We're tackling something we all have to deal with at some time or other: work drama. Each week, I'll be bringing the juiciest stories from across the web right to our little virtual water cooler. From toxic bosses to nightmare workplaces, I'm here to speak a little justice on behalf of the average worker.

While you're here, please note that this weekly series is meant solely for entertainment purposes. Please do not have your HR team call me tomorrow saying you heard it from Joel at Digg.

Is My Manager Supposed To Stick Up For Me When Things Are Visibly Getting Worse?

I work at McDonald's during breakfast. I had a man come to my speaker and say "I want a sausage egg muffin meal" so I ask, "what would you like to drink with that?” And he goes. "No I don't want the meal." So I just ring up the sandwich. And he goes "No I want everything that comes with it" and I ask him several times what drink does he then want. And I swear it's back and forth him going: "I just want sausage egg muffin," then I swear he would go "meal" right after like it was some surreal comedy skit. But he got mad cause I wasn't understanding him but he clearly didn't understand me. I even asked him "why do you keep saying you do and you don't want the meal, if you want the meal you have to choose the drink." And, he just went silent so I decided to choose the drink for him and then he just drove off. He took his food fine with everyone else but I was shaking mad cause of course my manager just stood there and watched. I'm at my limit with how awful customers are like what on earth was I supposed to do there, I was told I shouldn't have argued but how could I not have? He was clearly not joking around with how he yelled at me I just don't understand how much more clearer I could've been with him.

Anybody who wants to get into writing should work a customer service job, because, oh, the characters you will meet! If it makes you feel any better, there is a lot of solidarity for you in the comments. It's really upsetting that this type of behavior has become the norm at almost every fast-food location. Anyone who's ever worked a job behind the counter will tell you how you're on your feet the whole time, always busy with something, and your break is just 15 minutes. Let's manifest better things for you in the future, friend; your boss is more useless than the ice cream machine. Read the rest of the thread here.

Boss Digitally Altered My Company Photos, And I'm The Only One It Happened To

About two months ago, we did staff photos for the company website and our photos got approved by us individually and put on the site a week later.

Earlier I went on our About page and noticed my whole face has been photoshopped. They added on a different mouth, my hair has changed color and my face has been thinned out. I'm not fat, but not exactly skinny either. I'd say I'm on the heavier side compared to my colleagues though, I guess. My boss is ultra fitness conscious and I've heard him make comments about bigger people before, so I wonder if he went in to make me look thinner and "more attractive"?

He didn't change any one else's photo and I saw on the backend of the website that he did this late at night over the weekend. I'm a bit insulted and also slightly freaked out about why he would do this anyway, let alone on a Saturday evening.

Any advice? No idea how to deal with this.

It must be a real shot to your confidence for this to happen, and it's clearly not right. However, it's great that Redditor u/Framing-the-chaos had a second to chime in as a professional photographer, suggesting you contact the photographer first, learn what happened and then go from there. Not gonna lie though, I cackled when u/dontfeeddrik said that you should "print it out and make a mask out of it, then wear it at work." I'm sorry, but I do think you should be that petty; it'll at least win you some cool points with the real ones at work. And, when the dust settles, I need to see this picture, please find me in real life and send me a copy. Read the rest of the thread here.

I Have A Religious Co-Worker Who's Straight Out Of 'The Nun'

We have a new girl. She's young, she's sweet, she's super religious. She carries her bible and reads it every day. Okay, that's cute. You do you, boo.

Within her first week, we were talking about karma and she said how it's God's way, and started talking about how when she found Jesus, etc. I instantly did not want this conversation, and we were interrupted with a customer call.

Over the next two to three weeks, she's done it again. I made a comment of going home and having a drink after a rough day, she told me that alcohol doesn't solve problems but when she found Jesus, it made her feel a certain way, etc. etc. Then, I found out that she cornered a coworker, who's going through a rough time in her personal life, in the bathroom and started in on her about finding Jesus.

I talked to my manager who encouraged me to talk to this girl directly and respectfully. So I did. I told her how the religious talk makes me feel uncomfortable and I prefer to not talk about religion at work. I also mentioned that it's a general rule of thumb to not talk about religion or politics at work and advised her to ask people if they're comfortable with it before talking to them about religion.

Last night, my coworker called me because it happened to her. Religion is a sensitive subject for my coworker and she politely went off on new girl.

HR is involved. BUT IT'S SO WEIRD. Because this girl is NOT being mean. She has NO ill intent. She genuinely thinks she's trying to help people but she's making people uncomfortable and starting to offend people.

I've never dealt with such a weird situation in my 20 years of working.

I don't understand what's so hard about "leave me alone" for some people to understand. Reading the comments, it's not too hard to reach a place of empathy for her misguided efforts, granted they are still clearly not appropriate at a workplace. However, what sets me off is that your office is asking you to be so gentle with her. I get being professional, but to be this patient while letting her off the hook is definitely not the way. I hope your co-worker doesn't invite any further trouble, and if she does, that could be a red flag to watch out for. Read the rest of the thread here.

I Get Paid $4 Per Hour And Some Tips To Deliver Pizza. Does The Math Sound Right?

I've been working at a Pizza place for about six months now and we make $4 per hour plus tips. My boss chooses to add a delivery fee of $1 that we do not get when we make the delivery. The other day I also found out that my boss takes $1 for every $10 in tips that we make, and I'm not sure how I really feel about that. He never told me about this and it took six months for another co-worker to tell me anything about that, which is weird because I've double-checked the work before to make sure I was being paid the right amount and never noticed anything like that before which makes me think he was trying to hide it. It doesn't sound like a lot but it adds up especially with how many drivers he has. Something about it just feels wrong because he pays us $4 per hour, and it;s off the books so he does not need to pay taxes. Do you think this is wrong or do you think it's not that big of a deal? I feel that most customers would not be happy to hear this information.

I agree with the Redditors in the comments saying you should contact your state Department of Labor for more information regarding your local laws and protections, and then proceed accordingly. Tipping culture has clearly gotten out of hand, and if you're ordering standing up... you shouldn't have to tip. If you're going to entertain 100 questions about the sauce, or the staff is super friendly, then, yeah, have a dollar, bro. But, today it's insane how so many places will already have the tipping option set at 25 percent after making you wait outside in a hot line to order. Read the rest of the thread here.

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[Image credit: Shardar Tarikul Islam]