We’ve all had that very worst day combo. From little things, like keys falling into the road gutter hole to a car engine that goes on vacation and doesn’t start, to pouring salt instead of sugar in your coffee, call them first world problems, but they’re real. And blood-boiling. In fact, we previously rolled up this compilation of pics with people having a day they’d be better off without.
This time, we are taking it a step further with a brand new list of employees having worse days than you. The cases are just vile. Think of a guy dropping a $40,000 pallet worth of glass on his first day or think of how it feels when you’re working from home and hit video instead of audio.
While you feel the hair standing up on your arms, I leave the stage to all the workers who need a big hug, mint tea and a warm blanket as soon as they get home. And if you still think that your workday is not going according to plan, well, think again.
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When I Worked At A Dog Daycare (I'd Bring My Dog With Me, Duh) I Once Got Off From Work And Was So Hungry I Left Without Him
My manager sent me this picture about 10 minutes later saying "You forgot something". His expression is perfect.
Started Work This Morning, Put My Headset On, Felt Something Furry In My Ear, Looked And There Is A Bat In My Headset
When You’re Working From Home And You Hit Video Instead Of Audio
It has happened to all of us. The CEOs, the interns, the freelancers, nobody is immune to a bad day at work. And when it feels like everything is falling out of your hands and your head is about to explode, you look at the clock, and it says there’s still hours left until the day becomes history. So in order to find out what exactly we can do to help our miserable selves struggling with a bad day at work, Bored Panda reached out to Christine Mitterbauer, licensed and ICF-approved career coach and serial entrepreneur, who was happy to share some useful tips and insights.
“When you’re in the moment and this happens, the best thing is to stop what you’re doing, don’t say another word and excuse yourself to go to the bathroom,” Christine said and added that the last thing you want to do is explode in front of your boss and colleagues. “Doing this solves the problem in the short term, but to avoid this type of situation in the long term, there are a few strategies you could practice.”
Flew In A Helicopter For The First Time At Work, The Pilot’s Helmet Wasn’t Calming
Keeps Pecking The Window And Shouting At Me While I'm Trying To Work
The One Time The Toner Exploded At Work While Switching It Out. You Can See Where I Was At That Exact Moment
“Assuming you’ve excused yourself and have found a private space, whether it’s the bathroom or outside in the fresh air, the first thing to do is to get your breathing under control. Our breathing is intimately linked with our feelings and emotions, so by breathing in deeply and exhaling slowly, you immediately start calming your angry emotions down,” Christine said. In fact, the career coach argues that it’s impossible to be hot-tempered and angry while breathing slowly and deeply. “Do this 10 times,” Christine suggested.
Actually Had To Put This Sign Up In The Bathroom At My Work
My Friend Works As An Extra In Movies And Does Stock Photography.... Just Saw Him Pictured As A Sex Offender On A Bus In Florida
So I Started Working As A Beekeeper Last Week
“Another thing to do is to remind yourself that everyone always has a reason for acting and speaking the way they do, a reason that makes sense to them. It might make no sense to you and irritate or anger you, but by always trying to put your mind into that of the person who has angered you, you start losing some of that anger. No one is being mean or irritating on purpose.”
My Girlfriend Got Nailed At Work
This Pillar Was Straight Last Week. This Is The First Floor Of A Seven-Floor Building
Fell On A Gusset Plate At Work
Obviously you want to minimize the bad days you have at work, Christine says, as if there’s too many bad days, there may be consequences. “This can indeed affect your confidence as you start questioning yourself and your capability to do the job,” she said.
Another great tip to make sure you don’t get yourself to the moment of explosion at work is, before accepting the job, to “try as much as possible to get a feel for the kind of people you’ll be working with, as associating with personalities that clash with ours can result in too many uncomfortable and angry interactions.”
Poor Megan
I Cleaned The Cat’s Litter Box And Brought The Bag With Me To Throw Away In My Outdoor Trash Can On The Way To Work. I Also Brought My Lunch
Guess which one got thrown away and which one came to work with me.
