This man caught his stay-at-home wife throwing away his salary check, spending thousands every month because she was too lazy to eat the food in their well-stocked fridge. 

Most of us are taught from a young age that you pay for convenience. Like any service, when something is prepared, delivered, and brought straight to your door, you're likely going to be paying for it in spades because of the convenience of that item. In an era where there's an app for everything, we've all had moments of weakness where we spend $85 on a delivered sandwich from the shop down the street because we're too lazy or tired to go pick it up ourselves, but the woman in our next story had grown accustomed to ordering takeout once–sometimes twice–per day to sustain herself. 

Despite a fridge full of healthy foods, this woman swooned at the idea of making her own meals. But when her husband caught her spending $1000+ every month on takeout, he had to draw a line in the sand–and with the credit card company. Read on for the whole story of a guy who was forced to take drastic measures to keep their collective savings accounts from getting fully drained due to convenience fees.

There's a certain etiquette involved when it comes to enjoying public entertainment… even if you'd paid to view it, and no matter how much you have paid to view it, you should not do anything that detracts from others' enjoyment of the event. Not only has it become commonplace for concertgoers to eclipse the view of those behind them with cell phones and signs, but it has also become far more commonplace for concertgoers to shriek lyrics passionately at the top of their lungs, drowning out the stadium speakers for all of those around them—or in quieter venues speak loudly for the entire duration of the show. It's all well and good to enjoy yourself, but if it's to the point that it's detracting from other's experience, you need to reevaluate and realize that you're not the center of attention, and if you can't handle that, you owe everyone around you their price of admission. Or, if you're really so determined to have your own audience, you should just host your own event and see who turns up. It seems that post-pandemic behavior has only gotten worse. Though perhaps I've only grown more intolerant. But it seems more and more that individualist ideals have taken over from the collective enjoyment, and attendees either have forgotten or never learned how to properly behave. 

This opportunistic and entitled family refused to give up the theatre seats that they had stolen from another family and got to watch the family they had stolen the seats from get even better ones.

This consultant is adamant that she should be allowed to wear whatever she wants to work. Too bad her coworkers don't feel the same way! 

How would you react if you were told to wear jeans to your job? Most of us would probably love that. Jeans tend to be quite comfortable to walk around in or to sit in for a workday. Some workplaces have casual Fridays just for that purpose, while others want their employees to pay up if they're going to wear jeans one day per week. Still, not everyone wants to wear jeans. Some prefer to dress up in fancy attire for work each and every day to maintain a professional demeanor. This consultant seemed to have that attitude, as u/DanielCade explained in their malicious compliance story. 

The consultant wanted to wear her own clothing, but she clearly didn't understand that she was in the wrong industry for that. Commenters noted that she might not be suited to that field, but as a consultant, she may have just not understood how serious protective clothing can be in certain work environments. You can check out the full story and comments below and determine for yourself who was in the wrong here. 

Up next, read about these people who had some rough days at work, like one person who revealed they "Just lost thousands of dollars worth of product at work. Most likely getting fired."

In a classic case of "never judge a book by its cover," a goth retail worker decided to get some petty revenge on a jewelry store employee who dismissed him based solely on his appearance. After having enough of the jewelry clerk's entitled behavior, the district manager at Hot Topic, dressed in his punk attire, stormed back into his store visibly angry after his encounter with the clerk.

His wife, kid, and other employees were at Hot Topic when he burst in, venting about the treatment he received. Instead of letting it slide, he made a quick decision. Moments later, he stormed out and headed straight for the competitor's jewelry store, much to the surprise of his team that watched the drama unfold from the storefront window. As they watched, the clerk from the first store kept an eye on him too. A short while later, the retail worker returned with a brand-new, expensive watch, flaunting it to the very clerk who had judged him. This hilarious turn of events served as a reminder that appearances can be deceiving, and sometimes karma delivers the sweetest payback.

Imagine starting a new job and thinking everything is finally going to be OK work-wise until you discover a scathing resignation email from before your time.

This employee at a call center stumbled upon an epic company-wide email sent from a former employee. This guy managed to call out salary discrepancies, poor management style, a backstabbing coworker, and underpaid, under-appreciated employees in one message for everyone to witness. The best part is that despite the fact that this new hire did not personally know the author of this email, the letter was so persuasive and introduced so many immediate red flags that the new hire had no choice to but to quit on the spot as well. As many folks in the comments section below pointed out, the ex-employee deserves a ton of credit for unapologetically burning all the bridges on his way out.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions. For more, check out this post about a manager's unpopular 14-hour Zoom call policy.

