Everyone has at least one person in their lives who demands way too much and offers next to nothing in return. What remains a mystery when it comes to these unicorn individuals is where on earth their audacity lies. Seriously, if there is one thing we can learn from these folks, it's the shocking confidence to ask for (nay, demand) services they simply do not deserve. For instance, one of these folks had no shame posting on Facebook for a live-in nanny who would ostensibly cook, clean, take care of the kids, and pay literal rent on top of it all.

The only way to deal with choosing beggars, as these Redditors did, is to call out their behavior, to spell out for them why their demands are ludicrous, and to hope that something will get through to them before they make their next outlandish request. And with that, we give you this week's top choosing beggars. For more stories like this, check out this post about a resident's feud with his Karen neighbor.

All is fair until customers start throwing stuff at you.

Sometimes people can have a Karen moment, but that doesn't mean they are certified Karens. Sometimes they can redeem themselves. 

At this "tourist hotspot," a lot of guests demand only the finest treatment. They want the nicest, biggest rooms, the most photogenic food choices, and of course, massive discounts. Why? Well, because they're influencers, of course. They're basically celebrities in their own minds. 

Some influencers will plan entire vacations to film for their social media pages. Apparently, some of them will bring along bags of clothing, or wear three or four outfits in layers, so that they can maximize photoshoots at each destination. They want everything they do to be able to be shared online, so they want to see the prettiest destinations and eat the most Instagrammable foods.

This applies to their hotel experience, too. At a lot of hotels, the staff are happy to accommodate special requests, like if you mention that it's your anniversary trip, they might leave you a fruit basket or a bouquet of flowers. Hotels want to give you the best treatment possible… but only to guests who ask nicely. Guests who berate staffers are not going to get 5-star service, as u/OddHiroMitarashi22 shared in their sister's story of malicious compliance. 

After you read that, check out these design fails that were dubious from the start, like the stairs that are sure to take out an ankle or two.

There's something about stories of time in the military that just really tick all boxes. For one thing, you have archetypical authoritarian figures aplenty who have a very real and absolute authority over their subordinates, the kind of power that a overstepping assistant retail manager or wizened doctor's office receptionist would salivate buckets over. The thing is, in this type of environment, you're going to be ordered to do things that you don't agree with or that just plain old don't make any sense. Disobeying those orders would have serious consequences—but the brilliance at which subordinates get back at these high-ranking power-tripping commanding officers or NCOs by following their order to the letter will never cease to amaze you.

When this Information Manager (IM) was assigned to a maintenance squadron they found that they alone, of the seven IMs, were handling IT tasks—the others seemed to be allergic to it. Their duties began to expand and soon they were fielding a large amount of requests which earned them the respect of the squadron and the nickname "Bill Gates"—but not the respect of management. In a classic effort to improve effciency the first sergeant ordered the IMs, to track their jobs for the week, which netted results that would see the tracking swept under the rug and never mentioned again, in true managerial fashion. 

Micromanagers have the wackiest requests sometimes. Hiding behind busy work and teacher's pet antics, micromanagers throw out phrases like 'CC me on every email', 'Make sure I'm in the loop', and 'report to me after every bathroom break' as if it's normal workplace practice. Sorry, but there's no employee on earth who should be reporting their bathroom breaks to their manager. Under what circumstances is that helping anyone in the department? 

The Redditor in our next story found the perfect way to make his micromanager cringe in their desk chair. After asking for way too much information about his bathroom breaks, the original poster of this story decided to respond by injecting a little dry humor into the workplace–that is, before reporting his controlling manager to OSHA. Hilariously, after days of reporting crude and unusual details of every bathroom escapade, OP was pulled into the office with HR, hoping to get to the bottom of why he was sharing far too much information with the department head. 

As it turns out, the proof was in the prunes on this one. Scroll for the hilarity that left this office space giggling for weeks on end.

No one needs that much paperwork! This admin worker relayed a story from earlier in their career when a snarky Karen coworker started to complain about "missing documents." She would ultimately come to regret that she ever made a complaint in the first place.

