No matter which way you slice it, being an intern is the worst. You're the lowest on the hierarchal totem pole, you have a myriad of odd jobs, and it seems like everyone is trying to haze you with pointless futility. As if breaking into your career wasn't high enough, hazing is pretty common in most fields, especially when status is at stake. 

For the Redditor in our next story, an intern in the medical field, he was shocked by the lengths that fellow doctors would go to prove that they had higher standing than him. Following a grueling internship for over a year, the original poster was tasked with returning to all of his previous departments, begging for a signature from the senior staff leader to prove his completion of their specialities. It seems simple enough, right? Well, when every department head is trying to steamroll the newbies, a 2-second signature is tough to coerce.

Keep scrolling for the entire story of how an ex-intern established himself as a real, bonafide doctor after outwitting a senior medical practitioner, turning the tables on his hazing and scoring a completion signature in record time.

If you're mean for no reason, then, quite literally, you're going to pay the price. 

What's in a name? Well, for this person, their coworker's name is causing them a weird amount of discomfort. 

In most workplaces, you call your coworkers by their first name. There are certainly exceptions, like if your company is trying to appear fancy in front of clients or whatever. But for the most part, calling someone by their first name is very common in the US, and not seen as disrespectful or insensitive. But this guy's coworker has a request: she doesn't want to be called by her first name, she wants to be called Ms. [Last Name]. And for whatever reason, this guy won't do that. 

Commenters were completely split on the issue. Many people called the original poster, u/Lucky-Object170, a big meanie for refusing to call his coworker by the name she requested. It isn't hard! And it seems like this guy is going out of his way to not call her by her title. Other people thought that neither person was in the wrong, and that it was a communication issue. And at least one person said this woman was not the right fit for the culture of the workplace. 

After you check out the story for yourself, read about the former fast-food worker who got banned from the restaurant for confronting a woman who used to badger them all the time. 

"No one is happy about it, but one of the people above me on the 'front end' always hides her own drink behind customer service, while also getting on everyone else if they have a drink."

If you have to pick one final boss to defeat, who's it going to be? 

Video game lovers know the concept of a final boss. After you've traveled through the first part of the level, beating monsters along the way, you get to the biggest, baddest villain of them all. It can take ages to defeat one of these dudes. In some games, the boss will end you dozens of times before you finally win. In others, you have to grind for gear or level up your armor before you ever have a chance at defeating that dude. 

Well, real life has some final bosses, too. I'm a fan of that absolute unit of a blueberry. Not to mention that dude who's holding an utterly ginormous guitar! You can check it out below and select your own final boss to defeat! 

Next, these pizza delivery workers shared the stories of their worst-tipping customers. 

Some bosses care more about enforcing ridiculous policies than assessing whether or not said policies are efficient. How many times have you found yourself in a work situation when the easy solution is staring right in front of you but you can't say anything because of your temperamental and particular boss?

This truck driver had to deal with a silly new rule about scanning tons of extra paperwork to corporate when all he really needed to do was scan a few signed pages. Of course, despite voicing his concerns, the driver was ignored and told that he needed to scan and send everything. Eventually, he did a job that involved mountains of paperwork and the day finally arrived when he would happily comply maliciously and show his boss how ridiculous the new rules really are. 

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 the top Karens of the week!

Parenting is a two-person job. While there are excellent single parents out there, caring for a newborn often requires the waking attention of two fully attentive adults, which is why having children can make or break a relationship. When new parents reach a boiling point, things can go south very quickly.

For the Redditor in our next tale, things took a turn for the worse the moment their baby was born. Although he never showed signs of inattentiveness or laziness prior to the birth of their baby, this man became a whole new person in the midst of fatherhood–and not for the better. The wife and new mom originally posted this story online asking strangers on the Internet if her confusion and fury were misplaced, but after reading a few details about her husband's reaction to their new life together, it's clear.

Keep scrolling to read how this new mom stood up for herself and her needs as a human when her lackluster husband found a higher calling in his video games over his duty to his newborn child.

Hiring managers, this is a message for all of you, so please read it carefully – Employment is a two-way street. You have to treat candidates with the same respect you expect them to treat you. You need employees just as much as they need employers, and everything about the hiring process should be a good match for both sides.

