Discrimination can sometimes be subtle, and it’s up to you to keep an eye out for it. It may not come up in obvious ways, but in sneaky ones. That’s why you always have to be on the lookout for it, because it might creep up behind you. Certain behaviors also get ingrained in us …
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Manager demands copywriter continue answering calls in old tech support role, faces payback when he changes company handbook: ‘The marketing team do not have any interactions with customers’
In any job, it pays to be aware of the small print. Countless employees have found themselves screwed over because they didn’t pay attention to some contract or rulebook, and conversely, many more have also played a situation to their advantage by knowing the law of the land better than those who are supposed to …
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‘I’m not a bank’: Man-child quits his job on a whim, expecting his 24-year-old girlfriend to financially support him until he «figures it out,» she refuses so he gets Mommy involved in the guilt-trip
Moving in with someone you’re dating is a huge step in a relationship, and in many cases, it makes or breaks your love connection. This girlfriend, a 24-year-old working girl, had agreed to move in with her BF after a year, claiming they’d split the bills 50/50 and be cotenants in an effort to save …
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25+ IT Memes for Computer Geniuses Helping Their Parents Copy and Paste
If you’re under a certain age, odds are a family member has called upon you to assist in a matter of technical support. And usually, you’re pretty good at solving it. You know that Chrome slows down when there are too many tabs open. You know how to rename a folder on your desktop. And …
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25+ Tech Memes for People Whose Parents Think They’re Computer Geniuses
It’s a near-universal experience of millennials and below that whenever we help an elder with a simple tech problem, they act like we’re Steve Wozniak himself. I’m no coder, I just know how to press control-alt-delete. The folks in my generation grew up with tech all around us. We taught ourselves how to use the …
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‘I just wasted as much of their time as I could’: Pesky debtors face petty revenge for blowing up dude’s work phone
I don’t think I know a single person under the age of 40 who will answer every call they get without question. The main reason for this is that these days, there is a significant chance whoever is on the other end of the line is an annoying stranger who we don’t want to hear …
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Manager Scolds a Tech Support Guy After He’s Found Fixing a Personal Laptop at Work, Gets Humiliated After Learning it’s the CEO’s Computer
In the corporate world, there’s always a hierarchy. As the lowly pleebs that waltz through the front door every morning clocking 40+ hours every week, it’s safe to say that we don’t have too much clout in the corporate ranking system. Unless you’re a good-haired CEO with shiny shoes and an entire team devoted to …
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Uber Driver Preposterously Charges Fee For Waiting 0 Minutes
Uber etiquette can be a slippery issue. I’m always wondering how much I should talk, if it’s poor form to have headphones on, or if I should actually be sitting in the passenger seat. I’m pretty convinced that I’m fine on that last one, but the point stands. I suppose everyone is different, and you …
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25 Computer Building Memes for Graphic-Driven Gamers
A sad occasion has occurred. Seven years after initially building and upgrading my PC, the system has finally failed. Hours of diagnostics and prodding proved fruitless. My gaming computer has definitely bit the dust. I knew it was coming. The setup was already on its last legs. It’s just sad to finally see the day …
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Incompetent HR Department Refuses to Give Most Essential Employee an 8% Raise, Risks Future of the Company in the Process
When deciding whether to give an employee a raise, sometimes it’s not so obvious. If an employee is doing a fine job but not an outstanding job, it’s easy to put off giving them a raise until their performance improves. However, there are some employees that are so important, that go so above and beyond …
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