'We've decided we can't meet your expectations': Unreasonable haggler who demands a $3,000 discount hassles car dealers

"Tom was a royal PITA from the start," lamented a fed-up car dealer, sharing the story of a nightmare customer. 

Car dealers have a reputation for being shady characters who want to sell you the finest car with lots of upgrades you don't need. They can sweet-talk you into buying warranties you don't need or features that will add four more digits onto your new ride. But this person is telling a story from the car dealer's point of view, and their struggles trying to make a deal with a customer who just would not cooperate at any stage of the process. 

The OP, u/ImbambiB****, told their tale to r/pettyrevenge. It seems that "Tom," the customer, was hoping to buy a specific type of vehicle that was very popular at the time. The OP writes that their dealership actually had a great deal going on, and knew the car would go fast. That didn't seem to matter at all to this crabby customer, who insisted on plopping down in the OP's office and refusing to make a deal. At least this dealer got some sweet revenge on the customer! Keep scrolling to see the whole story. 

Up next, this teenager accused their history teacher of claiming they were cheating on an assignment with AI…but this student insists they never cheated. 

'I felt embarrassed afterwards knowing I might get fired': Employee texts their entire company in a group chat

This deli worked wondered, "AITA for speaking up about a bad employer?" and they didn't exactly get the answer they were looking for. U/jackjack_d3mon wrote to the subreddit in order to gain some other opinions on something they'd just done, and pretty quickly regretted. 

As the OP wrote, they had some serious concerns about their workplace, a deli where they work closing shifts. Some of their concerns are that one employee disregards what management says in order to "be a leader." The OP also mentions that there are health and safety concerns that bother them: some employees are slicing meat using the wrong machine, or bringing in food items and beverages that they weren't supposed to.

However, this employee doesn't seem too experienced in the ways of workplace politics. They chose to air all their grievances to every employee at once! In the group chat, they wrote a message and hit send, only to regret it immediately. 

Then, this guy has been plagued by his neighbors and their children, and is completely unsure how to deal with their doorbell-ringing antics. 

‘No takesies backsies’: College roommate installs a stripper pole in the living room, refuses to move it for normal furniture

Dealing with a roommate can sometimes be the most difficult part of navigating college life. On top of that, you're constantly battling internal struggles like taking the right classes for your major, eating enough dinner before hitting the bars, and the tried and true favorite– grappling with the daily pressures of putting a stripper pole in your living room. 

Like all college kids, when you're young and dumb and finally able to make autonomous home decor decisions for yourself, the stripper pole installation is almost always on the top of your list. For some reason, the s3xually charged, rebellious nature of the pole is what draws people in, but it's seldom considered as a flamboyant burden to the rest of the house. One college girl living with her two best friends found out the hard way exactly how inconvenient a vertical pole in your living space really is. 

u/lavenderloverr, a third year in college, had just moved in with her closest friends. They had a house with a living room and were excited to remodel it to their liking. Before having any furniture in place, Lavender asked her roomies if she could install a stripper pole in the middle as a new exercise/hobby piece and they heartily agreed. Like any 20 year old would, they agreed before really understanding the consequences. 

After a short couple of weeks, the girls started wishing they had a real living room with actual furniture– ie: a couch, a TV, and maybe a coffee table– like real adults. Lavender wasn't about to let their initial support of her stripper pole go to waste, so when they asked her to move it to another corner, she refused. When OP stood her ground and threatened the others, her roommates called her bluff and went straight to the landlord, ratting her out for installing a pole in the room and now the girls friendship is on the rocks. 

There are definitely going to be some passive aggressive Post-it notes left on the fridge this semester…

'Anyone can do it, but...': Job candidate boldly calls out CEO's unrealistic expectations for role

Interviewing for a new job can be tough, especially when the employer has unreasonable expectations about the job they're hiring for. Common examples of this will be wildly unmatched desired levels of experience versus compensation on offer or an advertised position that has just too many duties for one person to reasonably attend to. 

This usually means that the job is a non-starter and not worth pursuing. The employer is constantly going to be disappointed by the tasks that aren't being completed, and you're either going to be overworked or incredibly disappointed with your compensation. 

This candidate decided, instead, to say it how it was, calling the CEO out for the unrealistic expectations of the role they were applying for. This started the text conversation (shared below) between the candidate (blue) and CEO (grey), with the CEO not taking well to being questioned.

