A bad time at work carries zero redeeming value. It throws you off your equilibrium and leaves you wanting to fast-forward through the day to go home and crawl up in bed.
But if it’s any consolation, everyone has gone through this displeasing experience. Some people even have enough courage to snap a photo and show the world their messed-up state of affairs while at the office.
These images are from the various corners of Reddit, which we’ve compiled for your entertainment. Enjoy scrolling.
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My Aunt Fell At Work. My Aunt Fell At Work On Monday And The Scan She Got To Check For A Concussion Found A 6 Cm X 6 Cm Mass In Her Brain
She had her surgery today and they got it all!
Honestly, that sounds like a good day, who knows when it would've been found otherwise
It twist of fate that’s saved her life , best work accident ever lol like u say that might never have been caught
Load More Replies...She likely fell because of the brain tumor. Balance and perception issues and other neuro disturbances. Glad they got it all.
I fainted 8 yrs ago (turns out due to dehydration), but while checking me out thoroughly to determine why I fainted, a chest x-ray showed a cancerous tumor in one lung and a tiny blood clot in the other lung. Both were easily resolved - lower left lung removal for the cancer w/out needing chemo or radiation afterward and some time on blood thinners for the clot. I always considered that fainting spell as a life-saver since I'd never had any symptoms of either of the lung problems and it could have been years before I had any! Both were so tiny when found that they were easy to deal with. I was VERY lucky! :)
What a lucky accident. Chances are she wouldn't have had a brain scan otherwise.
D**n, that's a big tumor. There are a lot of people out there who had either a CT or MRI for either a problem or for pre-op and the surgery had to be delayed because tumors were found. I've been working in hospital clinics for over 25 years and know somebody that it happened to a few years ago.
I Brought Muffins To Work Because Of My Birthday, 5 Minutes Later They Told Me I Am Fired Because Of Budget Cuts
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.
I have brought food for my job with 2 supervisors actively sabotaging me. I did get fired but screw them.
Once a supervisor decides he doesn't like you, there's no fixing it…
Load More Replies...Oh, hell NO!!! Those muffins would have come with ME as I walked to my desk as I would commandeered ANY that had been taken even IF they were eating it! Take my muffins, my personal items and walked out that door!!
I got fired on my birthday. It is a unique type of awful! I can sympathise.
Often it seems like the people who are supervisors, managers, and owners of companies -large and small- should be relegated to Plato's Cave.
Check at a local veterans Hospital. They have all contraposition open from clerical, sales, cafeteria work, janitorial work, grounds work, medical secretaries, nurses, medical assistance… You don't have to be a vet to work there.
Had A Bad Day At Work? At Least Your Street Line Painter Truck Didn't Explode
I don't know whether to laugh or cry for this poor guy
Load More Replies......and then the paint exploded all over the inside of the cab.
Load More Replies...For many employees, taking advantage of happy hour offers at the friendly neighborhood watering hole is the best way to blow off some workday steam. However, experts like Michelle Gibbings don’t recommend this.
In an article for Fast Company, Gibbings recommends more productive activities like meditation, exercising, and self-care activities instead. She says having a good laugh is enough to get you out of that funk.
“Your working day will have ups and downs, obstacles, challenges, and good and bad days. It’s up to you to find the best way through it,” she wrote.
Work Party Cancelled Because Of Low Attendance. I Made A Yule Log And Tiramisu Cake. I Made It For 40 People
I make those when I make my Yule log, they are so easy and taste like marshmallows!
Load More Replies...First - way too small for 40 people unless a lot of them are vegan. Second: great! All for you! Or better, invite some cool friends and share with them.
Fly Emir8s - And Get Your Non-Profit’s 20 Ipads Confiscated
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.
Anymore similar happens many places. US for one. They take devices and scan for ‘t*******m’ Usually more for political disagreement. Never get the things back if you’re not a citizen
Load More Replies...That's worse than a bad day. That's like people will die without that data.
We had this discussion a couple days ago. They should have been shipped as cargo with a Dangerous Goods label, and declared at customs. Emirates limits personal devices at 15 per person, individually packaged. It's actually one of the company with the highest allowance. Boarding stuff like this is a fire hazard and has to be handled accordingly. There is a $2000 limit in value of undeclared electronics at customs, that was clearly exceeded here. OP is clueless.
They really should have prepared better - lithium batteries can be extremely dangerous. I would not want to have this many batteries in unknown condition in the checked baggage of any flight I was on.
The person that wrote the post isn't smart enough to tell the story properly so we're missing some useful details, but it took me 2 minutes on Google to find Emirate's limit of 15 electronic devices per passenger. That said, airlines don't screen your baggage, whether it's checked or carried on, and the guy says he talked with the airport. I'd guess they were confiscated by security as a hazard.
Load More Replies...Airlines have very specific rules on how many battery operated devices can be shipped together. They require specialised packaging when shipped in bulk.
Which would have allowed them to proceed without the iPads how? Without the IPads, they don't have any data to upload.