Essentially, it was the Redditor's job to follow a document distribution matrix model to ensure that all departments within their oil terminal company received the necessary paperwork regarding Bills of Lading. Now, the Redditor had been working at the company for quite some time and had an inherent understanding of which documents were necessary for which department. After all, the matrix model contained several flaws and if the Redditor were to follow it to the letter, then their coworkers would receive up to one hundred times more paperwork than necessary. 

So when this Karen decided to make a stink out of the whole thing, the Redditor was prepared to enact 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, check out this post about an employee who was "quiet fired" just before her wedding.

Providing customer service is never an easy task for a number of reasons. The hardest part is the fact that you cannot predict who you'll run into or what type of attitude they're going to have. The story below is an account of a frustrated employee. 

The original poster (OP), who is employed in retail, was hit with threats over a $1.63 charge. But rather than standing with OP and protecting the worker from the enraged client, management decided to stick by the client and reprimand OP for supposedly failing to comply with the client's demands. Even worse, when OP confided in higher-ups about the matter and expressed his dissatisfaction with the manner in which the matter was handled, he learned that the supervising manager had changed his story to claim that OP had been cursing at him, putting him in 'distress', in an effort to undermine his reputation.

That said, in order to learn more about what happened and whether or not OP was able to redeem his own name, make sure to read the story below! Additionally, after you're done,  don't forget to read the story of the egotistical couple who stole a man's pre-paid airline seat by pretending to have a lost ticket!

This hotel receptionist was completely bemused by an aspiring influencer's request. 

As the job of "influencer" becomes a highly sought-after career choice, more and more people are throwing their hats in the ring. It often starts with passion: an artist showing off their works in progress, or a cat-lover highlighting their pet's hijinks, or a parent giving child-raising tips. But some people just do it for the clout. They only care about having the eyes of as many people as possible on them at all times. They want to influence everyone around them, but until they start getting some sweet brand deals, they'll have to fake it until they make it. 

A lot of smaller influencers think that they should be entitled to comped meals, free excursions, or discounted clothing all so that they can promote it to their audience. But as the larger influencers know, unless you can prove that you're moving units with your influence, no one is going to give you free stuff. And that's especially true if you only have a teeny tiny group of followers. Plus, as one commenter pointed out, this person might've had more success if they had a niche travel page or something, but they seemed to think they were entitled to freebies just for existing. 

Up next, check out some stories from people who realized they aren't dating the brightest bulbs, like one person who was informed by their spouse that "My plant was not 'food grade'."

Sometimes, no excuse is better than a lame excuse. Everyone deserves the right to take a break with no questions asked. Unfortunately for the workers of the world, that can be very hard to do when you have a demanding and nosey manager. 

These employees made the mistake of trying to fabricate valid reasons and coming up short. It's definitely better to say nothing at all if the only "reason" you can come up with is the grown-up version of your dog eating your homework. Luckily, those ridiculous excuses are entertaining to read about, from the employee who called to say they were coming down with something while club music was playing loudly in the background to the worker who claimed they were snowed in and couldn't drive to work despite living only a block away from the office. 

Keep scrolling below for the full collection of weak excuses to call in sick. Don't try these at your jobs, folks. For more, check out this post about an employee who got "quiet fired" just before her wedding.

One person realized their spouse wasn't that bright when they declared, "I thought we could just buy tickets at the airport on the day we leave." Their spouse literally thought that showing up at the airport, bag in hand, with no ticket, would still get them on a plane with any certainty. Only if they're lucky would they wind up on an aircraft! And that person isn't the only one who's been a bit surprised at their significant other's intelligence deficits… 

At least 14,000 people had stories to share about their spouse's lack of common sense. While dating someone, you quickly realize that the way they were raised influences their current knowledge. For example, there's a guy who didn't understand the correct way to make ramen noodles. It seems incredibly simple: boil water, cook the noodles, add the spice packet, and eat up. How hard could it be? Well, this dude proved that even the instructions don't count on someone being so dense that they wouldn't think to stir their soup before eating it. If you want to dump in the packet, not stir it, eat one extremely salty bite and then eat the rest of the "plain" noodles, well, it's his right to do so.

