Bosses who insist on arbitrary dress codes are so annoying. Sometimes, dress codes are really important: for example, if you work in a hard hat area and need proper protective gear, or if you work in fast food and need nonslip shoes for those greasy floors. Those make sense. But this person's bosses seem to just like messing with their employees' wardrobes for no reason other than to have a power trip. U/Devils_av0cad0 wrote to r/Maliciouscompliance with an awesome tale of workplace compliance.…

Time to get out of the swamp, I guess!

There is a difference between working your hardest and only working. Life is all about balance and that especially goes for any career you're chasing. You will never be happy if you make your entire life about your job, just like you will not be happy if you make your entire life about your partner or your hobby or whatever. Us humans need balance. Work-life balance is extremely important. It's not only essential for mental health, but it is also essential in being a great employee. If you make…

Trying to find a new job is hard enough without being misled about the realities of the role. Jumping through hoops, attending multiple interviews, then finally signing a contract, and attending training—all just to find out that the new job isn't actually as it was described. That's what this worker shared their experience on a thread that they posted on Reddit's popular r/antiwork workplace discussion subreddit community. They described that during the interview process, the role seemed to be…

We all love a good loophole. Social media is full of people telling their favorite loopholes to get cash after a cancelled flight, return kids' clothing years after you bought it, or ‘hack’ a stores' return policy to your benefit. As a customer, finding a loophole can be great, but when too many people start to abuse the system, it results in a crackdown to stop customers from getting free stuff. Next up, this employee refused to do something his boss kept insisting on — but it was actually rea…

Slacker people like to hide behind their perceived shortcomings in order to validate their lack of work ethic. The biggest problem with that is that they are immediately discrediting other hard working folks in the same situation, while making themselves a pity case for everyone around them. In this story, one slacker employee found refuge in her workplace by playing the ‘single mother' card, using the same excuse for every one of her deficiencies as an employee and a coworker.

Actions have consequences, and when you take the action of refusing to pay a contractor after signing a contract saying you would do so… you need to prepare for those consequences; especially when you decide to go ahead and use the material they've provided you anyways without paying. This photographer shared their experience of a client refusing to follow through with payment for the services they had provided. Detailing how they managed to get back at the client thanks to a water-tight contra…

Who does Karen think she is? A government official?!

This woman is moving on from all her school drama . As the OP, u/tryingclosetomybest, shared to r/pettyrevenge, she finally got the last laugh with a man who bullied her all throughout high school. Bullies can make life incredibly challenging for any young person, especially during their formative years. In school, it's easy for kids to get away with saying or doing mean things. At least we all grow up and leave school, and realize that the world is a much larger place than our hometowns. There…

Karen roommates are a dime a dozen, as almost everyone has had to deal with somebody who lacks basic practical skills and human decency. In this case, OP was sharing a two-bedroom with a roommate who he quickly found out was a Karen. Thriving on conflict, Karen always found something wrong to point out. She has given herself one hundred different labels, some of which include being a germaphobe, which she uses as an excuse to demand OP touch nothing… in his own home. OP said he was willing to t…

Sometimes all it takes is for one person to pull the plug and quit to make others realize they have other options as well. When that happens, the entire team can turnover within months, with the last of the team practically sprinting to get out of there before the building collapses on them (—will the last person out please get the lights?) Of course, there are usually a variety of issues bubbling away under the surface long before the entire thing boils over. Management changes are usually a d…

Thank goodness this employee had a strong enough backbone to stand up to his boss. Otherwise it truly would have resulted in calamity. On the subreddit r/StoriesAboutKevin, u/alas_vikn has been sharing stories of their hilariously clueless boss, Kevina. Check out part one of the OP's hilarious office stories here , if you haven't read about the time this boss tried to clean a computer. As the OP explained, they've been referring to their workplaces as “The Flintstone Chronicles,” mainly because…

Whatever happened to cleaning up your own mess?

This kitchen has too many chefs . The secret to great cooking is following a recipe. Unless you're a super skilled chef with years of experience eyeballing your measurements and tweaking your recipes, you're gonna need a proper recipe. Everyone has different skill levels in the kitchen too, so it doesn't hurt to have a list of ingredients and steps to follow. This person is trying to follow their own recipes for dinners for their family. They keep making food for their kids, husband, and the SI…

Pretty sure the owner's response was not exactly what this student was expecting.

Upper management usually doesn't intervene between bosses and their employees, unless the issue is considered unsolvable. In this case, it wasn't exactly that the case was 'unsolvable', but rather that this particular boss simply didn't have the authority to fire any employee. Not to mention that there weren't even proper grounds for this employee to be fired in the first place. OP was working as a carhop at Sonic at the time, and one day they were cleaning up all the drinks that the day shift…