'I will be leaving in order to pursue happiness': Employee prints form resignation letter and makes savage hand-written adjustments

Talk about effortless, am I right? If you've ever been in a situation where you needed to quit your job immediately, you would know that sometimes you have already put in more than enough effort to be courteous about it. You've already put up with more than enough BS in the workplace. You've already been asked to take on more responsibility than what you've signed up for with no change in pay. You've already had to do the work of multiple people simultaneously. And, well, you've had enough.

 

It's important to get you in that mindset before taking a look at this letter, which was shared on Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit. Let's just say that this person has set the new standard for resignation letters. The edits are chef's kiss perfect. Be sure to remember these adjustments when it's your turn to give your two weeks' notice. 

 

For more, here's a tale of malicious compliance in which a retail employee was shamed by his boss's boss. 

Funniest Work Memes for Corporate Millennials That Are Underpaid and Overworked (March 2, 2023)

Anyone who's ever worked in the corporate world had had a taste of something humanity naturally fears. Perpetual hellscape of the cubicle creates a literal prison for employees, micromanaging their every move and enslaving them to stare at spreadsheets until the day they retire (which may be never…?). Corporate big wigs like to try and "sweeten the deal" with marginal profit sharing or offering company stocks to employees at a discount, but we all know that that's barely a step up from the pizza party we all know is coming as soon as anyone starts asking for a real raise. Sure it pays well to be a cog in the corporate machine, but at what cost? 

'TIFU by misinterpreting the CEO's arm gesture': Cringey interview goes terribly wrong

Interviews seem to bring out the most awkward parts of ourselves. There's just no way to get through the interview process without being uncomfortable in some way. After all, you're suddenly placed in a new environment, surrounded by people you don't know and have to impress, and you're dressed up fancy while being as nervous as possible. 

This person shared their own deeply embarrassing interview story. Not only did the OP act goofy in front of the CEO, they kept getting interviews despite that gaffe! In the comments, people shared some stories that had us laughing out loud at the absurdity. At least the OP isn't alone in their shame. 

Next, our Facebook followers answered this question: "What's your unpopular food opinion?" The answers are eye opening, from the suggestion of eating peanut butter with chili, to the pineapple on pizza lovers and haters. 

'Never piss off your tool guy': Mechanic malicious compliance ensues after temperamental male Karen loses it

If there's one thing to learn in life, it's to always be kind to your mechanic. This guy in particular clearly had a strong reputation with his customers and was well-known for being excellent at what he does. So did he need this male Karen's business after he threw a temper tantrum and also threw a literal tool in his direction? No, he did not. Our favorite tool guy was told to get off male Karen's property and that's exactly what he did, knowing how much this customer desperately needed his services. Shortly thereafter, he shared his story via this thread on Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit.

 

As many folks in the comments section have pointed out, the highlight of the story comes when the Redditor is able to name the exact part that was thrown at him by male Karen. That's how you know how good this guy is at his job. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best comments. When you're finished, here's another tale of malicious compliance about a student's morally questionable assignment. 

 

Thumbnail photograph: Aaron Huber

Best Blunt Unpopular Opinions of the Week for the Controversially Brave Crowd

Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but some people's brains are wired in a super weird way. Their thought process is… yikes. Free speech is great and all, don't get me wrong! But let's keep in mind the fact that along with the right to free speech, comes the right to judge. Reddit is full of highly opinionated folk, and there is an entire subreddit devoted to unpopular opinions. That is why we are gathered here today, to judge some of the most controversial ones.

If you take things personally, you might not want to pay this sub a visit. Anonymity brings along trolls, and they sure like to stir stuff up. People also tend to take things super seriously nowadays and don't want to give others room to voice their own opinions. In other words, cancel culture is rampant. Everyone is offended so easily, and they think that the right to free speech should be renounced, as long as it goes along with their idea of a status quo.

Moving on! Scroll down for the most accurate (?) and wacky unpopular opinions. For more, check out these funny coworker memes.

