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“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) I worked with a literal idiot for a union job where he just didnt think it was needed or morally ok. We tried to explain to him that the union helps him a lot more than he realized but nope. In one ear, out the other.

He had some incident and went in to a meeting about it. He rebelled against the union rep, and she sat there and let him sign away his job. He thought he had finally freed himself from the union to work better and they fired him hours later after he was no longer protected.

Free healthcare, education expenses, guaranteed vacay and sick time, assistance with housing/legal, guaranteed pay raises. Threw it all away because of religious political philosophy.

Final score:

180points

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Kyra Heiker 3 months ago

This gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.

129points

Gustavius040210 , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Cops were called to a buddy's house.

Cops told this buddy that they did not require any statement from him.

Buddy proceeded to tell "his side of the story".

Buddy went to jail.

Final score:

151points

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Zephyr 3 months ago

Say less

68points

AssumptionShot434 , Alex Qian / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) My friend's sister was engaged to a great guy. His only flaw was he was too "tough" to wear a seatbelt. Crashed his car and died. A few weeks later she found out she was pregnant, so now she's a single mother. So that's at least 3 lives he f****d up by not wearing his seatbelt.

Final score:

135points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 months ago

Too tough to wear a seatbelt? Too stupid more like.

155points

raider_red , RDNE Stock project / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) When I was young I realized if I threw up at school they’d call my mom to come get me. One day in 2nd grade I “got sick” because I wanted to leave, but my dumb**s forgot it was field trip day to the zoo. I tried to say I was feeling better but my mom was already on her way.

Final score:

127points

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Justanotherpanda 3 months ago

Innocent enough. You learn for life though...

48points

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“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) The CEO of StickerMule recently sent out a mass email to the entire customer base over his support for Trump after the attempted assassination. The email preached “love for all”. After this, the sticker company lost users, followers, and StickerMule’s Instagram was flooded with comments that pointed people to alternate sticker companies.

So…morale of the story. No one wants to hear your political stance from a random email from a sticker company. Keep it to yourself.

Final score:

127points

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Rizzo 3 months ago

Who votes for an idiot? Right, another idiot. :)

100points

James Bland 2 months ago

No one wants to hear your political stance, idiot!

-2points

Mike Watkins 2 months ago

Well, then, I guess we’re all idiots.

-3points

Ian Shaw 3 months ago

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James Peek 3 months ago

Take the one that's not a rapist felon.

27points

Karen Krause 3 months ago

Keep politics out of your business unless your business is political.

19points

Nitka Tsar 3 months ago

“Love for all” that’s funny coming from them

15points

Nitka Tsar 3 months ago

I’m German. We had a right party once, that was very similar to yours. It lead to WWII and killed a lot of people for similar values your right wing has. If you do not check your right wing party, then you are headed in a similar direction we were in the 1940s. This is way more serious then you think. And keep in mind, that from the perspective of our left wing party, yours is right wing, so what does that tell you about your actual right wing?

8points

Tabitha Osika 3 months ago

MORAL of the story : No one wants to support a small business that supports a talking turd.

12points

Alex Martin 3 months ago (edited)

Companies need to stay out of politics. It's too polarizing. Take a stance and you're going to p**s off 30% of the population, and it's the annoying part of the population that won't shut up about it.

7points

Colleen Glim 3 months ago

That means you lot need to pass some laws against lobbying. AKA legal bribery

6points

Spencer's slave no longer 3 months ago

As a non American seeing all the comments about higher food prices/gas prices etc etc etc, under Biden, do these clowns not realise that it's the same across the globe and Biden isn't our president? All of the financial issues in the US started during the Trump presidency. Most countries that have the same issues have had at least one election since Covid. - "the cause of everything".

6points

Kendall 3 months ago

Morale??? I think you mean moral.

5points

Jean Jacket 3 months ago

Love for all and maga are not synonyms. All they have is hate and disdain unless you're a cheeto-coloured racist prick, of course.

4points

Celtic Pirate Queen 3 months ago

My former employer was a staunch republican (way before Numbnuts the MAGA Moron was on the scene) and would constantly try to bait me into a debate about politics, which I firmly believe DO NOT belong in the workplace. He wouldn't let up, so one time I said, "I'll tell you what Mimmo. You find me a candidate that will let me get an abortion AND carry my gun, and we'll talk". He never brought it up again.

