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Office politics is a game nobody wants to play, but somehow everyone gets drafted. In this tech team, the team lead has made an art form out of blame deflection, using the new guy as her personal landing pad every time a project wobbles like he's resume said he love being volunteered as the office scapegoat. 

It's like this team lead has turned blame-shifting into her personal brand, pinning every missed deadline and half-baked report on the newest team member. Each time something went wrong, the story was the same: the rookie misunderstood the timeline, the rookie forgot to double-check, the rookie dropped the ball. Never mind the digital trail of emails and Slack messages that told a different story. When the team lead bungled a client handoff and made it public in a messy email chain, she once again pointed the finger at her supposed underling for failing to prepare documentation.

This manager should have known that it was only a matter of time before their team of employees would walk. After all, the VP of their company had been repeatedly treating this team like a pile of garbage for years. Employees had already threatened to quit before. In fact, even their manager almost left at one point, but they were talked into staying after being offered a higher salary. It's remarkable what these horrendous bosses will do to get competent people to say by offering more money and false promises while refusing to actually listen to fair criticisms and ideas.

As for the manager's team, their last straw was picked after the VP undermined their work during an important presentation involving the launch of a new fitness brand. Let's just say that the likelihood of this brand launch being successful has almost immediately diminished. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from members of the online community. 

Promotions? In this job market? What is this, a fairy tale?

In all seriousness, promotions are a big deal. As a corporate servant, you dedicate your life to climbing the hierarchical ladder to prove you are worthy of more money in your bank account. Thank you, capitalism! Other than the influx of green dough, feeling a newfound sense of purpose that comes along with new responsibilities is important. We're taught to work our whole lives to strive for greatness and be able to afford groceries without penny pinching when it's almost payday. So, when a promotional opportunity is under your nose, you take it.

That's what the employee in this next story does. Their coworker is not pleased, clearly because she wanted the promotion for herself. This worker did not have her eye out for open job listings at their company, however, so the verdict is that she couldn't have wanted it that bad. What do you think? We say that this employee won the promotion fair and square, especially after the argument that transpired between the two colleagues. Scroll below to read the full story.

The audacity! 

When a couple separates, it is normal for friends to pick sides. Even though it can feel hurtful at times, it is not always personal. Some loyalties are just bigger than others. However, what is not 'normal' is having your ex-friends blatantly pretend your existence was merely a myth and then come running back years later, asking you for major favors, as if nothing ever happened…

The worst part is, they never actually apologized for their behaviour. 

So, no Tom, time doesn't heal all. Especially when your exes 'bestie', who you haven't spoken to in 3 years, decides to hit you up on LinkedIn asking if you could write them a job referral for your company. The answer is simple: absolutely not. However, this is not just something you want to leave at 'ghost', would it be too far to talk to HR to ensure that they don't even reach the interview stage, or would that be taking it one step too far?

Some workers are content to clock in for the day with a zero percent chance of them doing their actual job. This used to happen to me constantly when I worked in food service, and I viewed this with a 50/50 mix of annoyance and admiration. When your coworker refuses to work, it makes things harder for everyone else. At the same time, clocking in while announcing out loud that you aren't doing any work today is very punk rock. So… it's a draw. 

I always admired my coworkers who would clock in and immediately start arguing with the managers. They'd announce that they would not be doing anything: not working with customers, not sweeping or dropping French fries. Instead, they'd hang out in the back office with the managers, soda in hand, eating food they didn't pay for. It's iconic! It's annoying! And believe it or not, people in all types of jobs slack off, make mistakes, or refuse to work, and they won't even get fired for it! Some workers just stay in their jobs on and on, defying all logic. 

Next, read about some marriages that ended super quickly, like one wedding where "The bride threw the ring at the groom." 

There is always that one coworker who has convinced themselves that they are in the right no matter what the circumstances are. She could have broken all the rules and displayed an objective level of unprofessional behavior in the workplace, yet still this type of person would think they were either the hero or the aggrieved in the situation.

This coworker was the kind of person who did absolutely no work on the job but convinced herself that everyone else was slacking while she was the hard worker. We've all dealt with people like this. When her manager instituted a policy change, in which new company shirts for volunteers were locked in a storage room so they wouldn't constantly go missing, the coworker threw a fit about the change… not that it bore any effect on her workflow considering she wasn't a volunteer in need of a new shirt! Keep scrolling below for the full story to see what happened when she changed the locks to that storage room when no one was looking!

Dashcams used to be something only police cars had, but now they're in everything from delivery vans to dad sedans. And for good reason, apparently. Whether you're protecting yourself from insurance fraud, documenting a scenic road trip, or just hoping to catch the next viral meteor streaking across the sky, having a dashcam can be a game-changer. In the past few years, there's been a rise in viral videos on the internet where dashcams have helped innocent drivers prove their case. I've seen videos capturing wild hit-and-runs and even a video showing that a Karen definitely did throw herself onto the hood of someone's Corolla.

They've become especially handy in situations where things might otherwise come down to your word versus someone else's. And in moments of confusion, bias, or just plain human error, the footage doesn't lie.

Waiters seem to effortlessly carry those big heavy trays, but every now and again, they slip up. Some of these waiters are strong enough to carry 6-12 meals at once! It never fails to impress me when they carry a huge tray or balance a bunch of plates on their arm. 

However, no one is perfect, and mistakes do happen. Sometimes the waiter will drop an entire tray of food, leading the customers to either clap (sarcastically) or groan, because now their food will take another 20 minutes or so to get to their table. It's a massive mess that the staff needs to clean up… and that's not even the worst thing that can happen to a customer, as these waiters revealed. 

A few people accidentally dropped food on a child, which is mortifying. I keep thinking about the waiter who spilled olive oil on a dude's head, which must've taken ages to wash out! Other people spilled drinks all over women wearing light-colored dresses. It's an entertaining read, and you can check out the tea these waiters spilled down below. 

Next, read about some employees who'd rather quit than deal with their working conditions any longer: '2 weeks later I get a call… He's begging me to come back."