That means that just as you expect candidates to not lie in their resumes, you cannot lie in the job posting. It is as simple as that. The job should fit the right person, and it cannot be done if you are not being honest about the terms when you put them out there. No candidate should go through the long hiring process just to learn that what was written and said about the job is not true. It is disrespectful and simply a waste of everyone's time.

Scroll down to read what happened to the candidate in this Reddit story who accepted a new job only to discover the hiring manager lied about it being full-time. Up next, click here for a story of a job candidate who was forced to sit on the floor for an interview.

These people are not thrilled with their neighbors' behavior. They decided to blast their next-door nemesis online, and people are quick to commiserate!

Some folks are annoying neighbors without trying to be. They have the best intentions, but they don't think about the ways that their actions might impact the person living just a few feet away. For example, u/Medic979's neighbor has taken to leaving out tasty treats for the squirrels. Why's that an issue? Well, he's left out delicacies like lobster and corn! He stacks this food (probably leftovers he doesn't want to trash) on fence posts on his side of the property. I'm sure the squirrels are obsessed with it. But you know who else is? "Raccoons and mice and bugs," unfortunately! Worse still, he knows it bothers his neighbor, but he won't stop doing it. Turns out when you create a gourmet wildlife restaurant serving the most filthy and feral critters of the world, neighbors don't take kindly to it. 

Check out a bunch of really unhappy neighbors. From people who've butchered plants to those who keep stealing public space for themselves, there are plenty of ways for these people to be annoying. 

Next, check out these final bosses who will simply not let you pass, sorry. 

Just when you think employers and managers might actually be instating policy with their workers' best interest in mind you find yourself, yet again, disappointed. As with anything in life, if it sounds too good to be true it probably is… and there's bound to be a catch. So, when you first hear that some employers are now offering "unlimited" PTO as an incentive for their workers, your first thought is "Wow, unlimited PTO, that's pretty neat! As long as I get my work done I can take as much time off as I want!" You might even apply for a role with this expectation while HR eggs on that expectation with a forced smile. 

However, this fantasy will quickly become a reality when you discover that you can't actually take "unlimited" leave. As it turns out, employers haven't suddenly developed an interest in maintaining a happy, motivated, and healthy workforce—with a passion for their work and lives driving productivity. No, the reality is that while you don't have a set number of days of PTO you do still need to get those days approved and if you take too much leave you're going to get flagged for a conversation with HR. 

Here's the kicker: Employers really only do this to reduce the company's liability of PTO, that pesky PTO liability that employers loathe and sometimes even decry for hanging over the overhead of their business. In a sense "unlimited" is really a fancy way of saying "You don't have a set number of leave days and so we can give you as many or as little as we want and we also don't have to pay you for it when you leave."

This worker discovered this when their boss denied their leave request because they were using "too much" of their "unlimited" PTO. The frustrated worker shared their experience with this online community, sparking discussion on the subject.

Excuse me, sir. I paid for this seat!

Employees who regularly work expected overtime as part of the job come to rely on that money to earn their living. Time is money and money is time, right? So what happens when employers can't seem to afford that overtime payment but somehow maintain the expectations that employees should be completing that extra work? 

Well, if the employees are empowered enough, then they should let their bosses know the simple and fair truth: if employees must say goodbye to that money, then their employees must also say goodbye to that time and work. Thankfully, this Redditor was confident enough to stand their ground despite pressure from their bosses to answer the phone and complete tasks outside of their regular work hours. They ended up maliciously complying with these new overtime rules by asking whether or not every excess task will be covered via overtime compensation. This frustrated their employer to no end, almost like how their boss frustrated their team by cutting back on overtime compensation in the first place. Talk about getting a taste of your own medicine, sir!

For more stories like this, check out this post about an entitled coworker who demanded that an employee cover her shift.

This is your sign to ask for that raise, and don't you dare lowball yourself!