3points

Enetinas Mogollon 3 months ago

Trump and his followers : go to hell! You will never win! Kamala is the future!!!!

3points

Id row 3 months ago

Such smart people are loyal to the cheeto. Real genius types. I honestly wish we could send them all to Texas. We should designate one big state as the state we send our rejects to. And Alaska is too nice to put that burden on.

3points

Colleen Glim 3 months ago

But Alaska also has the advantage of being far away. And there are plenty of other nice areas

2points

Rebecca Joan 3 months ago

I am pretty sure that sticker mule is going to be OK considering how many Trump supporters there are out there. I am not one of them, but I still think that the Democrats do not have a Stone’s throw chance in hell of winning this election. I truly cannot believe how many people support this narcissistic, sexually assaulting, orange moron…but they do.

2points

Caroline Nagel 3 months ago

What about putin? I bet a whole lot of people in Russia and around the world would be disappointed when an assasination atempt on him failed. trump is a danger to world peace. The only thing he wants is being like his good buddies putin and kim jung un, in other words becoming president for life and ensure his descendents will inherit the presidency.

2points

Regina Holt 3 months ago

Didn't that pillow guy lose a few customers also, for supporting tRump?

1point

Gypsy Lee 3 months ago

* makes mental note to no longer use stickermule*

0points

Allen Packard 3 months ago

We are so screwed as a nation.

0points

C.O. Shea 3 months ago

MAGAts... and Karma.

0points

ConservaDave 3 months ago

Our country is the darkest it has ever been. This did not happen on Trump's watch. The current admin has racked up 30 trillion in debt, everything costs more, gas, food etc. If you like living this way then vote blue again. If you're sick of this then vote red and save our country.

-2points

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Papa 3 months ago

I haven't voted for him in the past, and will vote for his opponent this year. In fact, the thought of him being President frightens me, but hoping he'll be killed is over the top.

21points

Sunny Day 3 months ago

Lots of people got fired for saying that. Even if you hate him, it's frowned upon to wish someone dead. It shows that YOU are the real monster.

11points

Kendall 3 months ago

Yeah that's great, hoping for someone to be killed. These are the kind of people that are not wanted in this country

2points

Vidas Zlioba 3 months ago

Classy.

2points

Hydro Keychain 3 months ago

Uh,oh... your tour just got canceled. Lol

1point

Poediddy 3 months ago

Incredible... Party of tolerance

-2points

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“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) They were constantly badgering me to fix something (on a system I was tech support for) and I, time and time again, warned them that they shouldn't do what they were trying to do and that they should just do it the correct way to avoid their issue.

After 5 weeks of hassling me, they got fed up and emailed me complaining that they'd missed a deadline for a massive client because the system didn't work, and that I'd not supported them as my job required.

To make their 'point', they cc'd in many, many people. Their boss, my boss, their team, my team, their VP of operations, my VP (you get the idea).

I drafted my response, redrafted several times, then replied.

I attached every single one of their abusive emails, my professional responses explaining clearly that the issue is theirs and that they should correct it to make it work.

It's the only time I've made sure I *did* reply all.

I'm not overly sure of the fallout for them, but they were very quiet for at least 18 months before I heard from them again.

Final score:

123points

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KatSaidWhat 3 months ago

I worked for an ahole god-complexed surgeon who systemically colluding with my office mate and generally being a bully. I was the one being micromanaged even though my work was impeccable and I had actually found a £300k blackhole in invoicing which we started getting back. One day he was clearly playing god in theatre and sent a really sh1tty email telling me off about something and felt the need to copy in as many people as possible except for the business manager who was overseeing me. So I replied all back, copied her in, said "scroll down this same email to see that this is not what you said yesterday". Waited. It took 10 minutes to get called into another meeting, but this time with HR present who had ignored my previous complaints. I had everything document. I was given an offer to go away quietly which I took because I just wanted out. It gave me great pleasure that his next 7 slaves quit really quickly.

58points

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“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Gym teacher got busted banging a 15 year old student.
He was found guilty and sentenced 6 to 30 years.
He later appealed claiming that some error in the sentencing process gave him more time than it should have.
He won the appeal and a resentencing was scheduled, but before that happened
it came to light that he was still contacting the girl by secretly passing messages to her (he'd give the letters to a family member who then left it in a drop spot for the girl to pick up).

Because of that they ended up giving him an even longer sentence.