Load More Replies...Came From Work To This
Oh wow. That is a total gut punch. Im so sorry for OP. Frigging thieves. 🤬
Dude, are you me? That same thing happened to me in Philly. My bike was chained to the bike rack outside the police station
Load More Replies...I had my bike pannier and all its contents stolen off my bike in broad daylight. Then a few months later someone stole the seat along with the bike light attached - again, in broad daylight. I'd already had multiple bike lights stolen up until that point, with one thief also helping themselves to the contents of my water bottle. I've quit riding my bike and now I just walk instead.
I've seen them stripped like this on railings right in front of police stations in London. Nowhere is safe.😶
Sorry but if they had time to do all that, they had time to just cut the lock and take the whole bike.
I thought the same thing. A battery operated saw with diamond tip blade. Go thru that lock like a hot knife thru butter.
Load More Replies...this happens more often then you think. i blame d***s. if d**g were free, people wouldn't steal stuff. but if d***s were free, overdoses would soar.
And no one saw anything. I guess the frame is some what of a down payment on a new bike. I'm surprised that they didn't take the pedals, crank, and chain! I hope you had it insured.
I don't chain up my bike anywhere that I ride it. It goes with me in the grocery stores, in the department store, will they want it to or not.
A shift in mindset is necessary to rid yourself of the bad vibes from a lousy, unpleasant day at work. In some cases, simple physical activities like taking a shower can help.
As grief specialist Lianna Champ explains, it’s more about visualizing the ideal work-life scenario where you can back off whenever you feel overwhelmed.
“Play some music, jump in the shower, and sing at the top of your lungs. Afterward, sit quietly for 10 minutes,” Champ told Women’s Health, adding that this practice should be done upon arriving home without touching any device.
No Joke, Was At Work And This Chunk Of The Ceiling Fell. I Ducked And It Hit My Back. Doctor Says My Bones Are All Okay
You will have issues in the future! I promise! Have regular appointments as you age to document your medical issues, any issue, all issues. So that you are not responsible for the care and its properly documented. Your back is precious . Winter will be your best indicator of how bad your back is getting. Arthritis feels like a 2x4 PLEASE
Wow! I bet you'll be jumpy for a while after this. Can you get workers' comp for PTSD and work-related stress?
Tried To Change The Tension On My Office Chair... This Is The Result
It looks like it’s feeling no tension whatsoever now. Nice job! Happy chair!
I'd say your chair is pretty laid back, maybe it's you that needs to chill.
I Just Broke A $5,000.00 Bottle Of Remy Martin Louis XIII Cognac At Work
I remember seeing this post, and the OP said that although he didn't take a straw, it did smell AMAZING.
Load More Replies...what pisses me off most about this is that there is no way the cost of making this bottle of liquor is anywhere near $5000.
You're not obliged to buy, so why are you "pissed off"? Why do you care at all?
Load More Replies...Carrying the case and either slipped or lost grip.
Load More Replies...Who on this whole green earth would pay 5000$ for cognac? But I'm one to talk; the way I spend my money would make most people assume I'm an alien trying to pass for human.
Don't worry I once f****d £16,000 worth. Maybe another couple of indistrections hehe. They still kept me. If they like you its ok.
You can set the tone for how your day will go, and it begins with a healthy morning routine. Workplace and well-being expert Oliver Henry advises three things: hydrate (drinking a glass of water upon waking), relax (simple breathing exercises and journaling), and achieve (keeping a manageable to-do list).
“By creating positive morning micro-habits that enable you to ‘fill your own cup’ first, you'll be in a much better state to deal with any challenges that come your way that day,” Henry noted.
Not A Good Start For The New Guy At Work
Empty cans, no tops applied yet. Their strength is compromised due to this and all it takes is one jostle in the wrong direction and down they go like a house of cards.
Load More Replies...If you check how things are stacked above the guy, it is a miracle that this is not happening every day
I Work At A College Dorm. This Week Is Freshman Move In Where I’m Working A 12 Hour Shift. I Was Told Not To Pack A Lunch Because A Free One Is Provided. This Is My Free “Meal”
Don't tell people not to pack lunch cause they are providing it and then serve this shît. This would pîss me off. Who thinks this crâp is a good lunch!?
I've seen this before. See the condiments at the bottom... turns out there were sandwiches but someone stole theirs.
Exactly. The college intended to provide a sandwich or wrap, but someone took it out. Don't blame the school.
Load More Replies...was there a sandwich in theree? b/c it looks like a packet of mayo or mustard in the bottom
It's an apple and chips and a bottle of water. A very filling lunch for a 12 hour shift indeed
Gonna give you a heads up, kid. Do NOT buy tickets for Fyre Festival 2.
My Pregnant Wife Has To Work With A Contagious Person That Won't Go Home
At least make them wear a freaking mask! And, yes, the boss CAN make them leave for health and well-being of everyone else.
