'The mom is starting to realize she may have overreacted': Family insists on immediate help for bee sting, dorm employee embarrasses them

We can't all be calm under pressure. It's especially difficult to be calm when you're also hurting, as u/ihatevegtables shared in a story to r/MaliciousCompliance. 

They recall the time they were working a college move out day. If you aren't familiar with the concept, that's when you're a student living in a dorm, and you have to move out at an assigned time at the end of the semester. You have to pack everything up — clothes, mini fridge, text books — and toss it in a big bin on wheels. If your dorm has an elevator, you will then stand and wait for the elevator for a very, very long time, as you and every other student on your dormitory floor try to get downstairs one at a time. Then, you have to haul your belongings to your car (or probably your parent's car, if we're being real), pack up, and leave. But now there's a line of cars, so you'll have to wait for that, too. 

So yeah, move in and move out days are always a tad stressful. At least there are employees who are usually very kind and friendly who can help guide the process along. This employee tried their best to help a woman who'd gotten stung by a bee. But clearly this woman was overreacting. The OP made sure she wasn't allergic, she literally just had a regular old bee sting. Those do hurt…but I don't know if all the hullabaloo was necessary just for that. 

After you scroll through this story, read about this boss who accidentally fired his employee, only for the employee to request 20x their salary to return to the workplace. 

'Team morale took an absolute nosedive': Company loses two largest clients after firing employee

If there is one thing worse than an annoying boss, it's an annoying coworker. This coworker in particular got promoted, presumably because they were related in some way or another to upper management. That wouldn't be so terrible if they had any work morale whatsoever. Ten years ago, OP was working in a company that did salary packaging. The service that the company offered was basically collecting mortgage statements, rental agreements, credit card bills etc., and then advising their clients' payroll department how much money could be given tax-free to each employee in their pay.

The company was pretty successful, and OP was a client favorite. One day, the company made a big mistake, hiring a woman we'll call 'Rachel', who, according to OP, was awful at her job. OP had no clue how she had managed to snag a role but was further surprised when she actually got promoted. From then on, things just kept on going downhill. Finally, the operations manager called a meeting with OP and the other employees, who didn't exactly shy away from telling their boss all about Rachel and her lack of work ethic.

Even though they were promised that the meeting was a 'safe space', it clearly wasn't, as things that were bad, became unbearable. OP was written up for any and everything, and they quickly realized what was going on. Scroll down to read what happened next. Furthermore, this resident got even with their neighbor who kept leaving their garbage in his trash can.

'Karen got blasted by multiple Senior Managers': Nepo-hire Karen boss refuses to let worker take bereavement leave, they go over her head

It's no surprise that someone who isn't qualified for their management position might not be very good at doing it—what's surprising is the vigor that these people display when doing petty and cruel things to their subordinates, wielding and abusing every last shred of stupid power they have with enthusiasm. 

At least in functional organizations, there are checks and balances to the abuse of power in the form of HR departments and upper managers who at least have an interest in reducing the organization's liabilities.

This delegate shared their experience of handling a nepo-hire boss, who refused to let another worker, Max, take their bereavement leave, repeatedly insisting that the worker provide evidence of their grandmother's untimely demise. When the delegate pointed out to the boss that the organization hadn't been following or recording Max's leave property, which according to their contract, meant that they couldn't be stopped from taking bereavement, the boss still refused to relent. It was time to go over her head—luckily, an upcoming meeting with the company's executives would set things right.

Read on for the delegate's tale of malicious compliance, originally shared with the popular Reddit sub of the same name.

