Update: 'He then said... I need to pay my dues': Employee stuns boss by turning down job with more responsibility after boss lowballs her

Should you really have to "pay your dues" in a company before moving up to a new job? This person, u/Jessicasd12, is trying to wrap her head around the concept of accepting low pay in order to rise up the ranks of her organization.  In a story shared to r/AmItheA**hole, the OP writes that after working at a company for a year, her supervisor is planning to leave. That would leave the OP to fill her shoes, which she was excited to hear. However, the title doesn't come without a few caveats. Though the supervisor left, the OP got radio silence from her bosses about taking over the vacant position.  The OP and her boss see the new job in two different ways, leading to a bit of conflict. After talking to people in the comments, the OP gained some perspective on the situation, and added in a few edits to update everyone.  After that, check out these hilariously incompetent people. 

'There [were] no instructions for how to use this tablecloth': 20 People who were hilariously incompetent at basic everyday tasks

They say if you mess something up badly enough, no one will ask you to do it again. That can definitely be true in many areas of life, whether it's the workplace or a relationship. One person burns a dinner so badly that they're never asked to cook again, making life easy for them, but harder for their partner. Discussions around weaponized incompetence, which is doing something badly intentionally to avoid it or not doing it at all, became a viral talking point of the day on Twitter. @Cooperstreaming asked their audience to share their own examples, and people delivered some hilarious and interesting stories from their own lives! Check out the answers below and you'll notice that a lot of people told these tales about their exes, which is understandable, because if you can't do basic chores, it's a major issue in a relationship. Next up, take a peek into these people's secrets which were shared anonymously. 

'Aunt shows up at my house with all her stuff': Karen drives across country, trespasses on nephew's property, nephew calls the cops

If you see a crazy Karen flailing about in the woods, definitely don't contact her nephew. This thread was posted to Reddit's r/entitledpeople subreddit by u/Outside_The_Walls, who shared a wild story with his aunt after she drove all the way from New Jersey to West Virginia and showed up completely unannounced.

 

There are numerous shocking reveals to this saga, but the one we're particularly obsessed with is that this woman randomly keeps bolt cutters in her car. We call that a trespassing queen! Let this story serve as a friendly reminder that if you think everyone in your family is crazy, you're probably the one that's insane. Unfortunately, crazy aunt Karen learned this the hard way. 

 

Keep scrolling below to see the lengths this Redditor went to keep his aunt from spending the night at his place. For more stories like this, check out this one about a Karen whose antics resulted in her husband losing his business. 

‘Karen got decaf for six weeks’: Barista serves Karen customer decaf for six weeks after Karen messes with staff

Staff working in the service industry are often greeted by unruly Karen customers who march in like they own the place, demanding discounts and ordering them around. Often because of poor management, the staff are forced to deal with the impolite attitude quietly inside their heads, as opposed to talking back and standing up for themselves. In this case, OP was working as a barista at a coffee shop where they served such a Karen customer, who happened to be a regular. Karen was manageable up until a certain point when she unleashed all her inner emotional baggage onto a poor new employee who was simply doing their job.

The new employee in question had asked Karen for her ID, since the credit card said that on the back, in the signature panel. Karen reacted by flinging her credit card at the employee, which crossed more than a few boundaries. OP began a campaign that last six weeks, where Karen was continuously served decaf, as opposed to her regular coffee. The rest of the staff joined in, and soon enough, Karen was beginning to feel the effects, or rather the lack thereof, of the decaf coffee she was given.

This petty revenge didn't end there, though. Scroll down to read the full, detailed account of events. For more like this, here is an employee who flipped the script on a fellow coworker who had attempted to get them fired by filing a complaint with HR. The employee got promoted, and the coworker got, well… let's just say it wasn't pretty.

'He delivered': Dudes request ultra-spicy wings, chef gives them their wish

Taunting a chef to make your food as hot as humanly possible is always going to end the same way… and at the end of the day, you literally asked for it. Sure, you might have underestimated just how spicy it could be, but the limits of your imagination are not the chef's responsibility.

But that's part of the draw for people who desire diabolically hot dishes. Mopping your brow constantly with a napkin while trying to smother the flames bursting from inside your mouth is some people's idea of a good time—after all, at least it makes you feel something. Even better is that you get to re-experience the same anguish the following day when the spicy food revisits you.

Keep reading to see this blazing tale as Redditor u/IVBIVB told it on Reddit's r/maliciouscompliance subreddit. Once you're done here, check out this boastful braggart who requested a chef's hottest dish and lived to regret it

'I never lived it down': 35 Weird and wild secret confessions

These folks have secrets — and you can only know them anonymously! 

Twitter's popular secret confession page, @fesshole, is a prime spot for your average person to confess their darkest secrets. Luckily for the rest of us, we get to take a peek into other people's lives and realize that everyone is hiding some things that we'll never know about otherwise. 

In this week's selection, one person confessed to being devastated to learn that a colleague was actually just a really polite robot, while another admitted the sneaky way they procured a pet kitten, despite their husband saying no to pets. From office hijinks to family drama, the latest batch of confessions are truly wild. I'm thinking about the person who admitted to messing with all of their office's chairs constantly… you really never know what people are up to. 

After you scroll through these 35 prime entries from the last week, discover how many cows one person accidentally bought (hint: it's over 50!). 

'New manager, new rules': Boss enforces unnecessary dress code, employee wears same ugly shirt in defiance

It's time to discuss unnecessary dress codes in the workplace. Of course, we understand rules surrounding inappropriate attire, but other than that, can't we all admit at this point that wearing a button-down shirt and nice pants in 80-degree weather is not going to make you more competent at your job? It certainly is not going to make the quality of your work any better. However, there are some folks in the workplace who simply cannot fathom the idea that a person in a T-shirt can possibly be a professional.

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by u/Philosopher_1234, who explained that after working in community mental health for approximately five years, a new boss came in and changed several policies, including the dress code. Keep scrolling below to see how people reacted in the comments section. For more stories like this, check out this post about an employee who discovered a camera in the office.