About r/IDontWorkHereLady
In its own words:
https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1476fkn/reddit_blackout_2023_save_3rd_party_apps/ A derivative of subreddits like Tales From Retail that involves stories about folks that go into other businesses and have irate customers mistake them for employees. The more outrageous the story the better!
Community guide
r/IDontWorkHereLady (#717, about 1.5 million subscribers) — https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1476fkn/reddit_blackout_2023_save_3rd_party_apps/ A derivative of subreddits like Tales From Retail that involves stories about folks that go into other businesses and have… A recent sample averaged 1.7 posts a day (~100% text). Its public rules include: Meta Tag; No Memes; Keep it Classy; People are People, too; Bad Title.
What belongs here
Stay inside the room’s stated scope rather than adjacent off-topic dumps. Self-promotion and ads are limited—read those rules before linking your own channel or shop. Match posts to: Meta Tag; No Memes; Keep it Classy; People are People, too.
How it differs from lookalikes
Prefer this room when your post matches its description and rules—not merely a larger sibling community. The public rule list is long enough that skimming all entries once beats assuming defaults from similar subs.
Practical pointers
Read the live sidebar/rules before posting; rules can change. Common flairs include: L, XL.
The community was created on Oct 15, 2014, which makes it 12 years old. Since Nov 2, 2026, it has gained 195 subscribers (+0.01%). It sits just behind r/KendrickLamar (#716) and ahead of r/HobbyDrama (#718) in our ranking.
What sets r/IDontWorkHereLady apart
It is a discussion-heavy community, with about 46.1 comments per post over its lifetime versus a Top 100 median of 13.0. Relative to its huge audience, posting is calm — around 1.1 new posts a day per million members, which puts it in the quietest fifth of the Top 100. A good post has less competition here.
Subscriber growth
Between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026, r/IDontWorkHereLady went up from 1,478,744 to 1,480,687 subscribers (+1.9K, +0.13%). That is about 38 new members per day. The chart shows 10 weekly subscriber counts.
All-time top posts
The highest-ranked posts in the history of r/IDontWorkHereLady, from 2017 to 2024, ranked by Reddit.
- I got promoted while shopping at a store I don't work at.u/its710somewhere · Jan 15, 2018 · 36,055 points · 1,151 comments · text post
- I'm a teacher. Give me back my phone.u/ngamako · Nov 17, 2017 · 24,885 points · 1,060 comments · text post
- If Net Neutrality goes away y'all will have to go to physical stores, and we all know what happens when you do that.u/Aidoboy · Nov 22, 2017 · 28,416 points · 132 comments · link
- Hubby fired me from a job I don't work!u/LeRoixs_mommy · Dec 12, 2024 · text post
- Entitled old woman grabs autistic kid.u/Rudedoggg · Feb 14, 2018 · 21,646 points · 1,146 comments · text post
- Karen Slapped and Pushed Me Because I Was Ignoring Her And Not Helpingu/PraveenShankar007 · Oct 20, 2020 · text post
- I just got fired...u/ItsABurnerSN · Oct 24, 2019 · 23,985 points · 518 comments · text post
- How an entitled principle abducted my niece since he thought she was skipping classu/hicctl · Aug 23, 2019 · 20,311 points · 978 comments · text post
- She wanted to speak to my manager, so I called the person who manages my life.Jul 26, 2017 · 17,749 points · 719 comments · text post
- ...You mean at this store?Oct 26, 2018 · 18,321 points · 326 comments · text post
Activity and best time to post
r/IDontWorkHereLady gets about 1.7 new posts a day. The public archive holds 19,996 posts and 922,458 comments in total, about 46.1 comments per post.
Rules of r/IDontWorkHereLady
The moderators of r/IDontWorkHereLady list 13 rules. In short:
- Meta Tag
- No Memes
- Keep it Classy
- People are People, too
- Bad Title
- Plagarism
- Begging
- Potty Mouth
- Politics and Religion
- Truth Police
How to join
Open reddit.com/r/IDontWorkHereLady and press “Join”. Read the community rules in the sidebar before you post: every subreddit is run by its own volunteer moderators.
Frequently asked questions
How many members does r/IDontWorkHereLady have?
r/IDontWorkHereLady has 1,480,687 subscribers (Nov 9, 2026), which makes it the #717 safe-for-work subreddit in the SubMouse ranking. It added 1,943 members between Sep 19, 2026 and Nov 9, 2026.
How old is r/IDontWorkHereLady?
r/IDontWorkHereLady was created on Oct 15, 2014, so it has been around for 12 years.
How active is r/IDontWorkHereLady?
Moderately: r/IDontWorkHereLady gets about 1.7 new posts a day (average of the last four weeks). Over its lifetime the archive counts 19,996 posts and 922,458 comments.
What is r/IDontWorkHereLady about?
The community describes itself as: “https://www.reddit.com/r/ModCoord/comments/1476fkn/reddit_blackout_2023_save_3rd_party_apps/ A derivative of subreddits like Tales From Retail that involves stories about folks that go into other businesses and have ira…”
Is r/IDontWorkHereLady safe for work?
Yes. Reddit does not mark r/IDontWorkHereLady as an 18+ (NSFW) community. SubMouse lists safe-for-work subreddits only.
How do I post on r/IDontWorkHereLady?
Join the community on Reddit first, then use “Create post”. r/IDontWorkHereLady accepts text posts only, with galleries enabled. It has 13 posted rules, starting with: “Meta Tag”; “No Memes”; “Keep it Classy”. Moderators remove posts that break the rules, so read them in the sidebar before posting.
Which communities are like r/IDontWorkHereLady?
Communities with similar topics include r/TalesFromRetail (1.8M).
Stats from public data (data updated Nov 9, 2026; activity, rules and archive totals via the Arctic Shift archive, Nov 6, 2026; top posts from Reddit’s public feeds). Point and comment counts are archive snapshots and can be lower than on Reddit today. SubMouse is an independent directory and is not affiliated with Reddit or the moderators of r/IDontWorkHereLady.