Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

People's 'I Don't Get Paid Enough For This Sh*t' Experiences

There are jobs that our psyche can't deal with for very long.

Sometimes you take a job because you like to eat.

You want a place to live.

Sure, it may not be in the wheelhouse of your educational degree... but you have to eat.

But everyone does begin to reach the point of... I'm over it.


Redditor indian_boy786 asked everyone about jobs that cause more stress than they're worth by asking:

"What is your 'I don't get paid enough for this sh*t moment?"

I've left places after fights.

I'm not having this face marred by violence at minimum wage rates.

Merry Christmas

Mariah Carey GIF by TwitterGiphy

"Being told that I ruined a woman's Christmas because the supermarket I worked at was out of brandy infused marmalade."

chillypyo

"Yeah I'm still in retail and I'm ruining peoples Christmas's daily at this point."

LlamaLlama2432

80+ hours...

"I worked for a small college. The president's secretary thought that most things were above her pay grade and at one of the busiest times of the year for my office decided that I should put in 80+ hours to clean her data and get something she needed done."

"After getting it finished she decided that she wanted the whole thing changed. I broke down. I went to the doctor in the midst of a full blown panic attack and was given a note for two weeks off work, which meant they had to use what I did or do it themselves. I came back to work and resigned."

iiiBansheeiii

Poo Time

"When I was 18 and working at a retail store, a baby in his mother's arms took a sh** so massive that his diaper couldn't contain it. A bunch ended up on the floor, and the mother ran away. I was not paid enough for that literal s**t."

heybudno

"Babies actually do this quite often. You can be sure that the mess she had to clean up was also pretty far reaching. And she likely had dealt with many a poo explosion in the past and probably had many more. I hope for your sake the baby was young and breastfeeding."

MummaGoose

Trouble

"Assistant manager at a movie theatre, fight breaks out between two teenage guests that we had to restrain, fill out police report etc."

"Police seized one of our garbage can lids as evidence (teen A hit teen B in the mouth with it - blood was all over it)."

"Got in trouble for losing a can lid whilst on duty."

Eternal__Optimist

Some jobs are just too much.

Thanks Sprint

Nervous Ted Striker GIF by filmeditorGiphy

"When a thick stream of sweat drained out of this girls cell phone case. I had to explain to her that her phone had water damage and that she shouldn't work out with her phone in her bra, all the while trying to be professional and not gag while cleaning the mess. (I sold phones at Sprint)."

jordanmlee

Trash Bags

"Manager at a grocery store I worked in my teens refused to pay the waste management bill for several months. When they finally came and emptied the dumpster, there were still mounds of trash laying about around the area."

"He had me go out and clean all of it up alone. I didn't have any protective gear or supplies whatsoever, and was out in 100+ degree weather."

"I was only given a bunch of trash bags to put it into, and when I went in to ask for help, I was just given a shovel."

"I worked one more day after that, and after just being given more work to do without so much as a 'good job' or 'thanks,' I never went back."

herpty_derpty

‘Billy Run!’

"I used to work at Old Country Buffet, and there were kids who would eat until they threw up- like alllll the time-

"This one case that is seared into my mind was when I was once fixing up the salad bar and I heard ‘Billy Run!’ screamed from an ignorant parent and then I see this 12ish year old boy running to the bathroom, only he didn’t make it."

"An unholy amount of undigested red Jello-O came exploded out of him like a f**king volcano all over the Caesar Salad, the floor next to the cash register, and on about 5 or 6 diners waiting in line to get in. It looked like he had literally vomited his guts out in an arc about 10 feet in diameter. I had to sweep up the chunks with a broom until a dishwasher with a mop could take care of the rest."

Darth_Xenic

Grabby's

"Barista. Grabby customer grabs drink on the counter, tastes it, says, 'This isn't mine. I ordered a vanilla latté. This is also iced.' I proceed to tell her it's clearly not her drink she picked up then. Am currently making Grabby's drink, then have to double back to make the previous drink for the customer it was originally intended for. Again."

"8 hours a day, 5 days a week."

"Customer service should definitely be paid more."

juneauboe

Hell No...

Over It Rose GIF by HULUGiphy

"While working as a student custodian on campus I had to clean vomit out of a urinal. There is no easy, not gross way of cleaning that. Not worth the minimum wage."

insert_joke_here_pls

That is a lot of... "I'm over it!"

Do you have any experiences to share? Let us know in the comments below.

More from Trending/best-of-reddit

People Confess The Silliest Reasons They Stopped Being Intimate With Someone

Not all relationships are meant to go to the next level and step into the bedroom. Not all relationships are meant to last in the bedroom, either.

There are countless reasons a person might be turned off from being intimate with someone, and honestly, there are some pretty hilarious reasons out there, too.

Keep ReadingShow less
Cruz Ripped After Claiming Kamala Harris Is 'Bigoted' For Not Picking Pete Buttigieg As Her Running Mate
Kayla Bartowski/Getty Images; Paras Griffin/Getty Images for BET; KC McGinnis/For The Washington Post via Getty Images

Cruz Ripped After Claiming Kamala Harris Is 'Bigoted' For Not Picking Pete Buttigieg As Her Running Mate

Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz was called out after he claimed former Vice President Kamala Harris is "bigoted" after she revealed in her new memoir 107 Days that former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg would've been her first choice for running mate in last year's election if it wasn't for the fact that he's gay.

Harris, who ultimately selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate, wrote that she felt it would be "too big of a risk" for a Black woman to run for president with a gay man at her side. She described Buttigieg as "an ideal partner—if I were a straight white man" and said she and her team concluded that "knowing what was at stake, it was too big of a risk."

Keep ReadingShow less
Screenshots from @kaylenhailey's TikTok video
@kaylenhailey/TikTok

TikToker Stunned After Trader Joe's Cashier Hints That She Should Wash Her Reusable Grocery Bags

A fairly easy rule of thumb when it comes to cleaning is, if you've used it, it will need to be cleaned.

This sounds overwhelming on the surface, but there are some items, like window blinds and bicycle seats, that don't need to be cleaned every single time we've used them, so the chores balance out over time.

Keep ReadingShow less
Person holding an inPhone; Screenshot from TikToker @bkharthun's video
KinoMasterskaya; @bkharthun/TikTok

The iPhone's Sinister-Looking Red Clock Is Going Viral—And It's Divided The Internet

Late in 2023, part of the iOS 17 update on the iPhone was the implementation of the iPhone's "Standby night mode."

This mode is only activated at night and if the phone is placed horizontally instead of vertically.

Keep ReadingShow less
Ryan Walters
Fox News @ Night/YouTube

People Cheer Resignation Of MAGA Official Who Mandated Charlie Kirk Student Organizations In Schools

On Tuesday, embattled MAGA Republican Oklahoma State Superintendent of Schools Ryan Walters joined the ranks of conservatives exploiting the death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk for political clout or to distract the public from their poor job performance or personal scandals.

In Walters' case, the latter is most likely.

Keep ReadingShow less