It's not fair that only the students were allowed to enjoy this historic moment! Meanwhile, those of us in the working world including the educators of said children were forced to work during the solar eclipse. For those of you who are teachers out there, did you all get to enjoy the moment? Or were you like this Redditor and forced to stay inside in a windowless room to attend a lame professional development workshop?

Thankfully, this teacher saw it coming and planned well in advance, so she was able to take the day off. Still, the rest of her colleagues were actively told that they needed to attend yet another presentation about why they're not doing a good enough job of educating the next generation of students. Let this story serve as yet another reminder that teachers are humans too, and they deserve to enjoy life's special moments just as much as anyone else. In fact, they deserve more special moments given the nonsense they have to put up with on a daily basis.

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a hotel that refused to waive a cancellation fee for the eclipse.

The business environment is competitive. Individuals often prioritize their own advancement over the well-being of those around them when climbing the corporate ladder. They are dedicated to achieving their objective and will do whatever it takes to get there. That being said, how would you react if you found out that someone on your crew attempted to sabotage you in order to protect themselves?

The story that follows is that of an inexperienced design engineer who is picking up the rules of the corporate game. The Original Poster (OP) provides a first-hand account of his experiences working in the world of business. Developing a strong reference list is not nearly as important as understanding the unwritten rules of the business game. As soon as OP began to realize that something had been stolen out of one of the client cases he had been assigned to, he made sure to keep at least two copies of work orders to ensure he had proof of all that had been happening.

That being said, be sure to read the story below if you're interested in learning more about what transpired and whether or not OP needed to utilize an additional document containing work orders to save his reputation in the industry. Additionally, after you're done, don't forget to read the account of the employee who settles score with the CEO who demands workers follow alarm protocol, leading to an amusing car chase with the authorities!

Being particular about something is all well and good… to a point. You can want something done a certain way with good reason, but overly inflicting your pedantic ways on other people isn't going to make you any friends, and when you're managing a team, it certainly isn't going to win anyone over or inspire loyalty. No, it's always better to have a little flexibility and give your team members agency over their respective roles; letting people do things they're responsible for in their own way is going to give them more satisfaction in their roles and thereby increase their efficiency and effectiveness. 

If you go the "my way or the highway" route, you're always going to be watching your back while your frustrated subordinates wait for any little slip-up on your part so that they can declare your entire method to be hypocritical. That's essentially what's happening in this short story that was shared with a popular online community where this worker called out their boss in front of everyone for their ironically "careless" mistake.

In this marriage, only one person gets to sleep in the bedroom when the couple argues. I always thought that was a silly sitcom trope, or perhaps just a luxury for people who live in houses and not small apartments. In any case, it's that classic bit where a husband and wife argue, and the husband is forced to sleep on the couch to atone for his behavior. Only in this dude's case, he wasn't even in the wrong!

This dude and his wife have a really strange relationship dynamic, which commenters were happy to point out to the original poster, u/No-Law2404. The husband seems almost giddy that his wife kicked him out, because he gets to have a great weekend golfing and relaxing with his buddies. Isn't the whole point of marriage to enjoy your life with your spouse? They're supposed to be your best friend, but over time, the relationship dynamic changes to this passive-aggressive mess. 

After you read this AITAH story, read about some of the funniest things people witnessed in Zoom court, like one person who shared that "There is a guy in Zoom court literally going through the car wash." 

This totally unethical manager is about to go down. Not only was it against policy for the employer to participate in the tip pool among the other servers at the restaurant, but matters were also made worse when the manager suggested that tipping was a "privilege." Essentially, she threatened to stop allowing her servers to receive tips at all, as if that is not the majority of the money these workers rely on to pay their bills.

This thread was posted to Reddit by u/mddnaa, who decided that it was time for someone to call this lady out on her nonsense. After all, she makes $1,000 every week, not including any money she may be stealing from the tip pool. Meanwhile, the Redditor's other coworkers are struggling, one of whom is homeless. How dare she have the audacity to suggest that tip money can be taken away from these servers?

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about an employee who got in trouble for expensing $1.02 over the daily limit.

This neighbor keeps sneaking around at 2 AM to vandalize other people's properties. 

Maybe every neighborhood has a person like this: the one who pilfers from people's garages, or takes other neighbor's tools and won't return them, or, like this dude, disrespects people's property. It's one thing to steal inanimate objects. But this guy felt it was appropriate to go around chopping down plants! Plants are living things, and they take a long time to grow. They're not so easily replaced… and even if they were, it would cost thousands of dollars to buy whole plants instead of seeds. 

You can't control what your neighbors do on your own. Aside from talking to them and bringing them plates of cookies until they change their mind, you've got to live and let live. People like this dude just can't handle it when someone else gets to have their way. This guy threw a fit multiple times… it was only a matter of time before police would have to get involved to mediate. 

Next up, this blog was perfect for amateur poets who wanted to share their work for critique, but things went downhill when a couple of trolls began leaving unpleasant feedback. 

