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People Are Sharing Stories About Their Coworkers Getting Fired Almost Immediately, And Here Are 35 Of The Most Interesting Ones
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Finding a dream job that you thoroughly love is one thing, but keeping it… keeping it is a whole other challenge entirely. Just because you’ve passed all the interviews, signed the contract, and already introduced yourself to all the guys and gals at the watercooler doesn’t mean that you’ll necessarily be around for long. Sometimes, people do the most gosh darn stupid things and end up getting fired at the drop of a hat.
Redditor r/njaana asked their fellow r/AskReddit users to open up about the fastest that they’ve ever seen a new coworker get fired and, wow, did they deliver! Their stories are candid, hilarious, and will make you consider the wonderful fact that the global economy is still intact when there are so many ‘employees’ like this moving from job to job.
When you’re done scrolling down and reading the stories, don’t forget to give the ones that caught your attention the most an upvote. Be sure to let everyone know which ones had you laughing and cringing the hardest and share your own experiences about fresh-faced but inadequate colleagues in the comments.
Redditor u/njaana, the author of the thread, shared with Bored Panda the inspiration behind their question and also went into detail about the reality of the job industry in India and how unfair things can be. Scroll down to read what they had to say.
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#1
I worked at a bill collection firm in the early '90s (don't judge me). A guy started working there, went through the two days of training, and then started working. After about an hour, he got up and left. Didn't say, 'I quit.' Didn't say, 'this job isn't for me.' He just got up to go to the bathroom, went through the front door, and drove away. It took the managers a few hours to figure out that this guy had gotten the job with a fake name, and erased his own debt on the computer.
Virgil Blue 4 years ago
He should have covered his tracks by making a lot of others dept free.
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Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
If he’d had more follow through he may never have been caught. Should have stayed for a couple of months.
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
I kinda wish more people would do that for more people, especially with crippling medical debts.
HardTruths 4 years ago
He shd have engineered a more natural exit. All that prior efforts wasted!
Random Anon 4 years ago
It isn't so simple to just erase your debts. These things have redundancies and audit trails. And those redundancies have their own audit trails. Now he is also on the hook for criminal charges.
CindyLouWho1209 4 years ago
Depends on how long ago this was. Amazing how many companies didn't have security or back up systems in place.
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Guy MacGregor 4 years ago
Good plan. He still should have stayed a bit longer to avoid suspicion and the immediate investigation. Maybe he was afraid of being caught. But finishing the day then formally quiting would have been perfec
Whatshername 4 years ago
Not really, if he stayed a little longer (and maybe did the same for others) it would probably have gone unnoticed.
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#2
He slept with the boss's daughters — yes, daughters — the night he got hired. The real twist was that one of those daughters is now his wife, and his former boss is his mother-in-law. So, I guess he got the last laugh, and a lot of awkward family dinners.
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
There must be a cloud of cringe hovering over the Thanksgiving table.
Ian Reynolds 4 years ago (edited)
If the daughter is not underage, how is this a stackable offence? He could have easily taken the company to court for unfair dismissal.
Monday 4 years ago
If the daughters in question also worked at the company it could have been spun as an anti-fraternization thing. It's still dodgy but they could make it stick.
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SuperChicken 4 years ago
I wouldn't want to be in the same room with this family. I mean, the awkwardness and animosity vibes is filling the air.
Random Anon 4 years ago
I wonder if the person who hired him got in trouble. I hope not. They certainly can't see that coming lol.
#3
I worked at a fast-food restaurant. The new guy came in for his first shift, which was an evening shift in the drive-thru. He literally posted where he was and what he was doing on social media, and told all of his buddies to come through for free food. He then started screwing up orders on purpose, and handed his friends free stuff. The manager called the police and he got arrested.
jenjie.newt 4 years ago
According to this thread, corporate misbehavior is merely fire-able while fast food misdeeds require police
Vic 4 years ago (edited)
You have a point, but depends on the situation.. fast food is better than no food.. Edit: I don't understand why people keep downvoting you, you have a fair point.
Load More Replies... Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
Considering what most fast food places pay he still came out on top probably. :D
The author of the viral thread, u/njaana, said that they'd seen a lot of TV shows where people got fired for doing stupid things. Naturally, they wanted to check if there's some truth to that or if it was all made up for entertainment purposes. We'd say they got their answer! Sometimes, fact is stranger than fiction. According to the redditor, the core reason why people act this way and get immediately fired is their lack of maturity. Meanwhile, they shared that the very worst thing they've seen their coworkers doing is sleeping on the job.
