Since the job market is the one place where it is perfectly acceptable to look out for your best interests, it can prove to be a horrible place for the faint of heart. Your family's health and welfare should come first. Because of this, you will be taken aback by the story that follows, as workplace loyalty is rare and hard to come by.

The Original Poster (OP) works as a mechanic. Having worked for the same company for a few years, he was largely satisfied. That all changed, though, when one of the most respected employees in the company was let go after arriving late a single time. The staff was startled to learn that he had been dismissed for a single infraction because, as OP states, he was renowned for his punctuality.

Nevertheless, this is not the end of the story; more so, it is a story of friendship and unity. OP and the other members of the team decided that it was necessary to take matters into their own hands. They started showing up late for work every morning until the management lost patience and decided to give the recently fired employee a second chance.

So, if you're curious as to what transpired and whether the employees were able to change the manager's mind about how important it is to be on time for work, be sure to read the story below! After you're done reading, don't forget to check out the story of the underappreciated worker who stood his ground when the employer pursued him for leaving to pursue greater chances elsewhere!

When you're a kid, and you are watching a Hallmark movie or just a show that displays the Perfect American Family, you end up assuming that your neighbors are going to become your best friends. In those movies, they always greet each other good morning, their kids end up becoming best friends (and then more often than not - end up getting married), and it always seems like having neighbors is the best experience ever.

Is it actually like that in real life? Absolutely not. You are lucky if your neighbors don't make you want to move on the spot, and if you constantly ignore each other – well, that is a massive win.

I'm sure that the person who wrote this Reddit story would agree with these statements, as their neighbor is currently driving them crazy, and all because of a silly fence – OP (original poster) wants to build one, and her neighbor unsurprisingly disagrees.

Scroll down to read the full story. After that, click here for a story of hotel guests who refused to accept that their reservation was canceled. 

There are a whole lotta people in this world and plenty of winding paths down which you can walk. While some choose the long and winding paths toward making the world a better place… or at least being a decent contributing member of society… a bunch of them are walking the short path of entitlement instead. At a certain point, you might expect that grifting would be more work than learning or earning an honest means of getting what you need, but that would defeat the purpose, which somewhere along the line became the grift itself.

These "choosing beggars" are those who have elected to take the short path in life, making obscene demands of those who have already offered them something for nothing in return. Other choosing beggars want everything for nothing, asking the unaware to provide services for free or for meager compensation. See this collection of bizarre entitlement from posts that were trending recently around the internet.

This manager had a great idea: why not switch around her employee's hours just to keep them on their feet? Just kidding, that's not a great idea, it's a terrible one, obviously. 

Doing shift work is all well and good if you work the same 3-11 or 7-3 shift. As long as you're always working mornings or nights, it's easy to plan your life around it. But when you find yourself working nights and mornings back to back, it becomes an issue. And if you're stuck working any time of day, not knowing when until the schedule comes out the week before, it becomes almost impossible to schedule anything. 

This person's manager was all too happy to change one employee's hours, and she doesn't seem to have a good reason for doing so. U/MisterBowTies states that this manager wanted to change their hours "just to shake things up." As if that wasn't bad enough, the original poster tried to explain to her that they weren't happy with the arrangement. It was like talking to a brick wall, because the manager told them they'd have to get used to it. 

After you read the tale below, check out a bonus story or two in the comments section. Then, check out these tourists with bad habits that the locals are sick an tired of. 

Some breakups do not call for maturity. Some exes are so deserving of payback that it would be a grave injustice if you chose not to do something. 

Obviously, the sensible thing to do following a breakup is to take the high road and to trust that the best revenge is success and happiness. That being said, we cannot expect the anonymous folks from this Reddit thread to do the sensible thing in these situations. We can only expect drama and unnecessary overreactions because, let's be real here, that's what we want to hear about. We don't want to hear about your healthy relationship with your ex. I'm sure it took a lot of maturity and work to get to that place. I'm sure it was a mental and emotional achievement for both of you, but we are not interested in those stories. We are interested in the dude who made his vegan ex eat meat, or the guy who left his ex a special present in the bathroom. We need this because we likely are too anxious and clumsy to pull off any sort of payback like this in our actual lives, so we.need to live vicariously through these bizarre anecdotes.

