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50 Times People Had Such A Horrible Day At Work, It Might Make Yours Look Not As Bad (New Pics)
Interview With Expert
It’s inevitable—sooner or later, you will have a bad day at work. Heck, you’ll have plenty of ‘em. Dealing with terrible things is a core part of life. However, no matter how tough you think you have it right now, it’s very likely that someone else is having a far worse day than you. And that’s an oddly comforting thought.
To make you feel better about your job, our team at Bored Panda has collected some of the most devastating fails that have happened at people’s workplaces. Scroll down to see just how bad things can get. But be warned—it hurts to look. Oh, and you should totally spam your colleagues with these pics… they definitely deserve a break.
Bored Panda reached out to Jodi Wellman, MAPP, for her thoughts on building resilience to stress and how to respond to bad luck in a healthy way. She was kind enough to answer our questions, and you'll find her insights as you read on. Wellman is the founder of Four Thousand Mondays and the author of You Only Die Once: How to Make It to the End with No Regrets.
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#1
Boss Didn't Believe Me When I Said I Am Allergic To Latex And Cannot Use The New Gloves He Bought
He bought latex gloves in the new shipment and no nitrile, told me I couldn't be allergic to latex (that must be a myth) and demanded I just 'get back to work'. I was a food prep at a buffet restaurant. I must wear gloves. Well, I put them on, ten minutes in and my hands start to burn like fire. Another ten minutes and I'm ripping the gloves off, hives up to my elbows, hands double in size. I only put them on because I knew my reactions, knew that it's like getting into poison ivy and no anaphylaxis, I did this to prove a point.
Anways, I had to go to urgent for some cream and a strong dose of allergy meds/benadryl, and was out for five-ish days because my hives were so bad. Oh, and I got paid time and a half for the days I missed. Behold I come back and that manager was 'on leave', ultimately fired over other things staff complained about.
Scarlett O'Hara's Ghost 5 months ago
Latex isn't food safe for this exact reason. Many people have latex allergies and if latex touches their food, that they swallow, bad things happen. That's why manager got fired. If the health dept got wind off later gloves the restaurant would be shut down
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Hmmm... I work in a food production facility that ships globally and most of the employees wear latex gloves when handling food. They aren't (currently) counted as a food allergen (under current EU and ISO rules).
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DowntownStevieB 4 months ago
I work in medicine and I still can't understand why they even still make latex gloves. We don't use them for anything we can't use other gloves for.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
They still make latex gloves because they're good enough for most people and *notably* cheaper than nitrile (as in, three boxes of 10x100 nitrile costs about the same as a palette stacked with boxes of latex). We live in a capitalist society and the beancounters always win. That's why latex. :(
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Karl der Große 4 months ago
A friend hired a contractor to paint his house with latex-free paint. The contractor thought the allergy my friend's wife had was fake, so he used latex paint. She ended up in the hospital. In this case, they sued and won a big settlement.
Karl der Große 4 months ago
This sort of thing must be pretty common, because a similar thing happened to a friend I had with a tree nut allergy. Since a woman saw him eating peanuts, she figured he was faking the nut allergy.
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KnightOwl86 4 months ago
My friend is severely allergic to latex, they trigger her epilepsy. She found out as a teen when she started sleeping with her bf, the latex condoms made her epilepsy a lot worse and caused severe seizures, it took almost a year for doctors to discover the allergy.
Bored Sailor 4 months ago
My mom a beautician for many years developed an allergic reaction to it over time. When her hands started bleeding it took a long time to figure out why, this was early 90s I think, so still not as wide spread knowledge plus the can gain the allergy through continued exposure.
Kristen Woehlke 4 months ago (edited)
(Gonna do this GOLDEN GIRLS style!). Picture it... Maryland 2001. Rolled my car (major accidents... I wasn't , according to my doctors. Broke everything but my spine and right arm). Well, every thing I needed to survive was... You guessed it! Latex! That being said, my broken body broke out in some serious hives, and I can't do anything to scratch!!! Nurses noted this, took off all of my latex and got me the biggest jar of itch cream I've ever seen!... Pure agonizing t*****e!!!
Catherine Hutt 4 months ago
If you’re allergic to bananas, there’s a strong possibility that you’re also allergic to latex.
"Bad luck… it happens to the best of us. A healthy response is to reframe the experience—ask what you learned, not just what went wrong. Use self-compassion, not self-criticism, and focus on your strengths to regain momentum. Even bad days can build resilience and remind us we're more than one moment," Wellman shared with Bored Panda via email.
"Another tool is to celebrate the snafus—as odd as that sounds. Start a 'Book of Bad Calls' or a 'List of Bad Luck' and record the foibles; this isn’t to ruminate over what went wrong, but rather to look back later and laugh at the thing that was once so burdensome. It can help provide a healthy perspective that 'this bad luck, too, shall pass.'"
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#2
Got New Glasses Three Weeks Ago. Dents Are From A High-Speed Bottle Cap From My Co-Worker's Soda
On the plus side, I still have two eyes.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
When I get my glasses, they are covered for the first year (or was it two?) for accidental damage. Might be worth asking your optician if there's any coverage on your glasses?
Uncle Panda 4 months ago
My reading glasses all have polycarbonate lenses (current safety standard), which means my declining vision made the decision I'd wear safety glasses all day every day.
tori Ohno 4 months ago (edited)
Was the coworker throwing it, or was it a fluke accident when removing it? We had to turn it into HR because of possible injuries because some immature guys kept throwing things at each other, but hitting Us half the time.
Bored Sailor 4 months ago
I remember as a kid doing this flick thing with bottle caps, so guessing this.
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Mary Peace 4 months ago
The co-worker? I reserve judgement because we don't know if they did anything wrong.
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What A Monday
We were also interested to get Wellman's perspective about learning to handle chronic work-related stress better. "To build resilience to chronic work stress, the school of positive psychology encourages practices that boost well-being and mental agility," Wellman said.
"I know—it sounds easier to say than do. But there are a few tried and true tips:
- Start by identifying and using your signature strengths daily—they create a sense of competence and control. We like to feel smart and in the driver’s seat when things feel bananas.
- Cultivate positive emotions through gratitude, mindfulness, and moments of joy to buffer against burnout. Have you started that gratitude journal yet?
- Build strong relationships at work for support and perspective. How about being the one to arrange a happy hour with your colleagues, to blow off steam?
- And reframe stressors as challenges you can grow from, not threats you must avoid. Resilience, thankfully, grows with practice."
#4
Saw This After Hearing The Loudest Scream Of My Life
I was working and heard someone screaming at top of his lungs. Went to washroom and saw this. The poor guy was pooping while this happened.
Inigo Montoya 4 months ago
He should have read the load limit on the bowl before making a deposit.
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Upstaged75 4 months ago
On my nephew's 4th b-day my family and I were staying at an Air-BnB across the street from my brother's house. Apparently the toilet tank had a crack in it and when I sat down the whole thing broke, soaking me with water. (Clean water thankfully - from the tank not the bowl) Later that night after my nephew's b-day party at a trampoline park and gifts, cake, etc. my SIL asked him to tell us all what exciting things had happened that day. He immediately responded with "Aunt Upstaged broke the toilet". 😂😂 Apparently that made quite an impression on him!
Nathan Shipman 4 months ago
Well, yeah, that would make an impression and get a giggle out of any 4 year old! Hahahah
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winterwidow87 4 months ago
To wash yourself after you do what you have to do. It's basically a bidet substitute.
