Jayne Elliott, Author at TwistedSifter

December 10, 2025 at 11:55 pm

Spa Employee Checks Caller ID Before Answering The Phone And Hangs Up If It’s A Robo Caller, But The Supervisor Thinks She Should Answer Every Single Call No Matter What

woman on the phone at the front desk at a spa

If only there were a way to get the calls to stop.

December 10, 2025 at 11:15 pm

Employee Wants To Put A Poster In His Office, But When The Supervisor Claims That’s Not Allowed, The Employee Brings In A Plant Instead

Messing with someone’s allergies is pretty extreme.

December 10, 2025 at 9:55 pm

Intern Sends Client An Estimate For The Job They Proposed, But The Client Made The Mistake Of Thinking The Price Was Negotiable

business woman looking at computer and paperwork

Sometimes the price is the price.

December 10, 2025 at 7:46 pm

Factory Machine Malfunctions, But The Supervisor Tells The Employees To Keep Running It “No Matter What”

Supervisors don’t always make the best decisions.

December 10, 2025 at 5:49 pm

New Supervisor Criticizes Employee’s Old Report, So The Employee Goes Out Of His Way To Add Too Many Details To The Next Report In Hopes Of Being Annoying

middle aged man in glasses looking at computer and paperwork

Doing what the boss tells you to do is usually a good idea.

December 10, 2025 at 1:55 pm

Supervisor Demands To Know Every Time Direct Report Leaves His Desk, So He Complies Until She Changes Her Mind

Wanting too much control can really backfire.

December 10, 2025 at 12:15 pm

Supervisor Requires Employees To Come To Work To Be Assessed If They Want To Take A Sick Day, So One Employee Shows Up And Pukes In A Trash Can

sick man holding his hand over his mouth

Sick employees should be allowed to stay home.

December 10, 2025 at 8:15 am

Employee Arrives At Work Early To Make Sure Her Computer Is Booted Up And Ready To Go, But Then The Big Boss Assumes She Was Running Late

woman at work looking at her watch and out the window

Don’t feel bad about not working for free.

December 10, 2025 at 5:45 am

Man Calls Phone Insurance Company To Report A Cracked Phone Screen, But When They Claim He Waited Too Long To Call, He Finds A Way To Convince Them To Cover The Repair Cost Anyway

If the problem isn’t bad enough, make it worse.

December 10, 2025 at 1:55 am

Employee Is Told He Has To Work Either Christmas Or New Year’s, So He Takes Christmas Off And Quits On January 1st

If you’re a valuable enough employee, you might be able to bend the rules.

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Author: Jayne Elliott

Spa Employee Checks Caller ID Before Answering The Phone And Hangs Up If It’s A Robo Caller, But The Supervisor Thinks She Should Answer Every Single Call No Matter What

Employee Wants To Put A Poster In His Office, But When The Supervisor Claims That’s Not Allowed, The Employee Brings In A Plant Instead

Intern Sends Client An Estimate For The Job They Proposed, But The Client Made The Mistake Of Thinking The Price Was Negotiable

Factory Machine Malfunctions, But The Supervisor Tells The Employees To Keep Running It “No Matter What”

New Supervisor Criticizes Employee’s Old Report, So The Employee Goes Out Of His Way To Add Too Many Details To The Next Report In Hopes Of Being Annoying

Supervisor Demands To Know Every Time Direct Report Leaves His Desk, So He Complies Until She Changes Her Mind

Supervisor Requires Employees To Come To Work To Be Assessed If They Want To Take A Sick Day, So One Employee Shows Up And Pukes In A Trash Can

Employee Arrives At Work Early To Make Sure Her Computer Is Booted Up And Ready To Go, But Then The Big Boss Assumes She Was Running Late

Man Calls Phone Insurance Company To Report A Cracked Phone Screen, But When They Claim He Waited Too Long To Call, He Finds A Way To Convince Them To Cover The Repair Cost Anyway

Employee Is Told He Has To Work Either Christmas Or New Year’s, So He Takes Christmas Off And Quits On January 1st

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