Keep scrolling below for this collection of petty ways people got back at their exes. For more, check out this story about a tenant who got back at their neighbor for stealing her laundry detergent.

Next time you travel, try to be prepared. It's the least you can do, as these residents of popular tourist destinations will tell you. 

If you go to a beach, you bring sunscreen, and if you go camping, you bring a tent. So why do so many hikers choose to trek miles and miles up a mountain wearing flip-flops? That's the same type of tourist who sees a 15-mile hike noted for its difficult terrain, and decides to hike it alone, armed with only a granola bar and a portable radio. 

As a tourist in a foreign land, it's easy to make mistakes. But a lot of people shared their concerns around these inconsiderate visitors littering or otherwise disrespecting the environment. One person noted that people just bury their trash in the sand. Their logic seems to be that if they can't see those sandwich wrappers they covered up, they just disappear! Locals are left to clean up the mess. 

Other people had a problem with the lack of tourists. Apparently, wealthy people love to swoop in and buy up properties in beautiful vacation spots, leaving locals struggling to buy and afford housing. Plus, these rich people only show up once or twice a year, so they aren't exactly contributing to the local economy. It's an interesting read, and you can check out some of the best observations below. 

Next, this car dealer had the nerve to tell a potential customer that they were wasting their time, so the customer came back the next day to gloat. 

This company call certainly did not inspire confidence. Normally, company meetings have that annoying motivational nonsense going on, but this time, we've got a VP who decided it was a good time to tell all the 300+ employees who have not received raises that they should be working longer hours. In fact, he said that anyone who is not willing to work 50 hours should quit now. Not exactly the inspiring words people want to hear after they have been denied even basic cost of living raises.

There are proven ways to manage people and to inspire a team. One of those ways is having employees who are genuinely on board with the team leader's vision. Another way is to motivate them to work harder by paying them more. Promotions and raises are how you inspire loyalty and keep people around. 

Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions in the comments section. For more, check out this post about another deluded employer who was shocked when an employee quit after receiving a pay cut.

Sitting down during a work shift is necessary… who could possibly stand for 8 to 12 hours at a time? It seems out of this world to expect that from your employees, but this boss lived in this la la land where they thought that sitting down meant employees weren't being productive… even when they were proved otherwise when presented with the metrics. But hey, you don't know how to manage, you lose employees, right? And that is exactly what happened. Some bosses really dig their own graves, and this one did all the digging. Apparently, they enjoyed handling a shovel.

Scroll down for the ridiculous text exchange between this overworked employee and their boss who chastised them for daring to sit down during a 12-hour shift, even though the employee actually happened to be injured. Then check out more wild boss stories shared by fed-up workers here. When will they learn? Something has got to give… Thankfully some people are willing to teach them a lesson.

Serving customers is never an easy job, but working long hours and meeting high standards of service in the hotel industry makes it particularly difficult. The following story comes from an unhappy front desk employee at a hotel.

The Original Poster (OP) has extensive experience working in the hotel industry, thus he is aware of security regulations and protocols. But when a particularly demanding visitor stormed into the hotel demanding access to her partner's room, OP's wits were put to the test. Since her name was not on the booking confirmation, the entitled wife was not given instant entry to the room. However, instead of seeing how serious the situation was and thanking OP for taking such strict safety measures, the conceited wife refused to give in and insisted on gaining entry to the room. 

So, be sure to read the story below if you'd like to find out how it all plays out! Additionally, after you're done reading, don't forget to check out the account of the aisle passenger who disregarded the personal space of the window passenger for the entire duration of the flight!

Retail workers could tell you a story or two about their most memorable customers. As a cashier, you may serve hundreds of people each day, so when someone throws a huge fit or is especially impolite, it sticks with you. 

Whether you're working in a clothing store or a popular spot in the mall or a fast food restaurant, you're bound to get some odd customers. Usually, customers ask the same few questions over and over. But there are exceptions. For example, one person shared that they had a customer come to buy a suit, and he was in luck, because the suits were priced as a buy-one-get-one-free offer. The customer thought that was a good deal, but he wanted to see the "free suit" first. The retail worker was confused, and explained to him that it wasn't just a free suit, he had to buy two, and then one would be discounted. This customer just couldn't get the concept through his head! 