Yes, it's sad when management doesn't even understand laws and rules.
Load More Replies..."fúck", "fúcking ássholes" and "shít" if anybody's interested. You're welcome.
Our HR person brought her kid to work when the kid had the mumps. I was the oldest one in the office and wasn’t vaccinated because it hadn’t been developed yet when I was a baby. Guess who got the mumps?
Why didn't the HR person take time off? If you can't take the kid to school why would she think it was acceptable to bring the kid to work?! Wt actual F?!
Load More Replies...Who says they can't make a sick person go home? Their Dr would tell them to stay home and give them a work note.
In the UK we have very lenient sickness laws. One day at M&S, the assistant had the worst cold I’ve ever seen, coughing, sneezing, snuffling and a horrible runny nose. He came from a place where sniffing loudly and wiping one’s nose on the back of one’s hand was the technique rather than using a tissue and coughing without covering the mouth/nose wasn’t the done thing. It was so obvious the poor man was ill but he was allowed to be a source of infection to all around him, staff and customers. I had to say something to management, politely, out of concern for all parties. I had to go elsewhere to pay!
And just like that, the whole office suddenly goes down with it and the boss is left with the worker who refuses to go home.
Sometimes, we need to take a step back to determine the real problem. According to psychotherapist Amy Morin, this may involve knowing the difference between problem-solving and ruminating.
As she noted in an article for Forbes, it helps to focus on how to get caught up on the bills you have to pay rather than thinking about how unfair it is that you are behind.
“Ruminating will hold you back,” she wrote. “If you catch yourself doing this, you need to change the channel immediately.”
Walked To Work In A Brutal Snowstorm, Only For My Key To Snap Off In The Key Hole While Trying To Unlock The Door
Standing there freezing your butt off and the key breaks. $-( &":!)_@\∆§=✓^%¢€€√π×{√¥^<<!!!
I Forgot I Was Making Caramel At Work. It's A Tad Overcooked
On the plus side, now it can be used to destroy the One Ring of Power.
"FRODO. THE RING! THROW THAT F*****G RING INTO THE FIRE AND LET'S END THIS B******T!"
This seems fake to me. If it isn’t, I need to know how to do this right now.
I Sneezed At Work And My Crown Flew Out
when you sneeze you mainly blow out air through your mouth, so it was still in their mouth
Load More Replies...I sneezed and put my back into total spasm! Eight months later still bad!!
Same. And I was alone with my newborn daughter for the weekend. Had to crawl/roll to the phone for help. :(
Load More Replies...I had that happen, although eating Jelly Bellies at my desk. Saved it, and the dentist glued it back on.
Cyanoacrylate glue, I've done it a couple of times, no problem. (People usually call this Krazy Glue but in the interest of being politically correct I refer to it as an emotionally troubled adhesive)
As humans, we are the only species that when we sneeze, it goes out of our mouths, instead of our noses, like the rest of Mother Nature's creatures. Interesting, no? Gesundheit!
Ouch! You can re-set it until you see the dentist. That should stop any pain from the stump and keep it clean.
How about you, dear readers? Do you remember one of the worst (if not the worst) work days you’ve had in recent memory? How did you handle that? Let us know through the comment boxes below!
Got Stuck In This Hole In An Elevator Shaft At Work Today, Thanks To My Tools And Climbing Gear
OP: "I was climbing to the top of this grain leg because the manlift was broke, so I had to climb up the elevator shaft. I came upon this little cutout in what would otherwise be an obstruction to the ladder, and when I was trying to squeeze through with all my gear and tools, I got wedged in the opening and couldn't move anywhere. I could barely wiggle my arms! Lol"
Abo-freaking-lutely no way in hell I would climb that ladder.....
They should've had you drink Red Bull instead… and you could've flown up that shaft like a little fairy
That would suck and maybe I am a huge sceptic but why is none of the dust disturbed?
Middle Of The Work Day And This Decides To Happen
Time to find the duck tape? To those who are picky I know it is duct tape. Duck implies a wider variety of products.
No Duck implies the Duck brand of tape products.
Load More Replies...Same thing happened to me. And I was going commando that day. Said I needed to go home immediately. And after I turned around and bent over, they all agreed. Used staples to close the gap, but next time remove the pants first! Ouch ouch ouch!!!
My Gingerbread House vs. The One That Beat Me In The Gingerbread House Contest At Work
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.
I'm crying foul on this one. If you look at the top of the pic, it says "Most Spirited - HR". They probably wanted to give everyone an award for something, so this crummy house got one for spirit. I'm sure the OP got some other award, maybe even overall winner and just wants something to be dramatic about.
I'd even go one further and say OP didn't get an award cause everyone at work thinks they're a snobby, up tight, lil-perfect-fancy-pants and not voting for their over the top gingerbread house is just a subtle way to say, "nobody likes you."
