Working any front-of-house gig that has you dealing face-to-face with the customers can cause all kinds of ups and downs. Sometimes you meet the nicest and coolest people that you are happy to help. While other times you meet a villain straight out of one of those viral Karen tantrum videos. It's quite the emotional rollercoaster, but anyone who has worked these kinds of jobs before really learns how to stand up for themselves—you gotta! 

For instance, this hotel employee was working the front desk when an entitled customer came over. She slammed her bag on the desk right next to the employee while they were working with another customer. Anybody not raised by monsters would know how impolite that is. So, the front desk employee called her out. Of course, this just made the Karen customer even more crazy. So when it came time to check her in, she got a downgrade and then some. Read the entire satisfying revenge story below!  

As much as people love to talk about how great Airbnb is, there is also a lot wrong with that concept, starting with the people who become hosts. Everywhere you go, you'll hear at least one horror story of an Airbnb host who overcharged, gave terrible reviews, or even put up a hidden camera in the bathroom (if you know you know). This is why many people prefer to go back to 'the old-fashioned way' and simply book a hotel.

While this story is not as bad as a hidden camera tale, it is a perfect example of how some Airbnb hosts take advantage of their guests. OP (original poster) shared how disappointed they were after their host left a bad review because they didn't properly clean up the place, despite the host charging a $70 cleaning fee in advance. The review was left after OP already put in their positive review, and they are now seeking a way to get even with the host.

Keep scrolling to read the full story. After you are done, click here for a story of a new hire who refused to listen to her coworker's training.

This employee was meant to feel like she made a mistake for considering the possibility of working somewhere else. That's how you know she's stuck in a messed-up work environment. It's probably for the best if she does, in fact, leave. However, she certainly should not give into the pressure to hand in a resignation letter. If her boss wants to fire her, then they need to fire her. The employee should not help make the process easier for her boss.

Why did the boss pressure the employee to resign instead? Well, that's simple. That's because the boss did not have justifiable reason to put to paper. The employee simply scheduled a job interview somewhere else and made the mistake of confiding in her supervisor about this, thinking they were close enough as mentor-mentee. Now, she has learned her lesson, but regardless, the boss is still very much at fault here for feeling so threatened that she felt the need to punish folks for wanting more. That's not how you create loyalty across your team.

For more stories like this, check out this post about another micromanager's comeuppance.

As much as we all look forward to getting on a plane and going on vacation, no one likes the first part of the journey to their destination—the airport lines. Not one person enjoys arriving at the airport two hours (at least) before their flight and moving from one line to another until they actually board their flight.

It is even more annoying when there is some holdup and you end up standing in one line forever, which is what happened to the passenger in this story. They had to wait for around an hour to check in their bags, all because of one entitled family who demanded to check in 16 bags. That family ended up not only creating a huge line, but actually delaying the flight since the airline needed more time to check everybody in after them. Then, they continued to cause a commotion on the flight itself when they were not all seated together.

Keep scrolling to read the full story. After you are done, click here for a story of a manager who texted their employee at 2 AM demanding they come to work.

Congrats! You got married, and it was a beautiful and joyous event that celebrated your love. Now you have the rest of your lives to appreciate and nourish that love and live happily ever after. But wait… What's this? Your mother-in-law is passive-aggressive? Your father-in-law has no sense of humor? Oh boy, did you forget that when you marry someone, you're also marrying into their family? Luckily, you're not alone in that little mishap. When you're so in love, it's hard to ever consider the downs. That being said, sometimes in-laws are great! They're not all the villains from a Disney movie. Sometimes, they can become your besties and just keep this party going. That's what we hope for you! But, whether you have in-laws that drive you crazy or in-laws that truly welcomed you in like one of their own, you'll enjoy the memes below. Just remember, you married for love, it has nothing to do with the in-laws either way. 

Living, working—merely existing in a negative environment is enough to cause you a miserable existence. Over time, the repeated accusations and insulations of wrongdoing eat away at you, eroding what optimism and willpower you have remaining to make positive changes for yourself. 

The problem with this is that it includes sapping the energy you might have to leave the toxic situation yourself, creating a vicious cyclical feedback loop that drains you of your life force.