'Well, howdy doody and yee-haw': A memein' good roundup of rootin-tootin funny cowboyin' memes from this week

Blame it on our roots, we came in with our joots. If you don't know what joots are, they are boots made from jeans. Only true blue memein' cowboys would understand that. The kind of cowboys that go "yee-haw!" at the sight of a funny jab from the wild wild web. Oh, what happened to smack my grits and call me gravy? Nah, pardnor. We're more of a lasso my memes, and call me a cackle. We ain't your typical rootin' tootin' funny folk, we're expert meme farmers. Or should we say ranchers? Heck, I'd say memes are livestock, so maybe we are ranchers. Just a coupla internet ranchers tryna make it famous in the meme rodeo. Believe us, this ain't our first rodeo. This ain't even our 100th. We've been rodeoing memes since we were kids. That's right. Those kids who would put emo music lyrics as their away message on AIM are now the cowboys, cowgirls, and cowtheys running the show here. Hope you have a good rootin' tootin' time below. 

'I was just trying to help!': Coworker tries to hijack couple's wedding by doing all the planning, bride shuts it down

There are certain people in life who enjoy inserting themselves into situations where they are clearly not wanted. This coworker was invited to the Redditor and his wife's wedding as a courtesy, but she decided that it was important to her to assist in the planning despite not taking into account the tastes of the bride and groom. She honestly sounds like an absolute nightmare to deal with.

 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/EntitledPeople subreddit by u/Nachtjaeger68, and let's just say that this bride was quick to shut this annoying coworker down. Thankfully, the bride and groom were able to have the exact simple, corny wedding they wanted despite the efforts of this lonely, intrusive, "wedding planning" coworker. It turns out that the coworker did get emotional when she was told to back off, pleading that she was only trying to help. The reality is that she really wasn't. She was merely inserting herself and making this entire event about her to fulfill some sort of inner desire. It's giving Rose Byrne's character from Bridesmaids, is it not?

 

When we say that the bride and groom's ceremony and reception were corny events, we mean it. We're talking lots of science fiction and D&D fans were present at the venue, and there were enough weird moments to please all of them. The only person who wasn't pleased at the end of the day was the entitled coworker, who at this point simply did not deserve to be validated.

 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section below. For more, check out this post about a partner who got some glittery petty revenge on her cheating ex.

'My old boss asked if I might have a copy of their entire company's directory': Employee laid off then asked to recover important documents a year later

Can you imagine having this much leverage and not using it to your advantage? It's almost as crazy as a company not keeping any records of important documentation like their entire directory before laying off most of the company. Oh, wait… both of those scenarios are happening here. 

 

This Redditor was laid off about a year ago in a very unceremonious fashion. Essentially, most of the company was laid off at once with 30 minutes' notice at the end of a work day. It doesn't get much more savage than that. But there's more…

 

About a year later, OP heard back from their former boss who realized that OP was the only person who could potentially recover records of the company directory since they worked as the compliance officer there. It turns out they didn't keep any records of their own, and now they need proof of compliance in the new state where the company is now headquartered. 

 

Hopefully, if OP listens to the feedback from folks in the comments section below, they will use this opportunity to their advantage and will ensure that they are paid handsomely for recovering this important information. After all, their former boss is going to have to comply with OP's wishes. They need this documentation in order to continue as a company in an official capacity. 

 

Imagine if you were in this position with a former boss of yours who ruthlessly laid you off. It just goes to show that someone you think you may not need in a given moment could be the very person you do need in the next moment. For more content like this, here's a post about an employee who was asked to deduct money from their paycheck in order to be a "team player."

Update: 'Don't start a meeting by ending the meeting': Employee demands 20x their pay after boss accidentally fires them

This boss tried to bluff, only for their employee to call them out on it. While things didn't go to plan for the boss, their employee, u/exie610, got some amazing revenge. 

Some managers have no respect for individual jobs. Instead, they'll insist that alongside your own job, you can also do the work of four or five other people. Why do one job excellently when you can do five jobs badly? At some companies, things are always run this way, either because the boss is a penny pincher, or because management is fine with having a high turnover rate. No one likes to feel undervalued and overworked, but if the money is right, some people will put up with it. 

This person had a critical role at this company — they were responsible for accounts receivable and the customer database, a job that they often did remotely. The OP admits that they automated some parts of the role just because they could, making their job super easy while also completing the tasks of numerous people. Then one day, their boss tried to threaten their job. Unfortunately for the boss, he did such a horrible job of "motivating" his employee that he fired them moments into their meeting. Instead of inspiring his employee to work harder, he now had a former employee with no interest in going back to the way things were before. 