Keep reading to view the exchange; the post starts with screenshots of the exchange, followed by some context about the situation from the candidate. Next, check out this young worker who shared her nightmare interview experience with the CEO of a company.

'Also, I quit': Boss pretends they didn't approve worker's leave and demands they come in, worker quits in viral post

The leave approval process exists for one reason and one reason only: To ensure that workers have a proper guarantee and assurance that they will be able to be absent on the submitted dates before spending money and making social commitments. It's a rather simple process, black and white, really; can the employee take leave or not? Yes or no? 

Well, this manager decided to introduce a whopping massive grey area into the middle of "Yes" or "No" by first saying yes, before forgetting they had approved the leave, and then doubling down and demanding the worker show up once they had been adequately proven wrong.

All of this led to the worker quitting on the spot, leaving the manager even more shorthanded than before. The worker then took to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit to share screenshots of the messages exchanged between the worker and their boss. 

The messages went viral on the sub, and the boss's responses earned the ire of the internet. 

Keep reading to see the screenshots, as they were posted in the original thread, and to see a selection of the reactions below.

For more, check out this boss who also demanded a worker come in during their leave over Thanksgiving, which led that worker to quit too. 

'Let me cut those hours for you': Manager cuts scheduled labor hours as asked by quitting

This manager found their workload increased dramatically when their co-manager was fired for a ridiculous reason. They then had to operate the entire store alone, which was rife with unique issues. The boss continued to be pettier and pettier. When they finally hired a replacement co-manager, they expected the manager to "cut their hours" immediately, which led to the titular confrontation.

This thread was posted to r/MaliciousCompliance by the manager in the story, Redditor u/A-Stackhouse. When they found themselves in this tricky situation, they knew exactly what they had to do… Comply maliciously. 

Nobody likes a boss who justifies their own position by finding needlessly petty things to harass you about. Often they are doing so because they are being harassed by their superior as well, and the only solution they can find is to pass the buck down the line. After all, "it" flows downhill…

Next, check out this TA who schooled her professor.

30+ Funniest Memes of Landlords Landlording

Oh landlords, what is there to say about landlord? Sometimes they're just the sweetest. They're like family and make sure you're living healthily. Sometimes you get so close with them, they even lend you some free property sometimes. They truly care about what's going on in your life, and if things are hard, you can trust them to not get on your back about rent. LOL Sorry, we just couldn't keep that façade up. Sure, there are some good landlords out there that actually do care about their tenants. But most of the time you're going to get somehow who takes the "lord" party of landlord way too seriously. Oh, you have a family of rats living in your kitchen getting into all of your food? Surely your landlord will take care of it! Sorry, all they can do is $50 pet fee. You know, for the rats. Ahhh, yes. What a time to be a renter! 

'It's my money to give': Couple's plans to save for vacation are upended when girlfriend gives $110 to help coworker

Here's a friendly reminder if you're in a committed relationship: being on the same page about money is kind of important. This Reddit thread just goes to show that if the two of you can't discuss money openly, it's only a matter of time before conflict arises… which is exactly what happened here.

 

Essentially, this couple was saving up money for an upcoming vacation in Florida, and the boyfriend tends to handle all the money because his significant other refuses to discuss it. That's Red Flag #1 right there. When she decided to give $110 to help out a struggling coworker, she was surprised that her boyfriend reacted so aggressively. His reaction was definitely Red Flag #2. In short, this couple seems to be one red flag away from striking out. If they were just able to have an honest conversation with each other about finances to make sure both parties are on the same page, a lot of this could have been avoided.

 

For more stories, check out this post about a boat owner's parking fiasco.

'YTA and made it clear to everyone there': Satisfying response to entitled mom's Reddit AITA post puts her in her place

If you're a parent, then you know how annoying unsolicited parenting advice is. But you also know that it just comes with eh territory. Your mom, your mom's mom, your dad's mom, your partner's mom, your mom friends, your friends' mom, and any parent in-between will have something they want to say. It's super annoying, but you learn to just kind of nod and carry on with your own parenting. C'est la vie. It's like the fly that won't stop buzzing by your year, you swat it away when you can, but sometimes it's just flying around and you just have to keep doing what you are doing. One thing you should not do to rid yourself of an annoying fly is drop an atomic bomb. 

