If You Think You’ve Had A Terrible Day At Work, These 50 Pics Might Change Your Mind (New Pics)
We all have different definitions of a bad day at work. For a chef, it could be finding your trusty knife bent to the point of inutility. For a hardware store employee, it could be spilling 12 buckets of paint all over aisle five. For a building security guard, it could be getting stuck in an elevator in the wee hours with no one to call for help.
Whatever the case may be, we’ve been there. Fortunately, the internet gives people a platform to share their workplace woes through online groups. We’ve compiled some of the most relatable posts into this list just for you.
If you’re at work, take a break and enjoy scrolling. And if you’re having a bad day, don’t worry. We feel you. Hopefully, this can lift your spirits even just a tad bit.
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I'm Stuck In An Elevator, And I'm The Only One In The Building. I Work Security So There's No One Else Here
Bonus, the emergency phone in here doesn't work. Double bonus, this isn't the first time it's happened.
On our honeymoon I refused to use the stairs. I hate elevators. Monday night the fire alarm went off, guess who knew where the emergency exit was 😁 Also guess who keeps clothes and a purse next to the door now. Nothing worse than being in the jacuzzi tub on the 10th floor when the alarms go off and scrambling for clothes and key cards. Had no wallet so couldn’t even go grab a drink and was very cold!
Load More Replies...Or not use the elevator when you're the only one in the building? (Yes, that's unfortunate when the building has multiple floors, but beats getting stuck, I guess, especially when it's not the first time.)
Load More Replies...The EMERGENCY phone don't Works. His cellphone works just fine
Load More Replies..."Use the emergency phone!" "It don't work." "Well then call the superintendent!" "He don't work either."
I'm going to be "THAT person" right now, so apologies! He's stuck in a lift where there may well be no mobile phone reception. It's appearing as though that's the situation. You can take photos on your phone without it being actively connected to the Internet. He probably took the photo to pass the time, maybe then switched it off to save battery and uploaded the photo once he got out of the lift and charged his phone.
I have been stuck in two malfunctioning elevators. I researched some information and figured out that the chance of the same person getting stuck in two elevators is one in ten billion.
5000 Litres Of Spilt Ink
Considering the price of an ink cartridge. Id say we are looking at around a trillion dollars.
My assumption was it was the heat and it was stored incorrectly.
Load More Replies...This picture is inspiring me to do a red, yellow and blue acrylic paint pour - hope it turns out to be as good as this one!
Scene Outside My Apartment Today. A Crane Was Holding A Big Crate Of Paint. Then It Wasn't
Let's have six men stand here and look at it. Yeah, that's good.
A cat knocked it off the crane.
Load More Replies...This desperately needs a 'Men at Work' sign. Otherwise, no one, especially the men just standing around, will know what is happening here.
Guy on far right. here, lemme just pick this up, it's not that bad...
3rd guy from the right looks like he's still trying to figure out what it is.
We’re all wired differently. Some people have a much more difficult time recovering from an unpleasant workday.
If you’re one of them, author and academic Dr. Caitlin Demsky advises detaching yourself from the negative energy by relaxing after work. It could be doing yoga, listening to music, or watching a movie, as long as it helps you sleep better.
“Those who can take mental breaks from this fare better and do not lose as much sleep as those who are less capable of letting go,” Dr. Demsky said in an interview with Inc.
It Was Pajama Day At Work. Guess Who Was The Only One Who Participated?
So let's do it like they do on the Discovery channel!!! :D
Load More Replies...Rilakkuma- means relaxed bear 🐻 in japanese ♥️ the onesie dude ♥️ Akso korilakkuma means little relaxed bear 🐻
i mean, I'd participate but my PJs (if you can call them that) ain't fit for public consumption XP XD
I dont wear pyjamas so if i worked there I'd have to come in my pants.
You can call those pajamas, but we all know you just wanted to wear that.
My Classroom After A Preschool Tantrum. 3.5-Year-Olds. The Parents Insist The Child's Behavior Is Not The Problem
And they learn far more from what they see, than from what they hear or are told.
Load More Replies...In my area they're starting to kick kids out of school until their parents get them help. They're a danger to the other children if they're that violent.
My daughter is a primary teacher (grade 3) she is getting kids in her class who are not toilet trained!
Load More Replies...This Wins The Internet
15 plans would be impressive. I don't even have one.
Load More Replies...However, some days are heavier than others. They could be taxing enough to break you down emotionally. If you’re pushed to the brink, New York-based psychologist Dr. Junhong Cao advises allowing yourself to feel your emotions.
In an article for her website, Dr. Cao encourages catharsis through a sad song, a heart-wrenching film, or journaling. If you need to cry it out, go for it.
I'm The Only Person In My Entire Office Of 30 People Who Dressed Up Today, And I'm In A Full-Body Banana Suit
You're a cool person working with 29 a$sholes, don't pay them much attention
Made These For Work On My Birthday, Nobody Really Ate Them
My thoughts exactly. I wouldn't want to destroy all the hard work!
Load More Replies...yeah i would think you made them for certain people {like that's their face on the cupcake you made it for them!} and wouldn't touch them unless told
Too cute. That’s a compliment…unless you’re forgetting to tell us you “accidentally” fed co-workers d**g-laced snacks at the last Christmas party and they still haven’t forgiven you.