The redditor explained that in India, the locals really value their jobs because getting them is a challenge. They also mentioned that the system is very unfair, with people ruthlessly vying for government jobs that offer job stability. "I am not from the U.S or a developed nation, I am from India. Here, people really value a job as it's hard to get even if you have the required qualification due to the large population, so people are more inclined towards government jobs because it has job security and other benefits and the chances of getting fired from it are very low," they told Bored Panda.
#4
We had a new IT hire. It was his first full-time job, he had good qualifications, and seemed okay. His first night, staff called me. He was spamming women with messages on their private phones. One woman's husband called me, saying her phone's camera was on nonstop and wouldn't turn off. He also installed software to switch on their cameras remotely. On day one. He wasn't allowed back on the premises.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Not allowed back on the premises? That's the minimum. This guy should have been reported and criminal charges pressed.
BlackestDawn 4 years ago
In fairness that might be the extent of knowledge submitter has in the matter.
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Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
In a way it was a good thing that he came out swinging, could've been worse if he'd been "smart" about his creepiness.
Random Anon 4 years ago
This is one problem with internal IT generally. There are too many technically capable people, minus the accountability. If I did that with my clients, I will be facing lawsuits and very likely jail time.
Yvette Desmarais 4 years ago
That's changing as companies realize the threat from internal IT. See Edward Snowden.
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PeachPossum 4 years ago
He was engaging in domestic espionage and stalking and all the boss did was fire him? Cripes.
#5
Boss hired a vegan to work in the cafe were we do coffee and mainly breakfast food. So lots of eggs, cheese and meats and you know, milk. She refused to touch anything with animal products and lasted about 15 minutes. Not sure how she survived the interview process and didn't pick up on the use of milk in coffee drinks or what breakfast food had in it.
jpaul 4 years ago
i'm vegan, and i find that vegan behavior silly. once the animal is dead there's no reason for a vegan not to work in the chain
Kari Panda 4 years ago
I‘m even fine with a vegan not wanting to work there. If you do not wish to work with any kind of animal products, I respect that. What I do not get is what she thought was going to happen. Did she think the café would switch to a vegan only menu for her? :/
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Monday 4 years ago
These are the vegans that are giving the nice vegans a bad name and make the non-vegans roll their eyes at every mention of the word :/
A B C 4 years ago
My ex SO (LDR) was vegan and she'd still cook me a steak when I visited her, cause she knew she'd make me happy after a 5h+ drive. The rest of the weekend I'd eat vegan with her to make her happy. She had other flaws (and I did, too), but in my opinion, she was the "perfect vegan".
Load More Replies... Vorknkx 4 years ago
This kind of pointless fanaticism can ruin even the most noble thing. No one was forcing her to eat those things, after all.
Monday 4 years ago
Nobody forced her into the job either....she applied knowing full well what kind of place it was.
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cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
I bet she was one of those militant vegans who thought they could change the menu by just being there
Steve Barnett 4 years ago
I refuse to touch anything with animal products. I'm not going round prodding things with a hotdog.
Monday 4 years ago
Now I would kind of like to see a vid of someone just going around interacting with the world using a hotdog.
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marianne eliza 4 years ago
A lot of deadbeats go to interviews just to have something to write down on their unemployment insurance papers. Got to at least look like they are job searching.
Thomas Ewing 4 years ago
Being vegan is dumb. "I'm so ignorant I can't eat properly, let alone keep a job!"
#6
We had a guy start in London on a Monday, and he left for a a conference in Seattle later that week. I met him at Heathrow with his badge and laptop on his first morning, and boarded the flight with him. Longish story, but he ended up slapping a member of the flight crew because she wouldn’t let him sit in business class. I called HR when we landed and fired him in baggage claim. We paid for him to fly back to the UK next day.
A B C 4 years ago (edited)
A close relative of mine is an airline pilot. They have had several occasions of people resisting crew instructions considering mask policy, some even turning physically violent against the crew, and a few being welcomed by police on arrival, taken away in cuffs. That's gonna be f*cking expensive for half an hour "I'm not wearing a mask, screw you!"
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SuperChicken 4 years ago (edited)
Self-entitlement is strong on this one. What a brat! He deserves to get fired. I hope the flight crew on his flight back were warned, should he pull the same stunt. My question is, doesn't the flight crew have the right to arrest a passenger (or passengers), during a flight who committed a crime? Clearly, this sap assaulted one of the crew and they should've cuffed him, then notify the police.
Ann Coffman 4 years ago
Well, not really arrest him, just tape him to the seat.
