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‘Karens feeling threatened by a bowl a ramen’: TikToker claims ‘Karen’ berated her for eating in her car while on break at work

'Do you really think that I would be sitting out here in 85-degree weather, eating a f*cking bowl of ramen if I didn’t work here?'

On Jul 3, 2022 by Melody Heald

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‘You will literally be harassed by customers over the dumbest sh*t ever’: Former Starbucks barista says she quit after five years because of the customers

'You ordered a drink that doesn’t come mixed by standard... now the barista is a piece of shit because they did their job?'

On Jul 3, 2022 by Dan Latu

IRL

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‘I was trying to leave and the door won’t open’: AutoZone Worker Says He Was Stuck Inside Store In Viral TikTok

'Can’t pay me enough to sleep overnight in Autozone.

On Jul 1, 2022 by Kathleen Wong

IRL

woman greenscreen tiktok over rejection email caption "World Market Hello (Candidate's name), My name is blank. I am Talent Acquisition Partner at World Market. I am reaching out to you in Steven's absence. He is currently on vacation. We want to thank you for taking the time to interview with us. We had a pleasure learning more about you, your experience and goals after connecting with the team, the hiring has decided to move forward with another candidate at this time. We would love ..." (l) woman greenscreen tiktok over rejection email caption "Responding to a rejection email" (c) woman greenscreen tiktok over response caption "Manager, Organic Social Media and Influencers- World Market Hi Cassandra, I personally wanted to reach out to apologize for the email you received from me in error. Unfortunately, by the time we recieved your application for our Social Media role we had just offered the position to another candidate..." (r)

‘Couldn’t even be bothered to put my name in’: TikToker responds to typo-riddled World Market job rejection email

'Proofreading is one of the skills I can bring to the team if you decide to move forward with an interview.'

On Jul 1, 2022 by Melody Heald

IRL

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‘This is the second interview this week that’s been nonexistent’: TikToker calls out interview scams via LinkedIn job listings

'Are you telling me you faked this entire thing so I could download some noise-canceling software for free?'

On Jul 1, 2022 by Melody Heald

IRL

‘He works at CVS, not CBS’: Woman says she picked up date from work thinking he was employed at CBS, sparking debate

'Does it matter where he works?'

On Jul 1, 2022 by Grace Stanley

IRL

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‘The problem with ‘customer is always right”: Server says she was fired after customer claimed she forged the tip on his check

'He called and said that he only left $20 even. Where on the check does it say $20?'

On Jul 1, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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‘I gotta get out of the service industry’: Server reveals outfit she had to wear during outdoor brunch shift in 105-degree weather

'This video reminded me to quit my job.'

On Jun 30, 2022 by Braden Bjella

IRL

‘The audacity of this girl’: Worker says co-worker assumed she was paying for $10 drink, sparking debate on DoorDash in the workplace etiquette

'Apparently, she thought that meant I was paying for it.'

On Jun 30, 2022 by Lauren Castro

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‘My boss told me to do it’: Server says customer asked them to spit in their food and their manager agreed

‘This is obviously a kink thing, and I do not want to do that right now.'

On Jun 30, 2022 by Brooke Sjoberg

IRL

‘I’m basically gonna see nothing and do nothing’: Workers’s video about traveling for work sparks debate

'People who think traveling for work is glamorous have never traveled for work.'

On Jun 30, 2022 by Gavia Baker-Whitelaw

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woman in car getting dunkin donuts with caption "not the dunkin employees straight beefing the entire time i'm trying to get my coffee"

‘The argument made the coffee 10x better’: Dunkin’ workers fight with each other while customer tries to get coffee in drive-thru

'Suck it up, butter cup!'

On Jun 29, 2022 by Jack Alban

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‘Reservations mean nothing’: Worker offers Enterprise customer Chevy Malibu when she allegedly reserved an SUV

'Why i hate my job.'

On Jun 29, 2022 by Charlotte Colombo

IRL

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‘They will literally hire anyone’: TikToker says she got fired from Walmart but rehired right after applying again

"Me getting fired at 16 and being told ‘you’re a great employee you should reapply in 6 months.'"

On Jun 29, 2022 by Braden Bjella

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“Your home feed will be like ‘Congratulations to (your worst enemy) for getting promoted!!!'”: Woman’s video on why we should ‘abolish LinkedIn’ goes viral

'All that app has done is disconnect me from happiness.'

On Jun 29, 2022 by Cecilia Lenzen

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