If it makes OP feel better, I once poured my heart and soul into a gluten free and egg free cheesecake so I could have it and almost everyone else could too and I was the only to take some
As a celiac, I sympathise, but I hope you enjoyed it. I don't bake, but sometimes I take a pack of gluten-free cakes/biscuits with me to an event, and people don't want to eat them because they "can eat the ordinary ones". I like to eat what everyone else is eating, just for once!
Load More Replies...There’s A Massive Hole In My Pants And I Only Noticed An Hour Ago. No One Said Anything To Me
I have a puppy who is almost a year old. My adorable, tiny turd loves chewing on clothes. Shirts, pants, underwear. She doesn’t care; she will eat it.
I lost a pair of black pants to the destroyer of clothing a few days ago, and I thought I threw them out (the pants, not the dog.)
I now realize, with horror, that I put the wrong ones in the discard pile. Meaning, I wore the ones with a huge hole in the bottom. To work. With people. Lots of people. I dropped a couple of things and had to pick them up.
I pulled an entire thong out of our dog's rear end recently. Yet still we love them.
A whole packet of dental floss. It was a economic packet, so 40m. My vet spend a very very long time getting it out. I didnt want to do it myself because i was scared of hurting my little demon baby. Oh and grass, sooo much grass i sometimes think she is secretly a cow.
Always wear underpants in the same colour as the trousers. And the OP probably put the right ones on the discard pile, it just happens that the dog attacked the other pair as well...
This happened to me with pairs of work pants I’ve owned for almost three years now. Only one has survived and I need to get new work pants. The holes rub against my thighs and create rashes that last for a few days.
I had that same problem (the rashes) from wearing my black work pants. Blue jeans don't do it to me, but the black pants do. Anyways, I got boxer brief type underwear (except made for women) and they've been a life saver. The longer legs cover my thighs, and poof! No more rashes. Just look it up on Amazon, that's where I found mine. They're just fruit of the loom, nothing fancy. Hope this helps!
Load More Replies...Ummm...the last sentence, "I dropped a couple of things and had to pick them up" - I really hope they didn't fall out through that hole on the jeans!
Self-care isn’t selfish, and even the American Heart Association says so. Dr. Cao says it is most important during stressful times, like when you’re having an awful day at the office. Exercising after work could be a way to decompress and relax.
For downtime, Dr. Cao urges focusing on interests. Take a break from social media and engage in your favorite hobbies, such as painting or playing an instrument.
My Old Office Once Held A Birthday Party For Me And Served Pork Tacos, I'm Muslim
Or maybe they just didn't know the person's religion. I worked with a lot of people who were religious but never specified which one they followed.
Load More Replies...I got a birthday cake and I'm allergic to eggs. She didn't think of making something vegan. It's ok. It's the intention that counts.
You had your "I'm allergic to eggs" sign at your desk on all the time?
Load More Replies...That's rude...sadly it says we don't really care, we are not noticing you, or hearing you. Sad
I Brought Muffins To Work Because Of My Birthday, And 5 Minutes Later They Told Me I Was Being Fired Because Of Budget Cuts
Imagine if the person that got fired had an idea it was going to happen and brought the cupcakes laced with edibles.
Yesterday was my birthday. Today is my last day of work with a government contractor where I've been for over 6 years. Our contract was awarded to a different company, and my employer did not find another contract to put me on. Anyone need a Windows Admin in the NoVa DC suburbs?
That's Why I Window Share, Not Full-Screen Share
Work-life balance is essential for longevity and sanity. Dr. Cao recognizes that it can be intimidating for some to exert that right, but you can start with small steps each day.
Some excellent examples include limiting screen time, logging out from your work platform after a specific time each day, and avoiding checking emails on weekends. But this is probably the most important tip from Dr. Cao: “Saying ‘no’ more often and not people-pleasing as much.”
Crane Tipped Over Onto A Mostly Completed School
Looks like it's mostly the scaffolding around what probably was going to be the top-floor. Still, it may have caused damage to the basic structure of the (outer walls and) floors below and everything will have to be checked and possibly repaired.
Load More Replies...That´s "mostly completed"? Looks like it still needs a couple of months at best.
My Boss Thinks It's A Great Idea To Randomly Pull The Fridge Plug To Save Energy
At first it was only on the weekends, now it's just randomly. You don't even save any energy by turning the fridge on and off, also this makes just the perfect environment for bacteria and mold to grow.
It'd be a real shame if an employee were storing their insulin in there when that happened.
I worked with a lady who had to have a refrigerator for her insulin. Then years later I worked with a guy who carried his in a cooler tote. He was a driver/courier and forgot it in my office one day. “The boss” made a stink one day because diabetic driver had to return from his run to get his bag with his insulin and snacks. I made it quite clear they were violating his health care/disability rights if they refused to let him. Yep, I got fired for missing too much work sick days but not being offered FMLA 😜 oh boy did that cost them a lot! I didn’t even realize until later when a lawyer told me they were wrong. Someone had already called OSHA and I think they thought it was me because we had joked about it because of some incidents…
Load More Replies...Let the whole office staff call in sick and just say it's food poisoning from spoiled food stored in the unplugged refrigerator.
Arab! I think this is passive-aggressive behaviour. Boss is using 'energy saving' as an excuse.
I Caught Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease At My Job As A Daycare Teacher
My brother caught that from his toddler one year. All the skin ended up peeling off of his hands - his fingertips literally split open. It's usually worse for adults than it is for the kids.