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#5
How I Found Out I Was Losing My Job
This happened last December, but it's still makes my blood boil thinking about it. I was out shopping for Christmas presents when my former director accidentally sent a message to a Teams group chat that included me and another manager. It clearly wasn’t meant for me to see.
The next day was supposed to be the company Christmas party, and I had been asked to help out with planning and running some of the events. Even though I didn’t normally work in the office on Fridays, I wanted to make the effort. I had only started the job a couple months earlier and was looking forward to bonding with my new coworkers since we were all never really in the office at the same times.
This all came after I had already helped them automate a lot of their CRM processes and clean up a massive database. In hindsight, that probably led to me automating myself out of a job. I had just left a company I’d been with for nine years, and now this? I went straight home, drafted an email to HR, and thankfully managed to hold onto the job for another week while they tried to sort things out.
Shortly after I was fired. There was huge layoff, with around 800 people across different departments losing their jobs. The company ended up outsourcing all of those positions to a firm in India. In the end, I only had about a week of downtime before a contracting agency helped me land another job. Still, the whole experience made it really hard to trust the people I work with.
Stay safe and stay sane out there. Wishing you all the best in this messed up world.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
At least you weren’t fired, you were made redundant. Less tricky to explain when you apply for your next job.
Poppy 4 months ago
A similar thing happened to my sister. She was headhunted from a job she'd had for 20 years but the working conditions had declined considerably and she was seriously depressed at work. This new firm poached her away, got her working on a project, once that project was finished they let her go saying she wasn't working out. As she was still within the first 13 weeks of employment, she wasn't eligible to be given notice (this is UK). They took her on just to do the project no one else wanted to do and then decided 'she wasn't working out' and binned her.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
How long until the company was looking for staff because outsourcing to the other side of the planet often doesn't work out. It seems cheap, which is why the C-suite like it, but you invariably get exactly what you pay for.
Day Andie 4 months ago
But they don't care, they'll just pass the cluster f**k along to the customer. We're so used to crappy products, being put on hold, baiting and switching, all the other corporate screwage we hardly notice.
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Pam Wilson-Walter 4 months ago
I tried logging on to my assigned computer. It didn't work. Then a 'supervisor' came in and said they needed to speak with me. I was accused of slaming a notebook down on a table. (???) It was all bogus! A few days before that another temp was accused of throwing a chair - that didn't happen - she was also let go. The team supposedly training us didn't like me because I asked a lot of questions. I guess they felt disrespected. I was twice their ages. It was a temp job so I really didn't care. When us temps first started we each had our own cubical A few days later we were crowed into a conference room with 10 of us on a long table with no room between us - awful working conditions. They send me back to the temp agency and my rep didn't believe their story because I had worked with them for a while. I got a GOOD temp job after that and worked at an accounting firm for 2 years!
Su Boddie 4 months ago
Yeah, their A.I. (they laid off 10% of their human managerial level to afford the new technology) sends out an email, dated 06/09, to the tune of "Yay. Great job. Thank you for all you do." Next paragraph: your last day is 06/13. Do NOT return your equipment until 06/20." Their emphasis, not mine. Backstory: I am a certified, paid tax preparer. While 'the season' ends on or around 15 April, the actual end date is six months later (October), for people who "forgot" or who requested extensions. The company asks for (A S K S for) people to extend past 15 April to assist clients who are filing late, who received letters from the IRS, etc. In 2024, I extended until two weeks into August (I enjoy the work and need the money). This year, they sent me the papers to return for 2026 (4 weeks later than the previous two years), then kicked me off the island approx. 6 weeks (3 paychecks) early. This after I had Exceeded Expectations by mid-season, and maintained the status until June.
#6
Pizza Party At Work
14 hour shifts frequently, but the boss put together a pizza party. It's days like this that makes it all the worthwhile! (Everyone gets one slice)
Claire R 5 months ago
If it´s paid for by the company - shame on them. On the other hand - if the boss bought it with his own money, I´m sure he did his best.
Christine M Quigley 4 months ago
Poor management!! Poor communication!! Main reasons for people leaving their job. and businesses wonder why folks would rather work remote.
Richard Iachetta 4 months ago
Your DOPE of a boss is going to be shocked when turnover rate skyrockets
Chronic work stress, anxiety, burnout, and exhaustion have devastating effects on your physical, mental, and emotional well-being. According to the NHS, the main issues that might cause work-related stress, if left unmanaged properly, include:
- Lack of control over your workload
- Lack of clarity about responsibilities
- High demands on your time and energy
- Fear of redundancy and changes at work
- Lack of support and poor management
- Poor relationships with your colleagues
- Harassment or bullying at work
- Workplace discrimination
How susceptible you are to workplace stress, as well as how you deal with it, also depends on your upbringing, the experiences you’ve had in life, and your environment.
#7
I'm A Plumber. I Had To Open Up A Customer's Wall To Do Some Work And Found This
House is 50 years old. Builder must have had a fun sense of humor.
Colleen Glim 4 months ago
So she’s obnoxiously cute while she murders you? Love the visual!
Load More Replies... Poppy 4 months ago
I'm having some work done in my bathroom soon, I've bought a resin skull, some eyeball gum balls and plan to leave a surprise for whoever works on the bathroom years in the future. I also have a blood stained plastic knife.
Miss Ann Thrope 4 months ago
Reminds me of the guy who buried a Halloween skeleton under the deck he was building.
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 4 months ago
About 50 years from now, US rebuilders will start hitting "We've been trying to contact you about your vehicle's warranty" messages hidden in old home updates. It will be funny at first but they'll keep finding them until "WTH was going on 50 years ago?"
David Harlan 2 months ago
"Patter Pal Doll Circa 1969 by Mattel" https://www.ebay.com/itm/234457310117
#8
Had Some Trouble With The Ketchup Dispenser At Work
Rick Murray 4 months ago
There are less gross ways to off an employee you don't like. I would certainly recommend a method that requires less cleaning up.
#9
I Accidentally Set Off A Mounted Fire Extinguisher At Work
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 4 months ago
This was a test of our emergency preparedness. This was only a test.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Is that "dry powder"? Because that stuff is horribly corrosive (especially to aluminium).
Hobby Hopper 4 months ago
I've heard the CO2 kind they use around electronics (like in a cold room) can suffocate you.
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Learner Panda 2 months ago
At least it was not a foam extinguisher in an aircraft hanger, like someone I know.
There are lots of small ways to reduce the stress you feel. Most of them are either related to getting the basics right (i.e., taking better care of your health) or shifting your perspective.
How you perceive tough situations can make a huge difference to how you feel, as can getting lots of proper rest, eating nutritious food, moving lots, spending time with your loved ones, being out in nature, meditating, practicing gratitude, etc.
The NHS suggests first identifying specifically what it is that’s making you stressed at work. Once you’ve done that, focus on the things that you can actually change.
The reality is that many things, like your company’s layoffs and reorganizations, are completely out of our control. And it’s up to you to recognize what’s what.
Do what you can to improve your odds of success, and try to embrace flexibility to weather everything else.
#10
The Day Before My Vacation, And I Cut Through My Client's Internet Cable
I'm an HVAC technician and was installing an split. He wanted it very close to the corner and I was prepared to hit little bit of the stud but then I would angle it away form the stud to go to the outside unit. I was thinking about it could be electric cables behind it, and should have brought my cable scanner. Client told me that he was very sure it's nothing behind right there except for the stud.
Lesson learned to not trust clients and double check.