Many people recommend that when you take a day off work, you should also take a day off your phone. Not because it is better for your mental health, but because that way, no one from work can actually reach you and start asking you for favors.

This might sound extreme, but if I have a quiet Friday night at home, I usually completely turn off my phone and sometimes I don't turn it back on until midday on Saturday. Not only do I enjoy being completely present with my friends and family, but I also don't want people who shouldn't be contacting me to try and reach me. I don't even want to be aware of their existence when I shouldn't have to be.

The employee in this Reddit story was contacted by their manager at 2 AM the night before their day off. In the message their manager sent, they demand they come in to work the next day or else they'll be fired. Even though the employee did reply to the text, they decided to simply not go to the shift…

Scroll down to read the full tale. After you are done, click here for a story of an employee who was contacted by their former employee for a weird request.

With progress comes expansion, and with expansion comes development… the bounds of society creeping beyond where they once were, bringing with them change. We'd like to think that this change is always good, but the reality is that it's not always for the better. Opportunists will be right there waiting to strike when the shifting sands of time and change bring them the chance to take advantage. 

When this couple bought their dream piece of land out in the middle of nowhere, they completed the picture by building what, at that point, was their dream home. They lived there for several years, and when the opportunity presented itself later on, they moved on to the next pursuit, renting out their former home. It wasn't long before a housing developer came knocking, looking to build suburban houses in the once-rural area. The couple refused to sell, meaning that their home was the only one that wasn't part of the HOA that would form in the new neighborhood—something that the developer and their HOA wouldn't soon forget. They'd resort to less-than-dishonest means in order to attempt to get the couple to sell or otherwise sign their rights away and join the HOA 

There's a certain poetry to a nefarious entity's ability to bring wrath down upon themselves through the sheer brazenness and insistent audacity of their dishonest pursuits. The problem is that behavior has been learned and emboldened through years and years of success, so by the time they pay the price, it has been going on for some time. This developer got away with it long enough before they came to realize they had finally messed with the wrong couple.

Life's not all rainbows and lollipops. There are a lot of days that you feel like doing anything other than going to work… but you still have to go, or else you risk getting fired. Whether you're having issues with your home life or dealing with a weather emergency, oftentimes you'll still have to head into your job anyway. Just ask the people below, who shared snapshots of their rough days at work. 

A few different people committed the classic accident of mistakenly wearing two different shoes into the office. A minor mistake, but a funny one nevertheless. Other people had much more serious incidents. One person arrived to find their desk had been packed up for them, and found all of their belongings in a cardboard box already. Worse still is the person who tried to drive home after a long day, only to find that the road had been swept away by the severe weather conditions! 

Up next, read the hilarious story of a college student who was completely helpless when living alone: he bought tons of taco ingredients, then forgot which dorm he lived in and started busting down every door until he found the right room. 

When one leaves a place of work, especially when they are unhappy in said workplace, they usually hope to leave everything about it behind. Nobody wants to be reminded of unpleasant bosses, or frustrating challenges they had to deal with as an employee, all people want to do is to move on and aim for a better place in the future.

If an employee quits their job after they were wrongfully investigated for 'unprofessional conduct', you can be absolutely sure they do not wish to reopen that can of worms years later, which is what the person who wrote this Reddit story was forced to do. 5 years after OP (original poster) quit, their former HR contacts them via email and asks to schedule a talk regarding 'something related to their employment'. OP was not thrilled to receive this email and turned to Reddit to ask what they should do. 

Keep scrolling to read the rest of the story. Up next, the story of an employee whose hours were cut in half without an explanation.

Anyone who has ever been quietly fired knows how much that experience can get you down. Even if you hadn't been through that experience, surely you can imagine how awkward it can be when you know your boss is trying to squeeze you out of the company but doesn't actually say that to you because they want you to quit yourself. 

Unfortunately, I happen to know exactly what this feels like. Two years ago I was working for a company and thought I was doing a really good job. I only realized they wanted me gone when they simply stopped giving me any work. It got to a point where in a part-time job I was only working for about two hours a week, so I quickly looked for a better job that would respect me enough to tell me what I was doing wrong.