I'm certain the zombie apocalypse will be caused by a 3 y/o whose mother exclusively uses essential oil in place of actual medical care.
Work-life balance can also mean drawing a line between the two and keeping them apart. Bringing home your stressors won’t do you any good, and Dr. Cao advises making a conscious decision to “leave work brain at work.”
According to her, even simple acts like washing your hands or changing clothes before leaving can help reset your mind before heading home to your family.
“Remind yourself that you work to live, not live to work,” she said.
Kids Trash Thrift Shop's Toy Section, Parents Don't Care
Why you little sh**s, and big ones too judging by the parents’ indifference.
Responsibility is taught. This is the parent's fault for being careless, irresponsible, and disrespectful.
Load More Replies...About 5 years ago, I saw a post from an "influencer mommy" about "parenting hacks." Among quite a few other inappropriate and entitled "hacks," she actually suggested this as a way to entertain your kids. Some of her other tips included using the bathrooms in hotel lobbies like public bathrooms because they are cleaner than gas stations or actual public bathrooms, using the kids section of the public library like a day care with free wifi, and treating Petco like a free zoo/aquarium, making workers answer kids questions and take animals out so the kids could touch them, with no intent to buy anything. Her post were very popular. People are such a**holes
thanks for the tips ...Kids ...Tomorrow we heading to Toy r Us Who s wiz me ? (Seriously that were we going .)
Load More Replies...I don't know what has happened to parents these days, Lazy or apathetic, either way, make these monsters fix it.
This absolutely wouldn't happen at my store, but I have good management who support my instantly stopping shenanigans of any type. Helps that I have old lady resting b!tch face, too. I look really mean even though I'm not. Practice looking mean and speaking firmly with authority. It will take you far.
This has to be here in the US, where people just assume "the customer is always right". It says that this is a thrift shop? So, tell them to GTFO and not to come back. I am so sick of this attitude, where places are trashed by entitled little crotch goblins, while their Karen mothers just ignore it. NO. Stop putting up with this sh*t!
Company Enforced Monthly 2-Hour Drive In To The Office To Improve Collaborative Working
Yes. There is absolutely nothing visible that is not essential for someone to carry out their job. No plants, no pictures, no colour, no decoration of any kind. It has a window, that's all.
Load More Replies...The company I'm contracted to demands that everyone come into the office once a month for an 8 hour meeting. Not once has a meeting had anything to do with my job, the division i work in or anything relevant to me. It's a 2 hour round trip there and back, so i end up wasting 10 hours of my day, as well as the money it costs me to get to the cbd.
Return to office policies are designed to get people to quit, avoiding layoffs.
We did the same thing. Now I’m moving to another job. It was getting to depressing being the only one in the office.
I hate open work spaces. People collaborate using slack or email far better than getting up and having a loud conversation in the middle of a room of people.
Customer Ordered All This Food On Uber Eats And Canceled The Order The Moment I Finished Making Everything
I would consider having a rule that large orders carry an agreement that there must be a cancellation fee, and that past a certain amount of time, they still have to pay full price.
Yes, something like 15 minutes after the restaurant "accepts" the order, it can no longer be cancelled.
Load More Replies...That should only be possible after paying a cancellation fee. It's anti-social, it's wasteful and it's rude.
or just, if you payed for it, then there are no going back!?
Load More Replies...Yes, but that's not the point. Uber-eats takes such a large cut that restaunts often make no profit on these sales (they have to rely on dine-in customers and those who order directly and pick it up themselves). Now they are out of pocket. There needs to be accountability. Restaurants are not charities (but def better to give them to the homeless than throw them away if legal... so long as the homeless don't come to expect it and get violent as has happened with some bakeries etc.).
Load More Replies...I don’t understand why they don’t have to prepay for such large orders. When I worked in restaurants anything over $50 had to be paid in advance. We went to our favorite local breakfast place one morning and had to wait an extra 1/2 hour because of a no show to go order of $75 from the neighboring car dealership. Eff that, we would have taken that food over and demanded payment or barred future orders.
The policy should be: pay by credit card for all called in orders. Customer gets charged no matter what.
We’d like to hear from you now. What do you do after a forgettable day at work? How do you unwind and prepare for another day of the same grind? Let us know in the comments!
That’s Tough
Spill kit!!! The absorbent powder does wonders, even on paint! You'll contain and remove 90% of the product spilled by applying and sweeping up the powder. Buuuuut, then you'll have to clean/buff the floor and shelves, strip the wax off the floors, repair any damage, apply new wax, buff. I know all these steps, and I know it works, because I may or may not have been involved in a couple of thick goopy spills, when I worked retail. I may have been the one to knock paint off the shelf. The can burst open upon contact with the floor.
There's a story here and I want to hear it. Those cans didn't commit suicide.
During the first week at the hardware store where I ended up working for 18 years, I dropped a gallon of paint, spilling it everywhere. My boss didn't say anything, he just helped me clean it up. Might be part of the reason I worked there for so long.
It looks like they were walking out of it... As in away from it?
Load More Replies...Decided Today I Was Going To Take A Different Route In The Construction Zone To Get To Work
Why are tgey walking through a construction zone? Unless living in an area still under development, better take the long way around..
What is is about "Don't go into the construction zone" that people don't get?
Did you decide to get to work through the ground and come up the other side?
