If there’s one thing I hate, it’s tardiness. I’m not talking about someone being late once, but rather chronic lateness that persists without resolution. I know that every time I hang out with one friend that shall remain nameless, the train is not running 20 minutes behind, despite their claims. They chose to leave when …
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21 Employee Burnout Memes to Get You Through Your Late-Week Work Slump (January 10, 2025)
Whew… T.G.I.F. am I right? You’re probably still reeling from the post-holiday slump and are just now figuring out that January is the watered down, contemporary version of the dark ages. At least in the workforce it is! All of this «circling back» from your boss is probably getting you down, but it can always …
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Mom calls the cops on Halloween store employee after he refuses to give her a refund for a dinosaur costume for 8-12 year olds she bought for her 17-year-old son: ‘The receipt literally said «All sales final after October 25th»‘
H*ll hath no fury like a middle-aged woman trying to get a refund from a store. Before the term «Karen» even went into widespread use, I knew these women and what it was like to be on the receiving end of their fits of rage. When I was a teen working in retail, all I …
Seguir leyendo Mom calls the cops on Halloween store employee after he refuses to give her a refund for a dinosaur costume for 8-12 year olds she bought for her 17-year-old son: ‘The receipt literally said «All sales final after October 25th»‘
Cruel lady asks coworker if she’s gained weight after she lost 70 pounds, gets offended when she calls that comment snarky: ‘I’m sorry if your fishing for compliments strategy didn’t work on me’
There are a lot of social rules in place about when, where, and how you can comment on somebody’s weight. A general rule of thumb is that it’s impolite to point out if someone has gained weight, but it’s usually acceptable to compliment someone on losing it. Even positively mentioning weight loss can be a …
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28 Hilarious Construction Worker Memes to Brighten Up Your 4am Weekend Wake-up Call (August 10, 2024)
Construction memes are basically dad jokes in disguise, but they are usually a lot more foul. Which pretty much sums up a construction worker. Most of them are dads, but they aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty and tell it how it is. Have you ever been on a job site? You have to …
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20 Hilarious Construction Worker Memes to Brighten Up Your 4am Weekend Wake-up Call (June 29, 2024)
Hello, all construction workers! Time for another well-deserved meme list. We thank you for your service. You might get picked on a lot, with road closures, loud hammering, and long project times upsetting the common folk. But we know you’re just doing your job. I mean, if construction workers weren’t, could you imagine how much …
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‘You’re manifesting my business’s failure’: Dispiteous boss accuses employee of «manifesting failure» of her business
Get your Tarot cards out and crystals ready cause we’re out here trying to manifest the failure of every terrible boss we’ve ever had. Like, can you imagine getting called into a meeting with HR just because your «vibes» were off? Like, heck, Erin, so what if I was in the water closet building a …
Seguir leyendo ‘You’re manifesting my business’s failure’: Dispiteous boss accuses employee of «manifesting failure» of her business
Company Forces Remote Worker to go Back to the Office Despite Their Success With Working From Home, Causes Employee of 27 Years to Quit
It’s wild how much the introduction of remote work into most office jobs changed the world. These days, you’d be hard-pressed to find a company in NYC that doesn’t implement some work-from-home element, with most jobs having a hybrid model. The 3-day in-person workweek is ubiquitous. I was still in college in 2020 and 2021 …
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‘She demanded I hire her’: Manager’s old company calls to begging him to hire his useless ex-coworker to get her off their hands
Imagine having a coworker so terrible that when you get a new management role and poach the members of your old team, your old HR manager actually gets mad at you for not poaching the awful one. That’s a scenario that boggles the mind so completely it’s hard to imagine this scenario actually playing out …
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‘I want to know where you are at all times’: Worker complies to boss’s micromanaging request that they report their location at all times
Micromanagement is a boogeyman of the workplace—always lurking. You’re always apprehensive that it’s going to be there when you walk into a new place and worried that it might suddenly appear out of the blue and ruin something that you once loved. It’s also exceedingly frustrating and hugely demotivating One of the most psychologically deconstructing …
Seguir leyendo ‘I want to know where you are at all times’: Worker complies to boss’s micromanaging request that they report their location at all times