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Wife declines a weekend with her husband's friends in a nice manner, but now the husband is mad at her regardless: 'I maintain I can decline an invitation without giving a reason'

FAIL Blogby María Cetra15h ago

Wife declines a weekend with her husband's friends in a nice manner, but now the husband is mad at her regardless: 'I maintain I can decline an invitation without giving a reason' You can dislike...

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Husband criticizes his wife making $300K for her childish looking PowerPoint slides: 'I wonder if she could make it through a shift at a lumber yard.'

FAIL Blogby Emmy Pratt1d ago

She brings home the bacon, so who cares whether she'd be able to handle hard labor? If you live in NYC, you come to meet a lot of normal people with abnormal jobs.

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Employee with 20 years of experience takes new job, gets fired after 30 days: 'Zero feedback, zero expectations, almost no communication from my boss'

FAIL Blogby Ally Perry1d ago

Took a leap, but let go after 30 days after leaving secure position. Absolutely spiraling. 20 Years in financial services operations leadership. Very specialized expertise.

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People Who Remember Life Before Smartphones and Social Media... What Was It Like? — Social Media Is Older Than Some New College Graduates, and That Explains a Strange and Growing Generational Divide

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson1d ago

What was the world like before "doomscrolling"? Smartphones We're all addicted to our phones, and it's not just the kids either; how many of us are guilty of picking up our phone habitually?

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Hotel guest gets mad at front desk employee for not granting the loyalty perks he has to his parents, even though they aren't members of the program: 'Probably because perks are for you, not for any random person you made a reservation for'

FAIL Blogby María Cetra2d ago

Hotel guest gets mad at front desk employee for not granting the loyalty perks he has to his parents, even though they aren't members of the program: 'Probably because perks are for you, not for...

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Company demands employees come into work on the weekend to help move the entire office, offer pizza as a reward in place of overtime: 'Manager said that nobody is being “forced” but they’ll remember who helped when performance reviews come around'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson2d ago

"No overtime, no extra day off. Just pizza afterward." Pizza as a currency? Moving and pizza are two things that go hand in hand.

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Office manager demands all maintenance requests to go through their ticket system and not verbally, maintenance complies, but what happens when the building floods?: 'I told him they needed to submit an emergency ticket through the portal'

FAIL Blogby María Cetra3d ago

Office manager demands all maintenance requests to go through their ticket system and not verbally, maintenance complies, but what happens when the building floods?: 'I told him they needed to...

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Company demands employees come on a weekend to pack and move the entire office instead of hiring movers: ‘No overtime, just pizza afterwards’

FAIL Blogby Bar Mor Hazut3d ago

- My company is asking us to come in on a weekend to move the entire office instead of hiring movers - - People moving boxes out of an office. Models for explanatory purposes only.

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Office draws scrutiny over controversial decision to charge employees $8 if they forget their badge at home: 'The fee is meant to “encourage personal responsibility."'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson3d ago

Handing out kindergarten-level lessons like candy. A professional workplace shouldn't represent a kindergarten classroom.

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Job applicant arrives at interview 5 minutes early, recruiter repeatedly calls when she doesn't arrive 20 minutes before: 'I am worried I wont get the job because of this'

FAIL Blogby Ally Perry3d ago

A woman was left worried by a recent job interview experience she had, where the recruiter had been very overeager in her communication.

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'What do I do with my "poor" friend?': Wealthy woman is fed up with lower-income friend's constant judgements on her purchases

FAIL Blogby JR Atkinson4d ago

- 01Picture does not depict real parties. Two female friends comfort each other outside - It is probably just a rant with no solution, but here I go...

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Company mandates return to office, employee receives warning for working from home when they have 40 desks for 60 people: 'The expectation is that you find a solution in real time'

FAIL Blogby Ally Perry4d ago

An insurance analyst had worked in a hybrid arrangement for their company for the past five years, but the employer decided to change that to making people come into the office five days a week.

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After years of being treated like she's not part of the family, woman draws the line when her sister-in-law seats her at the ‘children’s table' at her wedding: 'I'm still not family enough to sit at a table'

FAIL Blogby Cata Holmes4d ago

After years of being treated like she's not part of the family, woman draws the line when her sister-in-law seats her at the ‘children’s table' at her wedding: 'I'm still not family enough to sit...

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Daycare charges parents $1 for every minute they are late for pickup, dad disputes $96 in late fees because daycare clock is 8 minutes fast: 'They had me late on 19 days'

FAIL Blogby Ally Perry5d ago

A dad was convinced that he had uncovered a scam that was being run by his daughter's daycare. The place charged $1 for every minute after 6 PM that a parent was late to pick up their child.

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'I'm telling you to manage your time better': Managers ask employees to either clock out or not report time spent completing closing tasks after business hours are over and the front doors are locked, as told by employees in several social media posts

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson5d ago

Closed doesn't mean ready to open Closed, as anyone who has actually worked frontline retail or service will tell you, does not mean "ready to open."

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Family has changed their job, making their financial situation different, now they can't afford travelling for Christmas with the rest of the family: 'I communicated this clearly to my in-laws, however, this was not received well.

FAIL Blogby María Cetra6d ago

Family has changed their job, making their financial situation different, now they can't afford travelling for Christmas with the rest of the family: 'I communicated this clearly to my in-laws...

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Is this rental shrinkflation? — OH Landlord rents out garage on the property to a landscaping business even though the family renting the home is using it, and it’s on the lease: 'Some guy pulled into our driveway and unlocked the garage with his own key'

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson6d ago

Shrinkflation Everything is undergoing shrinkflation these days... It's just something we have come to accept.

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Traveling employee had an arrangement for the money he gets for the trip, if any funds were not spent, they have to give it back: ‘I get the standard letter through internal mail saying that my expenses are out by 29 pennies’

FAIL Blogby María Cetra7d ago

Traveling employee had an arrangement for the money he gets for the trip, if any funds were not spent, they have to give it back: ‘I get the standard letter through internal mail saying that my...

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Entitled dude demands his next door neighbor move her car from her own driveway at 7:30 AM so a construction crew could work on his house: 'When I asked about notice, he said he was giving me notice right now.'

FAIL Blogby Emmy Pratt8d ago

Am I the bad guy for pushing back on my neighbor’s unexpected street closure? At around 7:30 a.m., someone from their construction crew knocked on my door and told me I needed to move my car from...

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Who determines appropriate attire in the workplace? — New mother becomes the target of workplace complaint about her appearance from an anonymous coworker shortly after returning to work, despite her dressing business casual according to the dress code

FAIL Blogby Brad Dickson9d ago

The Situation This employee, a new mother who is 15 months postpartum, got a call from her department head.

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