'She was trying to steal': Scammy Karen tries to use a fake '99% off' coupon to swindle the cashier gets pinched by the cops instead

It seems like we're always getting email promos for 10% off or 20% discounts to our favorite retail stores. Very rarely, you see a 40-50% sale and only when a store is going out of business do you catch anything higher than 75% off. That's why when one cashier spotted a Karen waltzing into their store with a 99% off coupon, they smelled something fishy.  OP was the manager of a retail store that sold cell phones. While training the new-hire, a Karen wandered into the store with a fistful of coupons and a vendetta against the new girl. After demanding the store take her coupons, OP was drawn to the noisy scene because the cashier was weeping at her post, traumatized by the berating attack of the coupon woman. Fortunately for the cashier, OP could sense a scam a mile away and shut down the woman's requests, suggesting that a coupon scam from the week prior could have been her doing as well. OP made eyes at the policeman at the door and instant karma was served. Scroll for the full story on how this Karen got what she deserved after making a newly hired cashier girl cry at the register for refusing fake coupons. For more stories of Karens in the wild, check out this employee that got sweet revenge after being yelled at by a patron. 

'[I told] my boss I won't be staying overtime... [Not even] 5 minutes': Employee lets boss have it after he gets reprimanded for not staying past work hours for unpaid overtime

Is it really that difficult of a concept to grasp that you should pay your employees for their work? The whole "get this bread" mentality that has you working over time for no extra pay is completely whack and millennials and Gen Z are starting to shine light on that. However, there are still employers out there telling you to "show initiative" by staying late and giving up more hours of your life for free. How do these types of employers not see how soul sucking and entitled that is? A guy who is new to the office workplace recently was brought face-to-face with this disrespect of work/life balance issue. He posted on Reddit that he has been working at this office for 9 months now. He had two evaluations and took all the constructive criticism to heart because he was still learning the ropes. However, now, at his third evaluation, he got a comment that didn't sit right with him. You see, he lives far from the city his office is in, so every morning he commutes with a few other friends who also work in the city at that same time and leave at the same time. If he didn't carpool, he would have to take the train and that is an extra hour and a half wait. However, he is act the mercy of that carpool, so cannot stay later at work, or else he would miss his ride and have to wait an extra hour and a half to go home. His boss, however, seemed that this "attitude" would not get him anywhere in his career and reprimanded him for not wanting to stay at work longer for no extra pay.  Well, the employee let him have it and the discussion seemed to end on a "agree to disagree" mentality. What would you do? Read the entire reddit thread and comments about the situation below!  

'My intern [is] benefitting from pretty privilege': Jealous employee gets into tense argument with intern after discovering office secret

There's definitely a right and wrong way when it comes to handling these kinds of office revelations. This employee definitely did not handle this well. First of all, she clearly has a difficult relationship with her own self-esteem and her own sense of workplace dynamics given her reactions and her use of the term "pretty privilege." Whatever that backstory may be… it certainly played a role in informing how she responded to the news that her intern and her boss were romantically entangled.   Our next big question is what held her back from informing HR and choosing not to involve herself further. Was it a desire to stir the pot herself? Was it fear of retaliation from the higher-ups at the law firm? Or was it some genuine belief that she was acting mature about the whole thing? Any answer to those questions signals a profound lack of self-awareness, which was already very much evident in her Reddit post alone. Furthermore, the fear of retaliation says everything I need to know about this toxic workplace environment and the backward office dynamics that exist within it. This, of course, is not the fault of the Redditor, but she is at fault for shaming her intern. On top of that, she wasn't just against the concept of an office affair. In fact, her wording reveals an insecurity that she herself isn't pretty enough to have one of her own. This shows that she's coming from more of a jealous place than one of genuine concern.    Keep scrolling below to read the full story and the wide range of feedback from folks in the comments section. When you're done, feel free to take a look at this story about an employee who revealed their low salary online and got reprimanded for it.

'Faces dropped... She starts back pedaling': Teachers hold student back from graduation student complies by leaving school early

There are a surprising amount of people who fail gym class. I know what you're thinking — how can someone possibly fail gym class? I completely understand how. If you don't want to get sweaty and smell gross all day long, you can't run, and therefore, you might fail. It's a sacrifice many are willing to make, to the fury of our gym teachers.  It's just not possible to run several miles and not get sweaty, and I recall classmates of mine who did run their laps. They were basically sweaty all day, and all so that they could pass gym class just like the rest of us lazy people who didn't run. My secret was just lying to my gym teacher ("This is my fourth lap, I'm serious!"). I never ever ran if I could help it. Instead, I was lazy as possible during first period gym class, and after school I'd drive to an actual gym with my friends. We thought we were too cool for gym class, but at least we passed the pass/fail grading system.  This person wasn't so lucky, as they shared to r/MaliciousCompliance. The OP writes that they despised gym, and would walk the track with their classmates to avoid doing more vigorous sports activities. Their gym teachers really hated that, and took it upon themselves to punish the OP.  Scroll down to check out the entire story below. Then, this dad-to-be just majorly offended his wife with a less-than-thoughtful gift. 

'I was fed up': Gaggle of Karens harangue sandwich shop workers; jaded employee buys their meal for themselves and literally eats their lunch

The most insulting thing you can do to another kid in grade school is eat their lunch. You reach over, belligerently grab their sandwich, and take a bite right in front of them just to prove that you have power over them– Countries have gone to war over less. In this case, one sandwich shop employee did the unthinkable and took the ultimate sandwich-revenge when a group of Karens pushed him over the edge.  It was just a normal day at the shop when a group of angry older women strolled in to cause a stink. With four extremely specific sandwich orders and constant nagging to the assembly line crew, the women began to harangue and harass the workers for 'doing it wrong' and 'not making their food fast enough'. That's when OP, the most jaded worker in the shop that day, found that the only way to get revenge for their disgusting behavior was to insult them beyond recovery by eating their dang lunch. Scroll for the entire story of how one employee got four fresh sandwiches, a police inquisition, and sweet, sweet revenge on some Karens.  For more workplace insanity, check out this tale of a worker who got fired for injuring his shoulder and taking disability leave.

'I'm too good at my job to move upward': Worker passed up for promotion and told that they're too good at their role to be promoted

It's important to be good at your job as this helps you to establish and maintain good standing with your employer as well as key clients and ensures that you develop a good long-standing relationship within your industry.