Load More Replies...Made one for a contest at work with lights that turned on & a full kitchen. It was open on one side so you could see in. used pretzel logs to make it look like a log cabin. Guess who won the guy sleeping with the HR manager that made his out of cardboard & markers . Inever participated again
any sort of work competitions are more about popularity and less about skill
Got Fired The Day After Christmas
For once I agree lmao I hate grammar cops but in this instance the irony is not lost 🤦♀️
Load More Replies..."you were learning things good"? I'll give you credit for using an Oxford comma, but really, your writing style could use some improvement.
My bad—I genuinely thought Trump wrote this. I was waiting for the ‘tremendous’ part.
Load More Replies...Boss somehow forgot to include "Merry Christmas and Happy New Year".
and companies expect employees to give two weeks if they quit...
I was working at AT&T Information Systems, (this was the '80s. Everything was Information Systems). I got laid off 12/26/1986. And we knew it was coming. Not the best holiday I've ever had.
My Brother’s 25-Year-Old Car Was Slapped With This While He Was Auditing A Superyacht Company
It didn’t match the aesthetic so they assumed he was a freeloader.
It's just a sign. It holds no legal or fiduciary consequences
Load More Replies...Oh yes... start with the fire safety schematics, they are almost always wrong on something😁
Load More Replies...When I was at the IRS we were auditing a big company which tried to pretend we were welcome. They even gave us a private office to use and our own phone line. Both the office and the phone were bugged, as expected. The agents had a lot of fun with what they said in the office and on the phone. The owner later went on to be the governor of the state - if you can imagine a crook in public office.
My Dad’s 20-Year Work Anniversary Card
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”.
My work gives away these nice gold watches when you hit your 5 year anniversary. Which I did on January 1, 2024, but I was told the watches were only given out at Christmas so I’d have to wait almost another whole year to get mine 😂 that September, they were having financial problems so they let me go. January 2025 they brought me back, so I was only gone 4 months. I’m being told I’m starting back at year 0 again, so it’ll be another 5 years until I get the fancy watch 😂 like jfc
Load More Replies...Well if you are in the states working for the government I guess just keeping the job would be a win..
Load More Replies...That is a nice touch. I bet the gift card wasn't for much. It sounds like the boss paid for this out of his own pocket.
No, in fact they were only "quite egg-cellent", a further kick in the guts.
Depends a bit where he works.. If the work is egg related, I would definitely have a good laugh about it...
Where did you’re dad work at an egg company or was he one of the Easter Bunnies helpers?
Mustarded
Looks more like yellow paint to me, judging from the store. Still, poor lady. That's gotta stink either way
It is paint, just mustard coloured paint.
Load More Replies...Not mustard. Looks like the lid to a paint can was not secured and they put it on the machine that shakes the can to mix it up.
Home Depot does not sell mustard or any other condiments, as far as I'm aware
I'll bet they do at the beginning of bbq season, probably right next to the bbq's they're trying to sell.
Load More Replies...you're supposed to use that rubber mallet to tamp down the paint can lid, before using the agitator. Rookie mistake . . .
My Shoes Crumbled Into Literal Powder On My Way To Work
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 :(
Bad rubber, i had a pair of shoes that did this and this was way before Temu or Shein. Tbh i have never and would never order from those sites, found them cheap and tacky from day one but that's just my opinion.
Load More Replies...The foam degrades over time i had some steel toed boots that I bought for a previous job. Moved got a job that didn’t require steel toes. Had them sitting in a closet for several years. Needed shoes and thought i had those boots put them on then the rubber soles came off due to the foam giving out.
My cobbler just repaired some shoes which soles started to disintegrate. I got them 20 years ago so it’s ok.
license this formula for use in plastic bottles and bags, landfill friendly
The Ceiling Leaked All Over The Computers At Work
We had that happen end of last year. The bathroom flooded upstairs and the owners office, plus 3 other desk spaces flooded, and our copy room. Cause thousands of dollars worth of damage. Luckily she has good insurance and got it all fixed and replaced.
That's everyone's dream! Kids will go to school every day hoping they would arrive in their school was burning, what better thing could happen then you're going to work at an IT department just to find that all your computers are ruined!
Pushed My Office Door Open With My Foot This Morning
In high school, one of my friends was in a courtyard area where the doors locked you out, he had his hands full so he tapped at the glass door to get someone's attention and the pane broke. He was momentarily 'in trouble ' but the school didn't press the issue because it was NOT safety glass.
Chances are it was not your foot but rather a hair-line crack near the bottom.
Bad Day At Work
Not pictured: the giant cat which decided to grab the bucket and pull the whole thing over for no reason.
Yup Dublin, was walking passed when it happened, they were putting up Christmas lights
Load More Replies...No Matter How Bad Your Day At Work Was
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.
Is that the "11'8" bridge"? If it is there's a whole channel devoted to the videos of trucks hitting it.
Different one apparently. The famous one is in Durham, NC, and this one is in Bloomfield, somewhere. The Durham bridge is now 12'4", so not as many crashes.
