'He told me I can reapply once I'm more prepared for this job': Dude gets fired less than 2 hours into his first day

As much as we want to side with the employee on this one, you have to be pretty bad at your job to get fired after 2 hours. That's what happened to this now very unemployed dude, who posted this thread on Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit and was not exactly met with the kind of response they were clearly hoping to receive.

 

Here's the situation. On this guy's first day at a remote job, he stepped away suddenly during a training session so his Dad could pick up some pork from his fridge (yup, you read that right!), and when he returned, he learned that he had been fired. Sure, this was definitely a bit harsh, but also this guy clearly used horrible judgment. You know you're the problem when people in the comments of the r/antiwork subreddit are telling you that you messed up. Let's at the very least hope that his Dad was able to enjoy that pork. 

 

Keep scrolling below to watch him get eviscerated in the comments. For more, here's a story about a competitive, evil coworker.

'They were all fired': CEO gets $7.5 million bonus one day after laying off 1,200 employees

It has become an unfortunate standard practice for companies to lay off a handful (or two) of employees, show investors a speckless graph, and give themselves bonuses. CEOs, board directors, and management, in general, are becoming greedier as time goes on, and are also becoming less ashamed about it. The polite thing to do would be to hide such avarice, but the fact of the matter is, they just don't care. And how could they? 

They're not even seeing the people they fire face to face; they send someone else to do their dirty work. Instead, they just sit on their high horse at one of their million-dollar beach houses somewhere in Florida. In this case, an employee took to Reddit and shared his fury over the fact the CEO and board director of his company received a $7.5 million bonus one day after laying off 1,200 employees.

Commenters were outraged… scroll down to read the full discussion. For more stories like this, here is an employee who got back at a rude customer when he accidentally bumped into him at his workplace. Turns out they both worked in retail…

'I'll bet they feel pretty deflated': Jealous neighbors puncture hole in dude's new fancy car, he gets petty revenge

Looks like these neighbors got what they deserved! Not only did they constantly try to one-up the Redditor every time he added something new to his house, but they even went so far as to sneak under the gate of his property and puncture one of his tires after he recently purchased an expensive car.

 

Now, we'll let you scroll below to see what he did next, but let's just say it's some pretty intense petty revenge. In the meantime, let's just take a moment to break down how stupid it is to be in competition with your neighbors. I mean, these people even tried to one-up his washer/dryer. Who does that? It all just seems extremely symptomatic of folks with way too much time on their hands. 

 

Keep scrolling below to see what people had to say in the comments section. For more stories like this, check out this post about a boss's shady gift to his employee.

'It got obnoxious really fast': 20+ Influencers who wanted professional photographers to work for 'exposure'

Some influencers are under the impression that they have way more 'influence' over their audience than they actually do. Maybe it feels like they have a lot of sway over the opinions of others — after all, some vloggers or lifestyle influencers post stories and photos constantly, and get tons of comments praising them. But commenting on a person's photo is one thing. Buying a product they recommend is a whole other story. Being a small-time influencer just doesn't always have the ROI that businesses are looking for. Until you have millions and millions of followers, stay humble. 

Photography has never been more prevalent, and professional photographers are finding out that their career is being a bit devalued by influencers. Imagine being paid in exposure, in this day and age? Exposure doesn't pay the rent or put food on the table. 

Even funnier are the influencers who want to be paid to do a photo shoot with a photographer. That's a hilarious joke — if you're worth being paid to do a photo shoot, you can afford to pay your photographer. 

Next up, check out these funny pictures with weird perspectives. 

'I made a condescending coworker question her sanity... I regret nothing': Employee has brilliant and hilarious idea to subtly get back at rude coworker

Teamwork makes the dream work, that's why when you have a coworker who is all for one and nothing else, things don't tend to work out. There is nothing worse than having to go to work just to be stuck working with somebody you don't like and is rude to you. What do you do with a rude coworker? If you dish back the same energy, it will just make the workplace even more exhausting to be in. So what? You just ignore it? Reddit would suggest another route. A more satisfying route. 

For instance, this Redditor posted about working at an arts festival back in 2018. The had a coworker who was extremely condescending to everyone else and to make it worse, was lazy. She wouldn't lift a finger all day, and then report back to upper management as if she did all the work. She would even passive aggressively put down her colleagues even though they did all the work and she did nothing. 

So, an opportunity presented itself to the Reddit poster that they just had to take. The rude coworker used to leave her jacket and other belongings behind the merch table with them. So they would just, out of spite, tag their clothing with one of those annoying little plastic things from a tagger-gun. You know, the annoying plastic thing that holds the price tag? Yeah, so they would do that to her stuff. Every single day… Even after she removed it, they would just re-tag it. She didn't do any work, so she didn't even know that there was a price tagging gun in the facility. The Redditor heard her saying she felt like she was losing her mind, so they almost stopped the prank, but then they saw her yelling at an elderly coworker for no good reason, so they just kept doing the handy work that needed to be down aka make this rude rude person feel like they're losing their mind. 

They regret nothing—read the entire story and some responses below! 

'Now I'll miss three [days]': Boss demands sick note for one day off, doctor gives them three more

Sometimes your actions to prevent something can bring it into existence as if you're unknowingly fulfilling a prophecy of your own making. That's what happened to this boss, who attempted to keep their workers from taking sick days by demanding they get a doctor's note only to have the doctor recommend them to take more time off than they would have in the first place.  

This is a common experience we've all probably had ourselves or witnessed at some point in our working life. A lot of organizations and managers tend to have this obsessive idea that any time taken off work is a result of some nefarious plot by workers to screw them over, treating their absence as if a crime is being committed against the business. They'll use any and every tool in their arsenal to ensure workers don't take any time off, often including mandating a doctor's note for any absences. 

Now, anyone who has tried to get a last-minute appointment with their GP knows how unfeasible this is; at many practices, it's now impossible to get in the door to visit your doctor and get a note, especially when it's over something non-threatening. Doctors have joined in deriding the practice, often writing notes for consecutive days off that the worker might not have initially planned on taking.

Read on for this quick account of events that was shared on Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit workplace community, sharing their malicious compliance to their boss's request that they get a note from their doctor and sparking discussion in the comments.

Next, check out this boss who demanded workers call out before 6 AM and lived to regret it. 

'Absolute bargain for $49': Call center rep helps woman get revenge on husband who ghosted her

This woman got an amazing opportunity, thanks to a helpful call center rep. That's certainly not a phrase you hear every day.

Having to call any large business means you're going to be put on hold while the folks in a call center handle your issue. It's an odd experience — you get put on hold, sometimes you can't tell if you're talking to a robot or a human, and you often have to listen to the worst music ever made, punctuated by someone telling you how "important your call is to us." Ugh. 

It can't be easy to be a call center rep, either, though, and I have a lot of sympathy for them. They have to talk to people when they're angry about being overcharged about a bill, or are upset about something like a random TV charge. That's why this woman called up the OP in this story, u/boyinblack13x. At least she wasn't an angry customer, but she was having a rough time in life, and the OP had the opportunity to step in and help. It's a wholesome read, and you can check out the whole story below. 

Next, check out another malicious compliance story.