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." 

Happy Sunday, feline fam. We love Sundays. Not as much as Caturdays, of course, but Sundays are prrrobably the second-best day of the week. They just have one problem, though - that we can't stop thinking about Monday. Monday…the day our freedom ends, the day we have to leave our kitties behind to go to the office, the day the week begins. How are we supposed to relax if we can't stop thinking about the week ahead? Well, there is only one solution - silly cat pictures to distract us from the impending doom that is Meownday.

On today's menu of funny felines, we have some silly meowmentos of curious cats (you know what they say about cats and curiosity) getting stuck in the most purrfectly preposterous places. From diapers to cereal boxes, these cats took a gamble on fate, and fate won. Well, good thing they always land on their feet and are soft and supple (because they actually have noodle bones) because if not, these kitties would be in big trouble!

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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. 

Happy morning, cat people! Another crazy week is behind us, and we don't know why, but it seems like this weekend is getting even crazier. Seriously, we need a break. We need some positivity. No, pawsitivity. We need it for our mental health, we need it for our soul, we need it because we deserve it, and you guys are here at ICanHas because you know that we have got you covered. Oh, yes, it's time for some hilarious cat memes. 

And there is no place to find funny cat memes and posts like Twitter, or X, however you like it better. Which is why we bring you the very best cat posts that we can find on the platform every single week. Because cat twitter is the best, and it is definitely a purrfect distraction of the craziness that is out there right meow. 

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Being a college student already puts you at a difficult starting point when it comes to your financial state. There is simply so much one has to pay for in college, and physically being in school also means you can't really work to pay for everything college demands.

One of the most infuriating things colleges usually take money for is parking. Apparently, the tuition is not enough to secure a place to park on campus, so colleges resort to asking even more money for parking passes or permits.

That is where this clever discussion comes into the picture. Initially, this started as a Reddit story from the subreddit 'Malicious Compliance', which tells the tale of how one college student followed the rules and maliciously got out of a parking ticket. Then, people in the comments also share some clever ways they got away with parking on campus without having to pay ridiculous amounts of money for parking passes or tickets.

Scroll down to read these helpful stories. After you are done, click here for a story of a band member who put the entitled lead singer in his place.

Fall is finally here. Can you believe it?  Somehow, we have survived the summer. We have survived the heat. We have survived the cycle of madness that comes with so many people being on vacation. We have made it, and finally, we can embrace the cozy fall vibes in our favorite way - by wrapping ourselves up in our fluffiest blanket, making ourselves a cup of hot cocoa, pretending that we're totally not too hot doing both of these things at the same time, and enjoying some silly cat memes. 

Fine, maybe it's not cold enough outside yet to do everything that we just mentioned, but some fall-themed cute and funny cat memes are always available for us to enjoy, and we are going to do so. We are going to sit back, chill with our blankets and hot cocoa as the AC blasts and gently snort at cat memes to our heart's content. 

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Let this job candidate's story serve as a reminder to stand your ground in an interview. If you come across a passing comment from a hiring manager that directly contradicts what was expressly written in the job posting, that's a red flag certainly worthy of questioning. 

Here, we have a candidate who was honest about needing to go to a doctor's appointment for valid medical reasons once every three months and that these appointments would be a full-day commitment. Based on the job posting, he assumed that this would not be a problem. However, the hiring manager brought up a strange, previously undisclosed policy in the interview that employees were not allowed to schedule doctor's appointments during work hours for more than two hours every month. What about emergencies? What about routine checkups if you have a condition, as this candidate did? Thankfully, the candidate was empowered enough to call the recruiter out on her nonsense.

Keep scrolling below for the fallout. For more stories like this, here's one about a boss who called his employee's wife about coming into work while they were on vacation. 

Keeping a friendly rapport with your supervisors and fellow employees is crucial if you want to progress in the company. Having said that, is this truly a place you want to be if a manager is continuously criticizing you?