[News Article](https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2015/06/former_teacher_who_had_sex_wit.html).

Final score:

119points

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PixieVonBehr 3 months ago

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119points

GroundbreakingHeat38 , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) I know somebody who cheated on her husband of 15 years this spring and thought she would do it a few months and then go back to her marriage like nothing happened. Her husband found out after less than a month, left her and moved out, she can’t afford their house anymore and both kids refuse to live with her. Oh and she lost her job last week.

Final score:

111points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 3 months ago (edited)

I thought a triple whammy was bad but I guess karma decided to play all-or-nothing and ended up with it all...

54points

MooseLogic7 , Kindel Media / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#10

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) My mother.

She told me one day “you’re the reason I wake up every day and want to kill myself”

I said “Good. You’re dead to me”.

She has been trying to come back into my life for almost 5 years.

Final score:

102points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 3 months ago

Tell her the door to your life has been locked with a deadbolt and she's dead wrong if she thinks she can find a key now.

35points

BobRoberts01 , Karolina Kaboompics / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#11

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) I worked for one of the government agencies everyone loves. We had a donation bin in one of the visitor centers that was empty one morning. The money in the employee honor system snack room thing was gone too. It was a huge scandal. A day or two later, the cash (but not the coins) from a satellite office’s employee snack money also disappeared. This was enough to get our in-house law enforcement to question everyone with access to either building.

Well, only one person had a key to the donation box AND a key to the satellite building. One was where he worked and the other was in the compound where he was renting government housing. Also, there were cameras around and he was the only one of a certain size currently employed.

The guy was a strange mix of really excited to make his job his career and complaining that it did not pay enough. He ended up throwing away his dream career and receiving federal theft charges for around $100 in small bills.

Final score:

98points

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Manana Man 3 months ago

I'd sure like to know what's that 'government agency that everyone loves.' I can't think of one.

27points

ofnuts , Lisa Fotios / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#12

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) A long while ago in a large computer corporation with looming layoffs. An employee set up a time bomb so that a lot of files would be destroyed if he didn't reset the trigger periodically thus creating a delayed revenge if he got fired.

Which eventually happened (without any severance package) because the time bomb went off when he was still an employee.

Final score:

97points

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Id row 3 months ago

If my old company is still using the programs I wrote back in '99, then in 2059, some stuff is going to go sideways, lol.

6points

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#13

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) I've seen friends talk themselves into tickets when dealing with police where they initially were just going to give them a friendly warning.

Final score:

96points

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Michael P (Perthaussieguy) 3 months ago

Here in Australia, treat them friendly but polite. Smile and say as little as possible. Don't argue with them. If I were in USA and the police pulled me over, I'd be s******g bricks regardless of why they pulled me over.

61points

FlakyAd3273 , Los Muertos Crew / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#14

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Friend agreed to child support outside of court. Got a new job and the ex came back asking for an increase. Friend said no, got sued. Judge did the calculations and she ended up getting less.

Final score:

93points

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Jason 3 months ago

I had this happen to a friend. Ex requested child support, then ended up coming out she made more and custody was split so she had to pay

45points

teamstark0 , Samer Daboul / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#15

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) My father was all tough and LOVED getting into fights with people. He was proud of himself and his muscles (all steroids) and people would genuinely be more scared of his attitude than his looks. He also had guns at home (my country doesn't allow it, so that was a BIG deal), so around the block when he would get into an argument with someone, he loved going home and getting the gun to scare whoever he was arguing with. People were generally scared of him, so he wouldn't end up getting in trouble or anything (unfortunately)

Well, one day he got into an argument with this guy who parked in front of his house but on the other side of the road (where the guy was allowed to park). My father was shouting at the guy, telling him to take the car out of that spot because it would disturb my father's illegal way to park his car. The guy didn't want to. My father went inside his house, got the gun and came outside to threaten the guy. The guy decided to leave, but he didn't go home, he went straight to the police and gave them the EXACT address of someone who threatened him with a gun. The police showed up at my father's house an hour later and found three guns. My father got arrested and spent the night at the police station, and my grandpa had to bail him out or he would go to jail the day after.

The prison system in my country is not that good, and normally if it's your first instance you get off of it pretty easily, but when you have your first instance you really really REALLY don't want to get a second, and now my father is scared of everything, because a small argument while driving could land him in jail if someone decides to call the police.