Though it might not seem easy at first—and despite taking up an enormous amount of time and energy—changing jobs is possible and usually easier than you might have first thought. See, change is pain, and navigating unknown territory takes a lot of willpower. And it can be scary to take that leap and get yourself to a better place.

This worker shared how they left their toxic workplace, even turning down an offer for better pay just in order to escape that place—despite not mentioning that they had another opportunity to line up. They shared their experience with this online careers-focused community, sparking discussion on the subject that divided readers, with some readers applauding their move in the comments and others declaring their actions unwise.

See their original thread below, along with some selections of the most important discussion that took place.

Getting caught up in a lawsuit is no fun at all. It's really expensive, for one thing, and it can take years and years to resolve something. Just ask u/onlymrsstorie, who has been fighting her HOA in court for years! 

It all started when this couple moved into their home as first time homeowners. They must not have known to avoid HOAs, which can require monthly dues along with doling out frequent fines for things like… parking your own truck in front of your own home. Yes, that's the first time this person was in contact with their HOA. The HOA insisted that even though this homeowner's husband owned the vehicle, that he wasn't allowed to park there for more than 12 hours every 2 days. No matter how much this person begged and pleaded, the HOA stuck with their $100 fine. With HOAs like these, who needs enemies? 

You can check out the whole story of how the lawsuit went down by scrolling below: it's a long story, but it's well worth the read. 

Up next, these scorned exes got some very petty revenge on their former partners, like one person who admitted they "took all of the knobs and handles off of everything—TV, dresser, stereo..."

Seasons may change but Dads will always be the same. 

Whether you're in elementary school or you just got off of your parent's health insurance, you probably still cringe at your father's jokes, especially at the dinner table. Don't you just want to eat your meatballs in peace and not have to hear some strangely outdated, guffaw-inducing wordplay? Perhaps in theory, but the older you get, the more you come to appreciate those moments even if they're not exactly funny jokes.

Perhaps you're on the brink of fatherhood yourself and have started to see Dad Jokes in a new light. Perhaps your own sense of humor is beginning to shift and you have found yourself starting to come up with your own Dad Jokes and having the same kind of unfiltered confidence that your Dad has when delivering said jokes. If that's so, we've got some top Dad Jokes of the week to share with your family. For more compilations like this, check out this list of ridiculous reasons why couples broke up.

These fast-food workers made some split-second decisions about the food they were making, and their customers had no idea. 

Some people have no sense of self-preservation. They're happy to order food in the most impolite tone possible. Why is that? Why do people choose to be combative over something as trivial as a cheap burger or some fries? You get what you pay for, so if your fast-food burger isn't 100% perfect, is it really worth complaining over? To these people, it sure is. It's almost like they forgot that there are real human beings with feelings who are making their food. They've somehow become so entitled that they don't think anyone would mess with their meal. 

But, according to the thousands of people who replied to u/confusedworried's question, getting revenge on a customer by messing up their food is totally fair game. People from lots of different food service industries weighed in, including chefs and fast-food workers. As long as they were out of the customer's line of sight, they could do pretty much whatever they wanted… Check out some of the most startling and funny stories below. 

Up next, this HOA board member made a startling decision without telling any homeowners, writing, "The pool is closed… what you may not know is the reason." 

It's time to discuss elevator decorum. If you have a neighbor who refuses to hold the elevator for others or who takes too much time hogging the space, thereby actively inconveniencing everyone else, you very well may relate to this individual's experience.

This Redditor has an upstairs Karen of a neighbor who would consistently take up to half an hour hogging the elevator and getting her family and belongings in and out, making it impossible for anyone else to make use of it. Finally, the original poster (OP) decided to do something about it. The next time this ridiculous family decided to usurp the elevator for a long period of time, OP decided to walk nine flights downstairs but made sure to press the button for the elevator on each flight. The best part about their petty revenge is that the family of Karens has absolutely no idea who was behind this plot.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more, check out this post about a new hire who got fired from a restaurant after ten minutes.

This middle-aged man-baby learned a lesson the hard way not to take advantage of his aging parents after getting cut out of the will entirely. That's just the way the cookie crumbles when you're a skeezy freeloading son. 