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The author of the thread, u/njaana, explained to Bored Panda that government employees have far too much power compared to everyone else. "Government employees can do whatever they want and most of them treat tax-paying citizens [badly]. We, the people of India, don't have any idea of our rights, we fear police who are supposed to protect us, the police are corrupt here, they often take bribes and break laws, and use their position for personal vendetta," they went into detail about the harsh reality of everyday life in India.
"It's true in the case of most government employees, they are rude and don't do any work properly. In my country, only people with power and money are treated as citizens and it's horrible, so I wanted to know how was the situation in other countries, that's why I really made the post to know if what was portrayed in the TV shows was true."
#7
I used to train new hires at a warehouse. We have a floor for robots to zoom around on, full of merchandise, and cold spite. Only certified technicians could set foot on that floor. The rest of us? Instant termination if we did it. We stressed this frequently throughout orientation. I was training a group of new hires at a work station on their first night. One of our managers came over to introduce himself. One guy, who had already been copping an attitude, asked him about stepping on the floor. The manager reiterated what we told everyone: Do it, and you're fired. The guy said, 'You mean don't do this?' And put one foot on the floor. Away he went. I heard the rest of the new trainees laughing over how stupid he was. He was even whining about it the whole time his termination was being processed.
Chich 4 years ago
Probably mummy and daddy's little prince. Does not transition well to the real world.
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Vorknkx 4 years ago
Some people have this weird idea that breaking rules or espousing unpopular/controversial opinions somehow makes them look "cool", "hip" or "edgy".
Chris365 4 years ago
I read it as cold sprite…just riding around on a robot on a hot summers day with a nice cold sprite
Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago
Maybe that's why they couldn't go on the floor. They didn't want the other employees to see how much fun they're all having up there with their cold drinks and fun robots.
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Weim Central 4 years ago
Wrongful termination for sure. The 'go to' for dolts.
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Gail Rodgers 4 years ago
Spite is to the desire to hurt, annoy or offend someone, just because. e.g. he was a very spiteful person.
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On her first morning, she wrote an email to her manager about how grateful she was to be with the company, how she looked forward to working for us, etc. She also wrote an email to her friend about how she'd got a cushy gig, and would scam them for as much training as possible for the first couple of months, and then leave. Apart from the general lack of wisdom of saying this on the company email system, when writing such contradictory emails, it's vitally important to put the right addressee on the right email. She walked out the door after two-and-a-half hours.
Mihai Mara 4 years ago
That's how all Bond villains end up badly: they start explaining their detailed plan to James.
Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago
That's the case for most fictional villains. In real life though.... it'd take someone who's either not in their right mind or just really not thinking the whole "getting away with it" thing through.
Load More Replies... Random Anon 4 years ago
I never understood such shortsightedness. You get trained and you get practical experience. Why the need to do this? Because of people like this, companies are reluctant to spend on trainings without some kind of bond.
Lord Mysticlaw 4 years ago
Do not use company email for personal emails. I learned that the hard way.
SuperChicken 4 years ago
I hate to say this, but don't get your hopes up. They would probably learn for a second, then turn around and sneeze - there it goes - completely forgotten.
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Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Yeah, that’s why you keep your personal life away from work, and wait until you’re home after hours to say what you really mean—-either privately in person, or making sure you’re posting privately, so the corporate online stalkers can’t see it!
WillemPenn 4 years ago
I've done way too much doc review on large cases. Business emails should always be professional, clear and straightforward. Snark, humor, emojis, inside jokes can be taken the wrong way. No personal info *ever*. Before you press send imagine your email being posted on a billboard outside your office, outside your parents' window. It can save you from being called as a witness at worse, or it can save your pride as CEO at least knowing that when you meet with the group of 100+ attorneys reviewing your docs, all of us are silently snickering because we have all read the three years worth of emails between you and your lover talking about all your kink and your plan to screw over your spouses. Doc review is long, boring, underpaid work so we take our jollies where we can.
#9
Many years ago, we hired a line cook that had a decent amount of experience. He started on steak night. The first steak was undercooked. Re-fire, undercooked. On his third try, undercooked. Fourth try, the cow was still mooing when it came off the grill. The front of house manager goes to head chef and tells him to kick the cook off the line, so he does. His new job was to replace me on the sauté station. The first order he got there was for a side of asparagus, so he put the asparagus into the hot pan and added enough oil to deep-fry them. He turned on the stove. Oil escaped and hit the flame, and started a fire. He went to grab water, and if not for my head chef stealing the cup, we might've had a bigger fire. Just like that, gone. It turned out, all of his previous jobs were real places, but his supervisors were just friends who lied. Total time of employment: three hours.