Someone Stole The AC Unit From Where I Work
We still have one for the other half of the store, but... why?
The condenser unit is aluminum with copper tubing running through it.
Load More Replies...Could be worse…one night someone climbed on the roof of the housing office I worked in and shat in the AC.
'Tis nothing . . . where i live they steal the signalling cable from off the railway . . . where electric trains run . . .
Can’t Get To Work
If that's ice I'm impressed at how they managed to clear that road in the background.
Ever Made A $100,000 Mistake?
I was recently moved to shipping for an ink-making company. While unloading a dark trailer, I punctured a 2000-pound tote of water-based ink; the entire thing emptied in seconds. The whole trailer, dock door, and outside were turned blue. Even though it's water-based, it still had water pollutants in it, so the EPA had to be called in due to it getting into the sewer. The specialty company that was called in to clean up has spent the last 3 weeks digging up the sewer and surrounding ground that had been contaminated. A few days of heavy rain haven't helped the cleanup at all. Needless to say, I had a nervous breakdown and missed 2 days of work. I got a call asking if I was quitting, which would possibly lead to criminal charges (don't know if that's possible, but I know I can fire back for not having dock lights and fork trucks with dim headlights). Being close to 3 weeks out, I can finally think back and laugh at this situation.
Sounds like an avoidable accident. I blame the company for not having proper equipment.
Document every detail of the incident, the company's reaction, the cleanup, etc. Consult with your union rep (if employees are empowered enough to have a union). Invest in a consult with a lawyer. It sucks that this happened to you, but you were using the tools provided in the environment established. You can't be faulted for conditions that are not your responsibility to maintain.
At one of my previous jobs the fork lift operators were almost gods. If they needed something changed to make the work environment safer it got changed.
I′m blue Da ba dee, da ba daa [...] I have a blue house with a blue window Blue is the colour I bought and I wear Blue are the streets and all the trees are too I have a girlfriend and she is so blue
You Had 1 Job! My Boss's Name Is Brian
I miss my brain, wait no I don't, I don't have a brain to miss it with.....
Upvote x 10 for remembering that! I loved that show 💜
Load More Replies...Customer Left A S**ty Tip, Quite Literally
If they paid with credit card, you have their credentials. Ban them from ever entering your establishment again.
Can't help but wonder what their home is like if they do this in a public place.
There are certain people who should not be allowed to breed!
Load More Replies...Contractor Fell Through My Sister’s Ceiling
My dad once slipped in the attic and put his leg through the ceiling below. Unfortunately for him the ceiling had custom wallpaper on it. It was an expensive slip.
My father and I were in his attic one time when he missed a step and went through the ceiling of the living room below him. I reacted by wrapping my arm around his neck and pulled him back up. I could hear him choking as I did it. But it was better than the alternative, falling on my mother's plate glass coffee table.
Does remind of the time a colleague said, “The second time (husband’s name) fell through the ceiling….” Turns out you can be a neurosurgeon and still be quite clumsy!
maybe it was the dude från the YT channel that cuts down employees who goes overtime? 🙃 /jk
Load More Replies...Looks Like Someone Forgot To Put On The Parking Break
Who parks a truck on a beach, even above the high tide level?
Load More Replies...This reminds me of various news stories about people when GPS systems in cars were first being used and you'd read about someone driving into a river or something!... It's like, omg 😄 How do you not notice that you're driving straight into a river???
The Businesses In My Shopping Center Decided That The Recycling Chute (Two Units Down) Was Too Far To Walk. That Door Is My Store
Fire Marshalls have more power than the police of such things.
Load More Replies...This violates so many OSHA standards. Report the situation to the property manager and threaten to report them to OSHA if action isn't taken immediately. Businesses get hefty fines for this kind of workplace hazard. (I am assuming this is USA, based on the boxes.)
I'd kick that pile, spread it out, make it an annoyance for everyone.
Probably told the new kid to take out the trash but didn't tell them where it was supposed to go.
Just Happened To Be Right Behind The Wreck
Back up, turn around, go home and pick up a lottery ticket on the way there.
Load More Replies...First Day Back From Maternity Leave. They Gave Away My Office And Left My Stuff Boxed Up In A Broken Cubicle
Thats "not allowed", but they sent her a message " you are trash to us now"
Load More Replies...Sometimes the universe gives you a sign. Look for a job where you are valued and respected.
I'm not understanding the reactions here. Cubicle, office, whatever. It's the space assigned to you. If the workplace has "floating" offices where no one has an assigned space, this might make sense, but then she probably would have taken her stuff. This just says that we really didn't care that you were gone, or we assumed you wouldn't come back.
I had a startup I worked for give my office to a new Project Manager who refused to take the job unless they got an office. So I left and they offered me 4x my salary to come back and finish the database and api code base for the project they were about to go into beta for more funding. I told them I would never work for a company that valued me so little. The startup I went to work for paid 6x the rate and I ended up with options. Paid off my next two cars.
I'm surprised my work hasn't done that to me yet. And I have barely taken any time off this year!
Got Off Work To No Road Home
Or get Keanu Reeves to drive. He's done it before with a bus ;)
Load More Replies...Apparently Our Delivery People Don't Know How To Stack Boxes Without Them Falling Over
I've seen this happen at one place I worked at when I was a teenager! All it takes is one thing in one box to decide to break and that box falls over and then the next like dominoes!