Final score:

93points

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MalibuClassicMan 3 months ago

Your father just never ran into the right person, he knew who he could bully and the ones he couldn't, lucky someone didn't take a ball bat to his head.

11points

Few_Lobster7961 , Canva Studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#16

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) We had an employee at another location sell company merchandise on social media on his own account for 10× the original retail price. Company found out and fired employee. The very next day the company gave every employee company wide a decent bump in pay. So he lost his job and the pay bump all for less than $100 reselling company merch. Truly one of the dumbest ways I've ever seen someone screw themselves over.

Final score:

92points

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Trundle 3 months ago

I’d say there’s a solid chance he was the reason for the pay increase rather than missed out on it

61points

TheBklynGuy , Elliot Ogbeiwi / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#17

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) D***s. Guy could have had it all. Beautiful GF, promising future. Wound up dead in a dirty basement. GF ended up looking like Keith Richards and may be dead also now.

Even before death, they lived in squalor and wound up homeless. Just destruction from beginning to end.

Dont f**k with opiates. They are truly the devil.

Final score:

92points

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Katchen 3 months ago

All that from d*cks? Wow.

61points

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#18

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) My ex wife was so excited to go screw other guys that she didn’t think at all about how she would feed herself, where she would live….

Within a couple weeks of her saying she wanted a divorce, and living her best life via online dating, I drafted up a contract saying I would get the house, my retirement account, my pension, the paid off car, sole custody of our child, no alimony to her, and she would pay me child support.

To be clear, this wasn’t a case of her not knowing what she was signing. I made sure she understood all of it. She was just rose colored glasses about what an incredible new life she was going to live. Who needs anything from the old life, when the new life will be so much better???

Turns out guys don’t want her for long now that she’s obsese and pushing 40 instead of the cute little 20-something she was when we married. She thought that was the life she was going back to — it hasn’t been. Meanwhile, she can’t hold down a job and her parents had to buy her silverware because she lived off of me for so long that she had no concept of how to survive on her own.

I don’t rub it in. But I also don’t bail her out. She made informed decisions. It’s not my fault she was living in a fantasy land.

Final score:

88points

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Mouse 3 months ago

The dildo of consequences rarely comes lubed.

170points

MisterWednesday6 , Liliana Drew / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#19

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Used to work as a house matron in a UK boarding school, where there was a team of four ladies who cleaned the house I was in charge of. Three had been there for years and were great - and then there was, let's call her "T", who'd been hired as a replacement for a lady who'd moved out of the area. "T" was lazy, unmotivated, called in "sick" frequently and had to be micromanaged to get any work out of her at all; I complained to HR, who basically told me to suck it up because it was hard to get cleaners who could work the hours the school required.

T reported that her father had died, and that she had to go halfway across the country to clear out his house. The following day was my day off, and I went into a nearby town to have lunch and run some errands; as I was sitting outside Starbucks with a coffee, who should emerge from the shop opposite me - laden down with shopping bags and laughing with a group of friends - but "T". The look on her face when she spotted me was classic "deer in the headlights" material.

She was called into work the following morning and fired on the spot.

Final score:

86points

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Tom Brincefield 3 months ago

How heartless! Firing her right after her daddy died! 😇

40points

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#20

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Old friend from high school “Eddie” was really good at pitching and got a full ride scholarship to play baseball at a D1 University. A week before we graduated high school, we were playing basketball in gym class. Eddie goes for a shot, misses, gets angry, punches a wall and breaks his hand. Long story short, the D1 school took his scholarship away because his hand was f****d and he would’ve missed summer training. Poor guy was devastated. 10+ years later and He still talks about how he could’ve been a pro player. He now operates a crane in Philly and makes really good money.

LeDevnoob , Tim Eiden / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

84points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 3 months ago

Sometimes, life kinda works out for the best...?

31points

captainofpizza , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#21

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) I was waiting in a lobby once for a meeting room my work had booked to interview a possible new remote hire.

While I was in the waiting room a guy showed up then sat next to me and proceeded to brag about getting a new job that he was under qualified for and that he lied on his resume about college/work experience/etc. He was talking like he was some hotshot finance bro saying (to a stranger at a business center at like 10am) that he was going right from there to the strip club to celebrate.