After that, read about what happened when this secretary stopped relaying messages to the CFO, writing, "I see the tow truck arrive and leave with the CFO's very, very precious Corvette."

Have you ever had a coworker who seemingly will stop at nothing to get you fired?

Before we get into this story of how an employee managed to save themselves from getting unfairly dismissed by instead getting their work nemesis fired first, let's unpack how these kinds of work rivalries happen. Most of the time, like most elements of a work environment, it all comes from the top down. If the system is built upon a foundation of unhealthy competition, that will almost never fare well for employees at the same level who are ultimately seeking promotions. That seems to have been a large part of why this Redditor's coworker was conspiring to get them in trouble from the start. 

Luckily, the Redditor was savvy and knew exactly what to do when they discovered what their coworker was up to behind closed doors. Talk about a toxic work environment! For more, check out this post about an employee who was "quiet fired" just before her wedding.

The more an employee spends time in a company or a corporation, the more they find out just how little that place of work actually cares about employees.

I used to think that HR is there to make sure employees are happy in the company and have someone to turn to when they need help. But the more I am exposed to this corporate life, the more I understand that HR is simply there to protect the company, and will do as little as possible to make their employees happy.

This Reddit story is the perfect example of how little HR cares about its employees. After quite a heated dispute between an employee and a problematic coworker, which resulted in the coworker being escorted off the property, the employee reported him to HR. That resulted in the coworker being fired, along with the employee who reported him, clearly proving that HR wanted to simply get rid of anyone who might cause the company problems.

Scroll down to read the full story, and let us know what you think about it in the comments. Up next, click here for a story of a new hire who tried to quit after their trainer publicly scolded them.

New management always tries to come in and change things. Perhaps it's to validate themselves in their new position or to create a clear hierarchy in the workplace, but when this new managerial Godzilla comes to trample over a functional system, there are bound to be a few toes that get stepped on.

When the long-standing employee in our next tale encountered his own world-demolishing manager, he decided to ensure that the only toes getting trampled were his manager's. After an ungraceful organizational change in the company, the original poster of this story was forced to pick up the operational pieces on the backend of the workflow. He created a loophole that benefited all of their departments and suited every manager just fine until the newest suit came in with something to prove. 

Keep scrolling to read all of the details of how this experienced employee warned the hot-headed newbie of the potential fallout of her department 'clean up', but was foolishly ignored. Remember sis, you've only been with this company for 5 minutes, while some of us desk jockeys have been here since the dawn of the Internet. 

After this, here's another tale of workplace craziness where a bride-to-be gets her PTO denied for her wedding day.

A couple of corporate bigwigs have gotten into the habit of only speaking to each other through their secretary. Their secretary isn't even supposed to have that job… they've just gotten themselves intertwined in the workplace drama between their different bosses. Instead of just finding a way to communicate properly, they've made u/zanfar their go-between. 

As is the case with many workplaces, people will disagree on something and instead of trying to compromise, they'll just avoid that person indefinitely. If you've got a secretary, then you have just another way of delaying that inevitable confrontation. Any awkward conversations can be filtered through them and through polite "office speak" email jargon. But of course, you can only do that for so long without the consequences coming back to haunt you. It seems like the original poster handled this situation about as well as they could have… and commenters were delighted to read about this great malicious compliance scenario. Hopefully those two higher-ups learned their lesson! 

Keep scrolling to read this story of the CFO and his precious Corvette. Up next, these HOAs have some really ridiculous rules that have tenants rolling their eyes, like one person who was informed, "Your mailbox isn't shiny enough." 