From my experience, 6 boxes like this is safe maximum, it still depends how many rows side by side.
So This Is How I Learned My Work Calendar Wasn’t Private
Work calendars don't have to be private - it makes no sense for them to be so. Use your own private calendar for personal reminders.
I Let Someone Borrow My Knife At Work, This Is How They Gave It Back To Me
There's a reason that chefs in restaurants have a saying: 'DON'T TOUCH MY KNIFE!'
Yep. I don't let people touch my knife. Use the s****y restaurant's knife. When I go for a break, I clean my knife and put it away in its case.
Load More Replies...I so feel this one! Omg professional chef kitchen knives are incredibly expensive. One chef at a place I worked at taught me about the usage for different knives for different food, the cuts they make and how to take care of them. So this? I'd have been severely p*ssed off too.
In Chicago For Work, Paying $65 A Night For Parking, Wake Up Ready To Go To Work, All My Equipment Is Gone
Tbf I can understand the false sense of security due to paying $65 a night for parking
I don't know how people can live in a city where, if you park on the street and there is anything in your car, somebody is likely to break into it. Like damn, how sucky to have to deal with.
I live in Chicago. Woke up this morning and couldnt find my car key. It's one of those push button starts. Luckily I had a spare fob. Go outside this mornign and the key was sitting right on the seat. Had been there for 2 days. Luckily I live on a safe block. If this had been my old address my car would have been LONG GONE!
Load More Replies...I live in the suburbs and I wouldn't leave equipment in my car even parked outside my house!
In anywhere, wherever? Don't leave valuables out on display in your car. Take everything with you.
Right Before Closing, A Customer Came In And Got $60 In Diesel For Their Truck. Now I Get To Count And Roll These Bad Boys. He Was Also $3 Short
In the USA, the place of business actually does not have to accept payment in coins, as there's a government statute that more than a certain amount of coins is unduly burdensome.
In the UK under the Coinage Act 1971, one penny and two pence coins are legal tender only if used to pay for something that costs twenty pence or less. A bill of up to five pounds can be paid for in five pence or ten pence coins, whilst for bills up to ten pounds, twenty pence and fifty pence coins can be used.
Load More Replies...Had a few people do that to me. Made them stand there and wait while I counted and rolled it. You waste my time, I waste yours. I'm not giving you $20 in gas when all you have is $12.32
This. The customer doesn't leave until payment of any type is confirmed
Load More Replies...Actually, when I worked retail, I'd take coins, BUT I'd require the customer stand there while I counted every coin.
Very slowly. Because if you’re gonna try and pay with that much coin, I’m going to make you wait as long as possible to do it
Load More Replies...Shops in Aus are under no obligation to take more than $3 in small coins.
I never minded taking change from people when I worked in customer service, Maybe they had to scrounge for money because they were in a tough financial position. I have been in that situation many times in my younger years.
One job I worked in? A guy brought in a plastic money bag full of 5p pieces, a 5p/10p bag is equal to £5. Obviously I counted it all out but I'm not really that bothered, yes it's a pain but it's still legal tender and least you're paying 🙂
Some Jerk Keeps Eating My Food At Work. This Is The Third Time Now, They Eat It Even Out Of My Own Containers. I Have No Idea What To Do Anymore The Manager Won’t Do Anything About It
Use salt instead of sugar. And if HR comes to you with accusation of making it awful on purpose, start thanking your horrible colleague for "saving you from your own mistake". Maybe even something like "silly me! But at least nothing bad happened. You know, we were preparing rat poison this weekend, can you imagine that mistake?"
Load More Replies...id make things too spicy to eat and leave them in the office fridge while keeping my snacks in drawers for a week or so. no one can accuse me of meddling with food either way because 1. there wouldnt be any pills to induce any unfortunate events, 2. i can say "i like it that spicy" and 3. gives me the chanse to ask "why would you eat my food?" and turn the tables o the thief and make them not touch my stuff again.
Chilli powder. Or turmeric powder for the yellow so you can see who it is.
Start putting canned cat food in everything you put in the fridge. Wait a week, then start telling everyone you work with you've been doing that.
At a place I worked at, they put a small spy cam in the fridge to catch someone stealing lunches.
Came Out On My Break To This
Don't ever park next to a building when there is ice on the roof. The business isn't responsible for any damage to vehicles. You have to call your car insurance and file a claim. I know somebody that this happened to a couple of years ago. She was yelling at the business she was parked at. I called my cousin who is an insurance agent and asked her about it then put my phone on speaker and asked her to say it again for my friend to hear.
I'd have guessed the ice came from the top of a truck...
Load More Replies...My New Desk At Work
You got a nice chair, how long do you have to work before you get the nice desk to go with it?
Orientation For My New Job Is Today, And My Eye Decides To Look Like This When I Wake Up
Mosquito-bite on the eye-lid? Had that ones. Terrible urge to scratch it after every blink, but I know it will get worse from that, but now I can't stop blinking!!!!
Might be a stye under each of the upper eyelids. Gonna cause swollen eyelids for a few days.
Load More Replies...I had pink eye a week after I started a new job ... the job before that was the flu.
big mood, I got a corneal abrasion from my CPAP mask drying my eyes out. It's been a month and I'm still light sensitive.
I got something like this, probably a mosquito. I went to the river anyway as it was summer and as I was laying there in the sun I felt the swelling go down and my eye was suddenly back to normal - weirdest thing.