'No one wants to be friends with their boss': Manager complains that his staff is too chummy and he feels left out, internet serves up harsh reality check

Getting a manager you get along with is rare these days. The workforce is filled with entitled Karen and Kyle bosses that think since they're you boss they can treat you like trash. Those jobs are the kind you have to quit as soon as possible. However, when you find upper management that you actual click with, it's feels like the sky has opened and the sun is shining down on you and the angels sing, ya know? However, how far can you go with that "click" with upper management before it's too far? What do you consider an appropriate healthy relationship with your boss? 

One boss took to Reddit to vent his frustrations with his staff. He says that he believes he is a good boss and his employees even tell him so. They all get along very well during work hours and talk like they're amongst friends. However, once the quitting time whistle rings, the staff goes out and has their own time together and they never invite him out. He says he knows that being left out of after-work activities is part of being a manager, but he still feels left out and bummed about it. He posted all of these Reddit and redditors served him up a harsh reality—that you can either be their friends or their boss, you cannot be both. Though the fact of the matter seems harsh, many redditors also add that it's actually a good sign that he doesn't attend those after work outings with his staff. That his staff needs a safe space to vent about their upper management if they are going to garner a healthy working environment together and he just can't be there. 

What do you think? Would you invite your boss out for happy hour drinks after work? Check out the thoughts on the subject below!

''Seriously??': Employer's bathroom break policy goes viral after employee shares it online

Imagine finishing school and looking to enter the workforce for the first time... Your entire life, you've dreamt about the freedom and opportunity that graduating from school will offer you—what doors will open? Where will you go? What way will the direction blow you? The answers to these questions aren't nearly as exciting as you might have hoped… none, nowhere, and wherever you can find work—respectively. As soon as you throw that cap in the air, the student loan repayments start to tick; and then there's rent, rates, taxes, food, transportation, and insurance before you even get to sniff that paycheck. These costs are going to hold you still—exactly wherever you landed.

What's worse? In University, you had the freedom to skip lectures (when needed) and dip out of the lecture hall to use the restroom (when required). Now that you're tied to a desk, counter, or phone—you don't have that option. On top of everything else, your boss now wants to know the status of your homeostasis and the movement of your sphincters; hey, it's only a matter of time before we're all microchipped so they can farm that data. 

That's what got this online community so fired up when images of this poster went viral. The poster describes an authoritative bathroom break policy in which workers need to notify their Supervisors before attending to their business. Hilariously, they're also going to somehow monitor your phone usage and dock you points for making too long of a pit stop. What, are they going to be standing outside with a stopwatch? What is this? Stock cars or Formula 1?

Keep reading to see the images, along with screenshots of the original thread and reactions. For more stupid workplace policies, check out this lunch invite that demanded workers pay.

Update! ‘What? AITA did good?’: Stepdad makes amends with son after getting eviscerated online

It's not every day that you see savagery on the Internet actually make a positive impact. Yup, you read that right. This stepdad posted to Reddit's r/AmITheA**hole subreddit and was eviscerated in the comments section by the ruthless judges of the AITA community, but now the Redditor has come back having turned over a new leaf. 

 

Believe it or not, the internet savagery that u/nervousaccomplice74 received actually made him learn to listen to his stepson and realize that he was going through an incredible amount of change during an already difficult stage of life. Who would have thought that the AITA community could do some good in the world, or that this guy would have the capability to look inward and reflect rather than turn a blind eye to what people were saying? What a 180 to have witnessed. Am I about to cry right now? Who's to say?

 

Keep scrolling below for the original post followed by the update and some new comments. For more stories like this, here's a funny one about a student who was forced to write a fundraising letter to his grandparents.

'Yes, there is a storm coming. No, we will not be closing': Hypocrite boss forces employees to come to work during severe winter storm

We guarantee that this toxic boss will not show up to work... even though he literally went out of his way to pressure everyone else to go in. 

