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July 16, 2024 at 8:49 am

New Business Owners Wanted Everything That Happened Documented, So An Employee Did What They Were Told And Overloaded Them With Tons Of Information

You did say EVERYTHING, right?

July 16, 2024 at 6:52 am

New Boss Changed the Way Things Operated, So The Workers Maliciously Complied And Production Plummeted

If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

July 16, 2024 at 4:51 am

New Employee Was Hired To Work A Job With No Manual Labor, So When They Were Told To Unload Boxes They Went As Slowly As Possible

Just to let you know, this might take a while…

July 16, 2024 at 2:21 am

A Worker Had To Drive Big Shots Around To Look At Projects, But When The Van Got Stuck, They Made Sure They Got Nice And Dirty

A muddy mess!

July 16, 2024 at 12:23 am

Server Gets Annoyed When Customers Ask All Employees For The Same Sauce, So They Fill Their Table With Orders Of It To Prove A Point

Sir, why do you have seven sides of Ranch on your table?

July 15, 2024 at 8:48 pm

Employee Was Told He Had To Make Up Time If He Was Going To Miss Work, So He Decided To Show Up At 4 A.M. One Day

That’s not what they meant…

July 15, 2024 at 8:18 pm

Cell Phone Tower Worker Was Told He Couldn’t Use Competitors’ Phones, So He Got An Extremely Day Of Overtime Pay

Sometimes, all you can do is follow orders…even when you know they’re ridiculous.

July 15, 2024 at 11:47 am

His Boss Wouldn’t Let Him Do All Parts Of His Job To Deliver The Products On Time, So He Let The Work Pile Up And All The Clients Had To Wait

Manager of the Year award goes to…

July 15, 2024 at 5:49 am

Micromanaging Boss Says Everything Is A Priority And Creates A Toxic Workplace, So Employee Leaves The Company And Discovers That The Manager Was Eventually Demoted

Life is too short to work for people like this.

July 15, 2024 at 3:15 am

Bartender Is So Wiped Out He Keeps Forgetting To Garnish Drinks, So As A Joke He Makes A Disgusting Drink/Garnish Combo

Lemon is underrated.

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New Business Owners Wanted Everything That Happened Documented, So An Employee Did What They Were Told And Overloaded Them With Tons Of Information

New Boss Changed the Way Things Operated, So The Workers Maliciously Complied And Production Plummeted

New Employee Was Hired To Work A Job With No Manual Labor, So When They Were Told To Unload Boxes They Went As Slowly As Possible

A Worker Had To Drive Big Shots Around To Look At Projects, But When The Van Got Stuck, They Made Sure They Got Nice And Dirty

Server Gets Annoyed When Customers Ask All Employees For The Same Sauce, So They Fill Their Table With Orders Of It To Prove A Point

Employee Was Told He Had To Make Up Time If He Was Going To Miss Work, So He Decided To Show Up At 4 A.M. One Day

Cell Phone Tower Worker Was Told He Couldn’t Use Competitors’ Phones, So He Got An Extremely Day Of Overtime Pay

His Boss Wouldn’t Let Him Do All Parts Of His Job To Deliver The Products On Time, So He Let The Work Pile Up And All The Clients Had To Wait

Micromanaging Boss Says Everything Is A Priority And Creates A Toxic Workplace, So Employee Leaves The Company And Discovers That The Manager Was Eventually Demoted

Bartender Is So Wiped Out He Keeps Forgetting To Garnish Drinks, So As A Joke He Makes A Disgusting Drink/Garnish Combo

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