My Friend Got A Surprise Haircut At Work Today. And It Was Free
Having said that, the career coach assured our readers that unless you’re a Buddhist monk, pretty much everyone will have bad days at work from time to time, even if they mostly love their job. “Speaking about Buddhist monks. One long-term strategy to really get your temper under control is to practice mindfulness meditation.”
It’s an excellent method to taking back the control you feel like losing when a bad day at work gets you. “This is a way of noticing your thoughts for what they are, ‘just thoughts,’ instead of having the thoughts control you. The better you become at this, the quicker you’ll pick up your angry thoughts in those crucial moments, and you will be able to push them away before they have a chance to consume you and make you feel like you’re exploding.”
Christine said that you could practice 10-15 min a day and see results after just a few weeks. So it’s definitely worth trying it out!
Guy Dropped A $40,000 Pallet Of Glass On His First Day
Bought 60 Doughnuts For The Office Today To Celebrate My 20th Birthday, Only To Be Told I Need To Self Isolate And Work From Home For The Next Week
They Couldn’t Do It
After Years In Retail, This Is The Worst Case Scenario
My Sister Tried Making Popcorn At Work Today... Didn't Go Very Well
Accidently Dropped My Work Keys Into The Toilet. When I Got Up To Fish Them Out, It Automatically Flushed Itself
I Work With An Office Full Of Sadists
I Work As A Valet. Told Him He Had To Park It Himself
The person who drives this HAS seceded. Don't join him.
Load More Replies...I'm horrified looking at the can under the brake pedal. Who cares about the mess in someone else's car? Those cans under the pedals are gonna kill someone!!
How can you see the brake pedal??? I can't see it myself🤣
Load More Replies...This looks like the manifestation of mental health issues. Hope the guy has since found some help and didn’t get hurt from this.
Yeah... All I feel is sympathy, the guy really needs help.
Load More Replies...Hoarders have serious mental health problems. They need help.
Load More Replies...I wouldn't be surprised, if he was one of those bastages who trashed the movie theater in the other post.
Good for you! There is no way I would let my pets in that disgusting mobile junkyard.
Man the s**t on the floor on the drivers side is a massive safety hazard
I wouldn't get in that car either! Good god man, I'd get claustrophobic just sitting in there!
I had a buddy like this in college (who also declared he was an elf). When you went in his car you had to carry the trash on your lap. Ewwwwww!
I'm trying to imagine how the driver was dressed & the venue (to have valet).
You can even see the sweaty mark from his testicles on the seat...
Imagine the improved gas mileage this car owner could get if they cleaned out their car.
Who can live like this. It hurts my brain looking at clutter. It has to smell too.
My brother said he saw a car like this one time that had roaches crawling in it 🤢
Can't say I blame the valet... this car needs torching. Also it's unsafe to drive with rubbish in the driver's side footwell.
You know that YOU are embarrassed enough by the piled-up trash in your car that you tell the valet, “Let me park it myself.”
Who does this to their car? It's disgusting! Learn to throw garbage away! It's not that hard! 🤮
this person is a caring human havent you seen the pullosion at beaches side of theroads in parks people dont pick up after pets ever step in it this person doesnt through it out i bet he was acub scout or boy scout recycle trash when it get full!!!!
I've seen tidier skips than that. Now, that same joke for Americans: I've seen tidier dumpsters than that.
I mean, gross stuff in the passenger seat is one thing. Stuff in the driver side where your feet go, that’s just not safe.
I'd have told him to sod off. You're a Car Valet, not a dustman (trashman in USA??). I hate to think what their house/personal hygiene is like, ewww 🤢
Death by garbage? Could the insurance Ppl use this to blame the driver so they don't have to pay?in an accident
How can you even reach the pedals with all that garbage on the floor?
Can't imagine what his house looks like if that's what his car looks like.
That car is a habitat for many crawling critters. You can’t even pressure wash it clean!
I used to work as a newspaper motor route carrier. One of my customers would read his paper, then stack them in his car. He never took them out. Once his car got completely full, he'd buy another car and start all over again. One car per year. In the time I had the route, he went through 6 cars. Two months after I quit delivering too him, he sadly passed away.