 

There are so many unprofessional moments within his message and unkept promises in this thread, which was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by one of his employees. That employee also revealed in the comments section that the promise of helping drive coworkers to work was obviously unrealistic (looks like Toxic Boss came up with a series of excuses to fulfill that end of the bargain). Furthermore, the fact that he warned employees to prepare themselves to be shoveling snow all day - which is certainly not part of their job descriptions - is just further incentive for these employees to band together and demand fair treatment or just straight up quit. Keep scrolling below to see the full messages and the comments from other Redditors.

 

For more, here's.another tale about a company that rejected an interview candidate and then asked for help mere months later.

 

Thumbnail photograph: John Waco, Jr. 

‘Get Me Who’s in Charge. You Won’t See a Cent of This Bill’ : Elitist Customer Demands Manager After Miscommunication, Server Loses Tip

Private events at restaurants are often riddled with miscommunications, false impressions, and rude guests/customers. One server took to Reddit, complaining about an entitled, elitist customer she'd come across at a sports event the restaurant she worked at, hosted. Organizers of such events generally relay important information to guests, but it usually lands on deaf ears. This was such a case. She was working with colored lanyards, so she knew which guests were to receive free refills on spirits.

Alas, you'll always find a Karen in the wild. In this situation, it was more of a Ken. This customer was aghast when he was handed a bill at the end of the night. What ensued was an awkward misunderstanding, a heck of a lot of yelling, entitled behavior, and zero tips for the server. Scroll down to read the infuriating detailed account below, as told by u/princesspriyaa.

When you're finished reading, check out this tale of malicious compliance, including the firing of an employee who just couldn't seem to follow company safety guidelines.

Top Worst Landlords of the Week (March 3, 2023)

Ah, landlords: you can't live without 'em! The following anecdotes serve as further proof that landlords really can make your life more difficult than you could ever imagine. Keep scrolling below to have a look at these horrifying tales. When you're finished, here are some top tales from your server!

20+ Coworker Memes of the Week for Understaffed Teams of Employees With One Foot Out the Door

It can be a struggle to find a workplace that has a satisfactory amount of employees on a team, AKA isn't severely understaffed. People need incentives to work, and a lot of the time, conditions are 'meh' at best — so why would people wanna send in resumes, let alone come to an interview? People don't get paid enough to deal with audacious customers. It seems fair employees would want proper compensation…

Gawking at the negative zeros in your bank account is mind-numbing. If we are to deal with pessimistic Karens all day, PAY US. Though we could also take a look at the glass half full. There are a few positives about work, one of them being your coworkers. Well, most of 'em. Some of them are known for doing nothing, and not working in the slightest, while others are known for the opposite. 

Scroll down for the funniest, most relatable coworker memes of the week. For last week's hilarious batch, click here.

'IT'S NOT A SIDEWALK': Neighborhood Karen makes wild group post about school kids walking on school property adjacent to her property

You know you've truly lost the plot when your crusty curmudgeonous ways evolve from "Get off my lawn!" into "Get off the area adjacent to my lawn!" Maybe—just—maybe… you shouldn't live next door to a school if you're this sensitive to the presence of children. 

This overwhelmed Karen posted to her neighborhood's community group to complain about the student's usage of the mulch strip as a sidewalk. At first, the post reads as if the kids are using areas of her property to traverse to and from school… but clarifying comments that were posted in response make it pretty clear that this is the area directly adjacent to her property. 

Keep reading to see the screenshots of this post, the ensuing exchange, and all the reactions. For more, check out this Karen, who tried to get an "excluding" adults-only private Valentine's Day party canceled because her kids weren't allowed to attend. 

'AITA for refusing to help my neighbor?': Snowy snafu turns entitled woman against wise neighbor

This guy wondered if he was in the wrong for trying to be a good neighbor to some folks who made a snap judgement about him.

 As the OP, u/goodneighbor123 wrote to r/AmItheA**hole, he and his family moved to Ontario, Canada, where the conditions are frosty cold. Since he's familiar with the weather conditions, he writes that he often puts his wife's windshield wipers up before a storm. Then, he strolls the neighborhood to where his five other neighbors live and puts their wipers up for them, just in case they forget. Typical "good neighbor" behavoir, right? Well, the new folks in town didn't take kindly to a stranger touching their property. 