ƒιѕн 4 months ago
Been there done that, drilled 4" hole thru exterior wall for a dryer vent, hit an 1-1/2" drain line for an upstairs sink. IMG_0111-6...fe0992.jpg 
Science Nerd 4 months ago
The Internet is just a series of pipes. A little PVC primer and tape and you’re good.
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#11
Coworker Started A Literal Dumpster Fire
#12
Landed A Great Job! But This Is The Chair And Cubicle I Was Assigned
Nadine Debard 5 months ago (edited)
Happened at my work. The lady loved to wear miniskirts. Like, mini, mini. When she retired, the chair looked like that. We all went (one by one) to look at the carnage and have a good laugh. Some good soul tried to clean it. Then the chair was sent to garbage.
LovesBerk 4 months ago
The floor probably looks like that from the chair runners constantly being rolled over it in the same position all the time.
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Uncle Panda 4 months ago
Sloppy eater eating sloppy foods and sitting in his own juices.
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It’s also essential that you find some way of managing your stress in your daily life. You could try breathing slowly and deeply. Or you could try meditating to move past your anxiety.
Having someone trustworthy to turn to when things get tough is also a lifesaver. You can reach out to your family and friends to share some of your worries. Or you can talk to your colleagues and superiors to actually get to the root of the problem.
#13
Went To The Restroom At Work And The Toilet Roll Escaped Around A Corner
There’s no spare roll either.
Lukas (he/him, it/its) 5 months ago
Reach out and slowly, carefully drag it back in, might work
Holly Allen 4 months ago
Ran out of toilet paper at daughter's dance studio and no one was in the bathroom to get me any. I called their front desk and asked them to bring me a roll. It worked but they still laugh about it 🤪
Mary Peace 4 months ago
Lucky you had a phone. When I was growing up phones were always fixed in one place, plugged into the wall.
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Julia Mckinney 4 months ago
A couple of years ago, that happened to me, in a Safeway bathroom AND on a Super Bowl Sunday so the store was deserted. The toilet paper roll was loose on top of the dispenser. I picked it up and started trying to take paper off it. A couple seconds later I looked like a failed juggler. I fumbled the roll, bounced it between my hands a few times trying to grab it then watched as it fell and rolled out of the stall to middle of the bathroom. No one I could call & no one going to come in anytime soon. I've never been happier to carry a large purse with lots of kleenex. By the time everything was done, I was laughing hysterically. Told my husband who I was shopping with, acted out the whole scene and he started laughing also. I swear I still get the giggles everytime I think about it.
#14
Well, The Slide Works
Day Andie 4 months ago
I was working screwing exterior siding on a horse shed, and set the drill down on a convenient surface. Convenient being the wood lid covering half the horse trough that keeps the water being totally splashed out by the s******d horse. Turned my back for one second, and you can guess how fast the s******d horse zipped over, and you can bet on what he did. I never moved so fast in all my life The drill just barely hit bottom before I had it out. The darling husband's brand new DeWalt barely out of the box. I pulled the battery and set it out in the 90 degree afternoon sun all day. Right as he pulled in the driveway after work, I prayed to the Goddess of Hapless Wives, slammed in the battery, pulled the trigger.... And it worked!! I have never spoken of this to anyone before now, and DH doesn't read Bored Panda.
Rick Murray 4 months ago
Take it apart, let it dry out *completely*, a few dabs of sewing machine oil in the right places... you'd be surprised what these things can survive. Your main problem is going to be if the battery pack has some sort of fancy microcontroller inside, but most I've seen have been kind of dumb, just a little gizmo to cut off if to much/little power. But, certainly, I'd wait until it was completely dry and give it the first charge outside (just in case). I've never had a drill in a pool but I did have one endure a thunderstorm because it came out of nowhere and I legged it inside to shut down the servers and pull the power and I was drenched between garden gate and house, like maybe ten metres. It was that kind of storm. Took the thing apart, let it dry out, oiled the spinny bits, it was fine.
Day Andie 4 months ago
The spinny bits? Is that like the go-roundy roundys?
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Uncle Panda 4 months ago
Seems like the natural recourse is to yell WHEEE! followed by a splash. The tool will probably be ok if it hasn't been in there too long.
#15
I May Or May Not Had A Little Accident At Work
That's a 10 liter can of white oil based paint, my suit trousers and my leather shoes.
sbj 5 months ago
Quickly find a change of clothes so nobody will know and if you can't just leave the building
Na Schi 4 months ago
@sbj - judging by your reply: so you are one of those "dear colleagues" who leave a mess behind in hope that others clean up for you?!
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 4 months ago
I knocked a full gallon of paint off the top of a 12' ladder. It made exactly the sound I would have expected when it hit the ground, a sort of 'galloop' followed by the tiny patters of the smaller drops landing in the aftermath.
Raserei Virus 4 months ago
Who wears suit trousers and leather shoes when working with paint?!
In small doses, stress can be beneficial because it makes you more alert. It’s when stress becomes chronic that it’s an issue. The NHS suggests building up your resilience, shifting your perspective, and setting boundaries to deal with work-related stress.
“Making a conscious effort to change the way you view an issue or feel about a problem at work could help ease some of the pressure you feel. For instance, if something at work is worrying you, is there a way to look at it that makes more sense? If you really cannot change it, is there a way you can at least accept it and find something you can learn from it?”
#16
My Work Monitor Is Currently Having A Bad Day
Janissary35680 5 months ago
It's actually showing you what reality REALLY is, but don't tell anybody. The guys in charge of the Matrix will have it fixed soon.
Raserei Virus 4 months ago
That looks more like OP was having a bad day. That's damage from being punched, or hit with something.
LovesBerk 4 months ago
Had to look that up. This is what I found for those who were as intrigued as I was. American psychologist and author known for his strong advocacy of psychedelic d***s.
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My Supervisor's Response To Me Asking For A Raise
For context, I was told three months ago that in two months I would be moved to a different area in the company to begin working at a much higher pay rate. New employees started being hired at almost 40% more than what I make. After I found out I requested a raise and I’ve been waiting ever since. I have worked here for two years and have never had any performance issues. I told her recently that I am looking for other jobs and I’m not going to wait much longer and she promised me a raise in two weeks. Those couple weeks have passed and this is what I get. I hate my workplace.
B 4 months ago (edited)
I was let go from my last job in 2010. Haven't worked a day since then, just eking out my very small pension by living *very* frugally - I don't even own a TV, mobile phone or car. I'm poor but I've recovered my sanity, I sleep more than 3 hours every night (like I did before), and I am no longer on anti-depressants. Working for a living is a sad, sad way to waste a life.
Celtic Pirate Queen 4 months ago
I was a self employed bookkeeper for MANY years. I always answered to the company owner. So, I had to constantly remind said owner (s) that he was not my boss, but my client. I sent one guy an email stating I would be raising my hourly rate (after 4 years) to X amount per hour. He freaked TF out - "this isn't how you go about asking for a raise, blah blah blah". When he finally shut up, I asked him if he was done. Okay - let me make this clear (once again) Jon - you are NOT my employer. You are my client. I am not requesting a raise, I am INFORMING you that I am raising my rates. We settled on 1/2 the difference. Another time I let him know (on a Monday) that I would be unavailable the following week's Thursday & Friday. 9 business days' notice, right. He says, "I don't remember you requesting time off". That's because I DIDN'T request time off, Jon. You are my CLIENT and I am INFORMING you that I will be unavailable those days. Such a f*cking w****r.
LovesBerk 4 months ago
This made me smile. I love it when you can put it over someone like this. Brilliantly done.