Unfortunately, that is exactly what one mom did on Reddit, and yet she seemed to think she was still in the right. Her and her husband are both medical professionals, and her twin brother and sister-in-law are not. Her brother is currently in medical school and her SIL is a stay-at-home mom. They live on their parents property currently and they have to borrow money here and there. They're not living the rich life like the medical professional parents. 

The rich mom posted to Reddit's subreddit r/AITA telling a story just oozing with entitlement. She was at an important event that her brother and SIL attended. Her own baby would not stop crying because it was teething and the SIL kept suggesting they give him a pacifier. It's recommended babies stop using pacifiers after 12-18 months due to potential dental issues, but this baby was only 10 months, so it probably wouldn't hurt. However, the Reddit poster got so annoyed about the multiple times she suggested it that she blew up at her in a room full of friends and family and completely demolished her. She gave her sh*t for being poor, told her her kid's teeth are disgusting because she had them on pacifiers for too long, and basically just called her out for everything. She dropped an atomic bomb on a fly, as the Reddit commenters describe. 

Luckily, Reddit saw right through her BS and called her out for being an A-hole. 

'Thank you': Worker's unorthodox response to boss's criticism sparks online discussion

It's generally expected that you'll do whatever you possibly can to keep your superiors happy—whether it's your boss, teacher, or parents. But should we really be going out of our way to do something for someone who couldn't care less about showing the same respect in return?

Normally, when your boss passed you criticism in the workplace, you might become anxious and worried about this. But should you really be? If you're already performing the expectations of your role, why waste the energy?

This is the discussion that was sparked online when this worker took an unorthodox approach to their boss's criticism by replying with a curt "Thank you." when their boss told them that they worked "Far below their potential." Their boss was surprised by their response, prompting the worker to go on and elaborate that they had a satisfactory performance already and that putting more into their role would not have earned them any further compensation or consideration from the company.

Keep reading to see snippets of the original thread as it was posted to Reddit and some of the responses and discussions it generated. Next, see this job candidate who correctly guessed a company's problems in their cover letter and received a call from the company's lawyer.

 

Top Coworker Memes for Underpaid Employees Who Require PTO This Week (April 19, 2023)

A non-toxic working environment is crucial for employees to feel any sort of attachment to work, so when you aren't treated fairly, you're not going to bend over backward for your boss. Salary is a pretty big factor in giving a hoot about workplace problems, and being underpaid can throw any kind of consideration or care you have for it out the window. Companies are getting greedier, and promotions are scarce nowadays. All you get for working hard is more work. So is it any wonder that nobody actually wants to work?

Coworkers make or break your day, so if you have to answer absurd questions all day that gives your brain the itch, suffice it to say they're breaking it. Some of us get lucky and meet someone we look forward to seeing at work, while others are doomed to deal with Karens and Kens. Luckily we live in the digital age and can just tap away at our phones for a good procrastination session, which is what these memes are for.

For more coworker memes, you can check out last week's batch which is specifically designed for employees who love to maliciously comply with their boss.

'He wanted to name a daughter Parmesan': 25 People shared the wackiest trendy names they've ever heard

You have not lived until you've heard a parent telling their two-year-old named Atticus not to eat a handful of dirt. These days, you'll hear a wide variety of names on the playground, many of which are older names coming back into style again. "That's enough time on the iPad, Henrietta!" or "Ethel! We don't grab people's hair!" are common to hear with today's youngsters. 

Other people have been super into naming their kids after objects/places, like Forrest. That's a pretty name, but the problem for Forrest is that everyone hears his name as "Boris" when he's introduced. I've never met a kid named Brick or Brickson as some people in this thread mentioned, but I have met more than one Braxston. Yes, Braxston, like Braxston-Hicks contractions. 

Then, you get to the interesting spellings that lots of folks love give to their kids. All the Graysyns and McKinleighs and Lucieghs of the world, I'm so sorry for all the hassle that's going to cause as you have to spell out your name for people over and over. I know people who had complex spellings and later legally changed them to simplify it — at least if you don't care for your name, there's always that option once you're grown. As for those who are still kids, you'd better pick a cool nickname. 

As a parent, you may still want to name your kid that quirky name, no one will stop you. Maybe just don't pick "Parmesan." 

Next up, check out this update on this woman who brought her "forgetful" SIL's wallet to dinner, then told the internet… and her SIL found the post!