After the OP got yelled at by these new people, he decided to just do exactly as they asked: get off their property and never touch their belongings again. When the neighbors then needed his help the literal next day, they were shocked to see that he was complying with what they said. You can't have it both ways! In the comments, some people advised the OP to not even interact with the family until they resolve the issue. 

Then, these sellers really thought they had hidden treasures in their homes, but the buyers of this random trash aren't so sure. 

'Your manager's job [...] is not your problem': Manager's job is at risk, asks employee to give up their promotion

Imagine getting a call from your boss asking for your promotion...

 

We certainly feel for this manager and their family as this company deals with impending layoffs. However, calling your employee and asking for them to keep their current position so that you can make a play at the promotion they were offered? That's wildly unprofessional and if anyone were to find out about this kind of conscious manipulation, that manager could very well be digging their own grave at this point. Sure, we empathize with their situation, but we are far more sympathetic toward their employee, who expressed their discomfort at the way this whole phone call went down. They shared their story via this thread on Reddit's r/TrueOffMyChest subreddit, and let's just say that people in the comments section were far less kind with regard to the manager's behavior than the Redditor was. 

 

Keep scrolling below to see what they had to say. When you're finished, here's another post about a Karen who ruined her own job interview by being rude to the receptionist.

'You need to stay until 1 a.m.': Exhausted fast food employee working 11 hours shames toxic manager and stands up for himself in front of all his coworkers, manager gives him the “silent treatment”

A company that rhymes with "Yaco Dell" has a strong cult following for its Tex-Mex menu items. People are obsessed with their speciality items—so obsessed that they forget the company is owned by one of the largest money-hungry corporations who fight to keep minimum wage as low as possible. So is it really that surprising that the management at "Yaco Dell," which is usually employeed by teenagers, is toxic?

An employee working as a new shift lead recently shamed their manager in front of all of his coworkers. They had already been working an 11-hour shift and were exhausted. It was a particularly busy day and their feet were on fire at this point. The manager approached them and told them (didn't ask them) that they had to stay several hours later then they were initially scheduled to. The employee was in no shape to do so and had no intention to, so he asked if they could discuss this in the office. The manager refused and told them to say whatever they wanted to right there in front of everyone. 

So they did, they told their manager exactly what they were thinking—that there is no way they are staying any extra hours and that if anyone should stay longer, in should be the management who has been working way less hours and can handle it. What is with managers thinking they can just add double duty to their employees like this one also did! Read the entire "Yaco Dell" employee epically standing up for themselves below. 

'50% salary decrease': New job cuts worker's pay by $30k shortly after recruiting them

Trick a worker into quitting their job and joining your organization, then they're well and truly trapped when you cut their pay by 50%… Talk about a cunning trap. That's exactly what this worker shared experiencing in a post shared to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit community. 

In a post titled '50% salary decrease…', they discussed the situation. "My new job just cut my salary by $30k, only a couple months into the job." the post begins, "I was making $65k, and now I'm making $35k LOL. They tried to gaslight me into thinking I wasn't experienced enough for the role, but that's BS because I was making $60k in a comparable role before taking on this job."

That sounds like a pretty rough situation, especially to go from earning $60k at the previous job to thinking you'll be earning $65k in the foreseeable future only to have the rug pulled out from under you and go to earning half your previous wage. This has to be illegal somehow; this employer has stolen this guy's entire life. Absolutely this guy shouldn't have signed the new contract, but what else would you do in that situation? The only thing he can really do is go crawling back to his old employer… This is why you don't burn bridges, folks.

If that wasn't an option, it's safe to say that you probably still wouldn't stay at that job for any longer than you had to. Still, the job application and interview process can take a painful amount of time and energy—especially when you're working a full-time job. 

 Readers let their thoughts be known in the comments, encouraging the worker to strike back at the employer by quitting with no notice as soon as they had found another job—others had even more out-the-gate suggestions.