Load More Replies... JK 5 months ago (edited)
I want to weep for you. Nope. Third day on the job I had to go to a conference in my state. Third week on the job I had to fly to Portland OR (nothing against them). Avoided being shot outside of a library while taking a walk. After 10 days I couldn't find my car in the parking garage. After 45 minutes of walking, I found it and spent an hour driving home. Never been so happy to find my bed in my life.. EDIT: My car was parked in the city near where I live. Ten days out of state is disorientation. After finding my car, I still had to drive an hour. Yes, I know people who travel deal with worse. But to be thrown into this three weeks into the job is a bit much.
SandraG_lak 4 months ago
I don't get it. OP was being "moved to a different area in the company to being working at a much higher pay rate". Why so concerned about getting a raise in a division they now "hate"? They're getting a raise when they move to the other role.
#18
Sewer Line Overflows Directly Underneath My Work Desk
City main line was backed up across the street and we were the first to experience this issue. Right under my desk!!! All of my personal belongings covered in sewage. Our boss did not let us leave. We stood there for hours and customers are walking inside. Like this is a health hazard?
For about two weeks, we kept getting this strange but rancid smell on and off. Didn’t last long, maybe only 2 min each time. No one could tell where it was coming from. My coworkers sometimes thought it was me that smelled because this sewer line is right beside my work desk.
Obviously do not work here any more. It was worse than the pictures shown. The entire first floor was covered in sewage. It was coming out faster than they could control. The smell was unbelievable.
BookFanatic 4 months ago
Same. My upstairs neighbors baked cookies to try to mask the stench. Smelled like chocolate s**t cookies. Lol
Load More Replies... Beth Wheeler 4 months ago
OMG. This happened years ago when I was the secretary in Nuclear Medicine. We had a bathroom on each end of the department and the toilet in the 1 close to my desk started overflowing. The Nuc Med Supervisor literally used every sheet and towel in the Dept to try and keep it from getting the in the hallway. She called plumbing and we found out that the main drain for the whole d**n hospital was under that bathroom. There was literal c**p floating. I'm out, I'll be upstairs in Kim's office, call me when they're done and all of this is gone. After the plumbers were done she had to call housekeeping for a special cleaning to be done. There's a reason you're NOT supposed to flush paper towels people!!!
Uncle Panda 4 months ago
I'm sorry to possess the knowledge that two words you never want to use in the same sentence are "shlt" and "fountain."
Beth Wheeler 4 months ago
They were idiots making the employees stay and letting customers into a hazmat site.
Load More Replies... Kristen Woehlke 4 months ago
My neighbors (awful, evil, vindictive people!) Planted bamboo! What the f**k do I look like? A g*****n panda?!? Well, despite my best efforts, it has grown everywhere!! Now my kitchen sink and dishwasher won't drain (well, it will on the floor!) will not drain! I have to dump the dirty water and haul it to the toilet!!! Every time it rains... And even if it does, grey water comes up into the sink. The odor is absolutely disgusting! And no, I don't have the $$ to fix it! DO NOT R.I.P. s****y neighbors. Right now, i can't get into my shed. I don't want to risk it, because every time I do I get loaded with ticks and I'm seriously anemic to begin with!
LovesBerk 4 months ago
I would be getting a s**t load of glyphosate or weed killer and spraying the whole lot. I know doesn't help the current situation but at least it won't grow any further. I am so sorry for your situation. The council should be called in to deal with this.
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Maartje 4 months ago
At one location I worked, there was a sewage pump in a basement to deal with a sluggish, outdated system. This building was a nightmare and on occasion the pump would start working in reverse; instead of pumping the sewage into the sewer pipe at set intervals it would pump it out, all over the floor. To reset the pump you would have to cross the area where there would be a geyser of s**t- with intervals so you had to time it precisely.
Having a job, even a stressful one, feels like a luxury in some industries. It seems like the spread of AI tools continues to worry many white-collar workers. As reported by Futurism, Microsoft has just fired around 9,000 employees.
As bad as it is, the tone-deaf response from Microsoft-owned Xbox executive producer Matt Turnbull recently made headlines. He suggested that laid-off workers should use chatbots to feel better about what happened.
"These are really challenging times, and if you’re navigating a layoff or even quietly preparing for one, you’re not alone and you don’t have to go it alone. No AI tool is a replacement for your voice or your lived experience. But at a time when mental energy is scarce, these tools can help get you unstuck faster, calmer, and with more clarity,” he said.
“I know these types of tools engender strong feelings in people, but l'd be remiss in not trying to offer the best advice I can under the circumstances. I've been experimenting with ways to use [large language model] Al tools (like ChatGPT or Copilot) to help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss."
#19
My Coworker (Also A Dishwasher) Leaves Me Really Gross Dishes Overnight When I Never Do That To Him
This is unreasonable. He's around 50 and I’m 17. I should not be better at my job than him.
Jenna Logan 4 months ago (edited)
I would start doing it to him back or take pictures and show the manager
Bell-icose 4 months ago
He’s a fifty year old dishwasher. He’s never going to become a superstar. Just keep doing your job well and you won’t find yourself in his shoes in 33 years.
michael reid 4 months ago
"Some people have 50 years of experience, and some people have 1 year of experience, repeated 50 times."
#20
I Work Part Time At A Paint DC And My Boss Texts Me This
StarCrossedFriday 5 months ago
“Oh, and btw, there was a small spill - take care of this, would you? There’s a good chap.”
persephone134 4 months ago
At my local home improvement store, they have a moving walkway going up to the first floor. When I was there that one day, somebody had very recently dropped a bucket of paint on it.
#21
Coworkers Have Done This At Least 50 Times Now, It's 100ft Of Power Cord And Air Hose (100' Each), A Long Frozen Pressure Washer Hose And Another Cord
Catherine Maven 4 months ago
Is there something wrong with me? I actually ENJOY untangling wires/hoses/string/yarn ... :P
Svenne O'Lotta 3 months ago
And you have a job that lets you untangle wires for hours instead of actually working? That's awesome!
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Meanwhile, in a recent article, The New York Times wonders whether the spread of AI tools is making experienced or fresh employees more vulnerable.
There are arguments for both sides.
On the one hand, new employees’ work is easier to automate. On the other hand, older employees might be so stuck in their ways that newer workers are quicker to embrace AI tools.
#22
My Coworker Returned The Front Desk Stapler Like This. Told Me It Ran Out Of Staples
Robert T 4 months ago (edited)
You clear it and then staple the offenders forehead with it! It'll never happen again!!
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AuntKaren12 4 months ago
I have a coworker who is constantly jamming her stapler. I told her it was a stapler - not a machine gun.
LookASquirrel 4 months ago
I had 2 staplers at my desk. A good one in my drawer for me and a c**p one out on the desk for others. That way when they broke it beyond repair the lady who ordered supplies knew it was not me
LookASquirrel 4 months ago
It was a carp on. A stapler shaped like a carp. That would actually be cool but someone would steal it. I can't believe cráp is censored. We were allowed to say that when we were young so we didn't say shít instead.
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Don Adams 4 months ago (edited)
Looks like a needle nosed employee jammed it.
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A Patient's Catheter Bag Leaked Over My Shoe When I Went To Move It. My Sock Is Wet, I Work Till 5 PM
Ejteh 5 months ago
Always, always, carry extra socks when you work in health care. I've learned that one a similar way.
Blue Bunny of Happiness 5 months ago
This is why our uniform policy says that shoes must be wipeable to reduce the risk of fluids soaking through them.