Got Dressed In The Dark Yesterday And Arrived At Work Wearing Two Different Shoes
I have prosthetic and did something similar one day because I didn’t take the shoe off my prosthetic and rushed to put on a completely different other shoe.
Our Work Christmas Bonus
This one is a major slap in the face! Not only is the "bonus" a dumb bag of M&M's but they're saying you are moody and on the naughty list? WTF? I'd be so incensed about this I might shove those little candies somewhere, see how jolly they are afterwards.
I'd just hand them back as the employer probably needs them more than I would.
Better than when my husband (a teacher) got one (1) Lifesaver brand mint taped to a piece of paper that said "you're a lifesaver!" for Teacher Appreciation Day. This was from the administration, not a student or parent, lol
Serve 'em right if they got this so-called bonus returned with a resignation letter - and unambiguous instructions of what to do with said "bonus." I would not be the least bit surprised if this has actually happened.
I worked at McDs and the GM gave me a $5 gift card. Seriously $5 and this was a Busy place they could have afforded $50 easy.
My Boss At Work Plays The Same Playlist Every Day For The Past 6 Years. I Feel Like I’m In My Own Personal Purgatory
I had to deal with this at work. Same radio station, same lame songs everyday. If I go to hell this will be my punishment
My old job would always play the today’s top hits stations. Those stations play the same 15 songs over and over
Load More Replies...All retail workers, from November to January, same Christmas songs over and over and over 8 hours a day 40 hours a week
I counted last year for my own amusement. In the six weeks my store was playing Christmas music, I heard “Last Christmas” 82 times
Load More Replies...I'll trade you America for Panic at the Disco. Or some other obscure 90's garbage played in the SAME rotation EVERY FU¢KING DAY!
Load More Replies...I would start telling people " I bet you 100 bucks I can guess what song is next!" they will never see it coming and you get free money its a win-win!
We had the damned "top51" radio station at my precious job and the station played the same 51 songs all day long... Sometimes one song was dropped from the list and another one added, but it was basically the same 51 songs 8h/day. I heard them even in my sleep, it was hell.
Same - my job of 5 years played a 70's-2000's pop channel that rotated through the same 30 songs - including a dew I have hated since they came out. After I left, they switched to a classic rock station that makes me a little angry every time I go in and hear a song I love. Ah well - the upgraded pay and regular schedule beats a crappy job that plays decent music.
Did a high school work experience thing back in the day. Was attached to a supermarket that played the same songs everyday for a week. And to top it instead of learning the admin aspects I became the part timer who would clear up the empty crates room with dead rat and poo stink and after that counter bag packing. Stopped showing up after 3 days and told my mom about it. She called my school and told them I would not be attending.
One of the managers was like this when I worked at Express. Finally one morning when me and one of the other managers were opening, we took the cd's out of the cd player, scratched the ever living f*ck out of them, and put them back.
I Had To Take A Leave On The First Day Of My First Ever Job
One day before my first day of training at the company, this allergic reaction happened because of God knows what. I still don't know what caused this.
Work, I'm allergic too.... No problem, selfie isolate with ice cream and netflix... You'll soon be feeling better..
If you work at a desk you are likely allergic to the cleaning chemicals used
These problems tend to get worse when you're stressed, because that's just when you need them!
Oof I can feel that picture. I've had hives like that on the back of my right leg. Benadryl extra strength gel helps quite a bit.
i have this too. for me it happens when i scratch it, if you feel itchy dont touch it. it will get worse.
I get the same type of allergic reaction to synthetic bedsheets. The person seems to be from India, and those bedsheets are most certainly made of synthetic material.
Urticaria (" nettle rash ") is quite often idiopathic (of unknown cause) and might not happen again even if you're exposed to the same thing. I'd start carrying an antihistamine with you though.
I Got Up At 5:30 AM To Dress Up For "Whoville Day" At Work, Only To Find Out I Was The Only One Who Dressed Up. I'm Embarrassed Now
Tank Fell Off Its Transport Trailer On The Highway
Close, but it is a Bradley infantry fighting vehicle, not an armored personnel carrier. IFVs have auto cannons and anti-tank guided missiles while APCs just have a machine gun.
Load More Replies...The skid marks seem to point to the truck's brakes being slammed on HARD.
Nope. Looks more like a tank riding down the road and decided to take a leak on a trailer.
They Scheduled A Retirement Dinner For 1:00 Today. Almost Everyone In The Warehouse Leaves At 11:30 On Fridays
One of my former bosses gave approval to close early and go home at noon on Christmas Eve. Dec 23rd he gets the great idea we should have a Christmas Eve pot luck and could I organize it? We all noped right out of that idea.
Looks like they were completely prepared to serve absolutely nothing either.
If the warehouse workers cared, they would have reminded someone that they get off before that time. Looks like they didn't really care at all.
Ice Truck Making A Delivery To A Local Dock Decided That Even The Ice Needed To Cool Off
The ice saw the water and it thought, 'That was me, I wanna be like that again!'
Wife Was Surprised Coming Back From Her Break At Work
Just like that? Fortunately I live in a country in which you can only be fired if there is a valid reason and you get permission. Firing on the spot is reserved for gross misconduct, such as hitting or beating someone, being caught stealing or being verbally abusive.
