Arduinna

Employees should always be careful not to take on too many responsibilities, but employers should also be careful when they restrict employees from taking on extra work. For the employee, you don't want to be known as being too good at your job. Otherwise, you might end up with more tasks and duties than you had initially bargained for without a proper pay raise or promotion. As for the employer, when you restrict your employees from taking on extra work, you might find yourself in a pickle down the road if said employee is doing a good job at protecting himself or herself in the workplace.

In this case, the author of this tale became the only person capable enough of substituting for two other coworkers if they were out sick or busy with other tasks. Of course, those other coworkers weren't able to do the reverse. Still, the employee was happy to cover for his coworkers if the company was in a pinch. Now, as several members of the online community pointed out, the employee should not feel the pressure to take that work on unless they were going to be properly compensated for that extra work. The author did manage to negotiate a well-deserved pay raise because of their capabilities, but that's when HR decided to restrict him from stepping in for these other coworkers moving forward. It seemed that they were concerned that the employee would continue to use their privileged position to their advantage during the next contract negotiation. 

Well, the day came when both of those coworkers were unable to come to work, and the employee was tasked with stepping in at the last minute. Thankfully, the employee decided to do exactly what HR requested five years ago, which was absolutely nothing.

There is nothing more unnecessary than an aggressive driver on the road. Choosing to drive dangerously just because you're late to work is simply not worth the energy or the risk. In fact, there is no better excuse for being late to work than acknowledging traffic on the road. Everyone should get it. It's out of your control. If they don't get it, then they're not worth working for.

But what happens when you're the innocent driver dealing with a reckless person on the road. Any driving instructor will tell you that the best course of action is to avoid and disengage. If you feel the need to pull over or take a different turn if you're able to just to avoid their wrath, it's always worth it. However, sometimes there's no escaping these maniacs. In this case, you just have to do the best you can to stay out of conflict as much as you can and just hope that everyone stays safe. In this instance, thankfully, no one was hurt, but this author was especially taken off guard by this entitled couple's aggressive driving in their already aggressive Jeep. 

In this rare instance of karma actually rearing its head when it needed to, the couple ended up being spotted by police pretty much instantly after they almost caused an accident. Not only was no one hurt, but this couple ended up having to answer for their own recklessness. Kudos to this driver for staying out of the fray and letting karma do all the work!