Caro Caro 4 years ago
That nitwit could have burned the place down. Why not let the new chef cook something before hiring?
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
Most restaurants actually do that - it's usually the omlette test!
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Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
How is it not ingrained into the very fabric of every adult's being that you do not throw water onto a fat fire?
A B C 4 years ago (edited)
Every adult is one side, but a professional COOK!?!? /edit: I mean, you're right, but people are dumb. This individual has been specifically trained for working in the kitchen, so he should have known for certain.
Load More Replies... Cip IESAN 4 years ago
You keep a steak on the fire til the juice appears on the top side, than you turn the meat. About 3 minutes each side; after, you let it rest, well covered with another plate.
Guy MacGregor 4 years ago
There are so many different way of doing it. If you serve me a steak cooked as you suggested, I would send it back for being undercooked.
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V Martinez 4 years ago
Did the person posting mean the guys previous places were NOT real places? I re-read like 3 times and saw 'were real places'. Because his friends lied, that's why I asked.
Dynein 4 years ago (edited)
I think it translates to "we thought that *every *part of his job history was made, but it turned out the places were actually real, the lie was that the supervisors he listed were actually his friends and not truthful about his skills". (Though I can't tell how much of the friends' stories were lies - if they were actually supervisors there or were just listed as supervisors on the resume, if the guy had actually worked at these places or not - all combinations are possible)
Load More Replies... Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
Did he really think "how hard can it be?" in the belief that he could automatically do it all?
This isn’t the first time that Bored Panda has written about new co-workers getting fired: it’s a popular topic on Reddit. Here’s an article that we put together on the topic earlier in case this list hasn’t fully sated your hunger for workplace drama.
It’s fairly obvious that you shouldn’t come to work drunk, hungover, or worse for wear. However, some people think that such obvious rules don’t apply to them, hence all the stories on Reddit about new co-workers getting fired quicker than the ink on their hiring paperwork had the time to dry.
A large part of a new colleague’s initial success comes from finding a balance between being ambitious and energetic, as well as humble and keen to learn. Starting a new job means learning how all the processes work, who your coworkers are, what’s expected of you, and what the greatest challenges you’ll face are.
#10
On the first day of a new daycare hire, she spanked a child.
Mel 4 years ago
I used to be a daycare worker. Spanking is never the answer, but I tell you. Time out does not work. And a lot of these kids (at least the ones I had) are not getting discipline at home.) Parents believe whatever their little angel tells them and let them get away with murder. The frustration and burn out level is high with these workers. I had a friend coworker that once told a parent. "I tell you what, you don't believe everything your child says about me and I won't believe everything they say about you!"
rehanne garvey 4 years ago
Time out has always worked with my children, wow
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Norma_Bates 4 years ago
I will NEVER understand how any adult can sleep at night after hitting a child. Wow how big and brave of you to physically strike a child because they don't do as you say. It's absolutely disgusting and just shows a sheer lack of control over your own emotions. The epitome of weakness. Oh, and I have three children. Rather than losing control of yourself, take a breath or leave the situation for a minute until your calm enough to not inflict physical violence on someone who knows no better yet and can't regulate their emotions. You as an adult do or at least should know better and you sure as hell should be able to control yourself! Imagine if someone you love gave you a whack for not doing as you were told?! There is no excuse good enough to justify such archaic punishment. The adult will always be at fault, not the child.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago
Excuse you, I was spanked and I 100% remember it. Taught me to lie when I did something wrong to protect myself, because my parents chose physical punishment instead of talking it out and understanding why I, an undeveloped literal CHILD, might have misunderstood the rules. They could have taught me to understand their side too but they chose to cause physical pain instead. So maybe be careful how you condone hitting children to make them learn, there’s not a single scientific study that supports this and hundreds that debunk its effectiveness.
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#11
A new employee showed up to work early on her first day to eat. We worked at sub restaurant, and she came in with a competitor's stub and started eating in the lobby while in uniform. The boss nicely asked her to eat in the back so customers wouldn't see. She started screaming and throwing a fit, so the boss told her to leave and not come back. I'm not sure if you can really even say she got fired...she never clocked in once.
Cip IESAN 4 years ago
Early '90's, in my hometown, big event, the inauguration of the Coca-Cola factory (during the communist regime we had no coke). Special guest, a big guy from Atlanta, John I Don't Remember His Name. Me, at that time a 25 yo journalist, with some colleagues from other newspapers, drinking Pepsi in a corner. Not on purpose. I still remember the way he started laughing when he saw us...
Id row 4 years ago
Pepsi is the superior soda, you can't really blame him.