Update: 'She *always* finds a way not to pay': Woman brings SIL's wallet to restaurant, SIL finds the post and tells her side of the story

Reddit is supposed to be anonymous, but this woman found an AITA post written about her and was infuriated by the "badmouthing." 

Don't get too specific when you write that AITA post about your family members! This woman, u/Slow-Pianist-4431, penned an AITA post that has since garnered nearly 4,000 comments. She wrote about the strange behavior her SIL had when visiting restaurants — the SIL would leave her wallet at home on purpose so that the OP would always have to fork over money for their meal. Plenty of people in the comments gave the OP advice, so she made an update!

In the update, the OP wrote about her SIL in more detail. She noted that her brother and the SIL have been going to therapy to "set boundaries," since the brother was also paying for things he shouldn't have. That was when "Amy," the SIL, responded, writing, "Everyone is saying I am a leech." 

Next, check out this dude's excellent revenge on the guy who stole his seat on the train. 

'I was able to approve 50+ cases before I quit': Insurance employee dismisses company guidelines, refuses to deny claims, then quits

Insurance companies do everything in their power to convince us to get on board with them, assuring us that they will be there for us, through thick and thin, in sickness and in health, till whatever do us part. When sickness does arrive though, they flee faster than a groom or bride who caught cold feet the night before their wedding. Gone with the wind and the dress, they're suddenly nowhere to be found. In other words, when they had said, 'We will cover the cost', what they really meant was, 'We will not cover the cost'.

In this case, u/jthememeking shared his experience working in an insurance company denying claims when he was just 19 years old, despite having literally zero experience, medical or otherwise. It was a grueling, tiresome, and infuriating job that OP didn't feel comfortable doing, so he didn't last very long at it. Before he quit, he was rebuked for 'slacking off' and told to 'work harder'.

These words gave OP an idea — work harder? You got it. OP began approving any and all claims, doing the literal opposite of what he was supposed to do, costing the insurance company a lot of money in the process. Who said a vigilante has to wear a cape? Scroll down to read the (frankly, quite wholesome) story.

For more, here is a boss who was made redundant after he gave absurd orders to his employee. He had wanted to fix something that wasn't broken, and it cost the company a lot of time, money, and effort. Luckily OP had a paper trail of emails and was only given a disciplinary hearing. His boss though? Fired.

'Loopholee becomes loopholer': Train passenger gets seat stolen, finds an extra petty loophole

Traveling by train can be so relaxing… but only if you're able to actually sit down and enjoy it. 

This guy was probably expecting a chill train voyage. U/Magnus_40 was traveling from Edinburgh to London, and they were ready to enjoy a great view with the window seat they'd booked. Train travel is absolutely one of the best ways to travel. Watching the view from the window makes time fly by. Plus, unlike airplanes, you're able to walk around pretty freely, and on lots of train lines, you can buy coffee or snacks to pass the time. 

Unfortunately for this OP, someone plopped into the seat they booked, and wouldn't move an inch. Talk about petty! At least this dude found a way to enjoy his voyage anyway. 

Next, this woman has made all her neighbors annoyed and wary of her because of what she did at this Easter egg hunt for children. 

'Fine, I'll Book My Own Table Then' : Petty Customer Claps Back At Hostess Who ‘Smiles Rudely’ at Him, Controversy Ensues In the Comments

'The war on Toyotathon starts earlier every year': Car salesman and his manager get in a fist fight at the dealership, hilarity ensues in the comment section

Everyone knows that there's a ton of tension on the sales floor of a car dealership. Salesmen lurk like predators near the coffee pot waiting for unsuspecting young couples to show up and show a shred of interest in an overpriced new car that's exactly the same as the model the year prior. But little does that couple know, there's a whole gaggle of over-amped salesmen in the wings, fighting each other off for the chance to upsell another client to buy something they can't afford. 

Sometimes, that competitive nature get's the best of these commission-fueled heavy weights, and salesmen can get into tiffs that turn disastrous. 

A customer in the waiting room recently caught the most TMS-style footage of salesmen floor warfare this weekend. In the video, a car salesman gets in a brawling, multi-man fist fight with his own manager right there in the middle of the Toyota dealership. We get that sometimes you want to punch your boss, but most of us would never be insane enough to actually do it. However, this burly, gold-chained, hairy handed car salesman had reached his limit and the tension was simply too much. 