Check out this excellent malicious compliance story below. Then, this woman couldn't stop complaining about her key card, so the manager "fixed" it for her. 

'I quit on the same day': Worker quits on their first day after spotting multiple red flags at their new job

This story will be familiar to anyone who has worked in service or retail, with both entire industries being plagued by employers who require you to show up early—without being paid for it—or finish tasks after closing after being automatically clocked out when the doors locked. Managing these businesses isn't much better, earning only moderately better pay while being made to work more unpaid hours that actually pushes your earning back down to (or below) minimum wage.

Combine this with chronic understaffing—to the point where workers are often forced to skip breaks out of necessity—and it's no surprise that there are a lot of people working these jobs who are completely burned out. 

That's not to say that every location or every employer is like this—so it's not easy to see the signs and red flags during the interview—but the cracks usually become readily apparent as soon as you start if you know what you're looking for. 

This worker began to notice some bad signs at their new job when their coworkers referenced coming in early to ease the workload and skipping their breaks as if it was normal. They decided to call it and called it quits on their first day.

See their story below, originally shared with an online workplace discussion community. Next, see this worker who was fired after giving her notice while her employer also torpedoed her new role. 

'I felt like I was on a prank show': Waitress and manager insist customer needs to pay for meal for a random stranger

Have you ever been in a situation so bizarre you were sure there must be TV cameras somewhere nearby? This bewildered customer recently had that experience, and it has commenters in a tizzy trying to figure out what was going on. 

In an era of constant content, pranks are a popular way to make videos cheaply and easily. Even if they're not from official TV shows, you could run into TikTokers or other content creators who want a few quick reactions. That's even worse, in my opinion, because at least TV prank shows or movies have standards they hold themselves to. With the rise of social media, it feels like there's no place on Earth you can go without running the risk of being recorded. This person was aware of that when they went out to eat and had the most outrageous dining experience of their life. 

Would you pay for a random strangers' meal? I think for most people, the answer would be no, unless the person's meal was really cheap, or if the person seemed like they were in dire need of the meal. Even then, a lot of people would also claim it's not their responsibility to feed some random stranger a meal at a dining establishment. This person didn't ask if they could dine on someone else's' tab, they just assumed it would be okay. I hope the OP does leave a bad Yelp review for this manager and waitress — they have to warn future diners not to get caught up in the same messy scenario. 

Next up, these people shared their personal "craziest day at work" stories, like one dude who witnessed a coworker toss a printer right through a window. 

'She stormed out without paying’: Hotel guest leaves without paying after front desk employee refuses to give her a refund

Employees in customer service should be paid considerably more for the number of things they have to put up with on a daily basis… and minimum wage just isn't cutting it anymore. In this case, OP was working the front desk of a hotel, and described her experience with a Karen guest as the worst she'd ever had, and that's saying a lot, considering OP has been in the business for over seven years. This particular lady's arrogance outweighed anything that OP had ever encountered.

Throughout Karen's stay, she found endless things to complain about. And at the end, when the time to pay finally arrived, Karen decided it was beneath her to pay for the service the hotel had provided, including her room. Karen told OP that she was not going to pay, under any circumstances. Then she stormed out. Scroll down to read what happened next.

For more, here are some rowdy customers who attempted to get their waiter fired after he laughed at their demands.

'Can I tell my job the REAL reason why I’m leaving?': Man is ready to quit thanks to his wildly difficult new boss

One of the biggest questions people ask themselves when they're getting ready to part ways with the job is whether or not they should be honest about their reasons for leaving. Sometimes, you gain a great sense of catharsis by laying it all out on the line. Breaking down your grievances to your management team before walking away gives you the chance to get everything off your chest and bare your soul with brutal honesty. 