Lowrider 56 4 months ago
my sister was an emergency room nurse. she always kept a full set of clothes, shoes, socks in her locker.
#24
Headed Out The Door After Work With The Garbage And The Bag Broke
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
Someone needs to stop putting liquids in the bin. Empty your cup in the sink.
Karma Black 5 months ago
This looks like it's a fast food job, so it may not have been the employees who dumped the liquids into the trash.
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WakandaPanda 4 months ago
One place I used to work at, a guy would empty tuna water into the bloody bin !
XenoMurph 4 months ago
The most concerning part of this is the bloody bin....
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MIT economist Danielle Li, who studies the use of AI in the workplace, told The New York Times that AI could potentially undermine higher-skilled workers more than entry-level workers.
“The reason is that it can, in effect, untether valuable skills from the humans who have traditionally possessed them. For instance, you may no longer have to be an engineer to code, or a lawyer to write a legal brief.”
#25
How Customers Left The Fitting Rooms At My Job 3 Minutes Before We Closed
Na Schi 4 months ago
There are more people doing this than you would've thought. I had the pleasure to work in retail in Germany in the late 90s/early 00s and this example is almost tame. I had the pleasure to also collect used diapers, seeing someone have taken a shît in the dressing room and even used syringes with blood stains over the new clothes (and no we didnt put them on a hanger again, we discarded those clothes). One thing you learn when working in retail: people are disgusting and people are entitled af, if not both.
Load More Replies... Anne Roberts 5 months ago (edited)
I used to work in retail. I always wished I could say to these customers, "can I come to your job, make a mess and leave??"
Hassel Davidhoff 4 months ago
I've wondered this for quite some time. Seems like that rule just disappeared.
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Trisec Tebeakesse 4 months ago
That's nothing. Had an Indian gentleman leave over 30 pairs of khakis in a fitting room. (LL Bean, Burlington, MA)
Shoopyfloop Roundbird 3 days ago
Used to find wet clorhes in the fitting rooms during the holidays. Aparently rather than head to the loo the just relieve themselves on a pile of merchandise. Classy
#26
The Office I Was Assigned To Work In Today
I work as a clinician in underprivileged areas. I rotate between facilities, offering a scarce service to the areas I serve. It normally comes with challenges, which I’m fine with. But today I was placed in this office and told I “just have to get on with it”. I did just that.
Kristiina Männiste 5 months ago
In my country this would get the employer in trouble with at least 3 different government offices - the department regulating medical offices, the department regulating fire safety and the department regulating work safety.
Patty Dayton 4 months ago
In my country (the US) the felon in the White House is busy rolling back ALL protections for retribution & his own enrichment - employment, health care, food share, environmental, educational, legal... We'll be lucky to survive.
Load More Replies... LovesBerk 4 months ago
I was thinking the same thing but some of them look like they still have stuff in them. Like this might be a storage room of sorts.
Load More Replies... Fat Harry (Oi / You) 5 months ago
That's a (very) old style British 15 amp round-pin plug socket, so I'm guessing this is probably India.
Ahnjunwan 4 months ago
I was about to ask where this might be. I work in cambodia 3 months a year and i usually get a place that was cleaned the same day. I have never experienced something like this, to ,me that says, take it or fck off. Not nice
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Sonia Ceacero 4 months ago
Do not agree to work under these conditions; respect and safety come first.
GalPalAl 4 months ago
You are truly a hero and deserve much more respect. Thank you for being the kind of person who can make it work. Plenty of Americans would not respond in the same fashion, but that doesn't stop them from claiming how great they are.
Vibrant Bead 4 months ago
Hey.. we Americans dont all think that way. Wish I COULD say how great everything is.
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I Took A Swig Of What I Thought Was Water But Was Actually Acetone/Alcohol
I work for a small shop that consistently stocks these water bottles in the fridge. This morning I grabbed what I thought was the same water bottle that I left in my work area the afternoon prior, took a drink and immediately tasted chemicals, which I immediately spat out and thankfully didn't swallow.
I guess someone decided to make a spraying apparatus out of one of the bottles laying around and didn't make any marks aside from the pinhole in the cap, which I didn't notice when I grabbed the bottle by the top.
Roxy222uk 5 months ago
Woah, woah, woah, that could cause serious harm. That is absolutely unacceptable. Firstly report to the boss because the person responsible at the very least needs retraining. If the boss won’t take it seriously then escalate it.
Kristy Raymond 4 months ago
Exactly this, even louder. You could legit save a life by reporting this, if you haven't already.
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Rachel Pelz 4 months ago
In elementary school, we were taught to never drink from soda bottles we may find around the house, for this reason. I asked the teacher why they can't just teach adults not to keep dangerous liquids in old soda bottles...
detective miller's hat 4 months ago
So dangerous. Acetone is one of the chemicals where the bottle actually says induce vomiting immediately if it's swallowed.
Rali Meyer 4 months ago
never - ever - store anything other than drinks or sodas in drinking bottles. Ever
Robin Roper 4 months ago
Major OSHA violation; in fact things like this is why OSHA was created.
Cyndi Hafele 4 months ago
When my sister was about 3 she drank motor oil out of a beer bottle our father had repurposed. She lived.
According to Li, experienced workers are at a disadvantage. “You’re being paid for the rarity of your skill, and what happens is that A.I. allows the skill to live outside of people.”
Meanwhile, equity analyst Gil Luria told The New York Times that big tech companies like Microsoft and Google were cutting costs to increase their profit margins while investing in chips and data centers to develop AI. Another reason is that software engineers are “susceptible to replacement by AI at all skill levels.”
According to Luria, companies like Microsoft “can do math quickly—see who’s adding value, who’s overpaid, who’s not overpaid, who’s adapting well. There are senior people who have figured out how to get leverage out of A.I. and senior people who are insistent that A.I. can’t write code.”
#28
This Knife Blade Was 15 Days Old. Still Factory Sharp, When I Handed It To A Coworker Who Wanted To Borrow My Pliers. He Had It For 15 Mins
StarCrossedFriday 5 months ago
Did he confuse the knife bit with the pliers? Weird, yet impressive.
Scott Rackley 4 months ago
Every leatherman I've seen has a screwdriver that would have been better for prying
Svenne O'Lotta 3 months ago
I have a tiny Leatherman with scissors instead of pliers and even that has a tiny screwdriver
Load More Replies... Sarah Belt 4 months ago
Worked in a kitchen where some of the guys used cheap cleavers they'd replace when they went dull instead of real kitchen knifes you sharpen. One of the guys borrowed my real knife to show me a technique. He struck it edge first on the lip of steel container to knock the diced fruit off the sides of the blade, taking chunks out of the edge. Stop buying cheap c**p, people. It teaches you to disrespect your tools, and those bad habits mean you disrespect others'.
Bored Trash Panda 4 months ago
Omg, as a chef, I would be SOOOOOO pissed!
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Skywitness 4 months ago
Leatherman has a 25 year warranty on its products. I snapped a blade worse than that and the company replaced it.
#29
Diamond Plating I Was Driving On Shot Out From Under My Tires And Sunk Me In The Dirt
I've been pushing to have this back area paved for years, but no. Bosses say it's not a priority and put diamond plating down instead. Myself and another coworker have been trying to yank it out from different angles, but it's just getting worse. I'm about ready to just go home and leave it here.
