31 of the Wildest ‘Fire Me, I Dare You’ Moments

There are many ways to quiet a mean boss threatening to give you the axe, but none compare to the silver bullet of providing that mean boss with a reality check. One Redditor had the pleasure of doing so by letting his manager know exactly how screwed the entire establishment would be without him. 

“I was 1 out of 3 dishwashers for a hotel + restaurant, so there was a lot of work for us,” he explained. “One of the guys never did any work, and the other guy only worked early morning shifts as he had multiple jobs. I finished all my duties, walked outside for a smoke break. Manager came out and threatened to fire me if I didn’t go back inside right then and finish the dishes. I told him what his predicament would be if he fired me, he stormed off.” 

This is just one of many ways a worker has held their own when threatened with termination, as other Redditors have chimed in with stories that include lawsuits, malicious compliance and a whole lot of satisfying snark.