So you're from anywhere where in the civilised world that's not America lol
Load More Replies...Won What I Thought Was A VR Headset At My Company's Christmas Party
I Work In A Minimum-Wage Grocery Store. The Fire Exit Has Been Blocked Like This For Months, And My Boss Threatened To Fire Me After He Saw Me Taking This Photo
Good, hope he does, then you can name him in a whistle-blower suit as well.
I Was On My Way To Work
Wait. You had to feel the tire coming lose. There is no way unless you have zero feel for the road...
The Landlord Refloored The Lobby In Front Of My Wife's Restaurant And Now She Can't Open The Front Door
Construction Trapped Us In The Office. This Is Our Only Door
I had this happen to me at an AirBnb. I rented a small inlaw unit for a whole month for a job in another city. Woke up one morning to a massive wood chipper blocking the door. Apparently the host forgot I was there, went on vacation and hired a crew to remove a half dozen dead trees on the property while she was gone. The crew couldn't hear me yelling and banging over the sound of the chainsaws and chipper and their industrial ear plugs, the host was out of contact and I couldn't even take meetings remotely because of the deafening noise. All the windows had security bars. Airbnb customer service was useless. I eventually had to call the local non emergency number for the police. Host didn't even apologize.
First Day Back To The Office From Vacation. I Have A New Employee Starting. It's -9°F Out, So I Pulled Out A Pair Of Boots I Hadn't Worn In A Long Time
They disintegrated on the walk from the train station to the office, and I had to introduce myself wearing them.
What sort of an office requires you to show the bottom of your shoes tho?
The problem with Ecco boots is that once they've "aged" long enough they just disintegrate and shed big gummy chunks of themselves all over the place. You'd look worse than cartoon-homeless walking around in those, and everyone would know.
Load More Replies...Dreaded hydrolysis... Can happen to any shoe if they're not worn for a while, no matter how expensive or cheap they are.
Cleaning my closet, I found a pair of old rubber shoes in this same condition!
My Monday Morning Office Greeting. I Got This When I Was 9… 33 Years Ago. RIP Kevin Mitchell
I know it's sad, but it was a mistake, they feel bad about it, and offered to replace it with a jersey. Personally: I'd let it go. Things get broken, and sometimes the person who breaks it is me.
The janitor collecting all the pieces and offering to replace the figure is wholesome. And the damage is fixable. I have put together things in worst condition: super glue, some tweezzers and a lot of patience.
not the janitor fault, i even feel sorry for him, it's an office, not the worker house, even more when it's fragile.
This is why you don't keep things you care about at work. Nobody to blame but yourself for that.
nah. id get that superglue and try my best to restore it within my capabilities. got at home a few little statues that are broken and glued together again simply because i liked them.
No worries, it can be glued. It might leave some visible seams, but as it's a sentimental piece, probably it wouldn't matter.
Boss Says The Office Has No Roaches
Adorable little roach babies. Makes you wanna cuddle them, doesn't it?
Load More Replies...Who else is looking for Headless Roach to comment on this? Even though I think they stopped a while ago :{
Glasses Broke On The Way To Work
One could burn an entire colony of ants in five seconds with one of those.
A Car Drove Into The Store I Work At Today
Driver and workers on-site are okay. The police chief said to my coworker that she mistook her gas for her break. We have a sidewalk and an incline to the building. We all think she could've used something spicier (common for the area; we see it every day.)
Why does this bother you so much? You know how to spell it correctly, and they're never going to see your comment.
Load More Replies...Second story on this list that spelled brake "break." Is this a new thing? I see it all the time on idiots in cars compilations.
Good job BP, cutting half of the caption off and censor words. Here's the rest of the caption: "We all think she could've been on dr*gs. (common for the area, we see it everyday) 1st two pictures are from coworkers, 3rd is the one I took driving away. (Didn't want big Boss to see I took it.) Absolutely devastated that my store is ruined."
Boss Gave Me The Keys. None Of Which Are Labeled
I Gave A Coworker My Screwdriver (Not The Work's) To Use For Literally A Day, And This Is How It Came Back
He wanted OP's because he knew what he intended to do with it. Didn't want to ruin his own
Ok I chew on things too but in all my years (3) of robotics I have never done that to a screwdriver.
Customer Said Their Bathroom Fan Wasn't Working
100% agree. I changed out my fan in my bathroom a few years ago and since I'd never been told to clean the fan it was pretty gross. Not to this level, but still pretty bad!
Load More Replies...I Have A Meeting At Congress And No One Showed Up
Looks pretty gloomy in there, just like the state of the US. Maybe the amount of lighting changes with that.
Most meetings take place in conference rooms, not on the congressional spectacle floor.
Load More Replies...This Is How The Shipment Arrived At Work Today
I Keep A Pack Of Gum On My Cubicle At Work. Tried To Grab A Piece And I Discover This… I Hate My Coworkers
New 0.05-Ply Toilet Paper At Work. Might As Well Use Your Hand
I never understand this, clearly you just use 3x the normal amount of toilet paper each time and I doubt it goes for less than 1/2 price...
One-ply is easier on some plumbing. No matter how much you use, it's still easier to dissolve and not clog.
Load More Replies...People will use this toilet paper and still not wash their hands afterwards.
