came when he asked a coworker to cover a shift… while his girlfriend was in labor. When the coworker said no, he got written up for “insubordination” and walked out, flipping his apron like a mic drop. A woman once had to type and sign her own warning letter—dictated by her boss, who gave her glowing praise in meetings and passive-aggressive digs in private. The kind of emotional whiplash you don’t recover from without therapy… or tequila. Then there was the bartender-turned-waitress. She was told, bluntly, “You’re a girl, so go waitress.” When she dared to help behind the bar, they screamed at her and fired her on the spot. Feminism? Not on that shift. But the wildest?

A pregnant employee who went to the ER after complications. Her boss followed her there—followed her—and pretended to be her dad so he could demand her medical records. He barged into her room, screaming that she was faking it. Security came. He got arrested. And then? He skipped town after investigators found he’d been embezzling from the company for months. Some people say “it’s just a job.” But sometimes, it’s not. Sometimes, your job becomes a full-blown drama with plot twists, villains, and no commercial breaks. Welcome to the workplace. Try not to lose your mind.