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Random Anon 4 years ago
I think the phrase "Common Sense" needs to be renamed to "Uncommon Sense". If this keeps up probably "Rare Sense".
A B C 4 years ago
And next up after that, "Epic Sense". I want it, it's purple!
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Dre Mosley 4 years ago
My GF worked for Coca Cola, but preferred Pepsi. She always had to be sure not to walk into the office with a Pepsi in her hand.
SuperChicken 4 years ago
If she never clocked in, then she's never going to get paid either, right?
John Dilligaf 4 years ago
it must be just this manager. There's a lot of fast food around my town. You very often see McD workers in Burger King, Burger King in KFC,, KFC in Arbys etc.
Calypso poet 4 years ago
It's one thing to go visit another restaurant, it's another to bring it back to your own and eat it in front of customers. I worked in a bar that served mostly Subway style food. We also had an amazing old deli nearby. They had great food so we had to eat where the lunch customers couldn't see us.
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#12
guy drove a forklift into a fire hydrant, in front of a safety rep for the company. His supervisor was called over, and he immediately tells the supervisor that he won’t pass a piss test, as he used his only bottle of clean piss earlier that day when he hired in.
Everybody standing there immediately burst into laughter, which continued as security (also laughing) escorted him off site. Even the supervisor was all smiles...just gave him a pat on the back and wished him the best of luck. It was wild.
John L 4 years ago
Well, I guess that's one way to think about it after lying the first time...when it counted.
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Jon S. 4 years ago
I worked as an archaeologist on a gas pipeline. There was a crew of 50 of us, desperately trying to clear a Roman cemetery before a north sea pipeline made landfall. They have really strict standards for the gas engineers and one of their health and safety officers thought it would be a good idea if the archaeologists followed the same rules. My supervisor had to quietly take him aside and explain that if they made the archaeologists take drug tests he'd lose 3/4ths of his workforce and the pipeline would never get built in time.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Basically, he needed his first paycheck to buy some more clean urine. You just know he wouldn’t be careful about his sources, and that there was, inevitably, going to be a future piss test where his sample would show that he was pregnant.
B-b-bird 4 years ago
Sounds awfully a lot like someone that i know. Was fired from forklift for being under influence. After one week from this incident he stated that he applied for a job at the airport, ground staff... you know, job that requires driving those little cart vehicles and being super responsible guiding aircrafts to parking areas :D thought i piss from laughter, good luck passing security test
Calypso poet 4 years ago
I have a "friend" who took a full time seasonal job where her mom worked. Money was decent, everyone liked her, well almost. Being temporary they were told by the boss no drug test necessary. After a vacation to plan her wedding she came back to work and got a slip to go take a drug test. The boss was on vacation and the supervisor on duty did not like the attention this girl was getting. So friend caught mom on her way out and said what do I do, mom said walk out. So she did. When Boss came back and found out what happened they were pi$$ed! My "friend" got hired back in a different department, same boss, after the wedding! Some bosses know a good worker who occasionally smokes pot at home on the weekend is not a danger.
Allen Lavine 4 years ago
That's why most the time a piss test is useless it's so many ways around it and after the first time most jobs don't do it unless u get in a accident
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
It's not always addiction, mate - some people just truly don't give a s**t!
Load More Replies...That’s why it’s so important to put your ego aside and absorb all the knowledge that you can. Ask questions. Heck, ask a lot of questions. Double-check things if you’re unsure even if you feel like you’re repeating yourself: it’s always best to be sure than to make a mistake later on just because you didn’t want to ‘inconvenience’ someone. And if you do make a mistake? It’s no big deal, as long as you learn from it. Your attitude and willingness to adapt are vital if you want to make a good first impression. Meanwhile, a penchant for breaking rules will most likely not.
The Leadership Lab suggests avoiding comparing your old workplace to your new one. It’s something that you should completely avoid doing in your first days and weeks at your new job, according to them.
“Your job is not to criticize what you see. You don’t want to step on anyone’s toes or offend your co-workers right when you’re starting a new job. Being positive and giving constructive criticism after learning more about your new company is a much better way of creating positive change in your current workplace,” they explain that we should opt for learning instead of criticism and for positive change instead of poking at all the various flaws that we see.
#13
There was a new guy hired as quality control inspector after a lot of vetting. The job site was an aluminum extrusions factory — lots of hot, sharp, and heavy things that could crush your hands and slice you up, not to mention all the moving parts. He showed up first day on the job reeking of beer. He said, 'I was just celebrating my new job with my friends before work!' He refused the booze blow test at a nearby hospital. Paperwork was completed and he was fired after 90 minutes by the supervisor and HR.