But if you don't talk about your reasons for leaving, you definitely won't be burning any bridges. Without a burnt bridge, it's possible for you to return to that particular job in the future if things ever desperately need to. One man took to Reddit to ask the world whether or not he should explain his real reason for leaving his job. 

Ultimately, he's decided to put in his notice because the new boss he's been placed under has him doing the job of five people, working during his approved vacation time, and taking advantage of him in the most disrespectful ways. According to him, there's no way he'll stick around — regardless of any amount of money they might offer. 

Sometimes, when you're done you're done. Redditors who responded in the thread are encouraging him to stay at the job while putting in minimal effort so he can continue getting paid. Others are encouraging him to quit in hopes that he'll receive a severance package. Others are frustrated with him for agreeing to go along with some of his new boss's disrespectful requests in the first place.

'Interviewer can't handle the truth': Dude gets denied employment after being brutally honest in an interview

When you've been stuck in the interview process for too long, it starts to get exhausting. Slapping a new smile on everyday, answering the same 3 questions, and thinking of how to spin your greatest weaknesses into positive, work-related gibberish feels futile. Sorry Patricia, my greatest weakness is not my overly strong work ethic… my weakness is an entire box of Little Debbie Shortcake Rolls. After a while, it's irresistible to throw a little spice into an interview just to shake things up and see how it goes. In this case, one man had grown tired with the dull interviewing process and in order to satiate the ravenous appetite of a recruiter, he reluctantly agreed to do an interview with a company he didn't care for. 

Because of his blasé approach, OP found himself in a bit of a pickle, lackadaisically wandering into an employment trap and turning a simple question into lecture. Scroll for the full story of how one man showed his true colors to an interviewer after they asked him the driest, most boring question out there: "Why do you want this job?" …Cue the snarky, brutally honest response. After this, check out this story of a guy whose witty cleverness was actually rewarded when he used sarcasm to get out of an exorbitant hospital bill. 

'He wouldn't stop singing Hamilton': Top 30 Funniest Reasons People Dumped Their Exes

Sometimes in relationships, things don't work out for bizarre reasons. We've all been in situations where we've been dumped unfairly (at least I hope we've all been there). But every so often you find yourself in a position where you have to be the person who breaks things off. At first, you're shocked. You've always been in the other role, so this is completely new to you. You're consumed with conflicting ideas about how to go about this, what you would like to hear if the roles were reversed, what needs to be said, and what definitely does not need to be said. You may even arrive at a place where you're considering staying with the other person because you're not a confrontational person and staying would just be easier. Thankfully, you think again and you realize that despite your issues with confrontation, this next step is absolutely necessary.

 

So you force yourself to break up with your partner. It's not an easy thing to do, and they probably didn't take it well (can you blame them?). But even if the reason behind the breakup seems so incredibly singular and unique, we guarantee you that it is not as weird as some of the reasons you'll find below. These reasons include strange similarities between your boyfriend and your father, ridiculous disagreements about the shape of the earth, and even conflicts over what kinds of food they will eat.

 

Keep scrolling below for this list of reasons why people dumped their exes. When you're finished, feel free to take a look at this list of text messages people should not have sent.

'For five seconds, I thought this was a T-Rex': 20+ Peculiar photos with confusing perspectives

Photography can be so much fun for amateurs and professionals alike. These days, almost everybody has an iPhone, meaning you have a super high-quality camera in your pocket all the time. It's never been easier to capture snapshots of the world we see around us.

These people below caught some really cool photos, whether intentional or not. They're the kind of pictures that make you pause for a moment and stare at it as you try and figure out what in the world is going on! 

The best of these photos are the ones involving animals. They never know what's going on anyway, and they're content to laze around all day, as they should. Except for the cat who looks like she's sitting on a highway: she's a working animal on patrol, obviously. 

Scroll down to check out these cool photos. Then, on her boss's day off, this employee managed to automate their boss's whole entire job!

