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While interviewing for a new job, one hears a lot of strange requests that they don't quite know how to deal with.

We've heard of job candidates given assignments that are basically doing the job for the company, and we've heard of people being interviewed on Zoom while the hiring manager was vacationing in Thailand. You never know what or who you will be meeting when you land an interview for a new job, but one thing is for sure – the possibilities are endless.

The job candidate in the story below experienced what we think is a first, because we have never heard of this type of request. After their first round of interviews, the hiring manager asked them to send in a "thank-you video" to the team to express their gratitude and reiterate their interest in their role. The job candidate thought this was a weird request, so they politely declined, only to be told they cannot proceed with the hiring process without the video. 

How would you rate this request on the scale of weird interview moments? Keep scrolling to read the full tale and share in the comments below.

Companies love to preach about their amazing office culture and a thriving workplace environment, but when it comes to planning something more complicated than the annual pizza party,  suddenly there's far less enthusiasm coming from the higher-ups. A data analyst called out her HR department's morale-destroying plan when they signed her up to be the new unpaid lead for their culture-boosting protocols. All without asking, they threw her name at the top of the list to take on an enormous amount of extra work, but she put her foot down, refusing to take on any additional workload without consulting her direct manager first. 

This out-of-pocket HR team didn't like that. 

Apparently, the morale boost they were looking for wasn't coming from the bottom of their hearts, but from whatever leadership podcast they most recently heard. Clearly, they missed the point, and this office employee wasn't about to triple their daily workload without seeing that effort reflected on their paycheck. You know what is an excellent morale boost in the workplace? More money in your pocket every month.

We thought the worst thing any employee could hear from someone of higher office power is that 'you're replaceable!'…But imagine hearing 'You're replaceable and they're worth an extra $20k than you are…' We can't blame this senior designer for refusing to train her new replacement after discovering she is set to earn $20k more than her for the exact same position, but minus the 8 years of experience! Especially when the main reason she resigned in the first place was a result of her company's unwillingness to grant her a much-deserved raise, after all she had contributed to the company.

Sure, she is required to brief her on what is currently going on regarding her work and clients, but it is not her job to stick around, perfecting her replacement, when her company clearly doesn't value her at all! She may not be able to control their reasoning, competitive market-shmarket…, but what she can control is her reaction. So deep breaths, head held high and walk out that door the same way you walked in…without looking back, except this time, you've learnt a thing or two about loyalty…

Leave it to a middle-aged company man to suddenly realize he didn't need to go "above and beyond" in order to achieve his life goals!

Of course, it's never too late to become disillusioned by the optics and pressures of workplace environments. This employee had ascended to his career goal of mid-level management, making the salary he had always wanted to be making when he finally had a change of heart.

He realized that he did not need to work this hard to get what he needed to get out of work. Yes, this meant that a 50-year-old man in this day and age finally learned about quiet quitting and the importance of setting boundaries in the office. This meant prioritizing his family needs more. It also meant ignoring calls from coworkers and upper management over the weekend, delegating responsibilities to others, and pushing back on unrealistic deadlines. 

What this man did not anticipate when sharing his story online, however, was that he would be called out for not checking his privilege. At the end of the day, his decades at his company are what contributed to his ability to just shirk his responsibilities without any consequences. It's all easier said when you have that safety net. 

It turns out that revenge is a dish best served in the parking lot of your local pharmacy.

This babysitter was shopping at a CVS with the 3-year-old she was babysitting when an impatient lady refused to wait behind them in line. She cut them and made no apology for her unnecessary lack of decorum.

Normally, the babysitter acknowledged that she would have just let this go. After all, she was technically working, and there was no point in risking getting this kid upset by picking a fight with this line-cutter.

However, the perfect opportunity arose in the parking lot. As luck would have it, the babysitter's car just so happened to be directly adjacent to the impatient shopper's car. In other circumstances, the babysitter would have gone out of her way to make sure the other driver could back out of their parking space and leave before she needed to strap the kid into their car seat. But the stars aligned just a bit too perfectly for the babysitter to pass up on this moment. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions.