half full. There are a few positives about work, one of them being your coworkers. Well, most of 'em. Some of them are known for doing nothing, and not working in the slightest, while others are known for the opposite. 

Scroll down for the funniest, most relatable coworker memes of the week. For last week's hilarious batch, click here.

'IT'S NOT A SIDEWALK': Neighborhood Karen makes wild group post about school kids walking on school property adjacent to her property

You know you've truly lost the plot when your crusty curmudgeonous ways evolve from "Get off my lawn!" into "Get off the area adjacent to my lawn!" Maybe—just—maybe… you shouldn't live next door to a school if you're this sensitive to the presence of children. 

This overwhelmed Karen posted to her neighborhood's community group to complain about the student's usage of the mulch strip as a sidewalk. At first, the post reads as if the kids are using areas of her property to traverse to and from school… but clarifying comments that were posted in response make it pretty clear that this is the area directly adjacent to her property. 

Keep reading to see the screenshots of this post, the ensuing exchange, and all the reactions. For more, check out this Karen, who tried to get an "excluding" adults-only private Valentine's Day party canceled because her kids weren't allowed to attend. 

'AITA for refusing to help my neighbor?': Snowy snafu turns entitled woman against wise neighbor

This guy wondered if he was in the wrong for trying to be a good neighbor to some folks who made a snap judgement about him.

 As the OP, u/goodneighbor123 wrote to r/AmItheA**hole, he and his family moved to Ontario, Canada, where the conditions are frosty cold. Since he's familiar with the weather conditions, he writes that he often puts his wife's windshield wipers up before a storm. Then, he strolls the neighborhood to where his five other neighbors live and puts their wipers up for them, just in case they forget. Typical "good neighbor" behavoir, right? Well, the new folks in town didn't take kindly to a stranger touching their property. 

After the OP got yelled at by these new people, he decided to just do exactly as they asked: get off their property and never touch their belongings again. When the neighbors then needed his help the literal next day, they were shocked to see that he was complying with what they said. You can't have it both ways! In the comments, some people advised the OP to not even interact with the family until they resolve the issue. 

Then, these sellers really thought they had hidden treasures in their homes, but the buyers of this random trash aren't so sure. 

'Your manager's job [...] is not your problem': Manager's job is at risk, asks employee to give up their promotion

Imagine getting a call from your boss asking for your promotion...

 

We certainly feel for this manager and their family as this company deals with impending layoffs. However, calling your employee and asking for them to keep their current position so that you can make a play at the promotion they were offered? That's wildly unprofessional and if anyone were to find out about this kind of conscious manipulation, that manager could very well be digging their own grave at this point. Sure, we empathize with their situation, but we are far more sympathetic toward their employee, who expressed their discomfort at the way this whole phone call went down. They shared their story via this thread on Reddit's r/TrueOffMyChest subreddit, and let's just say that people in the comments section were far less kind with regard to the manager's behavior than the Redditor was. 

 

Keep scrolling below to see what they had to say. When you're finished, here's another post about a Karen who ruined her own job interview by being rude to the receptionist.

'You need to stay until 1 a.m.': Exhausted fast food employee working 11 hours shames toxic manager and stands up for himself in front of all his coworkers, manager gives him the “silent treatment”

A company that rhymes with "Yaco Dell" has a strong cult following for its Tex-Mex menu items. People are obsessed with their speciality items—so obsessed that they forget the company is owned by one of the largest money-hungry corporations who fight to keep minimum wage as low as possible. So is it really that surprising that the management at "Yaco Dell," which is usually employeed by teenagers, is toxic?

An employee working as a new shift lead recently shamed their manager in front of all of his coworkers. They had already been working an 11-hour shift and were exhausted. It was a particularly busy day and their feet were on fire at this point. The manager approached them and told them (didn't ask them) that they had to stay several hours later then they were initially scheduled to. The employee was in no shape to do so and had no intention to, so he asked if they could discuss this in the office. The manager refused and told them to say whatever they wanted to right there in front of everyone. 

So they did, they told their manager exactly what they were thinking—that there is no way they are staying any extra hours and that if anyone should stay longer, in should be the management who has been working way less hours and can handle it. What is with managers thinking they can just add double duty to their employees like this one also did! Read the entire "Yaco Dell" employee epically standing up for themselves below. 

'50% salary decrease': New job cuts worker's pay by $30k shortly after recruiting them

Trick a worker into quitting their job and joining your organization, then they're well and truly trapped when you cut their pay by 50%… Talk about a cunning trap. That's exactly what this worker shared experiencing in a post shared to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit community. 

In a post titled '50% salary decrease…', they discussed the situation. "My new job just cut my salary by $30k, only a couple months into the job." the post begins, "I was making $65k, and now I'm making $35k LOL. They tried to gaslight me into thinking I wasn't experienced enough for the role, but that's BS because I was making $60k in a comparable role before taking on this job."

That sounds like a pretty rough situation, especially to go from earning $60k at the previous job to thinking you'll be earning $65k in the foreseeable future only to have the rug pulled out from under you and go to earning half your previous wage. This has to be illegal somehow; this employer has stolen this guy's entire life. Absolutely this guy shouldn't have signed the new contract, but what else would you do in that situation? The only thing he can really do is go crawling back to his old employer… This is why you don't burn bridges, folks.

If that wasn't an option, it's safe to say that you probably still wouldn't stay at that job for any longer than you had to. Still, the job application and interview process can take a painful amount of time and energy—especially when you're working a full-time job. 

 Readers let their thoughts be known in the comments, encouraging the worker to strike back at the employer by quitting with no notice as soon as they had found another job—others had even more out-the-gate suggestions.

Keep scrolling to see the screenshots of the original post. For more, 

Confounding Craigslist: 30 Online sellers who believe their trash is treasure

A plastic bag, a handful of rocks, and random scrap paper drawings are all among the items that people tried to sell on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. Welcome to the weird and wacky world of online buying and selling. You can buy and sell just about anything, anywhere, and these people have taken that as a personal challenge! 

There are plenty of deals on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace, but you have to be careful where you look. There seem to be quite a few sellers who overvalue their "gems," which look suspiciously like common everyday rocks. Then, there are the budding artists who may need to work on their technique a bit before charging the big bucks for their artistic visions. 

Next, this guy caused quite a stir in the r/HomeDepot subreddit — he asked if dogs really need to be allowed into home improvement stores, or if they're just souring the experience for customers and employees alike. 

'Stepmom was livid': Woman bakes deliciously petty revenge for her entitled stepmom's 50th birthday

Revenge is a dish best served Betty Crocker-style! Folks, this one has an epic climax. After being repeatedly insulted and targeted by her evil stepmother, this Redditor decided it was time to go for the pettiest of petty revenge plots. She shared her story via this thread on Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit. 

 

There are so many justified reasons for this woman's revenge plot. Let's start with the fact that her stepmom destroyed her future education and career aspirations by evicting her from her home at 18 years old. Then, there's the constant mockery of her ailing biological mother. Then there's the career mocking. Finally, after the Redditor found herself in a much happier place and working at a bakery, this stepmom had the audacity to insult her cake and then later request a cake of her own for her 50th birthday. Well, she set herself up for this one. The next step is for the Redditor to get revenge on her absent, doormat of a father.

 

For more stories like this, here's one about a receptionist's revenge on a Karen.