The story below is an account of a frustrated employee. The original poster (OP) worked on a video production shoot. At first, everything was well as he enjoyed working the set and made a good impression. But things turned sour when a few weeks passed and he was still unpaid. In an attempt to find out why he hadn't been paid, OP contacted the production company. He encountered other cameramen who were in a similar situation while looking for answers. But when they found out they hadn't been paid because the producer didn't think their work was good enough, they were all astonished. Once the first shock subsided, they came up with a scheme to settle the score and teach him a lesson he would never forget.

So, if you want to find out what happens next and how OP gets revenge, then read the story below! Additionally, after you're done, don't forget to check out the story about the woman who stands firm and says no to free housing after her sister's dream vacation leaves her homeless!

This prospective homeowner nearly fell for a realtor's 'catfish' home listing that cleverly misled buyers from seeing a horribly unappealing reality–a vermin-ridden, shack rotting next door.

When you're in the market to buy a home, it's tough not to get stars in your eyes and imagine your life in every listing you see online. Especially when it comes to the rustic charms of colonial builds and 19th-century architectural details, some buyers can put the horse before the carriage, planning to drop half-a-mil or more on a home where they can only see half the picture. In the case of the guy in our next story, he learned through a mild deep dive that he was literally only seeing half the picture... Because the realtor had cropped out the worst part of his listing.

U/secondhandnews_ fell in love with this adorable duplex almost instantly, imagining what it might be like to own a house that looked like a real-life doll diorama. But before he got too hasty, he did his due diligence of researching the street a little bit more to get a lay of the neighborhood, and he was absolutely disgusted with what he found. Keep reading to cringe at this catfish moment when a buyer nearly leapt into bed next door to the crypt keeper.

You never really know what kind of neighbor you're going to get until it's too late. For some, it's a friendly wave and a chat over the fence, but for others, it's dealing with an entitled Boomer who thinks he's owed your plants. That's right—one woman found herself in the middle of peak neighbor drama when her Boomer neighbor demanded she dig up her own garden and hand over the plants just so he could spruce up his yard.

You've got to hand it to him for the sheer audacity. Not only did he ask for the plants, but he seemed to think he was doing her a favor by suggesting she just dig them out and put them in his yard. I mean, who wouldn't want to spend their Saturday giving up their plants and doing free labor for their neighbor, right? Boomer drama like this is all too real. Whether it's over parking spots, property lines, or, in this case, plants, there's always some entitled request brewing. But when someone decides they'd rather take from your garden than hit up a nursery? That's when you know you've got a real winner living next door.

After putting in countless hours of extra work on a big project, this employee thought a promotion would be his ticket to finally being compensated for all the extra effort. His managers gave him plenty of praise, so when the senior-level role opened up, he threw his hat in the ring. But what should have been a reward for his hard work quickly turned into a nightmare.

After multiple rounds of interviews and weeks of waiting, he landed the promotion—only to find out there wouldn't be a raise to match his new responsibilities. Instead, he was told he'd have to wait a full year for them to "reevaluate" his pay. More work, no extra pay, and lots of empty promises. He tried to stick it out, but after three months of feeling completely disrespected, he decided enough was enough. When he resigned, his manager had the nerve to call him "unprofessional" during the resignation meeting, as if expecting fair pay for hard work was somehow out of line. But in the end, he knew he made the right call—because respect shouldn't have to wait for a yearly evaluation.

As you lay your head on your desk in your cozy 4x6 cubicle, dreams of the weekend fill your mind.

You're disrupted by the sound of a dreaded Slack notification, and your momentary amnesia subsides. It's Wednesday, and it's only two o'clock in the afternoon. "Maybe next time, the dream will become a reality" you whisper to yourself. Employee burnout is real. Especially when you realize you have a number of things to do with no real motivation to complete them.