Keep scrolling to see the screenshots of the original post. For more, 

Confounding Craigslist: 30 Online sellers who believe their trash is treasure

A plastic bag, a handful of rocks, and random scrap paper drawings are all among the items that people tried to sell on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace. Welcome to the weird and wacky world of online buying and selling. You can buy and sell just about anything, anywhere, and these people have taken that as a personal challenge! 

There are plenty of deals on Craigslist and Facebook Marketplace, but you have to be careful where you look. There seem to be quite a few sellers who overvalue their "gems," which look suspiciously like common everyday rocks. Then, there are the budding artists who may need to work on their technique a bit before charging the big bucks for their artistic visions. 

Next, this guy caused quite a stir in the r/HomeDepot subreddit — he asked if dogs really need to be allowed into home improvement stores, or if they're just souring the experience for customers and employees alike. 

'Stepmom was livid': Woman bakes deliciously petty revenge for her entitled stepmom's 50th birthday

Revenge is a dish best served Betty Crocker-style! Folks, this one has an epic climax. After being repeatedly insulted and targeted by her evil stepmother, this Redditor decided it was time to go for the pettiest of petty revenge plots. She shared her story via this thread on Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit. 

 

There are so many justified reasons for this woman's revenge plot. Let's start with the fact that her stepmom destroyed her future education and career aspirations by evicting her from her home at 18 years old. Then, there's the constant mockery of her ailing biological mother. Then there's the career mocking. Finally, after the Redditor found herself in a much happier place and working at a bakery, this stepmom had the audacity to insult her cake and then later request a cake of her own for her 50th birthday. Well, she set herself up for this one. The next step is for the Redditor to get revenge on her absent, doormat of a father.

 

For more stories like this, here's one about a receptionist's revenge on a Karen.

'A complete garbage person': Boss fires worker for stupid reason, worker ruins their marriage by revealing their affair with a coworker

An employee got ruthless revenge on their terrible boss when they ran into him in a bar, quickly bringing a certain end to the boss's marriage after revealing a long-standing affair that the boss had been having with a coworker.

Redditor and dejected employee u/NALORpod, posted this story to the r/pettyrevenge subreddit. The account details a series of events at his old workplace under his terrible boss.

u/NALORpod worked as a meatpacker… while his boss was busy packing his meat with the receptionist. u/NALORpod explains that he would often come into work for the afternoon shift and find that the receptionist, who was supposed to be running clock-ins, was in "locked door" meetings with the boss. He would take over the clock-in desk while she was absent before starting his work, sometimes getting foul looks from the boss when the pair finally left the office. u/NALORpod explains his philosophy on the situation as "Not my husband or wife. Not my problem."

We continue this dance of me covering her station and getting in trouble for it for a few weeks until an ice storm hit. u/NALORpod got fired for stupid reasons, leaving the desire for revenge burning.

Keep reading for screenshots of this story and the reactions. For more, check out this woman who got revenge on her cheating ex. 

‘Home improvement store or a dog park?’: Customer asks employees how they feel about dogs overtaking home improvement stores

It's become quite trendy in the United States to take your beloved pooches everywhere, to the annoyance of this customer who wanted to shop without dogs around. It does seem that people can take their dogs almost anywhere these days — into stores, cafes, restaurants, and so on. However, this customer is sick of seeing dogs at a place where they've historically been allowed to hang out – at home improvement stores. 

U/drcrankenstein took to the r/HomeDepot subreddit, usually reserved for posts from employees, to ask the workers what their thoughts were. While he got downvoted something fierce on some answers, employees seemed surprisingly mixed about their feelings toward our furry friends. 

Some absolutely love getting to pet dogs, as it improves their day. However, for others, they don't care for the messes and fights that dog owners bring to their stores. Not to mention people who have allergies or are afraid of dogs, there's just no escaping pets at these stores! The OP certainly has much to think about before their next trip to the home improvement store. 

Next, take a peek into the life of this hotel worker, who managed to get some exceptionally good revenge on a mean customer. 

'He was... gaming the system': Sneaky guest acts like a 'major jerk' until quick-thinking hotel employee gets pro revenge on him

This long-time hotel clerk was familiar with his employer's rules — and he got the chance to use them against one customer who was entitled and rude. 