Guess who I was there to interview? He was drastically unqualified, unable to tell me the meaning of the 3 letter acronym that the job was (and that he supposedly had 10 years experience in). During the meeting I called a referral location he claimed he worked (but with the number I had not the one he listed) and they had never heard of him. He thought he already had the job after a few interviews but unfortunately I was the veto. The offer was pulled after we looked into his resume that had somehow not been checked. If he had kept his mouth shut and done some homework on the job he might have slipped through and gotten at least a few paychecks.

Final score:

83points

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Super Beast 3 months ago

I do interviews for a huge, global, very well known company. The stupidest stuff that caused people to never be called back 1. One guy asked for the very hot girl who he saw before our interview 2. A very experienced man quoted 'survival of the fittest' 3. An experienced woman interviewing for an hr position kept mocking interviewers who would be below her level

48points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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#22

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) A guy at work on his first day jokingly asked 'how strict is the sexual harassment policy? nobody laughed.

naturalcurvyrae , Edmond Dantès / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

80points

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UnknownFrost 3 months ago

Predator Red Flag Alert.

64points

Novel-Coast-957 , RDNE Stock project / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#23

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Donna Blanton sentenced to 28 years for killing her husband. Claimed discrimination and got herself a new trial. Outcome: sentenced to life. 🙂.

Final score:

79points

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justanotherweirdo 3 months ago

Good thing she claimed discrimination. She should've had a life sentence from the get-go

19points

angiela625 , Benjamin Farren / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#24

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Back in college, a friend of mine tried to impress everyone at a party by showing off his fire-breathing skills. he didn't realize that the bottle he grabbed was rubbing alcohol instead of the usual lighter fluid. when he took a big swig and tried to spit it out into the flame, it caught fire way too close to his face. he ended up with singed eyebrows and a trip to the ER. the next day, he found out the whole thing was caught on video and had gone viral on our campus. it was a painful lesson in thinking twice before showing off.

Final score:

75points

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UnknownFrost 3 months ago

He got off lucky. There are people who've burned their esophagus.

71points

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#25

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) My ex literally sent me a goodmorning message that was meant for another girl and it had her name in it.

ChocoCharmChic10 , Jonathon Burton / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

74points

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Shark Lady 3 months ago

My ex did something similar, the message said "bad news, she knows about us".

49points

Josh_Hilll , cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#26

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Had a dude who worked on a team that I wanted to join at work and kept putting himself in Teams meetings to look busy, then when he was asked to come to the office, he’d ask the boss how to do the simplest of tasks because he was never doing anything and thus never learned.

I replaced him 🫡.

Final score:

70points

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Sunny Day 3 months ago

We had a manager who worked from.home for 2 years before she admitted she didn't know how to dial in & connect to our network. She didn't have to learn it after that, because she was fired.

25points

RevealUseful , Dziana Hasanbekava / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#27

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Had this lab partner in college that was premed. While rushing for a frat he wasn’t allowed to sleep for a month among other ridiculous things. He basically slept through all of his classes and ended up having to switch majors to something less academically demanding in order to survive rushing for his frat.

Final score:

69points

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SheamusFanFrom1987 3 months ago

Seriously, I just don't get this frat and sorority culture. Is this an American thing and if so, why the heck does it seem more "life or death" than actual life or death itself? -_-"

102points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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#28

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) I did some work in 2008 involving a lingering lawsuit regarding AOL (yes, America Online) and some computer hardware manufacturers. The core lawsuit had long been over but this was a shareholder derivative suit that just wouldn't die. We had to read documents (emails, early stage Powerpoint presentations aka "slide decks", and other stuff related to AOL).

I saw one presentation that has stuck with me for almost 15 years titled "Internet Search Companies." The slide deck was from 1999ish during AOL's hay day. The idea was that internet search companies were starting to become popular and AOL wanted to acquire one. It went through all the players and discussed their methods, strengths, and weaknesses. Think Ask Jeeves, Alta Vista, Excite, Lycos, etc. The slide for Google was hilarious. It said they used a complex algorithm to return results from a structured data set that it created from the public web.

The conclusion: "Not expected to be a major player in internet search."

I've never forgotten that. The slide even had a price tag for potential acquisition which I think was around $5-10 million. AOL completely fumbling the moment.

ConspiracyJustin , Karolina Grabowska / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

69points

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Papa 3 months ago

Okay, I can't help myself. It's "heyday," not "hay day."

63points

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#29

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) During the dotcom boom my employer's stock price was riding high, and we were all millionaires .. on paper. You only got the riches if you exercised and sold your stock options. With the stock price going higher every day, exercising and selling you options today would feel like a loss tomorrow. This caused people to make all sorts of bad decisions.

