The 25 Most Epic Stories On Not Always Working – A Roundup Of Our Longest Workplace Stories!
Dear readers,
Last week, we threw our longest ever Not Always Right stories at you — those epic sagas of customer misbehavior that (mostly) warranted their word count.
They were, however, just a precursor to this roundup, a collection of even longer stories from our Working category, where our stories of workplace woes live with those rare stories where the customer (gasp!) was actually right!
Once more, we present to you, our readers with a lot of time on their hands, the twenty-five longest sagas in the history of Not Always Working!
When Even The Experts Are Clueless, You’re In Trouble (1,473 words) – Getting money from people is hard enough. Getting money from the government? Hoooooo boy.
That’s The Way The COO Crumbles (1,479 words) – When you follow their instructions to the letter (or lack thereof), sometimes it really pays off!
That’s Seriously Messed Up (1,495 words) – We’re not normally sue-happy, but we might make an exception for this one.
Five Nights At Freddy’s Fortress Of Frustration (1,530 words) – You should’ve just left when they said, “There’s no such place as Oregon.”
Stamping The Joy Out Of Collectors (1,545 words) – You enjoy your hobby your way, and I’ll enjoy it my way!
The Longest Shift Ever With The Worst Shift Lead Ever (1,578 words) – This starts bad, gets worse, and then gets… just freakin’ weird.
Digging Their Nails Into You (1,607 words) – Ma’am, you’re the bad guy because you LIED.
Murphy’s Law: Online Edition (1,657 words) – How did it take four agents to sort this out?!
How Do These People Keep Getting Hired?! Part 4 (1,661 words) – Hits from the comments: “Looks like we know what happened to the former manager of the Impossible Store now.” (Credit: Saintjimmeh)
This Corruption Is Institutional (1,670 words) – You’d think they’d treat their potential volunteers better!
This Story Made Us Hungry, But Not In A Good Way (1,671 words) – Many restaurants get a thing or two wrong. This one seems to be going for a high score.
We Can’t Stan(d) This Kind Of Toxic Management (1,675 words) – We do not “stan” Stan!
If You Like Piña Coladas And Getting Caught In The Rain… Of Piña Coladas… (1,693 words) – Being hangry is hard enough… and then it starts to rain.
Manager Doesn’t Always Know Guest (1,701 words) – Two miracles: a life was saved, and somebody actually learned something!
I WILL OUTLAST YOU (1,721 words) – Hits from the comments (and The Dark Knight): “If you’re good at something, never do it for free.” (Credit: ObeeKris)
Violence Doesn’t Solve Everything, But It Has Its Moments (1,734 words) – Hits from the comments: “‘Officer, this man attacked the floor with his face and the floor defended itself. That’s why his face is injured.'” (Credit: Tank0r)
This Story Will Leave You Banging Your Head Against The Gates (1,767 words) – This is why no one likes HOAs.
Some People Just Can’t Accept Criticism, Apparently (1,832 words) – Thanks for wasting everyone’s time, buddy!
A Cruel, Kafkaesque Catastrophe, Courtesy Of The US Government (1,835 words) – Hits from the comments: “You could probably easily triple anything you should get from government if you could bill them for the hours it takes you to get it.” (Credit: Call me Bob)
The Malicious Compliance Party Of The Century (1,885 words) – Hits from the comments: “Revenge is a dish best served bbqed.” (Credit: Centaur Lord)
You Don’t Protect Your Workers, You Don’t Protect Your Job (1,891 words) – Just when you think the disgusting creep is the worst of it…
Table(cloth) That Discussion (1,910 words) – Karma all around – the good and the bad!
Some Managers Need More Training On Being Human (1,994 words) – When you give your employees basically zero tools, you can’t get mad when they struggle.
Fair Warning: This Story Will Make You EXHAUSTED (2,153 words) – Addendum to the title: “…and angry!”
The Epic Of The Impossible Store (2,722 words) – The return of the epic of all epics, our site’s longest story, and if it’s your first time reading it, strap in for a wild ride!
We hope you enjoyed this epic Working story roundup! Want to send in your own story? Submit your story here!
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The 25 Most Epic Stories On Not Always Right – A Roundup Of Our Longest Stories!