Employer Mailed W-2 With Social Security Number Clearly Visible
A Customer With Her Child Spilled Goo On This 60-Dollar Children's Recliner. She Didn't Even Apologize
Thought I Would Get A Nice Base Tan Helping Out At My Customer's Farm For A Couple Hours
We Have A Bulk Ice Flake Machine At My Work And Last Night's Shift Forgot To Turn It Off, This Is What Happened Because Of Running It All Night
Walked Out To Go To My First Day Of A New Job, And Someone Smashed My Window In A Gated Garage, Nothing Was Stolen
This happened to a friend of mine years ago. His truck was repeatedly broken into and no other vehicles on the lot were damaged. Eventually his insurance said they wouldn't pay for more window replacements. He traded it in for a different vehicle and the break-ins stopped.
My Friend Sent This To Me From Her New Job Yesterday. This Is In An Employee-Only Bathroom That Requires Keys To Open. And There Is A Toilet Next To The Trash Can
We had some Auditors come to our work for a couple of weeks and one of them didn't use the toilet but wrapped their poo in tissue and put it in the waste bin. Cleaners weren't best pleased.
That's what they do in a lot of countries. Many countries have sewage systems that cannot cope with flushing anything but water.
Load More Replies...My Pizza Hut Was The Target Of Prank Orders Today. All Of This Food Now Has To Be Thrown Out
It's too bad a lot of US companies won't allow the food to be donated. Throwing out food just seems criminally wasteful to me.
You can thank lawyers for that. That food might be dangerous to someone who lives in dirt.
Load More Replies...I don't get this kind of thing. I only know of restaurants where you can order take-away, but you always have to pay beforehand. If anyone would be foolish enough to pay and then not take-away, I would send this for example to the local home-care-office, police- or fire station, any kind of place where there's public-service-employees working late shifts. Chances are it will get you some new customers afterwards as well.
When I worked in a Domin*es, fake orders would get eaten up by the staff. Not sure on the actual rules for that.
We occasionally sent them to the local PD or fire department.
Load More Replies...I worked at Pizza Hut for years. There is a key in the register for "mistake/burn". All that goes home with employees.
Not where I worked - employees were making themselves a pie, writing it off, and taking it. Take advantage of a good thing and everyone loses it.
Load More Replies...Our Company Installed 50,000 Square Feet Of Sod 2 Weeks Ago At A National Veteran Cemetery
The irrigation controller got "magically" turned off for 4 days during the hottest part of the year.
Not necessarily. Sod needs lots of water for about two week until the roots are growing into the soil below. Some might but it'll be patchy I used to lay sod.
Load More Replies...My Boss Wouldn’t Let Me Go Turn Off My Headlights, Even Though You Can See They’re On From The Window
Who asks for permission? We're adults. If I'd done that I'd say "I'm just popping across the road because I've left my headlights on" and that's it.
Unfortunately way too many people in the US would be fired for doing that.
Load More Replies...First Day At A Restaurant. I Found More Than Three Mice. The Manager Denies There's Any Problem. I Quit Afterwards
My Chair At Work
Must be a prank. The outlines are way too clear, it's been 'drawn' on the fabric
I worked at a call center. A trainee was so terrified taking her first call, she peed all over her chair
Friend's Cable Box Stopped Working So They Went To Swap It Out For Another One
My Trainee After He Says He Can Work Fast On Night Shift. We Still Have Many Things To Do. I Can't Wake Him Up, He Got Coma Type Of Sleep
Gambling With Pasta
Accidentally Left My Coffee Pot On In My Office Over The Weekend
It wouldn't have. There is a bimetal thermostat which cycles the element on and off to keep the coffee warm, and in lieu of this sort of situation, there is a one-time thermal overload fuse that will pop if there is no liquid left to sink the heat from the element.
Load More Replies...Came In To Work This Morning, Only To Find That Someone Lit Our Toilet On Fire And Left Graffiti On The Walls
Coworker Ate My Food
If they had money,,, why didn't they go buy themselves something.
Still Have Two Meetings Left At Work Today. One With A Presentation
Someone At My Job Took A Piece Of The Cheesecake Before I Could Finish Decorating Them
I mean no offence but is that actually what a cheesecake is supposed to look like?
They did this person a favor. Those cheese cakes are burnt the fack up and she be tossed in the bin. Start over. Don’t serve garbage.
Everything My 500$ Work Allowance For The Year Got Me
$500 For three polyester shirts and a windbreaker?
Load More Replies...Trousers Ripped At The Start Of An 11-Hour Night Shift
Unfortunately that happened to me once at work. And I went commando that day! Used staples to try and close the tear. Next time I'll remove the pants before I staple them. Ouch!
Bad Day At The Mini-Mart
And a bit of Bud Light. There's a box of Michelob in there, too.
Load More Replies...Not wrapped properly. If it was wrapped properly, this shouldn't happen.
This Happened At Work. I Was Moving The Truck And Accidentally Slammed On The Brakes
That is what happens when skids don't get wrapped properly. If they were wrapped properly, even if you slammed on the brakes, this shouldn't happened. Notice two other skids in the background. They didn't bust open or fell apart.
Guess We Can't Put On Christmas Movies At Work Anymore
All of the other services are beginning to follow suit so what are you going to do?
Load More Replies...I Got A King Size Payday For Christmas Bonus
As a nurse who works in the public health system, that chocolate bar and gift card would have had me cheering!
Load More Replies...OP states that they usually get a $1000 Amazon gift card, but this year only got a $100 Walmart card and a candy bar