Time at work is for, well, work. Similarly, time you're not working is for not-work—well, mostly. Certainly most of us will occasionally check in on our work related obligations or check off some little task here or there even if it's just monitoring emails or putting a couple of late-night touches on an important project. We're probably not going to be paid for that time, but it might help us keep our jobs and that's nice too. Other obvious exceptions to this "not-working while not at work" include work-related time-wasting obligations like commuting and things like catching up on a project or grading papers 

Still, it's increasingly easy for this line to blur in the modern age where technology has made it possible for us to be contactable anywhere at any hour and where a lot of us could do our jobs from anywhere if our boss would let us. But there reaches a point where if you're expected to be contactable all the time you'd better be getting paid for it. And, while you might volunteer small amounts of time to help out with a job you like, a job where you have a tyrannical boss who effectively expects you to be on call with no added compensation is not going to be a job where you're happy to do so.

That was the topic of conversation in this online thread where this gym manager shared how they had been reprimanded by their boss for being unreachable on their day off. Frustrated, they shared their experience with this online community sparking discussion on the subject.

Have you ever heard of a restaurant owner demanding their servers sign an NDA to keep them from discussing their jobs? Well, you are about to hear about it now.

It can be understandable that some workplaces require employees to sign an NDA to protect information that needs to stay within the company. Many lines of work handle delicate matters, and it is not beyond reason to legally prevent employees from talking about it outside of work. But demanding employees sign an NDA simply to prevent them from discussing their jobs with others? That is where the line should be drawn.

It is clear that the restaurant owner in this Reddit story has some control issues, as he tried to prevent his servers from saying anything about the restaurant and the experience working there. After a heated argument with one server regarding a comment they posted on Facebook, it was obvious that the owner was making up rules regarding the NDA, just to keep his employees from talking.

Scroll down to read the full story. After that, click here for a story of an employee who reported her problematic coworker to HR, and got fired because of it.

Getting back at one's neighbor is always tricky. One's actions must be passive-aggressive enough for one's annoying nuisance of a neighbor to get the picture, but one's action must also not be so dire that it starts the kind of all-out conflict that could end grimly for all parties involved.  

Here, we have a neighbor who started to notice that the Karen next door was dumping trash into the Redditor's trash bin. Of course, the first offense could be interpreted as a one-time thing, but once it started occurring regularly, this quickly became an issue. It also became clear that the trash she put in her neighbor's bin was the kind of trash she didn't want to put in her own bin because it was smelly and gross. Furthermore, she left that trash completely unbagged, so it only made the smell worse. 

Keep scrolling below to see how the Redditor gave the Karen next door a piece of her mind. For more, check out this post about a resident who got back at their entitled neighbor by building an eight-foot fence just to prove a point.

Training a new hire is an important job not only because you are in charge of getting them familiar with their new job and responsibilities, but also because you are their gateway to understanding everything about their new workplace. That means that the way trainers treat new employees, and the way they act around them is going to be all they know of the company at least at the beginning, so you'd think they would want to make a good impression.

Not the trainers in this Reddit story, they could not care less how their new hire feels or thinks about them or the company, at least it didn't seem that way by how they treated the new hire. They were unpleasant, mean, and condescending to the new hire, and didn't pass on an opportunity to publicly scold them in front of the entire office. This caused the new hire to report the trainers to HR and even file for their resignation, but was told to give it a few more weeks.

Scroll down to read what happened next. After you are done with this story, click here for a story of a job candidate who found out he was lied to after accepting a new job.

When everything goes according to plan, a wedding can become the perfect weekend for anyone attending, but if things go wrong, no one is safe.

Part of that is due to our cultural and sociological obsession with the importance of weddings. From the flowers to the venue to the music to the food, there is always going to be something that the bride and groom will obsess over and, because of the random nature of life, not everything is going to be perfect. No matter how many times you may try to reason with a bride or groom that at the end of the day, a wedding is just one day and a marriage is (hopefully) much longer than that, logic never really resonates fully in the buildup to a wedding. You may even feel pretty logical about how you plan to handle your wedding whenever that day comes, but you will be surprised how the pressure can take control over even the most rational human. That's the power of weddings.

Keep scrolling below for this collection of top entitled Karen brides and grooms. For more, check out these top Karens of the week.