Kira Okah 5 months ago
It's actual name is tread plate, metal sheets with a pattern intended for slip resistance - think flooring in a stereotypical industrial setting. It's meant as slip resistant flooring, not for preventing 4500kg forklifts sinking in an unpaved yard. Also rather lucky, since I'm guessing it's steel, that could have injured someone when it shot out.
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XenoMurph 4 months ago
If the forklift is trapped, do they need a spoon lift?
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15 Minutes Cost Me 9 Hours And $180
I left for work on time, but hit some traffic on the final mile of my journey to work. I followed my works procedures, and called in, letting them know that I would be late. I arrived and clocked in 15 minutes late, all of which was lost to the last mile of traffic. My boss even commented on the Google Street maps having gone dark red right where I said I was in traffic.
When I get in, I'm reminded that since I am closing, and this is the end of the work week, I can't make up the time at the end of my shift, which means that I have to burn an hour of PTO. This is unfortunate, but not the end of the world. Until someone remembered that it's a holiday weekend.
Our policy states that if you don't work your full shift the day before the holiday, you don't get your paid holiday. Instead, in order to get paid my full 40 hours, I have to take 8 hours of vacation for my day off.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you turn 15 minutes into 9 hours.
michael Chock 5 months ago
Dumbest policies ever. It's like boses create headaches for themselves on purpose to feel like they actually earn their salaries.
Weaponized Beef 4 months ago
Policies are not laws and exceptions can be made. If they actually hold you to this, then you need to leave.
Jaya 4 months ago
Any reasonable company would realize that in this case it's really unfair and would correct it for them. (Although a reasonable company probably might not have this rule in the first place, it doesn't sound logical or necessary? But maybe there is some good reason that I don't know)
Alyce 4 months ago
Its to keep people from calling out for a longer holiday and leaving the workplace short-handed
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Generally speaking, what advice would you give someone who’s new to the work industry to help them deal with chronic stress? Are you at all worried about being replaced by AI? Let us know in the comments below!
#31
I Accidentally Bumped Into And Knocked Over My Manager's Brand New $2,500 iMac
Doug Moyer 4 months ago
Not sure how old this is, but it looks like this guy... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/may/18/apple-24in-imac-m1-review-screen-colours-45k-display
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Itsmeagain 4 months ago
I thought Mac's were indestructible! And that doesn't look like a Mac to me...
Dav Carro-Ripalda 4 months ago (edited)
Do they know? Did they see you doing it? Why do you loose time taking photos when you should be leaving the room unoticed?
#32
Someone At Work Labeled My Cheese As Theirs With A Sticky Note And Ate Half Of It
Robin Roper 4 months ago
That jerk would be digging cheese out of every hole and crevasse in their work space.
Anne Roberts 5 months ago
I had a coworker take my frozen meal with my name on it and leave it out to thaw. Didn't even bother to eat it.
#33
Helper Doesn’t Really Help, Causes Me More Problems Than He’s Worth
Doing some painting work around town. I tell my helper to get the paint cans ready to go since we have another job down the street with some touch up of the same paint we have now.
We’re good to go he says. While he was correct, he had not secured the lid to the paint can. 0/10 do not recommend.
Dan Flo 4 months ago
Where I come from, it is illegal to bag your helper in plastic even if it is called for.
Load More Replies... Itsmeagain 4 months ago
Always put gaffer tape across the lids to at least halfway down the tins.
#34
This Is My 5 Year Work Anniversary Gift From My Fortune 500 Employer. 100% Not Joking
The description is where it's at folks. "3 clickable buttons", "Take your work on the go", "Contoured design that fits great in either hand".
Bored Trash Panda 4 months ago (edited)
Wow, the more I see about other work places, the more I appreciate mine. We get $100 bonus every Thanksgiving and $500 for Christmas, plus we do fun competitions at work that we get gift cards and stuff for, an annual BBQ and lots of pot lucks and other fun activities throughout the year. We got to go to a baseball game last year and were in the VIP box. Plus our dress code if very relaxed. Currently wearing leggings, flip flops, a shirt with a ghost on it that says "this is boo sheet", and I am covered in tats and have blue hair. Couldn't be happier. Oh, and they are very understanding with my time off for medical appointments.
Catherine Maven 4 months ago
For 15 years, I got a PEN - not even a fancy pen (and a Certificate actually printed in COLOR!) :(
#35
Came Into Work On My Day Off Today And Was Left This To Clean Up
70 forklift tires to unload and throw away.
Apocalyptic Excavator 5 months ago
FREE CROSSFIT You should be thankful. Some coworkers gift their friends just a gym membership. Yours have also prepared the gym for you.
KnightOwl86 4 months ago
Why are you going to work on your day off? Why are you doing work on your day off? Take your day off and go do something fun or just relax and chill at home!
Itsmeagain 4 months ago
Why did you go in in your day off? I would have turned around and walked away. Do it on a work day when you're paid to do it.
#36
My 2 Coworkers Left 45 Minutes Early On A Holiday Weekend, Leaving Me With All These Dishes
Day Andie 4 months ago
Remember the old saying: what goes around, comes around.
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Tanya Mattson 4 months ago
My last job was on a military base in Canada, I was a civilian working in the Jr Ranks mess hall. That last day I was in the pot room. I should have had another person from the Officers mess working with me because the officers mess was closed for renovations. They're designated pot washer refused to help so I did it myself. On the way home from work , I'm walking by the way, I'm almost across the road , I see crosswalk stripes under my feet when a cars headlights sweep across me. Next thing I know , I'm clinging to the hood of a car, the driver hits the brakes, I somersault over the hood and into a ditch. Long story short , My right shoulder was shattered, left shoulder dislocated and right elbow dislocated. The kicker; the person that hit me was the woman who was supposed to be in the pot room with me. She said she didn't see me, she didn't see me all day!
Hobby Hopper 4 months ago
I worked food service a very long time ago, and I had a coworker walk out early on his last day, leaving me to close on my own. I never figured out if he was trying to protest something or just being selfish.
Mark Hastings 4 months ago
Got a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant while on strike at my normal job. First shift is 6pm to 2am on New Years Eve. Came into a mess like in the picture. Busted my butt for 2 hours, deep sink room is spotless. Manager starts giving me c**p about being on strike, I say nothing and do my job. I leave at 2am, everything again is spotless, and everything is ready for day shift. I called the owner the next day and tell her about the previous night, the mess I dealt with and the c**p from the manager. She said she will take care of it. I show up at 6pm for my shift, the owner makes me a host, the manager (found out he was her nephew) is now the dishwasher and he can't leave till everything is done to my satisfaction.
#37
I Work At A Kindergarten So I’m Playing In The Snow All Day. Suddenly I Got Very Cold
Nadine Debard 5 months ago (edited)
When you only can afford crappy shoes, you can't help that. But if you can put a bit more, buy correct shoes, especially if you work in hard conditions or walk a lot. Edit : my post wasn't understood as I intended. I grew up poor. Wore my cousins' clothes and shoes. Never had good stuff. I meant if you can't afford anything good then that's inevitable and it sucks. But if you are able, buy good stuff.
StarCrossedFriday 5 months ago (edited)
Instantly made me think of this: “The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK for a season or two and then leaked like hell when the cardboard gave out, cost about ten dollars. ... But the thing was that good boots lasted for years and years. A man who could afford fifty dollars had a pair of boots that'd still be keeping his feet dry in ten years' time, while a poor man who could only afford cheap boots would have spent a hundred dollars on boots in the same time and would still have wet feet. This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socio-economic unfairness.”