The comment section of the video is debatably the most hilarious. While it's clear that the fight itself is very entertaining, the commentary really makes the experience worth while. We'd give this comment section a 5/5 on service and ingenuity, making us suddenly really want to get a Corolla.

'She [...] told my mom [...] the milk would taste better anyways': Barista repeatedly gets an order wrong and refuses to use the correct milk

It can be incredibly frustrating when you repeatedly ask someone to do something, only for it to remain still undone or incorrectly finished… (or so my girlfriend tells me, at least.) 

Most of us will also agree that an incorrect or ruined food or drink order can ruin the one thing that was going to be great about your day. Now, most of us will probably be too diffident to do or say anything about our spoiled beverage, instead be resigned to our cup of overheated milk that has just the slightest hint of coffee, sipping it occasionally to reconfirm its unpalatability before it placing it to spend the rest of the day forgotten on the corner of our desk. 

While I commiserate with this customer's experience, it also sounds like maybe this barista is overworked at an understaffed cafe and is just quickly losing grasp of her final shreds of sanity. A little understanding for workers in these situations can go a long way.

Regardless, read on for their post, as it was shared on Reddit's r/EntitledPeople subreddit, and let us know your own thoughts.

For more, check out this barista who pretended to be fired for their mistake to make a Karen customer feel bad.

'I hope this addresses your concern': Employee asks HR why new employees are getting paid more, gets ridiculous response

It's as if HR has become a parody of itself! This thread was posted to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/GeorgeClooneysMom (what a username, she's definitely not his actual mom though we can certainly dream, can't we?). The employee in question recognized that new hires were getting paid significantly more.

 

When they brought it up to HR, it became clear that this is not the first time they have received these types of questions. In fact, their e-mail response was so carefully crafted that it is quite obvious this employee is not alone with regard to their concerns. Best solution? That would be to up and leave. As many people in the comments suggest, the best way to get a proper raise in this climate is to switch jobs. I wish that weren't the case, but that's just the current state of things.

 

Keep scrolling below for the full e-mail correspondence. For more, check out these honest work confessions.

'A very seriously unwarranted allegation': Card shop owner responds after absolute Karen leaves 1-star review accusing them of stealing the best cards

People will make up anything and jump over any number of mental hurdles to displace their own unhappiness onto someone else. 

This thread was shared to Reddit's aptly named r/F**kYouKaren subreddit and featured screen grabs of a Google review that had been posted on a local game shop's page. In the review, the reviewer accuses the shop owner of weighing packs in order to determine which ones contain rarer cards to keep for themselves, putting out the lighter packs to sell to customers.

As commenters have mentioned, there is some logic behind these accusations; rare trading cards often feature additions like holographic foil that adds to their weight—so a pack that contained one of these desirable cards may be heavier. While this may be possible with some unopened classic packs, nowadays, most trading card publishers will include code cards and other heavy additions to foil the plans of any would-be card sharks.

The owner wasn't going to take this accusation lying down and responded with a brilliant message back to the reviewer, refuting their claims.

Read on to see the full story. Next, check out this owner who set the record straight with a Karen when she left a 1-star review for a failed delivery during a tornado.

 

'I will never give notice again': Company revokes all worker's earned PTO after they give notice

The relationship between an organization and its workers is built upon trust. Once that trust is betrayed by a worker/workers, it's completely fair that the organization loses faith in those individuals. However, when the organization betrays the trust of one of its workers, it's only going to be natural for them to lose confidence in the organization. That's an important thing for employers to realize; if you do things like not honor accrued leave for an employee, other employees are going to find out. This is going to completely destroy the morale of your remaining team members and ensure that they don't give you any notice when they decide to leave as well. So, in this roundabout way, it's actually a good business decision to front the cost of something such as paying out leave. It's a cost of doing business, and maintaining trust, even with your departing employees, will only serve to help you in the long run.

A disgruntled worker shared this experience to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit, claiming that their employer had refused to honor their accrued PTO once they handed in their notice. They had thought that they were doing the correct and honorable thing by giving their notice to their employer but felt that this had just come back to bite them.

'We are deeply saddened': Complete Karen leaves 1-star review after telling staff that they were "heroes," gets wrecked by the owner

Being hailed as a hero only to be slandered from a safe distance: what a quintessential retail experience… 

While the people who won't hesitate to yell in your face are always the first ones who come to mind, there is a second type of person who has a deep anger buried deep inside of themselves, yet they remain so conflict averse that they will happily greet you with a smile to your face. It's only once your back is turned that they drive the knife in deep and twist.

