Manager Doubts Employee’s Illness, Insists She Comes In To Work, Receives Instant Karma

Most people avoid taking sick days unless they are unable to perform their job or pose a risk of spreading illness, highlighting the general reluctance to be absent from work due to sickness.

In a story shared on Reddit’s Malicious Compliance subreddit, an employee at a training center for a Fortune 500 company fell ill with a lung infection. Despite offering a doctor’s note, the boss insisted they return to work.

In the full story below, find out how the woman cleverly put an end to her boss’s unbroken streak of never taking a sick day.


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When he's not doomscrolling Twitter or writing for Pleated-Jeans, Nate Armbruster writes jokes—and then tells them on stage as a stand-up comedian, where he can watch audiences (hopefully) laugh in real-time.