You can check out these great stories from retail workers who revealed the craziest and dumbest things customers have ever said to them. And after that, read about the "Lawn Karen" who was infuriated that her landscapers hadn't removed every single leaf from her property. 

Buying and selling a house is a complex affair where all these little legal obligations need to line up perfectly so that, even at the most basic level, at least everyone can move in and out of their current residences at the same and necessary times. Of course, there's a lot at stake, so it's a stressful time, and that's before you factor in that there are plenty of dishonest folk out there, both selling homes and otherwise involved in the process, which makes it essential to be on guard and not take anything anyone says at face value and without legal coverage. Even then, you're probably going to miss something or get something wrong. No house is perfect, and there's always going to be an element of uncertainty involved.

But, despite all of this, and at the end of it all, we're all human. Allowing each other a little flexibility and offering concessions outside of legal obligations—that don't necessarily benefit us in any way—is important… and it's quite petty to hold someone to a minor clause in a contract just because you can, even if you stand to gain nothing from it. Heck, at the very least, if you're buying a house from someone, it pays to at least know that they weren't leaving your new home with a vengeance. Houses already hold an untold number of places where problems could possibly be lurking, and the last thing you want is for the seller to be hiding more of them.

Any business owner who wants to be respected should learn how to accept criticism. If they are unable to listen to what their customers have to say, they will probably not get far. It is unbelievable that many people tend to completely forget that a business is a two-way street and that the business needs the customer just as much as the customer needs the business.

The restaurant owner that is shown in this Reddit post was completely out of line when handling customers. It seems that the owner decided to change his vegan restaurant to a non-vegan one, without so much as a sign on the door. When customers started to notice, they tried talking this out with the owner but were met with extremely unpleasant responses. The frustrated customers turned to the restaurant page to leave a disappointed review, only to have the owner clap back at them in the comments, which were later uploaded to this Reddit post. Unsurprisingly, the restaurant was closed shortly after.

Scroll down for the full tale. After that, click here for a story of a nanny who got sick from the kids but was refused a day off.

It's time to discuss dress code at work. Within reason, people should have at least some sense of flexibility depending on the job. This is not the Pleistocene era. This employee simply wanted to wear shorts during his shift at a home convenience store because it was objectively "shorts weather." 

His manager, however, who was seeking promotional opportunities and brownie points from the higher-ups, decided to be a stickler and to insist that the Redditor go home and return with pants. What this micromanager did not realize, however, was that the Redditor had already checked the company handbook to confirm in advance that he could wear shorts that day. That being said, he followed orders, went home, and returned to work in pants, though he still brought his shorts with him. When he spoke to a different manager, he explained what went wrong and got some much-deserved petty payback.

Keep scrolling below for the full story. When you're done, feel free to take a look at this post about an employee who made sure their boss received 100+ spam emails daily.

People love virtue signaling online, it gives them the motivation to continue avoiding the miserable reality of inflation, micromanaging work environments, and slimy coworkers.

Where do they love doing it? LinkedIn, the playground for employees who want to look like they care way more than they actually do, although there is the occasional outlier who actually believes what they post online. LinkedIn is the place where CEOs go to blabber about their new car only to post about layoffs a day later with a sad emoji. It's the place people humble brag about working on weekends, the place people go to show off their kids who have 'more work ethic than the average Jo'. It's sad, it's pathetic, and I'm tired of it.

Scroll down to read 24 hilarious posts from employees, CEOs, bosses, and everyone in between. When you're done, here are some equally hysterical stories about bosses by employees who are shaking their heads.

There are some things in life that just make sense… and not messing with the spicy death wires when you have no idea what you're doing is one of them. It's perfect logic that, rather than playing a dangerous game of "Operation," where instead of a startling buzzer sound and a light-up nose, the penalty for failure is your own untimely fiery demise, you should just let the guys who know what they're doing do it. Sure, electricians get flack for being grossly overpaid for what they're actually doing (and for moving at a snail's pace), but the point isn't just what they're doing; it's knowing what not to do and how to not do all of that safely. 