As u/Ancient_Ice shared to r/ProRevenge, he worked at a hotel franchise for some time. One day, he happened to come in for his shift and saw his coworkers were upset over the way a guest treated them. Surely guests can be demanding and harsh, but apparently this guest went above and beyond by screaming at the young employees. Since he'd been working there for some time, the OP managed to get a little bit of information on this rude guest, and used the hotel's rules to his own advantage. Turns out this guest actually worked at another hotel, and wasn't even following the rules set by his own employer. 

Next, check out the surprising double update to this photographer's nightmare wedding, where she suddenly decided to delete every one of the pictures she'd snapped. 

'The sheer audacity': Company rejects interview candidate, then reaches out for unpaid help months later

There are so many red flags in this story that we lost count. Let's start with the fact that it's one thing for a company to reach out to a former employee for help or advice. However, it's another to reach out to someone they never hired - in fact, someone they fully rejected. And for unpaid advice nonetheless! The 'sheer audacity' is right!

 

This thread, which was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/Lumberjvvck, serves as yet another example of how many employers these days have no shame when it comes to ethics and boundaries. We haven't even addressed the fact that the Redditor is pretty certain that the person who reached out was the person who received the job offer. How did HR just blindly give away the Redditor's contact information? As we said earlier, there are too many red flags going on here. What's even more upsetting is that if you scroll through the comments below, it's remarkable how unremarkable this phenomenon is. Virtually everyone who commented had been through a similar experience. This company should learn to develop some class.

 

For more stories like this, here's another post about a poorly run company.

'Find those muffins!!': Karen customer demands nonexistent muffins, manager demands their procurement

Customers are easily the worst part of any customer service job, followed closely by arrogant unqualified managers. The two make a dynamic duo when you're unfortunate enough to endure them simultaneously. The Karen, an unstoppable force of rage and fury, and the manager, an unmovable brick wall of utter density. Like Batman and the Joker, they are eternally locked in an endless struggle—and you're stuck in the middle. (It's no wonder that, in these industries, you spend most of your time off just trying to recover from adrenal fatigue.)

Yes, customers are entitled and demanding, sometimes making demands for things that don't even actually exist. When this happens, your manager will probably get involved and tell them to jog on in the nicest way possible…. Unless your manager is Steve. See, Steve heard the phrase "The customer is always right." and decided to treat it as gospel. Whatever the customer wanted, Steve was going to give them, insisting that these mystery muffins be found. This set up a brilliant opportunity for malicious compliance. 

Keep reading for this story, as it was originally shared on Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance. For more, check out these workers who quit after their manager tried to write them up.

Snooping Karen makes teen cry after she alleges credit card 'fraud'

This woman decided to visit an expensive department store and spy on the other customers while they shopped. If only she had decided to mind her business, the internet wouldn't be roasting her! 

After a shopping incident, Karen felt justified to post to r/AmItheA**hole – she was so sure she was in the right, but she just wanted to be sure. As she explains the story, she went for a shopping trip in Bloomingdales, and noticed two teen girls who found a pair of super expensive boots, and decided to buy them. As Karen listened into their conversation, she decided that there was potential fraud afoot! These girls were planning on using a credit card belonging to one of the girls' father. Karen swooped in to stop these teenagers, without realizing that she was the a**hole in this situation. 

Scroll down to check out this OP's insane tale of Karen tomfoolery. Then, this neighborhood feud has gone on for years — and it finally escalated when one neighbor tattled to the police. 

35+ Top Relatable Pie Chart Fails Depicting Our Worst Habits

This one goes out to all the visual learners out there. We all know that sometimes, the only way to properly conceptualize something is with a visual aid. We've learned this from our school days. And yet, even as adults, there is something about a pie chart that makes our biggest daily fails all the more relatable and universal. At the same time, they can make our biggest daily fails all the more confronting. Talk about a double-edged sword!