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#38
Went To Go Use The Restroom For A Few Minutes At Work Only To Come Back And Find Out Someone Had Snapped The Clip Off My Favorite Pen
N.C. O'Brien 4 months ago
Could this be because you constantly flick it and they find the noise annoying?!
XenoMurph 4 months ago
yes, I always find these posts interesting to imagine the other side of the story.
Load More Replies... Rachel Pelz 4 months ago
And this was the special pen my grandfather gave me for my 18th birthday, shortly before he died.
Svenne O'Lotta 3 months ago
To be fair, it's a terrible pen. Very clicky and springy, it scratches up paper at the drop of a hat, and the rubber parts get gross and sticky. And they roll because the rubber part is ever so slightly wider than the plastic part and the whole thing just feels cheap and corporate. But I'm glad you enjoy it. No, I'm not a weirdo with irrationally strong opinions on plastic ballpoint pens. I just hate this specific type so much and it's partly because the clip breaks off really easily. It's like the plastic is crunchy.
Itsmeagain 4 months ago
Oh NO! That's tragic - and now it just won't work properly! Come on....is that REALLY worth grumbling about!
#39
One Of My Coworkers Dropped My Lunch Bag And Put It Back In The Fridge. There Goes A Meal Prep Container And A K**ler Bowl Of Curry
Deta Rossiter 5 months ago
oh its glass.............. yeah i am still on plastic containers at 40
BossyCloud 4 months ago
I tried glass containers briefly and didn't like them at all. There's nothing convenient about them
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caroline seguin 4 months ago
This is evil, what an idiot. If you know who it is reporte him to HR
Cathy Carey 4 months ago
Why don't they put a camera on the fridge? That looked like a really good lunch too.
#40
First Time In Office For A While And Got This Keyboard. What Sucks Is That I Have To Write Belgium A Lot Today
arthbach 5 months ago
Type 'Belgium' once, and then copy and paste it from then on in. Or get a tiny bit of blu-tac, and stick the B back in place.
Baali Venomax 4 months ago
You can buy replacement letter keys on ebay. They dont cost much.
Load More Replies... N.C. O'Brien 4 months ago
Key is actually not broken. A cat thought me that the keys can be removed (visited a friend whose neighbourhood cat came in). Alas they bent the space bar so badly it couldn’t connect with the base. Also leaned that these types of keyboards require a completely new set of keys due to the way they are designed. It was cheaper to buy a new laptop. I learned an expensive lesson- don’t get cats hooked on YouTube bird videos
N.C. O'Brien 4 months ago
Forgot to say. Keys clip on and off. All clips in picture intact
Load More Replies... Svenne O'Lotta 3 months ago (edited)
Try using your words and ask for another keyboard, ideally a slightly more intact model. They hired you to type the word Belgium a lot and now they're sabotaging your efforts to become a model Belgium typist. You can't very well just start typing the word France a lot all wílly nilly when you were hired specifically for Belgium typing purposes
Sonia Ceacero 4 months ago
Never agree to work under these conditions. If you resign yourself to them, they will become the norm in how you are treated.
#41
Somebody Had An "Office Space" Moment
Pulled into a spot and saw someone had some issues too.
Agfox 5 months ago (edited)
It looks like a broken piece of office equipment in the pic & the title refers to a scene from the movie "Office Space", where 3 office workers demolish a printer using a baseball bat & their feet, IIRC
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Tom Brincefield 4 months ago
It's a printer. Considering someone had issues with it, probably an HP.
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#42
Had This Drill Set For Exactly 8 Hours Before The Coworker I Share My Toolbox At Work Did This
Kira Okah 5 months ago
Shared toolbox? People share them? This is what happens! No one touchy my toolbox for a reason.
Scott Rackley 4 months ago
When I first became a journeyman they tried having communal "shop" boxes. Despite everyone telling them they would soon be half full of broken tools and the other half would be missing, they charged ahead. Nine months later and twice the expenditure they reverted back to assign boxes. I now work in a place with my personal tools in my personal box which only me and my partner have the key to.
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Lowrider 56 4 months ago
NO!!! I'm not sharing a toolbox with anyone and dont ask to borrow my tools.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 5 months ago
Are those cobalt bits for HSS? They're quite expensive. Well, more expensive than regular HSS bits. I bought one to drill through a steel girder. It took 45 minutes and the bit was absolutely knackered afterwards, but a regular bit didn't even make a dent.
Roester 5 months ago
They look like Lawson Products drill bits, I sold them many years ago. Very high quality and expensive.
Load More Replies... Weaponized Beef 4 months ago
Cobalt bits. Very hard. Stay sharp a long time. Brittle as fvck. I love them, but don't you dare change your angle mid-hole.
#43
Left My Pizza For A Few Minutes In My Office And Came Back To A Slice Bitten Into
Purchasing manager had some extra slices from feeding his staff and gave me a couple leftover slices. I left the box in my office for a few minutes and came back to this. No pizza for me I guess. Box even had my name on it.
Kristiina Männiste 5 months ago
Are sure that your coworkers arent actually mice disguised as humans? Seems like a micey thing to do..
Cathy Carey 4 months ago
This kind of thing makes me angry. Do we have to have cameras Everywhere?
#44
Who Knew A Whole Office’s Fiscal Year Worth Of Hard Work Could Fit Into Only 8 Pizza Boxes? This Was Maybe 10 Minutes After It Was Brought In
Weaponized Beef 4 months ago
Offices that still do this, managers that don't understand that this is tone-deaf and unacceptable, are in need of a complete leadership change.
Tom 4 months ago
You can condense this to "managers do not understand" (or maybe do not (want to) understand)
Load More Replies... Bored Sailor 4 months ago
Thankfully with my company they do this for pizza day and has nothing to do with our annual bonus.
tori Ohno 4 months ago
The all meat combo always went first at my shop. And the boss would never order one more of it, and cut back on the type that nobody ever touched.
Load More Replies... Sudeep Sarkar 3 days ago
You should see the video of factory workers in India chucking soan papdi boxes outside the factory gate, that they received for Diwali.
#45
I Dropped A Bottle Of Bleach On The Floor At Work Last Night. Ruined My Good Jeans
XenoMurph 4 months ago
Looks kinda cool, and an actual bleach stain. doubly cool
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Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 months ago
When my son was a teenager, I accidentally splashed/spilled some bleach across his clothes piled on the dryer. He got so many compliments when he still wore them to school that he had others sending their clothes home with him for the "secret process". Made a few bucks in the process.
Lara Verne 4 months ago
Ouch. I once dropped bottle of bleach into my laundry basket. My favorite jeans and blouse were ruined.
#46
It Was My Turn To Do The Dishes At Work
Beth Wheeler 4 months ago
Nope it all goes in the trash and spread the word to all of those pigs that you're not washing their NASTY, GROSS, DISGUSTING, MOLDY dishes!
Itsmeagain 4 months ago
Just how long have those been left standing? There's a few weeks mould growth right there.
#47
First French Toast Of The Day
Mike F 4 months ago
By spilling eggs all over the floor and making douchey hand signs.
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Why do objects like, so efficiently, to land or fall onto the floor?
#48
Apparently The Office Was Painted Over The Weekend. Came In And Found This. Oh And I Just Bough It A Couple Of Weeks
Day Andie 4 months ago
Not much. I've had a number of nice jeans and a jean jacket ruined because of coworker paint 'accidents' Once it drys, your screwed.
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Sonia J-Coffee 4 months ago
If it is not oil based paint, there is godd chance that it comes off . The painters should leave some signs.
