'I turned in my notice': Employee offered promotion, later told that it's a 'lateral promotion' that comes with a $1 raise, quits

Being recognized for a job well done is essential for continued motivation — but every one of us would probably also like to be compensated for our extra generated value. 

'The client was so angry': Pedantic boss costs company $300,000 sale over $0.30 transaction fee

There is a strength in the business world to being extremely particular with how you go about things. Dotting i's, crossing t's, and balancing every column is a sure way to ensure your business smoothly operates — but there is a point where being overly pedantic will only hurt that business.

Top 25 Coworker Memes of the Week (April 26, 2023)

Although we'd like to think we're progressing as a society, being treated unfairly as an employee is very commonplace. Things like short-staffed teams of employees, being overworked, and receiving pay that would have been acceptable in 2012 are all so-called, 'normal'. The customers are rude, your boss doesn't know what they're doing, and your coworkers are either the best or worst thing that has ever happened to you. That begs the question, why care about work if work doesn't care about you? Is it any wonder why you get such terrible service at minimum-wage stores? Dealing with the Karens and Kens of the world seem punishment enough, but when you add underpaid to the mix…

The memes below are compiled in a way meant to distribute serotonin to employees who relate. Scroll down and check out the best coworker memes (whether that means your boss, your direct manager, your friend Sally from accounting, or the secretary to who you smile hello every morning) of the week. For last week's collection, you can take a look at them here.

'I'm a big fan of Gatorade': Entitled dude buys every bottle of red Gatorade from a shop and refuses to relinquish a single ounce

Taking everything and leaving nothing—that's generally a good sign that you're in the wrong. Operating at extreme ends of social behavior and acting in ways that speak to these extremes is going to rub a lot of people the wrong way—regardless of your belief or justification. As has been said a hundred times: We're all the heroes of our own stories. Everyone has a justification for their actions in their mind for why they've done or said something, even if everyone else is telling them that they're wrong.

This big fan of Gatorade was busy clearing the shelves at their local store of the just-restocked red flavor. They claim to have compulsion issues that center on a need for this specific beverage, still, when they were approached by a mother and her two children, asking if the Gatorade Fan could spare a few bottles. When they declined, the mother got upset and began to go off on the Gatorade Fan. The Gatorade Fan then took to Reddit's r/AmItheA**hole community to see whether they were in the wrong for buying up the entire stock of the beverage. 

Commenters have been pretty decisive with their ruling, declaring the Gatorade fan to be an AH here for buying up the entire stock and refusing to share a single bottle. What's your take?

Next, check out this sibling who wanted their Disney adult sister to take down all of their memorabilia for their wedding. 

20 Memes for people who are way too literal

If you need a silly meme for your extra-literal friend, look no further.

Every friend group sends around memes in the group chat these days. It's a fast, fun, and easy way to tell your friends what's on your mind, plus it makes you look clever if you get it right. If you send a dumb meme, then your friends might roast you a bit. 

These memes below are so extra literal! From the "bae come over" template to "like dis if u cry every time," some memes are timeless. Today, we flip them on their heads to infuse a little anti-meme energy into your day. 

After you check out these funny pictures below, check out this vegan neighbor. They're insisting that all their neighbors better not grill any meat at night, while they might be on a run, and able to smell meat cooking! 

'How do I say "I can't be sad and poor for another month" in a professional way?': Woman uses ChatGPT to respond to her boss about quitting

Who invented the two-weeks notice for quitting? It's understandable if you are leaving a healthy work environment and you want to help your soon-to-be former employee find a replacement so you don't leave them high and dry because you both have mutual respect for each other. But most of the time the work environment that you are quitting is toxic and you'd love nothing more than to leave them high and dry because you know they would leave you high and dry and probably already have many times before without a pinch of consequences. However, we all still at least attempt to provide that two-week notice before peaceing out of a most hated workplace. But what do you do when they ask you to wait longer before leaving? How do you tell them that this job makes you miserable and you're quitting because you were already at your last straw, so really you would have rather quit last month, but now they're asking you to stay an extra month?? Make the math math please.

That is what happened to one girl, but modern day problems call for modern day solutions. So instead of wasting another bit of her energy on this job she already gave her two-weeks notice for and is asking her to stay an extra month, she turned to AI. She posted to her TikTok that she wanted to figure out a professional way to say to her boss, "I cannot be sad and poor for another month." So she asked ChatGPT, an AI tool that can write content for you if given a prompt. ChatGPT couldn't even think of another way to say it, but it did put a more professional finesse. Scroll on to check it out! 

'I'm losing my sanity': Worker expresses frustration about their "office prankster" coworker, sparking online discussion

Being embroiled in an ongoing prank war sounds like a lot of fun—until you find yourself in one. It turns out there's not much that's desirable about constantly being on edge, wondering when the next strike will happen, especially when that strike is likely to come at the most inconvenient time. This is doubly true when you didn't consent to partake in the prank war, to begin with, and it always seems to come from that one clueless coworker who thinks they're hilarious despite being merely obnoxious. It might be fun to watch on TV as Jim wraps Dwight's desk in some mildly inconvenient material for the 5th time, but when it happens in real life, it's just annoying and is likely to result in a trip to HR.

This worker shared their experience with a relentless prankster at work, describing how the experience was causing them to "lose sanity" and driving them over the edge of what they were reasonably able to handle. Their account of events sparked an online discussion on the subject and the worker returned the following day with an update. 

Read on for screen grabs of the ensuing thread. Next, check out this worker who quit after their boss denied their leave request.