The employee in this Reddit story is going through a similar experience since their boss cut their hours in half without an explanation. However, the main problem they are dealing with is that while they are working fewer hours, they are still expected to do the same amount of workload, which is practically impossible.

Scroll down to read the full story. After you are done, click here for a series of stories about college students who got out of paying parking tickets.

This horrible boss is well overdue for his comeuppance. After he pressured his employee to cut his paternity leave to a mere two weeks, he almost did not pay him for that time off. When he finally did pay the employee, he told the new parent to keep this information to himself so as to not convince other employees to "have children.' Talk about selfish and outdated!

However, the conflict between this Redditor and his boss only begins there. After learning that he qualified for more paternity leave and was entitled to be paid for this time, the employee confronted his boss about it. His boss called the policy a bogus one, which he later denied saying. After this heated exchange, the employee had a feeling that he would be fired for some silly excuse, and he was right.

Keep scrolling below to see what excuse his boss made and to find out how the employee plans to get even. For more stories like this, check out this post about an employee whose manager started enforcing 14-hour Zoom calls. 

When you are taking on a Karen in the midst of starting a tantrum, it's scary to approach it alone. Especially if you are the innocent employee the Karen is directing their anger towards, because what if she actually does get you fired? The best case scenario is that everyone around you is on your side and have your back. Then it's much easier to put her or him in their place. 

This employee was recently made manager at the place she had been working at for 2 years. She took her duties very seriously and had no patience for customers making her employee's lives any more difficult than they have to be. So when a male-Karen getting impatient in line "Oy'ed" at her and her coworkers, she immediately put him in his place. It wasn't just her that took this Karen down, however. A usually customer standing behind him also chimed in to make sure he knew exactly how immature he was being. Read the entire satisfying shutdown below! 

Some neighbors decide to introduce themselves and communicate with you, be neighborly, and that jazz. Other neighbors prefer to keep to themselves, which is completely fine. To each their own.

When your antisocial neighbor does things behind your back on your property, things can get messy. Entitlement shines through no matter what—and this Reddit story is no different. The original poster (OP) of this story is dealing with an antisocial neighbor who owns "approximately" six cars. They take up their own driveway, garage, and the front of the curb near the OP's house.

Upon coming home in the middle of the day, the OP sees the neighbor parked in his driveway. Confused, he goes up to them and asks what they're doing there, especially because they've never spoken before. The neighbor matter-of-factly states that every week, they use OP's driveway while the street sweeper comes through. OP is baffled and wants to send a message. Scroll to read the entire story.

Corporate jargon is gross. 

Whichever middle-management wannabe came up with the collective obsession with 'company culture' probably also ideated that professional, yet 'fun', lingo we use in the office. And they deserve the worst punishment known to man. We're at work–in an office–we don't need to try and make it spicy by calling our meetings 'huddles' or 'scrums'. 

Call it what it is, Lisa, a C-level yap session to make pompous suits feel validated cashing out their self-appointed $50,000 bonus check. 

So, while corporate employees lose brain cells staring at semi-dysfunctional spreadsheets, smelling the coffee machine burning this morning's brew in the break room, corporate jargon bounces around in their heads. In the workplace, we don't need to overdo it on the positivity–realistically, we're all just here from 9 am to 5 pm, Monday through Friday so that we can 'live the dream' on the weekends, enjoying our 48 hours of freedom in the real world where circling back isn't a thing and putting on a fake, hype smile when you say 'Good morning' to your big boss in the elevator. Because on the weekends, we're free from the cringe of corporate jargon.

The new HR person at this company had a funny idea for getting people into the office on time. 

This worker, u/KiKi_BTW, shared that when they worked at an otherwise "awesome company," a new HR person interrupted the flow of things. A lot of the workers would bike to the job each day. It can be a great way to commute: you get your daily exercise in, save money on gas, and it's good for the environment, too. But adults get pretty sweaty when they work out, and a lot of offices accommodate this by providing showers. 

That's why this HR person's plan was so confusing. She wanted everyone to be seated at their desks by 9 AM on the dot. Did she not want the employees to shower after arriving at the office? Did she think a bunch of sweaty, stinky employees feeling awkward about their BO would boost morale? Chalk it up to trial and error! At least this HR person didn't stay at the company for long, and the employees could get back to their normal routines. 

