‘Slander is illegal and can cost you lots and lots of money’: Aggressive CEO replies to negative Glassdoor review, proves the reviewer right

A particular class of business owners are convinced that aggressively responding to their negative online reviews will make them look good. I’m here to tell them that screaming and hollering at bad reviews makes said reviews look much more valid. I had a nefarious therapist as a teenager, and out of curiosity, I recently checked …
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‘A 2 star review shows you care!’: Employee encourages ex-coworkers to leave negative Glassdoor reviews for toxic company, gets CEO to step down

One of the best things about leaving a terrible job is that you can finally complain about all its bad points out in the open. Without HR breathing down your neck about any reasonable objections, you’re free to say just about anything that doesn’t warrant a cease and desist.  The main downside is that the …
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Boss Refuses to Give Hardworking Employee a Promotion Because of Uncharacteristically Negative Performance Review

Getting feedback from your superiors is one of the best ways to grow in a job. You might feel like you’re doing a good job and are doing everything right, but your boss might have a different idea of what success in your position looks like. Even if it’s hard to hear, getting harsh feedback …
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Weekly Internet Roundup: Pints & Chit Chat, Store Bought Pesto Stories, and the First Doge Day

Plus, TikTok’s premier food reviewer calls out preferential treatment.

Academia Memes for Struggling Students and Scholars

There’s a lot I miss about being a college student. It was a transformative period in my life. I spent years studying a field that I’m passionate about, met a lot of wonderful people, and figured out what I wanted to do with my life. That being said, I do not miss essays, exams, or …
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‘Be advised’: Male Karen leaves 1-star review because he’s angry about free soda

There are a lot of reasons to be angry in this world… and free soda is not one of them. Still, name a thing that exists, and there is someone out there who is absolutely fuming about it, plotting how they can end it once and for all.  Meet Larry. Larry hates free things, especially …
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Karen Admonishes Hotel Worker For Drinking at a Bar After Work

What you do outside of work hours is your business. No customer, parent, or boss should have any say in what you do when you’re off the clock. I feel bad for people with highly scrutinized professions, like teachers, who need to drive an hour away to feel comfortable going to a bar. So many …
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Niche Internet Microcelebrity Spotlight: Shower Food Review Guy

Screen Name: @gazpachomachine Real Name: Gaz (possibly) Internet Occupation: Shower food reviewer Reason for Fame: The shower is somewhere that contains multitudes for many shower havers. It’s a place where, if you’re so inclined, multiple bodily needs can be satisfied at once; if you have a great tolerance for both grossness and discomfort, you could …
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Entitled Karens Who Are Completely Addicted to Complaining

If you told us a few years ago that insane Karens would still be a hot topic, we might not believe you, and we would definitely not want to believe you. Rage filled, entitled people are a plague upon the world, and it seems like that’s especially true here in the United States as well …
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Cursed Steam Reviews That Are More Funny Than Helpful

Where there’s a review section for a product, you can almost always find gold. Some of the most entertaining reviews can easily be found on sites like Letterboxd, Yelp, and Amazon. Most of the time, the funnier and more bizarre comments tend to be the least helpful, but that’s sort of part of the fun. …
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