Our parents are here to help guide us in life--they're our mentors, they help create a path of growth, and they take care of us as children the best they can. For most fledgling adults, parents are always there for them in some capacity, offering advice well into adulthood, but the financial support typically ends when a child has grown into their adult life. On the contrary, in our next story, one guy decided to ride the coattails of his parent's generosity, refusing to contribute to family bills, rent, groceries, or in any way after living under their roof for 53 years. 

After half a lifetime of watching his brother freeload off of their parents, u/Iamstacylynn, had had enough. The sister had stepped up to take care of their father in his remaining few months of life, but after witnessing her brother's foul behavior towards them, she helped dear ol' dad take drastic action to cut him out of the will entirely. 

Read on for all the details of this family's restitution against a middle-aged man who took advantage of his parents until their final days, only to be forced to grow up after they passed on. I wonder when they'll shut the power and water off after the bills have gone unpaid...

Sometimes you can't just tell people things—they won't listen. It takes actually experiencing the negative result that you were warning them about for them to admit they were wrong. Predictably, this happens all the time with unreasonable egotistical bosses who are eager to prove themselves…

This developer, working for a financial services company, developed various tools and scripts to compensate for the company's other shortcomings, sometimes inadequate customer solutions. This saw them working consistent overtime in order to keep up with the critical tasks that were essentially keeping the company afloat. 

This went on for some time, and after a year or so of doing this, a new boss arrived on the scene with swagger. As is tradition, without waiting to assess the situation at play, the new boss declared that overtime was banned, imposing a strict ruling that all but prohibited it. 

As luck would have it, a critical system failure occurred right at the end of the developer's normal hours. They adhered to the new policy and left promptly, despite knowing that they would have normally been able to solve the problem. This left the organization without data backups overnight. 

The next day the policy was predictably and rightfully reversed. 

Try as he might, this boss isn't going to get his former employee to budge an inch. It's not like he has much leverage: he wants her to work for free!

The pressure your boss puts on you can feel immense. Some people have nightmares about their bosses, others work long hours even when they're not getting paid overtime in order to avoid their boss's wrath. That's why leaving a bad gig can suddenly feel so freeing! You can say to yourself, "Well, I never need to cater to my manager's whims or worry about their opinions ever again." 

It's also wise to avoid burning bridges, though. This person thought she left on good terms with her boss: he told her she could come back and work there again if she ever felt so inclined. She took that at face value… but for some reason, her boss kept acting like she still worked there and had to answer to him. He's acting really entitled, and commenters assured this person that she truly didn't have to give a second thought to her former manager's request, as you can read about in the story below. 

Up next, read about the outrageous reasons people divorced their spouses, like one person who "divorced his wife… because she would sleep with a nightlight." 

It's difficult to see the red flags in a relationship when you are in the midst of it. All you see through those rose-colored glasses are the best parts of your partner. And any flaw is just something you two can work on together, right? Maybe sometimes, but not always. Usually, the red flags rear their ugly color eventually, and you can't see anything else. This guy missed a HUGE red flag while he was with his now ex-wife. She hated donating to charities, like with a burning passion, it would seem. While they were together she would never allow him to donate to any charity. You'd think that would be a very obvious red flag, but again, it's hard to see those when you're so "in love."

However, this guy was able to see things clearly eventually and they got divorced. But he didn't end his feeling sfor her. No, in fact, he changed his feelings of love to loath and now dishes out the perfect revenge for his "evil" ex—he puts her email down every time he donates, so she gets the "thank you" email. 

After a long, exhausting day of work, the last thing anyone wants is another annoyance to keep them from going home and rotting on the couch. Imagine pulling into your street, just wanting to park, get inside, and finally relax—only to find someone else's car sitting in your driveway. That's exactly what happened to this homeowner. She came home after a tiring day, only to be blocked from her own property by an entitled Karen and her son, who had parked in her driveway without a second thought.

When confronted, Karen brushed it off, claiming they'd only be a few minutes, as if that somehow made it okay. It's amazing how some people live in their own little worlds, so completely entitled that they think the rules don't apply to them. The homeowner, understandably frustrated, insisted they move, but instead of apologizing, Karen doubled down—calling her pathetic for even asking. The audacity is almost unbelievable, but anyone who's dealt with a Karen knows this level of entitlement all too well.