When I worked retail, we had a customer experience like this: the guy was insisting on using a payment method that we didn't support, and even when we explained that we'd never been able to accept that method, he refused to relent. Despite this, everything seemed to be well and good, we genuinely tried to be as friendly and supportive as possible, and despite his insistence, there was never a hint of anger or frustration. 

Once he had left, he left us the most barbaric 1-star review, which launched into a tirade about how we had been mocking and cynical toward him. It's the most shocked I ever was by such a review; usually, they were easier to predict than that. To this day, I wonder if my actions and mannerisms were being taken the wrong way.

It turned out he worked for the company that the payment operated through, so the fact that he had gotten it so wrong must have been particularly embarrassing for him.

Back to the matter at hand: This Karen hailed these retail workers as heroes after they caught a fraudulent transaction on their card. Despite the fraudster having everything required to release the product, they refused as they had spotted some red flags. 

For more, check out this: 'Please don't come back': Karen destroyed by business owner after leaving 1-star review

 

'Ex-boss texted me a few days [later]': Boss begs employee to cover shifts after firing them

Being unexpectedly fired from a job has a brutal finality, leaving you feeling lost, with little direction and wondering what will come next. 

Well, as it turns out, sometimes that next thing is your recently-ex boss calling and begging you to cover for your recently-ex coworkers when they go on leave. Why not? You're perfect for the task. Heck, you were doing the job yourself until very recently! From the boss's point of view, it's hard to see how anyone might have an issue with this proposal! 

After their boss had sufficiently rubbed salt in the wound, Redditor u/Ok-Character3000 took to Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit to share their experience, detailing the circumstances that led to their firing and the events that took place after. Commenters were dumbfounded and made their thoughts heard, ripping the employer apart.

Read on for the story below. Next, check out this new manager who was made redundant after giving absurd orders.

'Sorry, Ma'am. I can't overrule my boss': Entitled patient insists on ignoring supervisor

Imagine making your own doctor visit longer on purpose. Some people get so convinced that they're right that they just turn off their ears and refuse to hear otherwise!

This person shared their story to r/TalesfromRetail, though it does take place at the doctor's office where the OP and their supervisor worked. The OP shared that their supervisor is quite young, which some patients take to mean that she's not actually a supervisor. 

In the comments, people applauded the petty nature of the story, while other shared their own tales of mistaken customers insisting they're right. Then, this guy sent their boss 119 emails, firing one off every few minutes. Why? Because their boss insisted! 

'AITA for getting a better haircut than my friend?': Woman divides friend group over bizarre accusations that her new hairdo makes her an 'attention seeker'

This friend group sounds utterly exhausting to be around. 

Friend groups can form at any point in life — during high school or college, at an activity you participate in, or even in the workplace. Friendships also evolve over time. Some people just start to rub you the wrong way, or you find that your differences have changed so much that you don't even have anything in common anymore. This person sounds like she's outgrowing her own friend group — they sound petty and exhausting to spend time with! 

In the comments, people advised the OP to find some new people to spend time around. Others noted that it sounds like her friend group might be influencers, and that most people don't act like that. After all, how could she blame her for just influencing her very own decision? 

After that, this safety inspector worked autonomously until a new boss arrived and tried to micromanage them… but not for long. 

'If you don't pay your bills, you don't get to keep your stuff': Credit company serves as petty revenge messenger to man's cheating ex wife; they tow and repossess her car

Karma always seems to find a way, whether it's directly through a person you wrong, or in a roundabout kind of way that is a little less obvious. One man took to r/pettyrevenge to share the time his cheating ex-wife got her car repossessed and towed by a credit company that had been attempting to locate her for quite some time. He had married her young after she had gotten pregnant, and she had continuously cheated on him, to the point where he filed for divorce.

In the divorce, she had asked for their car, which he gladly gave her. Unfortunately for her, she couldn't actually pay for said car, so she was super behind on payments. That's where the credit company comes in… having no idea where she was (she was one busy beaver), they continuously contacted him, until he'd had enough.

Scroll down to read the detailed account of events. And if we've learned anything from this, it's 'don't cheat on people', which should actually just be a given. For more stories like this one, here is a tyrannical boss who told her employee to 'print out the internet' (what?), which the employee did (what again?) — ending up in 2 big stacks of paper that the employee stuffed her boss's room with (some more whattt?).