 

Some of these charts address our greatest insecurities, our awkward social interactions, our dating lives (or lack thereof), our uncontrollable eating habits, our relationship with work, and even our relationship with ourselves. Who knew that a pie chart could convey so much with so little? Keep scrolling below to have a look at these pie chart fails. When you're finished, check out some more compilations like these gym fails and these airport memes.

'If I was the CEO I would decrease your wages': Demotivational Karen spills the results of employees' anonymous surveys

This department head is unbelievably out of touch with her employees. It seems like the more money people make in their jobs, the more they forget how hard it is to live on a low salary. This Head of Department Karen really hit a nerve with the employees working under her guidance. As she gave an employee update, she managed to say some truly baffling things to the call center team. 

U/peacesalaamz took to the r/talesfromcallcenters subreddit to share this story of their Head of Department, who decided to give her employees some "updates in what the company has improve[d] on for customers and employees." To Karen's surprise, an anonymous survey of the call center workers found that most of them were less than thrilled about their current salary. Instead of offering a raise or addressing the employees' concerns, this department head chose a different strategy. Read all about these wild Karen antics below. Then, check out these horrible roommates whose habits make them impossible to live with. 

Relatable Work Memes for Employees With a Permanent Case of the Mondays (February 28, 2023)

Going to work is undoubtedly the lamest necessary evil in our lives. Not only are you wasting 8 precious hours each day, but you're lining the pockets of some nepo-baby CEO who's only ever worked on his yacht racing 'career' and assembling his Burning Man looks. While your boss may have never worked a day in their life, you're all too familiar with the creaking sounds of the freeway when it's commuter traffic time, that feeling when you skip breakfast because you're running late to the office, and the solemn (yet hopeful) promise of getting your direct deposit notification every two weeks. Hang in there, buddy– the corporate cogs will always turn, it's best you don't get caught between them by sticking your neck out.

'I am quitting [...] effective immediately': Worker quits without notice after watching their coworkers being fired without notice.

Treat others how you would like to be treated: the golden rule. Regardless of your religious beliefs or affiliations, it stands to reason that this is a good principle to follow in order to build a moral foundation for one's actions. This "golden rule" or sometimes "ethic of reciprocity" appears universally throughout civilizations and cultures, dating back as far as 2000 BCE in Ancient Egypt. 

Despite its ubiquity in philosophy and religion, small business owners somehow seemed to have missed the memo, often expecting considerations from their workers that they themselves would never give to anyone. This brings us to a common problem regarding the 'trust fall' that is notice periods (and the act of giving notice in general) in the United States. With most of the US being employment at will, your employer could send you packing 20 seconds from now for whatever reason they desired, such as manifesting the failure of their business. So, when you go to give them your two-week notice, you might expect them to do the same in return, but they could take that notice and terminate your employment on the spot.

With this in mind, when an employer has proven that, when push comes to shove, they themself won't follow a notice period, you shouldn't either when leaving that business. (However, if an employer has shown you nothing but respect, it would be wise to treat them with the same.)

After watching two of their coworkers be let go without notice or warning, this worker knew that they were going to be saddled with the whole team's work and quickly made plans to make moves and get out of the toxic bakery where they worked. 

You might say, after all is bread and done, that the employer has found themselves in a shit show of their own baking. They'll knead to get on their hiring game to save themselves from disaster. 

 

 

 

'My roommate told me my Social Security number': 20+ Utterly unhinged roommate stories

Living in close quarters with someone forces you to be up close and personal with their messy rooms and weird habits. Lots of people have bad roommate stories — some can only be shared anonymously! While having a terrible roommate is awful at the time, it can result in some hilarious stories to tell your friends after the fact, as these people below know all too well. 

Communication is key when living with other people, but some of these bad roommates are terrible at it. There are reasons why certain ultra-specific rules get invented – just ask the "no Mr. Beast and chill" guy. Some women wrote that their roommates left gobs of hair in the shower, and one unfortunate soul got their toothbrush taken by their roomie! 

Scroll down to check out this latest batch of nightmare cohabitators. Then, in this article, 40 people shared their most scandalous unpopular opinions.