‘Ma’am, you do know Google is free right?’: Hotel clerk gets fed up with demanding guest who expects clerk to be an encyclopedia

Do you even stop to think – how on earth did people manage to live their lives before the internet existed? Sure, it might have been more peaceful and carefree times, but how did they go places without GPS? How did they find information without Google?  I know this sounds completely ignorant of me, but …
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‘Where there’s a will, there’s a way’: Determined Guest Attempts to Break Into Room to Recover Lost Bag After Being Refused Entry by Hotel Employee

Being a customer service representative is not always an easy or enjoyable job. What is the hardest part, you ask? One instance that springs to mind is having to tell clients ‘no’, which usually leads them to feel upset and frustrated. The story below is an account of a frustrated front desk clerk. As usual, …
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‘She spoiled everything, so I did too’: To get back at her entitled co-worker, woman decides to spoil the ending of her favorite book

How do you feel about spoilers? Some people actually enjoy having things spoiled for them. My sister, for example, will start watching a film, skip over to the last five minutes to see what happens, and then go back and watch the rest of the movie. Then there are some people, who hate spoilers with …
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‘He took it too far’: Petty Family Leave Restaurant a Bad Review in an Attempt to Get an Extra Discount

As we often say, being a customer service representative has perks as well as drawbacks. But what happens when hierarchy enters the picture? If we’re being really honest here, that means you will most likely be forced to work every holiday, birthday, and significant occasion up until a new hire steps in to take your …
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Workers Share The Fastest Ways They’ve Seen Someone Get Fired

I have a humble brag I’d like to share with y’all: I have never been fired (knock on wood). I don’t think I have never been fired because I’m particularly special, but most of my work history is made up of service jobs that are desperate for anyone with even a smudge of social skills. …
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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 quit my job and there may be a massive domino effect’: Manager causes ‘domino effect’ when they quit their job

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 …
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‘The entire project came crashing down’: Coworkers get put in their place when woman stops doing their work

Of all the many frustrating experiences that are waiting for you when you arrive at work, there is arguably none greater than a coworker who refuses to pull their weight. Without fail, their dragging of the chain will hold back the rest of their team, who will have to pick up the slack if they …
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‘I pulled 6 doubles that week’: Retail worker told to take all the overtime they want, obliges

You really shouldn’t say something that you don’t mean that could cause an outcome that you don’t want to someone who will happily oblige you. Retailers love to set rules and swear by them as if they had been written in stone since the dawn of time—and definitely not something they made up 15 minutes …
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Workers Discuss Email Etiquette After Company Rejects Half of Employee’s Vacation Time Request

It is hard to believe how many people can’t craft a proper email. I didn’t wholly learn the art and science of professional emailing until I was a junior in college, and who knows where I would be if I didn’t take particular classes that taught me that. I’ll give you some general tips if …
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