Always be careful what you tell your soon-to-be former employer before you get out. Otherwise, they might make things harder for you, as this boss did. Sure, this might be a cynical take. In an ideal world, your boss will understand your desire to move on to a different opportunity, but if your manager is among the many selfish employers in the workforce, then leaving might not be so easy.

This Redditor was not even necessarily looking for better work until he was poached by a different company and offered a far better salary. He scheduled a meeting with his current boss to discuss the offer and to see if his current employer could potentially match it. Not only did their boss choose not to match the offer, but also upon hearing the name of the new company, he tried to ruin his current employee's chances there in order to keep him for himself.

Keep scrolling below for the full play-by-play. When you're done, feel free to take a look at this post about an employee who got in trouble for expensing just $1.02 above the daily limit.

Being a pet owner is a big commitment. For the entire life of some hapless critter–whether it's a dog, a cat, a bird, or a fish–you're responsible for taking care of your pet. After so many years, it's easy to grow so fond of an animal that it becomes a part of your family, which is why the cat lover in our next story was ready to fight tooth and nail for their rescue feline. 

This feline fanatic adopted a forlorn kitty from a pet adoption website, finding the pet of their dreams–a black Scottish fold named Piper. Over the years, Piper grew into the family, healing from the scars of her previous owner, the cat found a new place in the family that would be hard to uproot. However, Two years after their initial, legal adoption, a saucy Karen came crawling out of the woodwork claiming, 'I need my cat back'. 

Scroll for the entire heart-wrenching story of how a cat lover defended their newest furry family member by ousting the villainous woman who tried to steal her back… a day late and a dollar short. 

Many companies have unexplained issues with the concept of their employees working a second job. While it is understandable that a company would want to make sure that their employees won't also work for a competitor, when a company forbids an employee from working another job altogether, that is a major red flag. A place of work should not dictate what an employee does on their time off, no matter what.

The employee in this Reddit story had to deal with a lot of red flags regarding their job. The first one was when they were fired after sustaining an injury on the job, conveniently right before they were supposed to be getting a substantial bonus. The second red flag was when the company found out about the employee's second job and demanded the employee pay them back every salary they got on the job. A third red flag, was when the employee tried to figure out how the company even found out about the second job in the first place…

To get a full grasp on the issues at hand, scroll down to read the full story. After that, click here for a story of a front desk clerk who refused to give in to a demanding guest.

Zoom is very useful for some things, but it's really best to go to court in person if you can. It was a necessity during the dark years of the early 2020s, when we all needed to stay indoors and protect ourselves from illness. We suddenly found ourselves having Zoom holidays, with forty family members all trying to talk at once from their separate dining rooms. Instead of going to school in person, the kids spent a while getting their education via screens. Even things like doctor's appointments could now be done from the comfort of our own homes. 

There was no exception for people who were going through the legal system at the time. Instead of pushing back court dates indefinitely, people were instructed to call in to a trial or a court date via Zoom. Even their lawyers called in via the video calling app! It didn't go smoothly all the time… even though we're supposed to take court very seriously, a lot of Zoom callers just couldn't be bothered. I guess court would seem less intimidating if you're sitting on your couch drinking a smoothie while chatting with your lawyer. Some folks did a lot worse than that, as you can check out down below. 

Up next, this barista is confused and frustrated by their manager's double standards. 

It's always a good idea to make sure you're not messing with the guy who has access to all of the company's information at his fingertips… Otherwise, things could go pretty poorly for you—if the dozens of stories online on the subject are anything to go off of. This went doubly when that guy was also the one who implemented an all-encompassing Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software that is vital to the organization's continued functioning and existence, which he alone knows how to service and handle. 

This was the situation at hand for this IT guy who worked as an IT specialist for a distribution company. After modernizing the company's software with the only other member of the IT department, the IT guy found himself alone on the team as the unreasonable demands from their employer escalated and drove their teammate to quit. After continued broken promises and refusals for proper compensation, the IT guy had also had enough, deciding to leave the company… But not before loading a detailed report of all the other employees' unpaid overtime hours, which conveniently ended up in the hands of an employment lawyer.

Although, understandably, some policies can't be changed or eased, there should always be room for consideration. Sometimes, even though on paper the policy makes total sense, certain cases prove that there can be exceptions from time to time.

Much like the case in this Reddit story. OP (original poster), booked a hotel room a year in advance for next week, which happens to have a solar eclipse event that is highly anticipated. Because of that, when OP booked their room, the room was practically free, and now it is X5 the price. But when OP learned that they couldn't actually use their room they tried to cancel the reservation but were met with an unreasonable cancellation fee. Even after OP tried to explain to the hotel that they would actually make a lot more money if they let them cancel the room, they were still denied.

Scroll down to read how the story ended. When you finish with this story, click here for a story of a company that demanded employee pay them back every single salary.

Let this serve as a friendly reminder that sarcasm doesn't function well in the workplace. 