'Why are you so short and snippy?': Employee with sick parent reprimanded for being in a bad mood at work

One simply can't be happy-go-lucky at work all the time. It's not realistic, it's not truthful, it's not honest. And aren't we meant to be all those things in the workplace? As we all know, life comes with its ups and downs, and the realities of adulthood often involve a balancing act that can at times feel like too much to take on at once. 

 

This Redditor understands this concept all too well, as they were dealing with their ailing mother while trying to get through the work day five days a week. It got to the point that OP could barely perform a collected calm and started to get a bit abrasive at work. Everyone was informed of what was going on in their personal life, yet they continued to poke and prod. Eventually, OP was asked to go into a meeting with their superiors, who reprimanded them for being a curmudgeon. They showed no sympathy for what they were going through and even had the audacity to ask for their mother's estimated "expiration date" to prepare for the interrupted workflow. Seriously? Does it get more insulting than that? They were essentially treating OP's mother like a work conflict and nothing more. 

 

Thankfully, folks in the comments section were generous and thoughtful, which ultimately makes this a more wholesome read. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions. When you're finished, here's another story about an employee who was asked to deduct money from their paycheck.

‘Everyone left the company on my first day’: New hire gets left in charge of IT systems after everyone quits

When getting hired by a company, the last thing you'd imagine to happen would be everyone leaving on your first day. But that's what happened to u/mTbzz, who was hired as a sysadmin. This company was using some pretty obscure software from IBM, so OP was walked through it. He even met the other 2 senior sysadmins and they had a good talk about experiences and the job. The next day OP found out that all three of these people would no longer be working at the company, and he was left with systems he didn't know how to maneuver, with no accounts, and no manual.

The absurdity doesn't end there… OP was told that he must call ISP to negotiate a new deal and switch their internet company in order to save money. This was never in OP's job description, and OP promptly told his boss that they should request that someone else do it. Tough luck, as OP's boss didn't give in. Scroll down to continue reading about the unraveling of events.

For more, here are customers who attempted to get their waiter fired after he laughed at their requests.

'It was tense when she walked in': Rude Karen pretends to be friends with the District Manager, gets put in her place when he shows up

Work in any customer-facing role, and at some point, you're bound to encounter someone demanding special treatment because they're friends with the owners or some other upper manager. Nine times out of ten, these people are absolutely full of it, and mentioning their name to the owner or manager at a later date will be met with an eye roll, facepalm, or "Who?" No, this person isn't their friend; in some cases, they might be a mutual acquaintance, but what kind of friend would go into their friend's business, be rude to staff, and demand free or discounted items? 

Sure, there are probably some jerk owners with jerk friends who treat staff poorly. This means it can often be hard to know when to comply with the "friend's" demands—to avoid being personally named in a complaint from someone who could be their closest mate—and when to shut it down.

When this entitled customer repeatedly treated staff at this chain restaurant poorly, name-dropping the district manager as if they were a close friend, they had the staff—who were worried about keeping their jobs—on a hook. It wasn't until the District Manager himself addressed the situation that her deceit was revealed—they were mere acquaintances and, even then, only through their kid's school.

Next, see this customer who left a 1-star review for a bike shop after they helped him for free.

'[My] software was the heart of the company': New management gets what they deserve after firing the IT guy who created their workflow software; he deletes the program on his way out

When you become the cornerstone of a company, it's unfathomable that management could ever fire you. In this case, a man who worked hard to become the heart and soul of a warehouse distribution company, was completely hoodwinked when management gave him the boot. OP had worked with the company for several years, cementing himself as a critical piece of the company's work flow. He took this a step further when he literally coded and created a new software (which was mobile AND desktop compatible) that allowed communication between the sales team and warehouse team to be seamless. With multiple gold stars on his lapel, OP felt invincible… That is, until new management came along. 

OP's old boss was fixin' to retire and when he did so, a new haughty manager came in and stomped all over the playground, beating his chest like a red-faced bully to assert himself over his new lackeys. Keep on scrolling to read about how one simple malicious compliance set this company aflame when the new manager overstepped his boundaries and stepped on OP's toes. In this tale you'll find treachery, villainy, and a climactic end to one man's career in the warehouse. 