'I work for my dad': Customer tries to name-drop owner to strong-arm cashier, cashier is owner's son

Anyone who has worked retail or otherwise dealt with customers knows all too well that customers generally will try anything and everything to get their way. This includes (but is not limited to) quoting irrelevant pieces of legislation, being generally aggressive, hurling insults, demanding a manager, and name-dropping the owner (or some other executive.) In the case of name-dropping, if you actually bother to bother the person whose name is being dropped, they'll usually have no idea who the customer is. If they do, their exasperation will reveal exactly how they feel about that customer.

This customer got more than they bargained for when they tried to shame the customer service person they were dealing with and strong-arm them into giving them some parts for free by name-dropping the owner of the business and claiming that the owner would have done the deal so they obviously "Didn't know him.'" Well, the customer service person happened to be the owner's son, so it turns out they knew him pretty well.

This story was shared by Redditor u/eightballwitch on Reddit's r/pettyrevenge subreddit today, where it has received quite the reception. Keep reading to see screenshots of the original Reddit thread. For more, check out this server who let a couple stay late after closing and learned the hard way how entitled they were.

'He seriously is only seen at breaks and lunch': Coworker spends every work day in the bathroom and HR can't do anything about it

This coworker just might be an infuriating genius! According to the Redditor, he got a medical note from his doctor saying he had IBS and now, no one can say anything when he spends virtually the entire workday in the bathroom. Allegedly, the coworker isn't in any actual serious need but would rather mess around on his phone on the toilet for 6 hours than sit at a desk staring at a screen. Honestly, as I write this, I can't blame him.

 

This story was captured via this thread on Reddit's r/antiwork subreddit by u/stonerplumber, who went on to describe what happened when a nosy, Dwight Schrute type tried to get the coworker in trouble by timing how long he was in the bathroom and reporting it to HR. Not only was HR not able to do anything about it, but also the nosy employee got written up. Somewhere in that bathroom, our clever coworker is laughing maniacally.

 

Keep scrolling below to see what people had to say in the comments! For more, check out this post about an annoying coworker who started bossing everyone around.

'You try to throw me under the bus, watch what happens': Employee gets his comeuppance when coworker judo flips attempt to discredit him in front of boss

When karma comes in the form of an email, office ears light up everywhere, as we all know what it feels like when you have solid, indisputable hard facts in the form of a digital piece of paper. An entitled employee was attempting to throw his coworker (OP) under the bus, emailing him about a contract that hadn't gotten out to a customer, and was way overdue. 6 months overdue, in fact. The entitled employee in question was an account manager, and OP worked in the contracting department. When OP opened said email, he realized quickly that his coworker was trying to throw him under the bus, as he had CC'd his own boss and OP's direct supervisors.

Nervous, OP dug through his old emails to see if he could find any relevant information about the case, and landed on some gold. He promptly emailed his coworker back, CC'ing everyone that was previously added. After all, his coworker was 'oh too ready' to involve everyone, right? So he was only helping him have it his way.

Scroll down to read a detailed account of the events that transpired, including the hilarious ending. For more stories like this, here is a story of malicious compliance that includes a tyrannical boss who told his employee, 'Print out the internet'… so he did, 2 big stacks of it.

'[They're] cutting my salary by $8k': Chef stunned that management is slicing paycheck by $200 per week to fix restaurant's plumbing

Should you ever stay in a job that tries to cut your pay? This chef is unsure what to do, and they're rightfully stunned by the situation their workplace has put them in. 

In a post titled "Advice wanted," this person explained that they're a Philadelphia-based chef working at small Irish pub. And, they wrote, the owners have been hiring the cheapest plumber they can find. Now, the owners have realized the pub isn't up to code in any way, and to cut costs, they're bringing the problem to their own employees. 

The gall that the owners have to insist their own employees take a pay cut is mind-boggling! As the OP, u/karatflowers, explained in the post and in comments, they have their reasons for not being able to quit right away. But I truly don't understand how most people wouldn't just quit right then and there. Losing $200 per week is a massive cut! It's very much a  "The beatings will continue until morale improves" mentality. Best of luck to this OP in escaping a difficult situation. 

Next up, these are some great examples of "hostile designs," made not to be comfy or welcoming, but to turn people away instead.