Every so often, maybe twice a year, this Karen manager decides to lose her mind and accuse everyone of doing everything wrong. She runs a small but always moderately busy convenience store. Well, the other day, she decided it was time for her tantrum. Her employee had just finished restocking and cleaning the store and had returned to the register when his Karen boss came storming and sardonically told him to stay at the register while she did all the work. Well, after having witnessed her tantrums several times before, he decided he wasn't going to put up with it this time and instead opted for some well-deserved malicious compliance. So, he decided to follow her orders and do nothing, which forced her to actually do something on her own for once.

Keep scrolling below for the full story. When you're done, check out this post about a company that lied about their job posting.

We're all working to eventually retire, right? Apart from the 1%ers and people whose entire identity is entwined in their career, most of us just want to age out, cash in, head to Florida, and live out the rest of our days on the beach with a piña colada in one hand and a good book in the other. 

But apparently that's not a reasonable end goal for Gen X folks or anyone under the age of 50. 

While many younger generations have come to terms with the idea that retirement is a luxury, older generations assumed it was a given. Once the Boomers reached their 30-year tenure at the company they got hired at straight out of high school, they have a send-off party, leaving with their golden goose egg and life-long pension that will support them for the rest of their days. But recently, a guy got into a scuffle with his long-retired father over the specifics of these idyllic benefits. 

This man's father retired at 50 years old in 1999, but when this Gen X guy confronted him about retiring at 56, he was in a tizzy over it, claiming he was lazy and had 'a lot of good years left in him' to work. Not all of us want to work until we're in the grave, buddy. Scroll for the whole tale of how a son confronted his dad and forced him to face the truths and realities of modern retirement. 

As if the job market isn't daunting enough, you're most likely also going to experience some pretty absurd interviews and downright bananas first days… 

This pregnant woman wasn't afraid to confront another driver. And luckily for her, a bunch of bystanders also had her back. 

Going through a pregancy changes everything, and the last trimester can be the trickiest for a lot of new parents. That's the stage where a pregnant woman's belly is too big for her to tie her shoes or get up from the floor when bending down. She might need to sit down frequently—carrying a whole baby around in your body gets tiring. And in general, pregnant women are supposed to take it easy in their last few months of the pregnancy by asking for extra help or taking time off work to relax. 

Some stores even have this nice idea of providing special parking spaces for expectant mothers and parents of newborns. It's a simple way to show appreciation for mothers, and it hurts no one. Well, correction: it hurts the feelings of entitled shoppers who think that they deserve the spot more than the lady who's going to give birth in two months. 

Check out the tale of the entitled shopper who shouted down a pregnant lady. Then, the AITA community was baffled by this odd family dispute involving a birthday cake and a wrist watch. 

Don't you just love it when you ask for something completely standard and are then told that you're being unprofessional? That kind of manipulative response from an employer is not only frustrating and unprofessional in and of itself, but it can also leave the employee spiraling and genuinely considering if they were in the wrong or not. It's a classic way to shirk responsibility and reflect blame right back onto the employee, and it's upsetting how common this management tactic seems to be.

This bank teller lived in a right-to-sit state, so he assumed that drafting an email explaining his desire to sit down on the job would be a simple way to change the policy. In fact, he could have simply demanded that he be allowed to sit. Instead, he was met with condescension, intimidation, and threats. All of this was a result of a desire to sit down more. 

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 company that lied about their job posting.

The dynamics in this family are a big mess. U/F54tughi556 can tell you all about it, because they had an interesting question for r/AmItheA******. 

The tale revolves around a birthday cake. Some people don't care at all about their birthday cake, and just bring out a package of cupcakes from the grocery store. But to others, especially those who love to share their lives online, having a pretty cake is a major part of a birthday celebration. It's a nice way to remember your special day. This person even has a baker in the family: their daughter. She loves to bake, so she's been making some money on the side by selling her baked goods to the people around her. For her stepdad's 45th birthday, the stepdad requested she make him a cake, and she agreed to it. But then the original poster of this tale made a series of off-the-wall decisions, and the AITA community let them know just how bizarre they were acting. 

You can check the whole story out below, along with comments from people who told them they were wrong. Then, read about the customer who drove all the way over to the bank, boiling with anger, because he didn't want to press 1 for English on the phone. 

Fighting over limited parking spaces is one of those universal experiences that connects even the most different individuals. Here, we have a group of five college students whose off-campus apartment included just two parking spaces in their driveway, which unfortunately meant that three of the tenants needed to rely on street parking regularly. 

One of the students who claimed one of those two desired spots at the beginning of their lease had their car towed. However, instead of giving her spot to one of her other roommates (who desperately needed it), she decided to give it to her boyfriend. This ungrateful dude spent most of his time at his girlfriend's apartment, using their WiFi, eating their food, and most egregiously, hogging that parking space.

It got to a point where the other roommates had to band together to confront this guy and reclaim their rightful parking spot. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more tales of parking drama, check out this story about a truck that blocked eight handicapped parking spots.

How a parent disciplines their child is unique to each family, and you must respect that. A child has to learn what is kind and what is unkind, and what is socially acceptable and not—that is the importance of discipline.