40 Photos That Perfectly Capture A Truly Bad Day At Work (New Pics)

She had her surgery today and they got it all!

I feel like an idiot, I’m already poor and this job was a bit of light in a dark cave. Still, let them keep the muffins though.

A little background - I work in IT, but volunteer with a healthcare non-profit that does health screenings around the world. We have screened at least 5,000 people since 2016 for hypertension, diabetes and kidney failure, successfully connecting at-risk people in remote areas with the help they need. I developed an app that uses a laptop, a wireless access point and 20 iPads to collect testing results, which allows us to collect data and get it to the doctors that can help.

After a successful 3-day screening in southwest Uganda last week where we saw over 1,000 people, I received my luggage back with a nice “we confiscated all your stuff” card from the Dubai airport, courtesy of Emir8s Air. Airport chat via WhatsApp confirmed it was taken with no ability to get it back. No reason was given, despite the airline’s website saying that checking tablets in luggage was allowed.

Our health screening program is pretty much dead now.

To note: it IS made of real gingerbread, handpainted with edible paint and to look like wood, molding chocolate and actual candy. The only things that are not edible are the trees (the green portion) and wooden sticks the house sits on, stairs and hot tub. It's supposed to be an overwater bungalo during the winter.

It didn’t match the aesthetic so they assumed he was a freeloader.

My dad’s been a laborer with his company for 20 years. To congratulate him they give him a card with an attached gift card. The card just said: “You’re egg-cellent”.

For context, these were relatively cheap off brand shoes I bought a few years ago and had not worn in the last 2 years. Had almost reached work when I noticed, had to ask the cab to take me back home and then bring me back to work :(

This is in Bloomfield, I’m assuming Belleville Avenue between Broad and JFK. The same bridge that was hit by a Leisure Line bus back in the day.

Honda civic FWD. I don’t own a shovel cause it hasn’t snowed enough to need one in years. We got 8-10 inches but then the plow came through and made that wall. It’s going to get super cold tonight and freeze anything that managed to melt in the sun today. The worst part is the roads are starting to look drivable and I’m still stuck for now.

Normally I'd check the speed before turning it on but today was an off day for me. To make matters worse I was working with a coworker who's last day is today so he wasn't bothered to help clean it up, he just laughed. For those who were wondering, it's an instant pudding mix.

I wasn't the only one, I just thought it was a rumor going around my workplace but low it happened to me too. I feel bad because it definitely wasn't my store manager's fault and they were trying their best for us.

I froze a salmon chowder in a pot for quick reheating, then while it was reheating the bottom part boiled before the top thawed, so pressure built up in the pot until it ejected a 10lb plug of frozen soup upwards with enough momentum to destroy our range hood, and then carry the soupcicle all the way across the kitchen. Thankfully nobody was hurt but I got to spend the rest of the day scrubbing salmon out of every nook and cranny in the kitchen. And thankfully I get to learn from this mistake, when I could have easily been seriously injured.

I've been looking for a job to support my wife and I while we go to school since my last job was sales and wasn't paying the bills. Went in to a sushi restaurant to drop off a resume and they wanted an interview on the spot. They offered me the job right then and even asked if I had any other prospects because they've had a couple people recently get hired and then immediately leave to take another job. Seems unprofessional to me to ask about that and then do the equivalent to me. At this point, I don't know what to do. I've applied for at least 25 jobs here in my college town and nobody is hiring. I don't know how we're going to pay our rent or our credit cards off this month. Sorry for the sob story, just needed to vent.

Does anyone know where to find a large aquatic mythical creature in the Scottish highlands?

There is no way to fix it, I've managed to get a paper clip through the fabric so it's staying in place at least, but it's clearly visible. Will have to spend all day pulling my top down to make sure it covers the zip... 10 hours to go.

I try to take such good care of my phones, this one really hurts since it never even left my pocket.

I work at Smashburger, which is a sit down no drive thru fast food place similar to Five Guys. At least the one I work at is. This couple came in and ordered crispy chicken sandwiches, which take 15 minutes to make (it’s the longest thing to make on the menu; the burgers are ideally supposed to take 8 minutes). Sometimes they drop the crispy chicken patty in the oil before hand, trying to guess if someone will order one so that it won’t take as long. One person, before this couple came in, had ordered a chicken sandwich, so the next chicken sandwich was guaranteed to take 15 minutes or longer because we have to wait for the other one to finish.
So this couple orders a crispy chicken sandwich, and we get it out to them and their other burger they got in 20 minutes. They glared at me when I gave them their food and said “sorry for the wait.” Then when they left, I noticed they left their trays at the table, and I looked to find what is in the photos. Which was an entire bottle of ketchup put between the cushions of the booth, and then a bunch into the lids (which is valid I do that but there is also so much in there) and a bunch into the salt shaker and smeared across the other side which I didn’t notice until after I took the photos.
I had to take the cushions off the booth and scoop ketchup out with that rag
TL;DR
Couple emptied a ketchup bottle all over a booth area because of a 5 minute extra wait.

Let’s put handles on it they said. That’ll be revolutionary, they said.