The mid-week slump is also very real. Wednesdays' equidistance to Mondays and Fridays makes the middle of the week that much more difficult. Do you remember how you feel when you wake up every Wednesday? Probably like you're okay with being unemployed just for an extra few hours of sleep. Luckily, the occurrence of another Wednesday means the promise of another Friday. Don't worry, fellow employees. We have some extra hilarious work memes that'll perk you right up and hold you over until the weekend arrives. Work blues be gone!

One restaurant greeter learned a valuable lesson about how people should treat them in a work setting. 

When you start your first job, you don't exactly know how you're supposed to be treated by management. Some places yell at their workers, others are passive-aggressive towards them, and others have super strict rules that they stick by no matter what. Your first job teaches you a lot… so by the time you get your second job, you're a little wiser and more experienced. 

This person was holding two jobs at the same time. This is quite common in the food service and retail industries: even with higher minimum wages, lots of people need to work way more than 40 hours per week to get by. Many workers will pick up a night shift and a day shift each day, coordinating between the two jobs to avoid any overlap. 

That's why it's so surprising that this manager decided to talk down to his employees about their second job! Is he new here, does he not know how common this is? Check out the full story below and see for yourself. 

After that, read about some people who aren't great at spelling, so they sounded it out, with some very funny results, like one person who labeled their delicious chocolate desserts as "Browinese." 

There's no better day than payday! 

The collective 'woohoo' of the workforce can be heard all the way down the halls into the accounting office and there isn't a single employee on earth who doesn't celebrate the fruits of their labor. 

Obviously, we need money to function. But after a lifetime in the workforce and with a pile of bills stacking up on the counter, the workingman (occasionally) rues the existence of such convenient wares, like cash. If there were some way to get by on trade alone, trust me, minimum-wage employees would have made it happen by now. Alas, we live in a society where the wheels turn via those greenback dollars we work so hard every week to accumulate. Even while the 'shareholders' and 'silent investors' are watching their millions stack up in the treasure troves in Geneva, they'll never understand the simplest pleasures of their lowly workers: Payday. 

So if you're a biweekly paycheck kind of employee or a salaried type of worker, you'll understand the pure bliss of the upcoming paycheck hitting your accounts. Because when the direct deposit hits, we'll be riding the gravy train all weekend. 

Oooh wee, Caturday is upon us, and unlike every other day of the week, this is a wonderful day to not be a feline pawrent. By only being an appreciator of cute cats, you spare yourself from the rampant clawminality that our crazy cats engage in on their special day of the week. Much like a werewolf during a full moon, Caturday flips a switch in cats' minds that makes them lose all pawspecitve on reality. They begin to see things where there is nothing, they believe that they need to perform crazy stunts, and worst of all they feel the need to destroy everything that crosses their path. So we made this list of feline funnies for all you non-feline pawrents who don't have to deal with the feline flavored madness that most feline pawrents will have to go through today.

From the raccoon who was let into the house by the family cat, just to prank its pawrents, to the feisty feline who has found its clawminal Caturday partner, to the creative cat who has found a rather unique way to 'hang out'.
 

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If the opportunity of a lifetime comes along, you may as well take it! This person certainly did: u/NALORpod had an incredible tale of petty revenge that took them years to actually act on. Still, it was worth the wait, not just for them, but for another person who was caught up in the drama. 

This story revolves around a boss who was cheating on his wife. He didn't even try to hide it very well! It left his employees in that awkward situation of knowing about the affair, but not knowing what to do about it. They couldn't just contact the boss's wife to tell her about it, and they were just trying to mind their own business. But at the same time, it's hard to ignore an affair when the couple is flaunting it openly. 

Well, this person bided their time and got some really fantastic petty revenge on their boss when the timing was right. Check out the full story down below, as well as comments from people who couldn't believe how everything played out. 

Next up, check out some hilarious online shopping mishaps, like one person whose package was apparently left at their Acura with their dog nearby… but they "don't have a dog or an Acura."