For more employees who lit the company on fire just before walking out the front door, check out this story of a guy who hid all of the company's keys after turning in his resignation. 

Funniest Dating App Flops That Hit Rock Bottom

There are bound to be misunderstandings via text messages, especially between yourself and a stranger. On Tinder, your first sentence is often your last, as you get unmatched because some people didn't get your sense of humor. It's like walking on eggshells, you never know when one might crack. There are plenty of other issues when meeting someone you've only spoken to over text for the first time. More often than not, people don't look exactly like their photos.

Yeah, people think it's okay to upload a photo of themselves from 10 years ago… if you're that person, just… why? You know that when you meet the person in real life they'll catch on that you are no longer in your early twenties, and that it's okay, right? Oh well, we've all got our struggles. Some of these struggles are pretty funny, and you can find a whole bunch of them below, so scroll down and check it out. Then, here is an employee who closed the largest deal in his company, and then got fired anyway.

'The door closed and locked behind me': Delivery driver refuses to hold elevator for guy, guy locks them out of their office

It's always frustrating when someone refuses to uphold the most basic common courtesies. We're all in this together—well, at least we should be—so showing basic courtesy is the very least that you can do, even to a complete stranger. It's small acts of kindness like this and reciprocity that make society tick; should you refuse to participate, you might find the karmic pendulum swinging right back at you.

When this office worker witnessed a delivery driver getting into the elevator at his office, he was just a few steps behind; the delivery driver turned around in the elevator and made direct eye contact with the worker; the driver then proceeded to allow the doors to close in dramatic fashion just in front of the worker. The worker was, luckily, able to get to the next elevator up to their floor. To their surprise, their elevator actually managed to beat the delivery driver, who must have been delivering to their floor. The door to their office was locked, requiring a key card to enter; the worker allowed the door to lock behind them—just in front of the delivery driver—repaying the driver for their lack of courtesy with a delightfully inconvenient act of karmic revenge. 

'Can we have a female bartender': Top 10 Tales From Your Server This Week (July 28, 2023)

It's time to pay our respects to those who are living the server life. This week, we have a wide variety of restaurant and bartending fiascos, all of which were compiled from Reddit's r/TalesFromYourServer subreddit. Some of these stories include rude customers who insisted that they be served by a female bartender, a server who had to deal with a table full of influencers, a wholesome story of a Karen who actually learned her lesson and apologized, and even a mature hostess at a Hooters-esque establishment. 

 

If these tales serve any moral purpose in this world, hopefully, they will inspire you to tip generously the next time you see an overworked server struggling to juggle way too many tables and customers at once. Not only do these servers deserve a generous tip, but also they're most likely wildly underpaid and undervalued by their bosses and customers. If you have been in their shoes before, you'll certainly understand what it is that they're going through on the job. If you haven't been in their shoes before, consider their experience and try to make their shifts easier before you ask to send your food back to the kitchen a third time. 

 

Keep scrolling below for this week's collection of server tales. For more content like this, here are some top wholesome pickup lines!

'When he held out his hand for change, I dropped it on the counter': 20+ Cashiers who got the pettiest payback on their customers

Don't underestimate the pettiness of these fed-up workers. You'd be acting petty too if customers treated you the same way. 

Cashiers work so hard for so little recognition. If I was running things, all cashiers would be allowed to sit down, they'd be allowed to talk back to rude customers, and they'd all be paid at least $1 million per year. In reality, though, cashiers have to deal with the grouchiest customers one after another for minimum wage (and no sitting down either). You can only handle so many mean customers before you start to snap…so these cashiers shared the quietly petty things they do to get back at their worst customers. 

Check out the prompt question from u/ItsMePeyt0n below, followed by lots of great suggestions for the next time a customer drops a handful of change on the counter, expecting you to scoop it up. I never knew there were so many cashiers who had no problem smushing a package of bread flat, or pressing their thumb on the scale while weighing the veggies of rude customers. It's the little things that matter. 