How the hell does this person drive?? There's literally a shitload of trash in the driver floorboard!
This one is actually dangerous. All it takes is a bottle to slide under the break pedal.
I would have parked it in an alley and set it on fire, then called an exterminator.
Burry cans of tuna and sardines in that junk. He will clean it soon enough.
Report him to the cops - driving with bottles, cans etc in the drivers footwell is dangerous as it impedes the travel of the brake and accelerator.
Or maybe keep a trash bag in the car to throw in and just throw the whole thing out in a wekk
"I Work As A Valet. Told Him He Had To Park It Himself" then ran out and took a photo as soon as guy was out of sight. OK, I would have too.
A wheeled garbage can - I would not get in there with a Has-Mat Suit!
Is that the car of the valet or the guy who had to park it himself? If it's his own car, why would he trash it? Confused.
There should be a mandatory "Detail While Parking" clause for cars like this.
Picky, picky, picky. Don't like adventure? Like a bottle rolling under the brake pedal?
You should have called the police. This is not remotely safe, especially with bottles rolling around on the floor of the driver's side.
I would be horrified if my car looked like this and there’s no way I’d willingly let someone else in. I just don’t get how people have no shame whatsoever.
Ok. The mess? Ive seen worse. But at least this chick with no survival skills that i cleaned for kNEW TO KEEP THE TRASH OUT OF THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR. thats so dangerous!!!
isn't that danerous? something can roll under the brake pedal and u wouldnt be able to brake propperly
I think you just saved yourself a tetanus shot there my friend!
A neighbor of mine was having a hard time backing out his Chrysler 300. I backed it out for him, but it looked like this inside. I handed him the keys and said "Try to take a little pride in your ride." His girlfriend started laughing and told him to start shoveling.
My ex roommate's car looks like this except for the passenger side. She also smokes, and I'm allergic to cigarette smoke, so we always took my car if we went anywhere together. Her room was also like this, and I helped her move/throw all the trash away when she had to move out of another apartment because her roommates got cats and sure was allergic. She had multiple immune disorders and mobility issues, and a lot of mental illness, so I was on with doing a lot of the work (I'm not allergic to cats and have few mobility issues)... But then when she decided to move to Oregon, meaning I had to move to a new place before she moved out, she didn't lift a finger to help with ANYTHING! You sure find out if people are YOUR friend vs you being THEIRS when you move or try to help someone with the overwhelming mess that is there life
Driver's seat looks like the dude was driving around with no underwear on
I Do Calligraphy. I Misplaced The Circled In Character, Which Is Part Of A 300 Word Scroll That I Almost Finished After 5 Days Of Work, 200 Characters In
The Ink From My Date Stamp At Work Exploded On My Shirt And The Material Formed The Droplets Into Little Stars
I Work At A Movie Theatre And This Is A Regular Occurrence
So I Bring A Pecan Pie To Work. By Noon It Was Missing. Found It A Few Hours Later In My Boss's Office
Buckets Of Paint Fell Off A Pallet Being Lifted By A Forklift
Need To Keep The Light On When I Get Ready For Work
The Windows Where I Work Like To Explode Every Month Or So
It's Always A Pleasure To Realize That Your Coworkers Don't Know How To Close A Box Properly... Right When You're Ready To Go Home
Was Given A Heat Sensitive Mug For A Work Meeting
Really Bad Day
My Friend Works As A Cleaner Here
After The Meeting Coworker Let Me Know That I Looked Naked And Frustrated The Whole Time
My Friend Went To Work With A Pair Of Underwear Hanging Out Of Her Pants All Day
I Work As A Financial Auditor. When Reviewing Cash Deposits, I Found That One Of Our Employees Accepted This $100 Bill
If only there was a way for the cashier to tell that this is fake 😐
I Work At A Small Coffee Shop. My Boss Just Absent-Mindedly Poured Unroasted Beans Into A Batch Of Roasted Ones. Here's Us Separating 10,000 Beans... By Hand
Just toss it all away. It would take too much time and the cost of buying new ones would outweigh the hours spent on sorting
FedEx Truck Hanging Off The Indiana Toll Road After Hitting Ice In Frigid Conditions. Driver Not Hurt
A Fly Managed To Slip Into My Coffee At Work. Fortunately, I Spit Him Out All Over My Keyboard
What McDonald's Got Us (At Least My Branch Of McDonald's) For Our Work During The Pandemic
-41°С And No One To Let Me In To Work
Just Slipped On Ice And Tore My Favourite Jeans. Now I Gotta Go A Whole Shift At Work With My Bright Orange Boxers On Show
My Wife Just Got This Huge Banner For Work. Perfect
This is either fake or clearly the other company’s fault. When the image doesn’t load, you ask the client to resend it.