One that stands out for me is a coworker who bough an enormous house. Instead of exercising and selling his options to pay for it all (which he could have done), paid the minimum down payment and took out a mortgage for the rest. Then he would exercise and sell just enough options every month to cover the monthly payment.

Cue the dotcom bust. Our stock options quickly became worthless. My coworker had no money to cover the mortgage payments and lost his house.

khendron , Karolina Kaboompics / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

66points

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Diolla 3 months ago

As a non-native English speaker, I only know one meaning of the word "excercise". Which made this a fun read: only get rich if you do enough sports LOL

64points

Ok-Lavishness-7904 , Mikhail Nilov / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#30

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) Recently, a 20 year employee lost his management job because he couldn’t keep it in his pants. There was a blowup at work with him and a pregnant young lady, yup, his second with that young lady. Funny thing, it wasn’t the only woman he’d had relations and children with at work, and not the second, either…. Pregnant young lady went to HR and he was gone before lunch.

Final score:

63points

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Bouche and Audi and Shyla, Oh My! 3 months ago

When we really ARE a family.

53points

"I Didn't Start The Dryer": Karen Gets Taught A Lesson After Throwing Out Neighbor's Wet Clothes

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#31

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) I got a pal who just can't keep a job. He "goes to war" with people when he feels out of his depth and can't make it past probation period..... Now he's almost f****d his life in a bad way... Been out of work for almost a year and can't find anything because it's a whole history of 6 month stints.

Fit_Yogurtcloset_291 , Tiger Lily / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

62points

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het 3 months ago

He needs to work on his attitude, seek professional help.

47points

420tacoo , Pavel Danilyuk / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#32

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) I had a boss that regularly would take all of the credit for things me and my team members would work on. We work in special event and large event venue planning. Well… we had one of the largest events in my career pop up. Spent months planning. Budgets. Negotiations. Contacts. The works. He came into maybe 5 meetings in the months we spent planning. Long story short we had a few major slips that caused a HUGE loss on the clients end (mind you we made them whole in the long run). He got all the credit. Poetic justice imo.

Final score:

60points

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Scott Rackley 3 months ago

Had a not brand new, still basically newly hired engineer (could still smell new college on him) try to take credit for an end of arm robot tool I designed. Despite my name being in the title block of every drawing, and the drawings being stylistically obviously mine to his engineering manager, he persisted. He got canned a week later. Dude, how many of my drawings do you think this engineering manager has seen? My dimensions alone would have tipped him off.

32points

Guy Divorced 3 Years Ago Drops Off 3 Y.O. With His Ex-Wife Completely Out Of The Blue

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#33

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) My ex wife was trespassing on what used to be our home together, assaulted our roommate after they told her to leave, and then called the police on herself 😂.

Mooboyblue , Maria Orlova / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

Final score:

60points

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Enuya 3 months ago

Sound like mental health issue

29points

Heidi3023 , RDNE Stock project / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#34

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) The girl that bullied me mercilessly in school had a baby at 18 years old. Recently her partner left her and now she's alone with a little kid to raise on her own. Can't say I feel sorry for her.

Final score:

55points

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ColdSteelRonin 3 months ago (edited)

Feel sorry for the kid though

96points

Direct-Childhood4459 , Anete Lusina / pexels (not the actual photo) Report

#35

“What’s The Best Way You Have Seen Someone Screw Themselves Over?” (35 Answers) My ex-wife. She had an eye put out when she was 12. She got a $250k insurance settlement. Some of that money was put into mutual funds. I opened a business while we were married. At one point, cash flow was very slim and we borrowed several thousand dollars from her mutual funds. We didn’t put it back over the remainder of our marriage.

When she filed for divorce I told her I was going to pay it back. She said I didn’t have to, but I insisted I was going to. We fought over how we were going to settle everything for months. Mainly because her attorney saw a cash cow in her and kept her stirred up. Every time we would come to an agreement she would take it to him and he would talk her out of it.

Eventually I told her in lieu of me paying her back the cash for the mutual funds she could have my half of the equity in the house. She jumped all over that. She wound up getting about 1/4 of the money we borrowed from the mutual funds in the end.

Final score:

53points

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Savahax 3 months ago

Some lawyers are disgusting pigs

55points