After you scroll down to read the responses (as well as one person's amazing "balloon Karen" story!), check out this professor who enrolled his own grandma in his class to spite the university he taught at. 

'Having a window is "above my position"': Boss freaks out on office worker for moving desks to one that's too good for them

People will gatekeep the most insanely petty things in order to feel even a semblance of purpose and power. Name a hobby, sport, community, or industry—and I promise you that there are a number of people there who will make it as challenging as possible for you to join, contribute, or succeed in a way that they perceive might threaten their supposed authority. 

We're territorial beasts, after all, with many of us being fueled by our ego's lust for significance, prominence, and recognition. Consistent and daunting reminders that we're a single fish in an entire ocean drives us to hunker down and carve off even the smallest slice in the smallest community for ourselves in order to preserve that special feeling we got from our parents growing up.

Once we've claimed this small privilege or position, the easiest way to keep other fish from growing legs and climbing the ladder we've just climbed is to pull it up behind you—or guard it as ferociously as possible—with whatever means necessary—to ensure that you keep your super cool fishy spot.

Fish and ladders aside, this happens frequently in workplaces, with workers ferociously guarding their tasks and special privileges or order to keep others from getting those same privileges. 

It turns out even the spot you're working from is a guarded territory, and don't you claim too nice of a spot for else, or else one of your gatekeeping coworkers might message your gatekeeping boss to let them know that you had the audacity to work next to a window. If having a window above your position is "above your position,"—it might be time to find other work.

Read on for this worker's account of events that they shared with a popular online community for workplace issues. 

Next, see this worker whose boss contacted their wife's phone repeatedly when they called off work.

Keep swimming, little fishes. 

'You told me to sort this out myself, this is me sorting this out': Construction boss forced to move one ton of sand after he refuses to update his phone number

After moving to a new country, this dude kept getting phone calls from random callers. These days, most of us get a few random calls a day, but our phone often lets us know they're robo calls. That way, we don't have to answer them and talk to a robot or someone trying to steal our life savings. 

However, this person had a more complex situation on their hands. They got a new phone number, but the previous person who'd had that number didn't bother to tell his clients about the number change. This was no issue for the previous guy. But it was driving the OP, u/fin008, up a wall. They were getting calls all the time, and had to constantly explain that they were not a construction company. Did the callers understand and accept this answer graciously? No, no they did not. Instead, they were super rude to the OP. One day, the OP decided to just let karma take care of the situation, resulting in calamity for the previous phone number owner. 

Up next, this hotel clerk shared a saga of a crabby guest and her cousin who decided they wanted the clerk to get fired. 

‘They called corporate': Customers try to get waiter fired after he laughs at their demands

Customers are not your friends, and this case makes that perfectly clear. They stomp loudly into your restaurant, noses up in the air, demands rolling off their tongue. If you can't give them your full, undivided attention for the entirety of the time they are there, then what are you even doing with your life? OP was serving a table who came in with a rude attitude and continuously made his life hard with their special requests. 

One of the customers at the table demanded OP get his food 'right now'. OP let out a nervous laugh, which set them all off. The customers demanded to speak to the manager, saying OP sucked and they wanted a different waiter.

Then after they left, they called corporate head office, trying to get OP fired because he was 'so rude'. These people should take a look in the mirror every once in a while. Below you'll find the full, detailed account of events. Then, an employee got his boss fired after being promoted her over.

20+ Misleading packaging and items that overpromised and failed to deliver

Managing people's expectations is one of the most important parts of any communication around service delivery. The last thing you want to do is overpromise and then not deliver on the expectations that you have set for yourself. Underdelivering on expectations will always end up with people being disappointed—regardless of if it's a business or personal relationship. It's far easier to set realistic expectations in the first place and then win them over when you exceed that just-average level of delivery they were expecting.

It's kind of like misrepresenting yourself on a dating app; if your profile is too good, you may get more matches, but then, when you meet in person, they're always going to feel at least a mild twinge of disappointment. Whereas if you were to set a profile that accurately represents you in the first place, your matches are going to be happy, relieved even, that you're the person they were expecting.

