Top Coworker Memes for Underpaid Employees Who Require PTO This Week (April 19, 2023)

A non-toxic working environment is crucial for employees to feel any sort of attachment to work, so when you aren't treated fairly, you're not going to bend over backward for your boss. Salary is a pretty big factor in giving a hoot about workplace problems, and being underpaid can throw any kind of consideration or care you have for it out the window. Companies are getting greedier, and promotions are scarce nowadays. All you get for working hard is more work. So is it any wonder that nobody actually wants to work?

Coworkers make or break your day, so if you have to answer absurd questions all day that gives your brain the itch, suffice it to say they're breaking it. Some of us get lucky and meet someone we look forward to seeing at work, while others are doomed to deal with Karens and Kens. Luckily we live in the digital age and can just tap away at our phones for a good procrastination session, which is what these memes are for.

For more coworker memes, you can check out last week's batch which is specifically designed for employees who love to maliciously comply with their boss.

'He wanted to name a daughter Parmesan': 25 People shared the wackiest trendy names they've ever heard

You have not lived until you've heard a parent telling their two-year-old named Atticus not to eat a handful of dirt. These days, you'll hear a wide variety of names on the playground, many of which are older names coming back into style again. "That's enough time on the iPad, Henrietta!" or "Ethel! We don't grab people's hair!" are common to hear with today's youngsters. 

Other people have been super into naming their kids after objects/places, like Forrest. That's a pretty name, but the problem for Forrest is that everyone hears his name as "Boris" when he's introduced. I've never met a kid named Brick or Brickson as some people in this thread mentioned, but I have met more than one Braxston. Yes, Braxston, like Braxston-Hicks contractions. 

Then, you get to the interesting spellings that lots of folks love give to their kids. All the Graysyns and McKinleighs and Lucieghs of the world, I'm so sorry for all the hassle that's going to cause as you have to spell out your name for people over and over. I know people who had complex spellings and later legally changed them to simplify it — at least if you don't care for your name, there's always that option once you're grown. As for those who are still kids, you'd better pick a cool nickname. 

As a parent, you may still want to name your kid that quirky name, no one will stop you. Maybe just don't pick "Parmesan." 

Next up, check out this update on this woman who brought her "forgetful" SIL's wallet to dinner, then told the internet… and her SIL found the post!

Update: 'She *always* finds a way not to pay': Woman brings SIL's wallet to restaurant, SIL finds the post and tells her side of the story

Reddit is supposed to be anonymous, but this woman found an AITA post written about her and was infuriated by the "badmouthing." 

Don't get too specific when you write that AITA post about your family members! This woman, u/Slow-Pianist-4431, penned an AITA post that has since garnered nearly 4,000 comments. She wrote about the strange behavior her SIL had when visiting restaurants — the SIL would leave her wallet at home on purpose so that the OP would always have to fork over money for their meal. Plenty of people in the comments gave the OP advice, so she made an update!

In the update, the OP wrote about her SIL in more detail. She noted that her brother and the SIL have been going to therapy to "set boundaries," since the brother was also paying for things he shouldn't have. That was when "Amy," the SIL, responded, writing, "Everyone is saying I am a leech." 

Next, check out this dude's excellent revenge on the guy who stole his seat on the train. 

'I was able to approve 50+ cases before I quit': Insurance employee dismisses company guidelines, refuses to deny claims, then quits

Insurance companies do everything in their power to convince us to get on board with them, assuring us that they will be there for us, through thick and thin, in sickness and in health, till whatever do us part. When sickness does arrive though, they flee faster than a groom or bride who caught cold feet the night before their wedding. Gone with the wind and the dress, they're suddenly nowhere to be found. In other words, when they had said, 'We will cover the cost', what they really meant was, 'We will not cover the cost'.

In this case, u/jthememeking shared his experience working in an insurance company denying claims when he was just 19 years old, despite having literally zero experience, medical or otherwise. It was a grueling, tiresome, and infuriating job that OP didn't feel comfortable doing, so he didn't last very long at it. Before he quit, he was rebuked for 'slacking off' and told to 'work harder'.

These words gave OP an idea — work harder? You got it. OP began approving any and all claims, doing the literal opposite of what he was supposed to do, costing the insurance company a lot of money in the process. Who said a vigilante has to wear a cape? Scroll down to read the (frankly, quite wholesome) story.

For more, here is a boss who was made redundant after he gave absurd orders to his employee. He had wanted to fix something that wasn't broken, and it cost the company a lot of time, money, and effort. Luckily OP had a paper trail of emails and was only given a disciplinary hearing. His boss though? Fired.

'Loopholee becomes loopholer': Train passenger gets seat stolen, finds an extra petty loophole

Traveling by train can be so relaxing… but only if you're able to actually sit down and enjoy it. 

This guy was probably expecting a chill train voyage. U/Magnus_40 was traveling from Edinburgh to London, and they were ready to enjoy a great view with the window seat they'd booked. Train travel is absolutely one of the best ways to travel. Watching the view from the window makes time fly by. Plus, unlike airplanes, you're able to walk around pretty freely, and on lots of train lines, you can buy coffee or snacks to pass the time. 

Unfortunately for this OP, someone plopped into the seat they booked, and wouldn't move an inch. Talk about petty! At least this dude found a way to enjoy his voyage anyway. 

Next, this woman has made all her neighbors annoyed and wary of her because of what she did at this Easter egg hunt for children.