This Was My Dad's Only Christmas Bonus From The Company He's Worked At For Over 20 Years: A $20 Off Coupon For A Frozen Turkey. My Mom Got A Christmas Ornament
These big companies honestly should be destroyed. Quality and employee care are all horrible.
My Boss Is Going To Kill Me
Why're you just standing there taking pictures? Help him climb up
My Zipper Broke At Work, Right Before A Few Important Meetings
So I Found Out That My Shoes Have A Hole In Them... At The Urinal At Work
I Picked Something Up At Work, All Of A Sudden My Leg Started To Hurt, I Reached Into The Pocket At My Leg And Realised That My Spare Blade Made It Out Of The Case Somehow
Just Lost Thousands Of Dollars Worth Of Product At Work. Most Likely Getting Fired
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Just a general comment to all workers out there. Thank you for putting up with all the s**t you do.
I hate how poorly workers are treated. They're treated like mere cogs in a machine.
The food waste really hurts. And I learned that you always should have replacement pants at work - and a pair of matching shoes.
It’s unfortunate, but they can’t sell stuff that’s determined to be outside of safe temperatures. And the ice cream one seems like that stuff had been sitting without power for at least 10 hours since they said it happened at 7 pm and it’s clearlu past dawn in the photo.
Load More Replies...One very hot day when I was working in downtown Seattle, a truck carrying a dozen or so barrels of pig guts started up Marion Street, a hill right next to my workplace, and the chain at the back of the truck holding the barrels in broke. All those barrels tumbled out, coating the street with several inches of gore. We caught wind of what happened way back in the repair shop when the driver came into the store to use the phone to call his boss, leaving footprints of greasy, smelly slime on the carpet. I still remember watching the poor truckdriver getting started scraping up the mess in the street, his head hanging low. The company cleaned it up, but an aromatic memory was with us all through that heatwave.
Yeah, that would make sense if we had seltzer water outside the US
I love looking at photos like these. That’s only because I can get anxious at work, thinking that nothing could get better. That is until I remember that photos like these exist, enabling me to think, “At least I’m not these people.”
Just a general comment to all workers out there. Thank you for putting up with all the s**t you do.
I hate how poorly workers are treated. They're treated like mere cogs in a machine.
The food waste really hurts. And I learned that you always should have replacement pants at work - and a pair of matching shoes.
It’s unfortunate, but they can’t sell stuff that’s determined to be outside of safe temperatures. And the ice cream one seems like that stuff had been sitting without power for at least 10 hours since they said it happened at 7 pm and it’s clearlu past dawn in the photo.
Load More Replies...One very hot day when I was working in downtown Seattle, a truck carrying a dozen or so barrels of pig guts started up Marion Street, a hill right next to my workplace, and the chain at the back of the truck holding the barrels in broke. All those barrels tumbled out, coating the street with several inches of gore. We caught wind of what happened way back in the repair shop when the driver came into the store to use the phone to call his boss, leaving footprints of greasy, smelly slime on the carpet. I still remember watching the poor truckdriver getting started scraping up the mess in the street, his head hanging low. The company cleaned it up, but an aromatic memory was with us all through that heatwave.
Yeah, that would make sense if we had seltzer water outside the US
I love looking at photos like these. That’s only because I can get anxious at work, thinking that nothing could get better. That is until I remember that photos like these exist, enabling me to think, “At least I’m not these people.”