And that is a great example of how these items misrepresented what was in store for consumers; they're the catfishes of the packaging world.

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'Have fun making 180 extra large pizzas': Pizza employee processes prank call orders to get back at boss

After this employee hung up on a potential customer, their boss decided to implement new rules. Did these new rules involve common sense? Not at all. 

Teenagers have been making prank calls since the dawn of time; it's a right of passage to call up an establishment and ask them if their fridge is running. The OP writes that they got so many prank calls each day while working at a pizza restaurant that they got sick of hearing them. So they started hanging up on people who were asking for "boneless pizza" or asking, "Is this the Krusty Krab?" Unfortunately for the OP, they encountered a serious customer, and treated them like a prankster, which really annoyed that customer. So the OP's boss came up with a foolproof plan: simply treat every phone call as if it's a serious order. 

As people in the comments discussed, it's not easy making rules as a boss. You have to know that your employees will break these rules or make mistakes — or in this person's case, take the rules way too literally. I'm sure the boss learned a lesson, but not before the OP got to prove their point. 

Speaking of malicious delicious compliance, these deli workers sliced cheese all night long to prove their boss wrong. 

'Walked out of an interview today': Interviewer low-balls EMT with $14/hr rate, rejects counteroffer and goes even lower, EMT walks out

$14/hr for a medical professional whose job is saving other people's lives? If that's not cause for concern, I don't know what is. If that's not a sign that we have a major problem paying people properly, I don't know what is. If that's not reason enough to walk out of the interview… say it with me, everyone: I don't know what is!

 

This thread was shared to Reddit by u/JodieBella, who had been working as a medical assistant making about $27/hour but wanted to get back into being a first responder. Clearly, she was not expecting what transpired during the interview, especially since the job posting specifically listed the salary range as $17-23/hr. Of course, this means accepting a rate of $23/hr and nothing less, especially since this Redditor already seems to have done this work in the past. She's experienced. She deserves the highest end of the range (and honestly, based on much of the feedback in the comments section below, considerably more than that amount).

 

But here's what happened when the interview officially began. The interviewer offered an embarrassingly low rate of $14/hr despite the range that was posted online. He seemed completely unbothered by that shady change. When OP gave a counteroffer of $16/hr (we believe she should have stuck with $23 for negotiating purposes), the interviewer went even lower and made a final offer of $13.75/hr. That was the final straw for OP (thank goodness!) and she walked out right then and there. We all know she would be paid better working retail, and this is someone who is saving lives! Ridiculous!

 

For more stories like this, here's one about an employee who pressured their boss into coughing up money for a well-deserved raise. 

'They blew up her phone at work': Boss repeatedly calls worker's wife when he calls out due to family emergency

Your emergency contact is intended to be just that—for emergencies. Its intended purpose really isn't so that your boss and coworkers can call and tell on you for playing hookey from work like they're a teacher reaching out to an unruly child's parent. 

'He thought we could increase productivity': Boss asks employee to run overtime math, then completely ignores calculations

When it comes to their boss's odd behavior, this person writes that they "just figured it out" after five years. 

As a manager, you have tons of responsibilities. It's can be a lot of pressure — you have to answer to your own bosses while managing a bunch of people. You have to know how to prioritize, picking the most important tasks and getting to those first. And you also have to be cautious what you say to the employees who work underneath you. 

In the comments, several people noted that as a manager, sometimes you have to do things that would be impossible to explain to your team. It might not always make sense to them right away, but maybe years down the line they'll understand. And, as many employees know, not every manager has your back. You may never know what your boss was really planning, unlike this person.

This OP shared a tale to the r/MaliciousCompliance community — and as they write, it took them five years to realize their boss was using them for malicious compliance purposes. Check out the entire story below. Up next, this boss cut weekend hours, causing chaos — then got upset when her boss yelled at her, and decided to get HR involved.