Hans 4 years ago
Well, "How addicated can you be?" maybe is the sad question to ask.
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AnnaBanana 4 years ago
Most of these people sound like they're only 'box ticking' so they can claim unemployment benefits.
Curry on... 4 years ago
I hired a guy who was scheduled for a drug test on a Monday. He tested dirty. My director fired him. I found out that he was so excited about getting hired that he had partied all weekend.
#14
I worked in maintenance at a beach resort. One of the housekeepers managed to get her son a job as a 'runner', someone who would collect the dirty laundry after the housekeepers stripped the beds. She was actually worried when he started working, because I guess he'd a bad track record with other jobs. About three days after he started working, his mother confronted him about his new, expensive-looking athletic shoes and a gold chain around his neck. He just shot back something about having a job now, which didn't make sense because he hadn't even been paid yet. About the same time, there were a couple of reports at the front desk from guests who were missing large sums of money. A police report was made, and people were questioned. So after only about four days, this kid was fired and went to jail for stealing from guest rooms.
Call Me Mars 4 years ago
Exactly. She wanted to give her kid a chance and he proved to her that he wasn't responsible and couldn't be trusted around other people's belongings.
Load More Replies... Lyn Moffett 4 years ago
His poor mum. I hope she didn't lose her job cos if her sticky fingered yob!!! Surely he didn't think she would fall for the oh I've got a job. Not when she got him the job and he hadn't even had his first wage
SuperChicken 4 years ago (edited)
I feel bad for the Mom. No wonder she's worried. I hope she's able to keep her job.
Seanette Blaylock 4 years ago
Nice move, moron. Your mom could easily have lost HER job for being associated with you, and there goes your "sponge off Mom" ride.
It’s just common sense 4 years ago
Same thing happened with the guy that was hired to clean our dorms, stole cash wallets and other things from every single room he cleaned, on his first day. He was turned in to the police the next day .
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago
Never, ever, EVER recommend members of your own family for a job, unless you know for damn sure they would be trustworthy——and even then, it’s a good idea to drum it into their head that there will be hell to pay if they embarrassed you in any way, shape, or form.
#15
Several years ago, working as a lifeguard at the town pool, we get a new guy named Tim. Tim showed up to his first shift 30 minutes late, gets into the chair, and spends the entire rotation turned away from the pool. We were all very confused. The chair rotated on the stands, and he was actively facing away from the pool.
Turns out he was really hungry, and was enjoying the smells coming from the snack bar. This was the actual explanation he gave his new boss. He was fired in the first 15 minutes of his first rotation.
A true legend of stupidity.
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
Hopefully no-one in the pool got into difficulties while this jagoff was sniffing the hot chips with vinegar.
A B C 4 years ago
So he "spends the entire rotation turned away", but "was fired in the first 15 minutes of his first rotation"? I assume it's just worded badly, but that doesn't make sense.
Sawdust 4 years ago
The poor guy just misunderstood what was meant by "rotation" :-)
Load More Replies... Hannah Edwards 4 years ago
I’ve watched lifeguards at my local pool playing hangman on the whiteboard instead of watching the kids. I complained because I felt I had too. I can’t swim well enough to rescue anyone.
Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago
*screams of drowning kids in the background* "Mmm, that smells so good..*sniff sniff*
Katie Lutesinger 4 years ago
"Little Susie! NOOOOO! MY ONLY CHILD!" "Ooh, they have a special on loaded fries today!" *snif*
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Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago
Can I just ask why the lifeguard chair is capable of spinning around in the first place? Idk if this is a common thing but I've never heard of it before.
Annamagelic 4 years ago
It's a fairly common design for poolside lifeguard chairs. The ladder to get into the chair is in the back, and the other side the platform overhangs the water. The chair swivels to make it easier to sit down.
Load More Replies... Whether you’re extroverted, introverted, or an ambivert (like most of us), you really ought to put in the effort to get to know your department, as well as the colleagues you’ll be closely working together with daily. If you come together as a team, your job will be far easier. You’ll end up learning a lot about the hidden ins and outs of the position while the relationships you foster will mean that you’ll end up receiving support when you need it.
So take the time to get to know your coworkers. Go and grab a cup of coffee together. Join them for lunch or even for a drink after work. Don’t feel like you’re forced to do these things, however, keep in mind that these are the people you’ll be spending a third of your waking workday with.
#16
It was his second week. The guy came to work very drunk, picked up the emergency axe, and trashed the place with it. He was instantly fired and processed in court shortly after.