Gracie Mae 4 months ago
nope, that's when you go to the powers that be and suggest reimbursement for your damaged stuff
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 4 months ago (edited)
Everyone I know leaves personal items at work. A sweater, a coffee cup, a book. You expect me to take everything single thing that's mine to and from work each day?
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My Coworker Just Zip Tied My Pliers While I Was Gone For A Minute
michael Chock 5 months ago
The funny thing these are angle cutters, the thing you use to cut zip ties. But what cuts ties off the tie cutter?
Ron B 4 months ago
"I don't know how your keys got ziptied up on that place you can't reach without ladders, and then the ladder ziptied to the wall. Too bad my zip tie cutters are zip tied or I'd help
Beth Wheeler 4 months ago
That's something that my husband would have done. LOL
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Scott Rackley 4 months ago
Harmless shop prank, you got off easy. If you own a set of dykes you own a set of sidecutters, use them.
Brandi VanSteenwyk 4 months ago
OP has humorous coworkers looking to lighten the mood... Laughter is always invited.
#50
Someone Must Have Found Out How To Lower The Temp On The Vending Machines At The Mall I Work At
It's one of those fancy "Coke and Go" machines. You need an app to use them. I guess someone figured out how to change the temp and set it way below freezing. No monster for me today.
LooseSeal's $10 Banana 4 months ago
Never in my life have I needed a Coke so bad that I'd be willing to download an app.
Ahnjunwan 4 months ago
Honestly, what is that with all those apps? Makes things much more complicated than they have to be. Why do i need a app for my toaster? 😩
Load More Replies... Weaponized Beef 4 months ago
No, the monster is the sonofabitch who made a vending machine you have to download an app to use.
#51
5 Minutes Before I Leave Work And My Machine's Oil Reserve Overflows
#52
I Left My Lunch At My Desk For 10 Minutes And Came Back To This. Pretty Sure My Perpetually Drunk Coworker Is Responsible
#53
My Coworker Somehow Mistook My Chocolate Raspberry Slice For Trash, And Threw It Away
I was looking forward to finishing that. I don't have the guts to confront her and a if it was on purpose.
tori Ohno 4 months ago
I had been bringing in ham and asparagus left over from Easter for three days in a row. I went to get my lunch and it was gone. I immediately went to the boss because we've never had a food thief before. She told me it was one of the other employees who was told to clean the fridge out, but she hadn't waited until after lunch, and nobody told all of us. Then the boss started making excuses like "she's Mexican, she doesn't know what asparagus looks like. She misunderstood what I told her". Etc etc. How come only MY food got thrown in the garbage? I had to starve until dinner because I don't have a car to go get something. Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was on purpose. And, she always made snide comments about me being thin. Thanks for helping me lose more weight beotch!
Sudeep Sarkar 3 days ago
Of course if was on purpose. The ho was probs on a diet and felt jealous.
#54
Somebody At Work Lost Their Pants Button Into The Urinal
#55
I Was Working For An Hour
arthbach 5 months ago
Get up, make a cup of tea, and it will probably have re-booted itself by then.
Rodriquez 1 month ago
Who are you talking to? This is a 6 year old copied Reddit post
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OneHappyPuppy 4 months ago (edited)
I had something similar happen to me at work once. Exactly 1/2h in, the PC freezes. Hard reboot, it starts up. Exactly 1/2h later, bam, freezes again. Hard reboot, it starts up. The third time it froze, I'm on the phone with the tech department telling them I need a new memory card. Tech guy comes in, basically fiddles with the PC for 5 hours (do the math, it's almost time for me to go home) and then proceeds to replace my memory card. Go figure
FreeDragon 4 months ago
CTRL-S is your friend. Or CTRL-G when your computer is - annoyingly - set to Spanish.
#56
I Work At A Frozen Yogurt Store And My Coworker Just Sent Me This
ƒιѕн 4 months ago
This is what it looks like behind those yogurt walls. IMG_0242-6...2d8bc7.jpg 
Tom Brincefield 4 months ago
The good news is, you weren't the one there to take the picture. Then start cleaning.
#57
Overslept, Forgot To Pick Up My Co-Worker, And Got To Work Half An Hour Late Just To Have My Boss Accidently Run Over My Lunch Within 5 Minutes Of Being There
Him and another guy were putting material in the bed of a work truck. I set my lunch down (not in an ideal location which was my fault) in a hurry to help them since I was late already. He jumped in the truck quick to back it up at an angle and caught and drug my lunchbox. If it was a personal truck it might have survived. But it was a 4500 dump bed truck.
Rali Meyer 4 months ago
"accidently". Boss did that on purpose. Check your alternative: 9 Hours And $180 loss
kirtis hickey 4 months ago
actually the truck "d**g" the lunch box is correct - verses they "dragged" the riverbed for Fat Harry's bloated lifeless body...
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Jennik 4 months ago
One of my previous workplaces did a team building thing at a venue about 90 minutes out of the city. Boss was meant to take one of my colleagues back to town. He forgot. Remembered halfway home, drove back, picked up the colleague, who was waiting in the darkness at the now closed venue. Took her home and ran over her cat when he backed out of the driveway.
#58
I Swear It Had A Pull Tab This Morning
Normally I pack my lunch the night before but forgot, so I grabbed a can of soup this morning. Turns out I took the wrong can, and it didn't have a pull tab. This is why I can't pack a lunch before leaving for work.
Fat Harry (Oi / You) 5 months ago
This is why you, like me, should always carry a penknife. It's the most useful thing I own, and I make use of it literally every day for something.
#59
Knocked A Bottle Of Bleach Onto My Concert T-Shirt At Work Today
My work usually doesn't entail any use of chemicals, I just had a clumsy moment near a few cleaning supplies. Figured it would be safe.
WindySwede 4 months ago
And would cost $1200 if a celeb launched this clothing collection!
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Sparkle Bean 4 months ago
it looks interesting but unfortunately that will continue to eat through the fabric until it disintegrates even after washing more.
Bored Trash Panda 4 months ago
Or just rinse it in a mixture of peroxide and water to neutralize the bleach.
Load More Replies... Uncle Panda 4 months ago (edited)
I'd tell people it's a very limited edition, which has the advantage of being true.
#60
I Work At A Small Coffee Shop And Today Our Ticket Machine Malfunctioned
Michael Largey 4 months ago
The big money in the pharmaceutical industry is not in the research or the manufacturing. The big money goes to whoever sells CVS its register tape.
Load More Replies... Day Andie 4 months ago
Worked at a place where people seldom took their receipts, so coworkers would just let the machine print and not tear off and throw away. There would be sixty feet of ribbon hanging out getting walked on and being a PITA. I often fantasized about screaming at them to clean their s**t up, but generally settled for cleaning it up and walking out for an extra long break.
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BookFanatic 4 months ago
I dropped (and broke) a $3,000 projector the first year I worked at my current library. Utterly horrified, and very young, I brought it to my boss and offered to pay for it out of my earnings. She immediately said "No, that's why we have a 'miscellaneous' fund." God bless understanding bosses.
michael reid 4 months ago
The worst thing that ever happened to me at work was getting the end of my Wil ly caught in my zip.
BookFanatic 4 months ago
I dropped (and broke) a $3,000 projector the first year I worked at my current library. Utterly horrified, and very young, I brought it to my boss and offered to pay for it out of my earnings. She immediately said "No, that's why we have a 'miscellaneous' fund." God bless understanding bosses.
michael reid 4 months ago
The worst thing that ever happened to me at work was getting the end of my Wil ly caught in my zip.
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