Load More Replies...Not sure why you were downvoted but I fixed it, apparently they've never been to Boston. At least not in late summer, when all the students are moving into the dorms. Aka Storrowing
Load More Replies...In Syracuse, NY, USA here, we have two bridges that get hit several times a month. There are multiple flashing warning signs before you reach either bridge. Police have now begun issuing one ticket for each warning sign ignored. The current record is 22 tickets for one incident. Bad ay at work for a lot of people.
If drivers are so stupid not to know the height of their vehicle ...... well.
Can opener bridge? The railroad fixed things and now it's 12' 6". Still opens trucks like cans.
That’s why there is supposed to be signs telling of the clearance, and why drivers are supposed to believe them.
My Watch Fell Into The Wood Chipper At Work
If your hand falls off into the woodchipper I think you've already got a problem.
Load More Replies...I worked for a tree trimming company during summer break while I was in college. We were trimming trees on a college campus (different from my college, but same state) and the administration sent us a student as a helper. I thought this was stupid on their part. He was set up to throw trimmed limbs into a chipper. I saw he was wearing a nice watch on his wrist. I told him to remove it and put it in his pocket. He ignored me. After a few minutes of him throwing tree limbs into a chipper, he said his watch was gone. I climbed into the back of the truck the chipper was spewing wood chips into and started pulling out pieces of his expensive watch his dad had given him for some special occasion. Wood chippers are dangerous equipment. Treat them with respect.
Probably never should wear anything on your hands, wrists, and wear very short sleeves!
My Fitbit fell off and I ran over it with my lawn mower. Not fit any more.
You Did Your Best, Chef
"If you never made a mistake, you never made anything"
Load More Replies...Former Tech I Worked With Improperly Lifted A Truck. Happened Yesterday
Yup. GMC Sierra Denali HD with a diesel engine. $90k on the low end. It has retractable running boards, so it's possibly a Denali Ultimate, which would push the MSRP over $100k.
Load More Replies...I'm getting a car insurance ad on this page and it shows that exact brand of truck.
I saw this on another bad luck/day post on here and it was from the person who's car it was
Surprised My Girlfriend With Baked Goods And Flowers Before She Went To Work, And Her Co-Workers Ate Them All
A twist on food thief. We had a customer who the shop guys really came through for in a pinch. These people (2 parents, 2 adult children) said we're going to get lunch for everyone. So most of us skipped lunch anticipating them bringing pizza in. They did, they brought in 4. 4 pizzas to feed the 4 of them and 15 employees. I think the shop guys got 1 slice each, the rest of us just turned and walked away. Even if they hadn't said "everyone" it was still insufficient for the shop guys. When the company buys pizza for us they order at least 12. Those people didn't see anything wrong with what they did. Yet another reason I always bring lunch.
Load More Replies...I once went ballistic on a guy for just taking a drink of my soda at work. I couldn't help it; I just started yelling at him as to why on earth you would ever eat or drink someone else's stuff. A manager even stepped in the middle. He said, "I've never seen you look ready to punch someone." I wasn't going to, but he certainly never touched my things again. No one SHOULD be doing that!
I can imagine your anger. Picture yourself waiting so much for break to eat that tasty lunch or drink that cool drink you left in the fridge only to find out it was stolen. It sounds small but it can honestly bring a s****y day down to hell level.
Load More Replies...Ugh nothing makes me more mad than work food thieves 😤 I went to get my pb&j and some jerk took it not once, not twice but 4 times. Yes I love my pb&j's lol but it wasn't just my lunch they were taking. One girl walked into the break room and caught the guy stealing food. Just going into people lunch bags seeing what he wanted. He said, if it's in the fridge and it tempts him then he has a right to take what he feels like eating. This guy didn't have no shame either after being caught. He would go get a drink or whatever and bring it back to his desk and when confronted, he'd open it and drink or eat it with a smile. Until one day he caught the wrong person on the wrong day and let's just say cops were called 🤷♀️ 🤷♀️
Violence at work is almost never the answer. Someone stealing the treats your loved one left for you, however, should give you carte blanche morally and legally.
Worst house party I ever went abt 2005. Colleague had new flat warming party. He coudknt stress enough that we were not to get dinner after work ( we had to k**l an hour) because he’d have food. By this stage we were ravenous.. ( worked in a museum gift shop so anll of us on feet all day) we had not eaten from between 12 and 2pm. At 8 pm we arrive. Abt 13-17 of us. He had ONE supermarket pizza cut into 6 slices. And he made Rice Krispie buns. We couldn’t wait to leave and go to the chipper
If it isn't yours, ask first!! If you want to hoard them, don't take them to work.
That's when you bake another big load of cookies or cake, use XL chocolate bars for the frosting, as well as in the mix. Put a sign on it that says no one is to touch it or they will pay
I Have To Be At Work At 8 Am Tomorrow
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.
The plow thing is real, inevitably if we clear the driveway too early, the overnight plows will give us a nice ice berm to clear in the morning…
Frustrating, but they are doing their job. You would complain if they didn’t plow.