Whatshername 4 years ago
I think serial killers think killing more through. This sounds like an unstable person throwing a (terrible) tantrum, maybe going through a rough time.
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Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Imagine he'd gotten his hands on a firearm. Glad he didn't hurt anybody.
#17
I worked in construction for eight years. Guys would quit all the time but the fastest was this kid named Austin. Austin was rail thin and wouldn't stop looking at his phone. Our boss told him to run a wheelbarrow full of dirt to a pile and he sighed before trudging over to it. The kid moved that wheelbarrow maybe fifteen feet, set it down and started looking at his phone again. Boss asked him what he was doing and he said it was "too hard" and he was calling his girlfriend to pick him up. Austin lasted a grand total of five minutes.
SuperChicken 4 years ago
If his GF stays with him, he's going to be her baggage. She better get a good paying job.
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JuniorCJ82 4 years ago
If I was the girlfriend, I would have told him I'll be right over... in 8 hours.
Kari Panda 4 years ago
Yeah, and I‘ve seen a lot of old people do this as well… Work ethics aren‘t connected to age.
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Jessica Gunn 4 years ago
Question: why bother using an acronym if you're just going to write it all the way out?
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Girl wouldnt stop texting during orientation, despite being asked to stop.
She was escorted out in an hour.
April Caron 4 years ago
I have this same problem with my high schoolers in class. I tell them, “School is your job right now. And you won’t always be allowed to use your cell phones. So, put them away.” Technology can be used appropriately. I have signs for when they can use phones and when they can’t. And when allowed, the rule is they have to be flat on the desk in front of you… so myself or any other adult in the room can see that they are being utilized for an educational purpose (using Google to look up word definitions, etc.). However, I resent being a phone police and I wished more students could police themself. The good news is… some can and do!
Trina Selleck 3 years ago
This was me once… had just received a devastating phone call regarding immediate family member being diagnosed wuth terminal illness wuth very short life expectancy minutes before starting onsite orientation… I didn’t even comprehend as to where I was and what i was supposed to be doing.. I had only one thing that mattered that day..: called into HR within first 20 minutes.. must of just had it written on my face cos hey didn’t tell me to pack up n go.. they just asked if I was ok and could they do anything for me… three months later, I was there redoing that orientation after having those three months off to be with my loved one..
Meanwhile, Forbes points out that new employees should avoid giving unsolicited advice to their coworkers. You should also avoid announcing all the changes you plan on introducing without first getting to know all about why the things that are done are done the way they are.
Forbes also suggests avoiding boasting to your coworkers (nobody likes a braggart) or bossing them around like you know much better than them. You should also avoid showing your frustration if your coworkers can’t meet your high standards. Be humble at the start. Be willing to learn. First, adapt… then consider making improvements.
#19
Worked in an office where the manager was a bit on the curvy side.
They hired some new guy who was also a rotound man. Whenever the manager walked by he would visibly stare at her butt and go "MM!"
When I got back from lunch all his stuff was gone.
Dre Mosley 4 years ago
We had a guy like that at one of my jobs. Always checking out female employees as if the office were a nightclub; he was a sexual harassment complaint waiting to happen. Eventually was fired for watching porn at work.
Dynein 4 years ago (edited)
I have to confess... I read this as the new hire calling the manager an M&M and was going to tell you that, hey, the fact that the new hire is fat himself make his fat-shaming hypocritical so it IS relevant. But on re-reading ,this is apparently the story of a man going "Mmmhh" every time he sees his female manager's butt so I guess you have a point.
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#20
I was working in a small grocery store and we had a new butcher start. He showed up and asked the boss to pay for his taxi because he didn’t have any money until payday. He worked for a few hours and then left for lunch and never returned. We find out why when we went to close the cash register and it was off by about $1,000. So we checked the cameras and watched him shove the cash into his big rain boots. The kicker though? He went to play poker and that’s exactly where the cops found him hours later, with some money still in his boot.
Kirsten Kerkhof 4 years ago
You start each day with a certain amount of money for change in the register. Which, if it's in an area where cash payments are common, can be a fair amount.
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#21
3 1/2 hours. She started the same day as me. Part way through the morning I told a couple of jokes to break the ice. She said she had a couple of good ones and started off with "What do you call a n****r who...." She went for lunch and never returned.
Jane Doe 4 years ago
She probably quit because the commute from the 1850s every day would be too much.
Helen Haley 4 years ago
First day on the job someone had told a racist 'joke' thinking it was ok because I couldn't be any whiter. I chewed him out and reported him.