Sometimes the red flags do not become obvious from the get-go, but once they're waving, they become impossible to ignore.

Here, we have a guy who landed a tutoring gig that was seemingly too good to be true. The hours perfectly complemented his second job, the rate was good, and he was promised to be placed in a school district with a decent commute to his other workplace. Well, it turns out that it really was all too good to be true, as the Redditor ended up getting fewer hours than what was promised and a completely different school district than the ones he requested.

This is what typically happens to freelance workers, especially those in the education space. As someone who has worked in that world myself, I can tell you that the only way to truly maximize the reward is to advocate for yourself no matter what. If you can only work during certain hours, put your foot down. If you can only work in a certain area, put your foot down as well. Otherwise, it's just not worth it.

For more stories like this, check out this post about a micromanager at a 9-5 gig.

Karens can come in many forms. In the case of this Redditor, it was in the form of an immature woodworker. This guy was an employee at a lumber yard and was working the register. As part of the policy, they have to check all of the big bills, $20+, to make sure they are not counterfeit. It's not personal, it's just policy. Understandable, right? Not to this woodworker. The guy just doing his job encountered such an entitled customer that he couldn't help but tell him off. The man was shocked, flabbergasted, offended even, that this guy was checking his money. How dare he even consider him to have counterfeit money. Him?! A total stranger to this employee? So impolite! Not really though. So ridiculous for this male-Karen to think this. But he did, and he insisted he get an apology, like a little cry man-baby. But the employee snapped back and he left with red cheeks. See how it all went done below! 

Moving up the chain in any workplace comes with a certain amount of sacrifice, as you get more responsibility, your ability to simply log off and not worry about the fate and trajectory of your work slowly decreases. Sure, you might get less productive work done every day due to all the oversight and meetings, but the responsibility rests a heavy weight on your shoulders all the same.

Of course, you get paid more, too, and that has its own benefits. But, there reaches a point where more and more responsibility is being thrust upon you—exponentially—and you'll find yourself wondering if it's all worth it. You'll find more and more of these responsibilities are above your even increased pay grade, probably because some management position farther up the chain was dissolved, and their tasks are now being passed down to you.

I know plenty of experienced professionals around my age and older who have opted not to move up in their respective organizations or career paths. Sometimes, they even opt to take a pay cut to work a four-day week to have more personal time and a better overall work-life balance. Of course, not everyone is able to do this, but for those who are, it remains a choice worth making.

We've seen an increasing number of stories like this in recent times, with workers choosing not to take on opportunities for promotion and more responsibility, leaving their bosses and the organizations they work for wondering where to turn to fill vacant roles. 

This HOA member has never learned to mind her own business! It's free and it keeps you out of trouble, not to mention the peace of mind you gain from not having to worry about other people's problems in life. But some people really enjoy getting into other' people's business: they like to be a bit bossy and try to get everyone to conform to their exact wishes. 

This woman, an HOA member that u/Emancipatedtreesnake keeps running into, has a completely petty gripe. She doesn't think this person's boss has a good enough car. Unless she's willing to fork over thousands of dollars to buy the guy something, it's a rather frivolous complaint! Does she expect this man to drop everything and purchase a new car just to suit her needs? Of course he isn't going to do that. The only thing this HOA woman has succeeded in doing is irking her neighbor and his boss. 

However, the two of them came up with a crafty plan to get this woman off their backs, which you can read all about down below. 

After that, read about this one consultant who was adamant she wouldn't take "fashion advice" from her coworker… too bad the boss disagreed! 

Micromanagers who want to see and approve every little thing are likely to regret that choice sooner rather than later. 

Here, we have a boss who disapproves of industry standards and ended up having to deal with the consequences of pressuring employees to comply with her outdated wishes. First, these industry standards were mandatory training programs that employees had to take every three years. It didn't matter if she felt they were pointless. She had to approve of them, but somehow, her work-forward mentality, coupled with her micromanaging tendencies, caused her to enforce a new policy that employees needed to request approval for every single detail regarding these programs. The result, of course, did not work out in her favor after this Redditor decided to prove said point via some well-deserved malicious compliance.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more content like this, take a look at this post about a boss who wanted to receive text updates from her employee about their every move.