Load More Replies...We got about 2' of snow one year, weather said maybe a few inches. It was so high that only about 3-4" of our change link fence showed. Our dachshunds could walk right over it. This is a couple years before my husband and I met. He shoveled his driveway to the road, a snowplow came and left an 8" ridge, shoveled it again, snowplow did it again, shoveled again and when the snowplow came again and h just he just stood there with to snow shovel at rest and glared. The snow plow lifted the blade and went on.
Snow shovels are like plungers. You buy them even if you don't need them, because it's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
I kept my Canadian shovel and ice scraper all the years I lived in California. You never know... (And they DID get used occasionally when traveling)
this is impossible. we were promised global warming would prevent this.
We were out of town for a week, and it snowed every day we were gone. When we got home, the plow had used our driveway and in front of our house to make his snow mountain from the snow he gathered in our cul-de-sac. We parked our trailer, unhooked our truck, and parked it elsewhere. The cops dropped by to talk with us and asked if we could move them once the snow was gone. They were much nicer about it than the neighbors were. They wouldn't have been so picky if it had been them!
Guess you better get your butt to work. . .on that snow. I live in the South. I feel for you guys who have to put up with this c**p.
in your defense you can say you went out to get your car to go to work and you couldn't find it………………
7th Day At My New Job And This Happened. Didn't Realize The Person Who Used It Last Left The Speed On High
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.
brings to mind " Measure twice, cut once" or " Look before you leep"
Everyone knows how these powerful mixers get lost in a cloud of flour because once, just once, we started it on 8, not 2. And if you have that mixer why the heck are you using a box to make vanilla pudding? 2 egg yolks, some sugar, cornstarch, sugar and vanilla heated slowly and whisked until thick and you have homemade! And yes, I have blown cake batter out of my KitchenAid.
Three Days Ago My Harddrive With 3 Years Of Work From My Business I've Built Myself Became Corrupted And I Found Out Not Even Data Recovery Could Fix It
Back your sh*t up. Back it up once, back it up twice, back it up in the cloud and add another one. No having a copy on the same hard drive is not a backup.
My programming projects are all on GitHub or BitBucket. My photos are backed up onto two external hard drives and the important ones are also on the cloud. There's no excuse in this day and age for not having backups, so I don't have massive sympathy for people who have problems like this.
Load More Replies...Always backup. If you can't bother to do it manually, you can set an automatic schedule.
I have an external hard drive which is why I lost minimal data - mostly a few photos - when my last computer went to computer hell.
And this was the day Sukeban34 decided to attach an external hard drive to his computer and schedule regular backups.
3 years without backing things up? you're self trained on computer use, I take it?
I archive one month's of work. 3 years is just being an idiot. Mechanical and tech can fail. If it's important, back it up regularly.
Once worked for an auto shop that had that happen with their tape drive backup system. They had 6 tapes they alternated EVERY DAY just in case... well it turns out the drive had gone bad 6 months before and none of the backups were good. The hard drive had quit and 7 years of data was lost... lucky for them I was able to coax the hard drive to wake up just long enough to suck all the days to a back up drive. Wrapped the bad drive in 3 layers of zip lock bags put it in the freezer for about 30 minutes (with the longest IDE cables could find, the cool off worked just long enough...
A Guy Left This On The Table Of The Restaurant I Work In And Left Without Paying
I hope non crypto people know that a physical bitcoin does not exist. It is a figment of imagination.
this is right up there with the fake bills that contain scripture. I don't care if they go to church, there's a special place in hell for those people.
If it was Elmo, it would have been a dog-e coin.
Load More Replies...Surely that cannot be legal tender, can it? 1BTC is like 80-90K in US dollars
It's worthless. Bitcoins don't have any kind of physical representation. They also aren't legal tender, so the only way to use them for a purchase is if the seller is willing to accept them.
Load More Replies...Wow thats worth a gazillion pounds. You can buy your own chocolate factory now,
Someone At Work Stole One Of My Muffins
I worked with a food thief and my former boss had to PUT HER NAME ON HER BANANAS...INDIVIDUALLY!!
Buy you some muffin mix, make homemade muffins with chocolate chips. Only instead of using chocolate chips you get to use Ex-Lax ! Freeze the Ex-Lax chocolate bars and put it in a baggie and then break it up and mix it in the mix! (the more you use the better )Then put a sign on it that has your name on it… You'll find out who the thief is real quick. (Don't ask me how I know this)
I sent a whatsapp one monday morning saying I hoped that whoever ate my food over the weekend planned on replacing it, knowing full well it was one of only two as did everyone else. Didn't have to name to shame.
I've seen a couple of good stories about people who sprayed their stuff with food-safe UV dye, then used a UV flashlight to follow the trail.