Of course, unnecessary time-wasting and such can be annoying, especially when it eats into your bottom line, so really, the issue here isn't that the electricians had a point, just that they needed to get to that point a little bit faster. So, when the electricians told these frustrated foundry workers and their foreman not to touch "anything" electrical, they were quite happy to turn right back around and waste the electrician's time, too. A classic tale of malicious compliance from a time of dubious safety standards. It's really easy to see this story going a different way. If it had been told from the electrician's perspective, we'd be hearing all about the ornery foundry workers who thought they knew what they were talking about but were really putting themselves in mortal danger. 

Cars are a passion project. For lame-o commuters and soccer moms, cars may just be designed to get you from A to B, but for car guys who love their all-terrain tires more than their PS5, it's their whole world. When you have a project car, like a fun, vintage square-body truck, a tuned-up Jeep, or that ancient Bronco you found in your uncle's junkyard, you start to obsess over all of the ways that you'll make this bad boy street-legal. 

Being cool on the road has its price, and most of us car people get strapped with custom mechanic bills with a comma or two in the total balance due. 

But think of the coolness? Think of how many dates you'll score when you rev your engine at the stop light… And how many old ladies will shake their heads as you pass noisily through the neighborhood! They were wrong when they told us we had to grow up and stop playing with Tonka trucks, because guess what boys, we've got one sitting in our garage just waiting for us to tune up that ol' engine, slap on a new paint job, and pray she passes smog. 

This manager will have to be careful with her phrasing in the future. One of her employees decided to take her literally, and it cost the store time and money. 

Managers have a lot to deal with on any given day on the job. When they step in the door to start their shift, they have to start the day by trying to get people to cover someone who's called out. Then, they might have to work the registers for a while and talk to customers with the most inane questions imaginable. In their down time, they can relax in the back office or hang with the other managers. 

Some managers get along with their employees, too, while others prefer to stay aloof. The manager in this story was more concerned with bossing her workers around than she was with being friendly. The employee in this story didn't like her way of asking them to stay later, and they made her regret it later on. But you never know what's really going on behind the scenes---it's possible that the manager was having a stressful day already, and then had to deal with a very literal employee. It's not like this employee was wrong either, though: they just listened to exactly what their manager wanted. 

Up next, check out some hilarious design fails, like one clock covered in a phrase that literally nobody can figure out the meaning of. 

Nice going there, chef! 

If you're a viewer of The Bear but you can't cook to save your life, you may have found yourself pretending to be Carmy in your tiny kitchen as you boil a pot of pasta to complete imperfection. The truth is that no matter how many times you choose to mumble "yes, chef or "no, chef" while you're cooking, some hopeless wannabe cooks simply are not capable of improvement. It's the same for folks who can't exercise via running. Some people are just not meant for it. After all, there are other ways to exercise, and there are certainly other ways to eat. You could order in, buy frozen meals, or most ideally, date someone who is a good cook. So just because you always burn your rice no matter what, you can still lead a happy and healthy life. Got it, chef?

Keep scrolling below for these instantly iconic kitchen mistakes and mishaps. For more content like this, check out this compilation of entertaining boss stories.

Everyone makes a mistake now and again, but when designers do that, it's kind of a big deal. Their work lasts long after they've made their little typos, and suddenly a product is out in the world looking unfinished or weird. 

Below are 25 off-the-wall errors discovered this month, from unreadable clocks to signs that never should've been put up on the walls. We have quite a few stairwells that would send most of us flailing down a dozen steps. There are a few subtle fails in the mix too, like an egg tray that has an odd number of spaces instead of an even amount (they'll just have to eat one half of a devilled egg instead). You can check out all of these oddities, big and small, down below. 

After that, this boss thought it was hilarious when a new hire started bossing them around with critiques about their outfit, so they played along! 

Employers should learn to be careful what they wish for more than anyone else. 

This old adage is something we tend to teach our kids in preschool. We've heard it over and over again on television, in nursery rhymes, and in countless mediocre school productions of Into the Woods. Yet still, it seems that our managers and bosses have forgotten what things might look like if their wishes come true and the ridiculous demands they put upon their employees are met. 

This thread was posted to Reddit's r/MaliciousCompliance subreddit by an employee who was tired of being micromanaged by a boss who insisted on being copied on every single email. Well, we all know how this one ends. Clearly, the boss did not actually mean every single email, but that's what they asked for! You get what you get and you can't get upset, am I right? 

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 another employee who spammed their boss's email account.