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August 28, 2026 at 1:21 pm

He Got a 50% Raise and Bought a Car for His New Role—Then His Company Fired Him Before He Started

Nothing says “congratulations on the promotion” quite like a new car payment and no job to drive to.

February 18, 2026 at 2:22 am

Office Worker Refuses Letting Building Maintenance Turn Up The Thermostat For Her Coworker Who Gets Cold Because It Would Make Her Hot

A small office with chairs behind and in front of the desk

The frozen impasse

January 22, 2026 at 11:35 am

Devices At The Office Seem To Have Minds Of Their Own, And Then An Helpful Employee Figures Out What’s Going On

People at meeting desk looking at devices

Devices gone rogue!

November 13, 2025 at 12:15 pm

Worker Is Fed Up With A Rude And Annoying Coworker, So He Put Beef Gravy In His Coffee And Enjoyed Hearing About The Expletives That Followed

Coffee cup on a table with glasses and a notebook

Beef drip coffee

October 14, 2025 at 1:55 am

Young Employee Gets Distracted By Coworkers Who Spend Hours Chitchatting At Their Desks, So He Reports Them To The Manager For Slacking Off

coworkers talking to each other by their desk

Sometimes the loudest distraction isn’t the chatter—it’s the coworker who can’t tune it out.

February 3, 2024 at 2:41 am

IT Department Is Told To Cut Their Budget, So They Make Sure The Pain Flows To All Other Departments

Well done!

September 19, 2021 at 5:47 pm

This Adults Returning to Work Sketch is Perfect

A brilliant sketch from De Ideale Wereld

December 20, 2018 at 11:25 am

The Actual Meaning of 11 Common Email Phrases

Is “Per my last email” the most passive aggressive phrase ever?

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He Got a 50% Raise and Bought a Car for His New Role—Then His Company Fired Him Before He Started

Office Worker Refuses Letting Building Maintenance Turn Up The Thermostat For Her Coworker Who Gets Cold Because It Would Make Her Hot

Devices At The Office Seem To Have Minds Of Their Own, And Then An Helpful Employee Figures Out What’s Going On

Worker Is Fed Up With A Rude And Annoying Coworker, So He Put Beef Gravy In His Coffee And Enjoyed Hearing About The Expletives That Followed

Young Employee Gets Distracted By Coworkers Who Spend Hours Chitchatting At Their Desks, So He Reports Them To The Manager For Slacking Off

IT Department Is Told To Cut Their Budget, So They Make Sure The Pain Flows To All Other Departments

This Adults Returning to Work Sketch is Perfect

The Actual Meaning of 11 Common Email Phrases

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She Created a Detailed Website With Everything Guests Needed to Know About Her Wedding—But They Still Won’t Stop Asking Questions

A Woman Wouldn’t Let Her Friend’s Boyfriend Use Her Car For A Camping Trip And Now Her Friend Is Upset With Her

He Offered Her A Dream Deal When She Moved In, But After She Signed The Lease She Decided It Wasn’t Good Enough

Homeowner’s Neighbor Hosts Loud Outdoor Parties Late At Night, So He Wants To Buy A Floodlight To Shine Into Their Yard To Get Them To Knock It Off

Employee Was Told To Shut Up While A Consultant Installed Software In The System, But He Decided To Step In When The “Expert” Couldn’t Fix The Problem

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He Got a 50% Raise and Bought a Car for His New Role—Then His Company Fired Him Before He Started

A Petty Neighbor Tried to Build a Driveway Right Across an Elderly Couple’s Yard—So a Loyalty-Bound Friend Parked His Truck to Block Construction

Man Rushed Home From Work Straight to the Bathroom—But His Partner Was Upset He Didn’t Give Her a Two-Second Hug First

Woman With a Disability Asked Her Neighbors to Move Their Car—They Said They Could Park Anywhere They Wanted

Their Neighbors Drilled a Hole in Their Brand-New Fence Without Asking—And They Were Furious