I Baked Cookies Last Night To Bring To A Work Meeting. Dropped Them Just Before The Meeting
"At least once a year I like to bring in some of my Kevin's Famous Chili. The trick is to undercook the onions. Everybody is going to get to know each other in the pot. I'm serious about this stuff. I'm up the night before, pressing garlic, and dicing whole tomatoes. I toast my own ancho chiles. It's a recipe passed down from Malones for generations - it's probably the thing I do best."
Daughter bought donuts for her crew for a Saturday shift. Didn't have day care, Son-in-law was out of town. Left him in the conference room for a bit, came back, EVERY donut had 1 bite out of it. By the way "the purple ones are VERY tasty". I call my 5 yr old grandson Dunkin now.
Wife Was Surprised Coming Back From Her Break At Work
According to OP, his wife was used as a scapegoat for the company’s problems
Load More Replies...So This Just Happened At My Work. I Work At Dunkin'
Doesn’t this actually make everything easier for everyone, except the owner/manager?
The Chocolate My Work Gave Us As A Christmas Gift Had Bugs Inside Of It
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.
Me At My Old Job As A Cashier, Dead Of Winter In Canada Our Heaters Broke And The Front Door Wouldn’t Close Fully, But They Still Made Us Work. This Was My Outfit That Day
Bad Day At Work
Accidentally Made A Bomb At Work
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.
This description made me laugh out loud. How long did it take to get the smell of salmon out of that room?
Meanwhile in another BP thread: "check out this idiot who almost blew up the office."
That's not an office. Looks like a professional kitchen.
Load More Replies...Been Desperate For A Job For Months. Finally Got Hired At A Restaurant Only To Be Sent This By The Manager 2 Days Later
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.
My husband is unhireable. Back in 2014, he started having serious back problems. This is a man who has done senior-level IT work in the White House, Treasury Dept, etc. Because of his back, he couldn't work for several years. Now, IT won't take him because of the gap years and regular jobs won't take him...because who wants to work for Burger King when they did IT work for the White House (that's their thoughts)? It's frustrating for him. He's going back to school now for a career change. But it's hard when you're about to turn 50 and then have to face ageism on top of it.
Some Teacher Is Having A Bad Day At School Today
Got A Croissant At Dunkin Donuts. When I Bit Into It At Work I Found A Screw In It
Great Start To A Monday At Work (Prescription, I Cannot See Without Them)
That's why you order multiple pairs from Zenni. You can literally buy 10-15+ pairs of complete prescription eyeglasses for $100. They have so many different styles and options, even sunglasses.
My Boss Got Pizza For Everyone And Even Ordered A Dairy-Free One For Me. I Came Back From Break And Someone Scrapped All Of The Toppings Off Of It And Left The Crust
Once knew someone who invited a mutual friend to their house for lunch. Said they would provide pizza. It was a frozen pizza but they were fine with that. Until the person took it out of the oven and while it was still hot, they scraped the ENTIRE top layer of pepperoni and cheese off into the trash. The mutual said they'd never been so shocked by anything in their life.
Less Than A Year Into My First Job, And My Company Is Two Weeks Late On Paying Me
Does anyone know where to find a large aquatic mythical creature in the Scottish highlands?
About To Leave For My First Day Of Work, Knocked My Taillight Cover Off Trying To Clear Some Snow And Ice Off My Car. Guess It's Gonna Be One Of Those Days
Someone Sent The Wrong Message In My Mom’s Work Groupchat. They Blamed It On Their Nephew
😂😂we believe her don’t we 🤦♀️😂😂thousands wouldn’t ,😂
Load More Replies...Someone Broke Our Toilet At Work Today
Went to a work conference one time, and our unpopular manager got the 'superior' room at the hotel. Sat on the loo, and the whole thing toppled over and cut her 'behind'. Of course we didn't laugh.
Zipper Broke 10 Minutes After Getting Into Work
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.
Hours Of Work Left: 5. Extra Chairs: 0. Sore Buttocks: 1
Actually the OP is from Canada, got any hate for them?
Load More Replies...Wait What
I doubt anyone would have noticed, TBH. At least they're the same colour and shape.
And they are both on the correct foot. That's more than I can accomplish some mornings.
Load More Replies...But didn't they notice they didn't have to tie the laces in one of them? LOL
Car Next To My Car At My Gas Station Job Caught Fire
Might still get burn damages from being too close to the burning car.
Load More Replies...I Spent 3 Weeks Making A Mask For My Office Halloween Contest And I Couldn’t Participate Because I Got Stuck In A Customer Meeting. So Yeah… I Dressed Up For Nothing
This Happened To A Friend At Work
Had My Phone In My Pocket, Bumped Into The Corner Of A Low Filing Cabinet At Work. Shattered The Camera Right In The Middle
I try to take such good care of my phones, this one really hurts since it never even left my pocket.
Arrived To My Office This Morning To See My Monitors Like This
A Nice Couple Dumped An Entire Bottle Of Ketchup In Between The Cracks Of The Booth And Because There Was A 20 Minute Wait For A 15 Minute Order
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.