Have you ever messed up at work before? A lot of us have, whether we let a project slip through the cracks, forgot we had to give a presentation, or even forgot to mute our mics during a video call. We're human; it happens. But what about a fail so bad your coworkers still bring it up years later? Or a work fail so embarrassing you had no choice but to change jobs? These are the kinds of mistakes that become office legends, the stories that get told and retold at every company gathering. Imagine sending an email meant for your friend to the entire company or accidentally deleting crucial files right before a big meeting. Oops! The employees below have shared their most hilarious and cringe-worthy work fails. These stories are sure to make you laugh—and maybe even feel a little better about your own slip-ups. They may never live them down, but at least they can laugh about it now. Read on for a good chuckle and a little bit of second-hand embarrassment.

In case no one's reminded you recently, go ahead and test the batteries in your smoke alarms! Don't roll your eyes: it seems minor, but it could save your life. 

You might not need to check your smoke detector if it goes off every single time you cook. Then you know it's working! But heaven forbid there was ever a fire in the middle of the night, that detector would be loud enough to wake you so you could get outside to safety. It's not the kind of thing you should neglect, as u/tdlm40 knows after their run-in with their landlord. They're a tenant who bought a brand new detector after moving in. The landlord should be thanking them for saving a few bucks and taking the initiative, but instead, they're giving them a hard time about it. 

Some commenters sided with the tenant. Others sided with the landlord, stating that he may have been required to get a professional to do the install. You can decide for yourself: keep scrolling to read the entire tale of malicious compliance. 

After that, this hotel worker absolutely suffers each year during the hotel's annual Board of Directors meeting thanks to bossy executive assistants demanding nicer rooms. 

There cannot be many folks out there who enjoy receiving unwanted feedback. This hiring manager thought it was a good idea to respond to a job candidate's request to withdraw an application by giving them a completely uncalled-for lecture about what it takes to be a good manager and how to navigate a professional career successfully.

As many folks in the comments section pointed out, the truth of the matter is that the interviewer has clearly been having trouble filling a property management position with so much responsibility and so little pay… so much so that the only way he can justify said responsibility and pay is by pretending that the applicants who are running away from this "opportunity" are the ones at fault here. Of course, there could have been an opportunity for the interviewer to do some self-reflection, but instead, he chose to channel his frustration by blaming others for not wanting to step up and work hard. Sounds like he's taken a page from the Kim Kardashian school of hard work.

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more, check out this post about a teacher's malicious compliance.

Admittedly, this is probably the coolest way you could cheat on a test. It's certainly out of the ordinary! 

Students are endlessly inventive when it comes to their schoolwork. These days, kids are using the internet to guide them to the right answers and to write the perfect papers for them. But before that, they had to get creative with just a pen and paper. 

U/Sarcastic_Otter had a high school teacher back in the 1980s who was kind enough to let students bring a 3x5 notecard full of notes to their exams. Maybe you've done this yourself: you have to sit down and write as teeny tiny as you possibly can on this notecard, front and back, and just hope that you're writing down the relevant information you'll need. 

This person was willing to go the extra mile to get the best test results. Their teacher was probably both impressed and irritated. This student is going to be the reason for a rule: "Must write in black ink" might be on the instructions for the next note-card exception!

Up next, this silly boss wanted his employee to change their "upsetting" email tone by replying to every single email, "Got it!" 

It's hard to imagine caring so much about the look of a neighbor's backyard that one feels the need to stir up drama. This entitled Karen essentially used their neighbor's adjacent backyard as their own frequently and without any complaint from the neighbor. However, after the neighbor caught a cold and needed to remain in bed for a week, the entitled Karen started having major issues with the status of her neighbor's lawn, so much so that she decided to call the HOA about it.

Here is a rare instance when the HOA took the opportunity to consult the neighbor first for their side of the story before fining them. Surprisingly, when the HOA board learned the truth, they had enough moral backbone to side with the neighbor and to merely express the desire for her to mow her lawn when she was fully recovered from her cold. It sounds like this is probably the only HOA in the universe that would resolve this conflict with that level of care and consideration.

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more HOA drama, check out this post about some folks who found a loophole in their HOA policy.

"Daughter dearest" gets the karma she deserves.

"Just because you don't get along with someone doesn't mean you can steal from them kiddos!!! Careful who you live with…"