After that, read about the teenager who got back at their dad by stacking a pile of wood in the funniest possible way, meaning that their dad had to "re-stack half the woodpile." 

Overbearing parents can make school a miserable existence for teachers and students alike. Thankfully for these overworked kids, their helicopter parents have met their match with their history teacher.

This teacher was pressured by the parents to assign more extra credit so their kids could have a greater chance at getting A+ final grades. After receiving enough pressure from the board and the administration, the teacher acquiesced but devised a plan to maliciously comply. She decided to give the exact number of extra credit assignments as was requested but at a price. All of the assignments involved heavy time commitments on behalf of the parents. For instance, one of these assignments involved extensive interviews with parents about an important historical event from their lifetimes. Of course, as the teacher predicted, as soon as the parents were required to be involved in these lengthy assignments, the participation rate was practically nonexistent.

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from folks in the comments section. For more stories like this, take a look at this one about a manager who started enforcing 14-hour Zoom calls for remote employees.

Let's get one thing straight: don't sip on a refreshing adult beverage and hop in your car for fun. Even with all of the PSAs, folks still try to endanger themselves and the people around them, and then they end up looking like a selfish doofus. Not cool.

Neighbors, though annoying and entitled at times, also have their neighborhood's best interest at heart. The original poster (OP) of this story is a great example of that. The man who wrote the Reddit post tells us the tale of a disorderly neighbor who enjoyed adult beverages frequently. During the day or night, you name it. The issue lies in what the neighbor does while on the funny juice. He hops in his car and parks "creatively" around the neighborhood. This includes but is not limited to: "someone else's driveway, halfway into their lawn, or [OP's] personal favorite, the middle of the street like a personal barricade."

Safe to say, OP had enough. Like the upstanding citizen he is, he decides to put the neighbor's vehicle on car lifts so he can no longer park while sippin'. Pretty solid, safe revenge. Scroll to read the entire story.

It's often said that we accuse others of the thing we're most guilty of, our own guilt subconsciously directing our thoughts in that direction. For instance, your boss who is constantly hounding you about your hours and accusing you of having not worked them is probably not working their full hours themself, either slacking off at their desk or making excuses for leaving early that they wouldn't accept from anyone else, amounting to hours of time over the course of a month. 

This, of course, takes forms in many different shapes in our social and political interactions, even our parents trying to prevent us from sneaking out at night (despite the fact that we never cared to do so) is really just because that's something they would have done at our age.

This boss consistently made an issue of their employee being "tardy" which eventually escalated into a confrontation that needed to involve HR. The employee had done their homework, however, and was not only able to prove that they had actually worked more than their required hours but that their boss had not been. Which, of course, their boss was even less thrilled about.

These managers had an empowering day at work when they got to tell their worst customers that they were in fact the person in charge. It must be an incredibly satisfying way to end a conversation with a nightmare customer. 

U/ProfessorUber decided to ask people about their best "Actually, I am the manager" stories, and hundreds of people shared their favorite tales. After working in retail or food service for a few years, you know all the rules and regulations like the back of your hand. So when a customer starts asking you to bend the rules or do things you're just straight up banned from doing, you know you can't do that, but the customer will still insist on talking to a manager. That manager is just going to tell them the same thing you've already been trying to tell the customer for the last 10 minutes. They just have an official title that makes the customer believe what they're saying (finally!). So it makes sense that when an employee finally gets promoted to the manager position, they've waited a long time to say those magic words: "I am the manager here." 

After that, read about two retail managers who worked together to get back at a completely irrational customer, telling them, "I've spoken with one of our experts." 

Working in a gas station is not an easy job. Those places always attract all kinds of crazy—especially the crazy Karens. Imagine working the night shift and you get a visibly belligerent Karen waltzing in like she owns the place. That's the last person you want to see alone in a gas station at 2 AM. But these employees have to deal with this all the time. 

One was able to get a healthy dose of karmic justice during her night shift. A Karen came in wreaking havoc late at night. She eventually had to kick her out and refuse to sell her anything else. The Karen vowed to come back and wreak some more havoc. However, she slipped up and parked her car directly where the attendant she was yelling at could see. So the next time she came, the attendant called the tow company—and extra justice points, the cops were there getting coffee and ended up arresting her! Read the entire situation below.