Did you tell them it would take longer when they ordered? They’re horrible for doing what they did, but may have gone elsewhere if they were in a hurry….
Maybe the waiter should have told them how long it would take but if they were in a hurry they should have said so, communication goes both ways you see. There is no excuse for what they did.
Load More Replies...How My Night At Work Went
Let’s put handles on it they said. That’ll be revolutionary, they said.
Tried To Go To Work, Icy Road Said No
There Was An Attempt To Park Her Car At Work Near A Canal
Is the weight of the car being held up by just the small metal post on the dock?
How To Get Your Hands Dirtier By Washing Them
Maybe sediment working it's way out. Probably the result of work being done on the pipes somewhere. I suspect they knew it was going to happen, otherwise, why take a picture of the clean running water before.
Load More Replies...Broke My Finger At Work, Got Fired After The Substance Test. All At The End Of A 12 Hour Night Shift
Typically the after injury d**g tests test for amphetamines, marijuana, pcp, c*****e, etc. Mostly non prescribed d***s. Plus when you go in for testing, they have you put down any prescription d***s you are currently taking in case they show up. If they were fired, they most likely tested positive for illegal d***s. Also, they would have had to have signed a notice when they began employment outlining this procedure.
It's still s****y for the every day worker who just goes home and smokes some pot to relax. These policies exist to allow a company to avoid paying. Post-accident d**g testing should be confined to anything that could have immediately influenced the accident.
Load More Replies...For the confused people in the comments, they did the substance test after a work-related injury. This is for legal purposes to insure against being sued.
Did they fail the test cause of meds/pain killers that they were taking for that broken hand?
It encompasses everything, even legal things. Like alcohol or marijuana.
Load More Replies...Chipped My Tooth On A Hard Straw. Start My New Job Tomorrow
That’s not terrible. I once broke the entire bottom half of both of my front teeth off because I tripped on a pile of road salt. At least with a small chip like that you can still manage eating until you get it fixed.
When my dad was in his final illness, I would grind my teeth from stress. I now have a small chip in my front tooth to remember him by.
Load More Replies...I've broken not one, but two molars on gordetto rye chips. Didn't learn my lesson after the first time.
There is no possibility that this tooth fractured because of a "hard straw ". Likely a previous repair that debonded
It's Too Cold Here To Work From Home
My home office wasn't setup for heat. I have to fire up a space heater when I get up in the mornings. The other day it was 33 deg F inside when I got up. Took a bit to warm up that day.
An Entire Tray Of Semolina Pudding Leaked In The Oven At Work At The Busiest Time
in restaurants or bakeries that need to make a lot of stuff at once time or keep things hot, they often have ovens that look like this to maximize the number of things that can be made/kept at one time, taking up less space than normal ovens
Load More Replies...Broke My Favorite Stress Squeezie At Work. It Looks Horribly Inappropriate. I'm In HR
I have several NeeDoh stress squeezies and loved the banana most because it fit my small hands. I'm on my last week at this godsforsaken company and they're pushing my last nerve to the brink. The stupid stress banana ruptured during a Teams call with my boss. Beware the Groovy Fruit NeeDoh pack.
"I was just squeezing my banana when it squirted all over!"
Load More Replies...My Work Truck Caught Fire Today. Two Hours From Home
When A Coworker Does Not Look Behind And It Leads To A Domino Falling Of Multiple Product Bins. Thankfully Nobody Was Hurt Or Behind Those Aisles When This Happened
Yeah, they're stackable but not to the point of replacing high shelves!
Load More Replies...Had Grandma's Stuffed Bell Peppers All Ready For Lunch At Work, And Then
My Alarm Somehow Failed To Go Off And It Cost Me My Job
It’s Just Laying There
Really pay to read?! REALLY?! F you BP! It's s**t that's stollen from Reddit. I hate late stage capitalism and greed.
And now they have so many pop-up ads, it's like playing wack-a-mole! You're losing readers BP, stealing from other sites and expecting people to pay for it. Just so sad and desperate!
Load More Replies...Ever since I saw the movie The Help, I can only think of one way to deal with a food thief. Chocolate pie.
My shop has "The Tire", a tractor tire with a sledge hammer next to it. if you get stressed you can go outside and slam on The Tire for a few minutes. There is even a time code for it.
Nice! I'd love that in my office, too!
Load More Replies...Really pay to read?! REALLY?! F you BP! It's s**t that's stollen from Reddit. I hate late stage capitalism and greed.
And now they have so many pop-up ads, it's like playing wack-a-mole! You're losing readers BP, stealing from other sites and expecting people to pay for it. Just so sad and desperate!
Load More Replies...Ever since I saw the movie The Help, I can only think of one way to deal with a food thief. Chocolate pie.
My shop has "The Tire", a tractor tire with a sledge hammer next to it. if you get stressed you can go outside and slam on The Tire for a few minutes. There is even a time code for it.
Nice! I'd love that in my office, too!
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