BeExcellentToEachother 4 years ago
My first day on a job, a coworker found out I was a Christian, and asked "if I put a gun to your head and ask if you want me to pull the trigger, what would you say?"
Load More Replies... PeachPossum 4 years ago
I've forgotten the man's name, but here goes... Back in the 1960s, a writer/animator/whatever was hired at Disney productions. He arrived on time and got acquainted with his co-workers. They invited him to lunch in the corporate cafeteria. They got along famously. Then the new hire makes a pornographic joke about Minnie and Mickey, complete with vocals. Everybody laughed. When he got back to his desk, his boss asked him into his office. Security was waiting for him and so were his walking papers. Some executives sitting at the next table in the cafeteria had overheard his joke, found it offensive and against company policy, and wanted him fired. He'd worked barely 4 hours. That writer/animator/whatever went on to a successful career at Warner Brothers.
Grumble O'Pug 4 years ago
Yeah no one Fúcks with Mickey. Not even Minnie, apparently.
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#22
First day at a CPA firm, guy gets a talking to from management because he followed a group of female coworkers to a restaurant at lunch, sat at a nearby table, and stared creepily at them for the entire meal.
He got fired a couple of days later for logging into and using a coworker's computer without permission. Never heard what he was doing on that computer, but I think it's pretty safe to say it was something that he didn't want to use his own computer for.
Deutschland Mädchen 4 years ago (edited)
"Certified" suuure... until he was fired, maybe
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Guys like this are why women worry about our personal safety so much.
#23
Worked delivering beer for a few years. We ran through a lot of employees really quickly to the point where we would hire 3 at a time and hope one would stick. Fastest I ever saw was a guy came in for his first day at 7 am, got assigned to drive with a manager (because we were short staffed and the manager was driving routes), and was handed the keys and told to pull the truck into the dock. Never came to the dock. Manager goes looking for him ten minutes later, finds him finishing a beer in our repacking room. Is immediately let go. Twenty minutes on the job.
Cip IESAN 4 years ago
But he was innocent! He just tested the stuff before delivery, to be sure it's good quality!
SuperChicken 4 years ago
Quality control, sir. No one wants to sell flat beer.😆
Load More Replies... Kari Panda 4 years ago (edited)
Were all the cases like that? Because 'running through employees quickly' usually means the employees aren‘t the primary problem.
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
My bother worked at a pub supplier's warehouse. They had a guy who had been there 2 days and was acting weird, so the manager decided to test him. At the end of the day, they make up a crate of mixed beers for the warehouse staff out of the spares from broken crates and with all the different beers they supplied you were guaranteed a good choice. They put 2 crates down and when he and my brother came to pick them up, he asked which one was his. He was told the middle one, and he just stood there for 15 minutes trying to work out which one was the middle one. One drug test later, and he was found out to be high as a kite and promptly sacked.
Arthur W. Arre 4 years ago
They got paid ,they just weren't given any extra to cover lost tips.If you make less that minimum with tips business must pay the difference.
#24
Worked on a logging crew 15 years ago. They hired a guy that “grew up on the farm working hard”… fired by noon day 1 because he literally looked like he was going to pass out and die after a few hours of “light duty” labor.
Valisbourne Spiritforge 4 years ago
My first job out of high school was working in a lumber mill. I was turning the logs onto the saw carriage, then turning them after cutting. I finished my first day on my knees with my shoulders looking like bubble wrap from sun burn. It got better and I grew accustomed to the job, but I started looking for different work as soon as possible. (I did NOT 'grow up on the farm' either)
Erik Ivan 4 years ago
Around 1990: my dad had to fire a new driver of forrestry machines after only a week or so. The job was in shifts because the machines needed to go 24 hours a day. It turned out he went home as soon at dusk because he was affraid of the dark. Not the right place to be in a machine miles and miles away from nearest village then.
#25
Some cocktail waitress on her first day walked out with the main bar's tip jar. No one even noticed because we were so busy and thought she was getting ice or something. She got arrested, we never got paid.
I still wonder wtf happened to all that money.
Roxy Eastland 4 years ago
In the US waiting staff mostly get paid from tips
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Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Stealing from your employer is bad (and dumb) enough, but stealing from your coworkers is just a d**k move.
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
While I wholeheartedly believe in sharing tips with support staff like bussers, etc, because they help make the entire experience more pleasant (by making it clean and presentable), and the wait staff’s jobs much easier, I don’t understand why it has to be one jar for everyone. It should be divided into teams or sections. Wait staff and bussers, etc are assigned to a section together. At the end of the shift, the outgoing wait staffer then splits their tips, by whatever percentage they do for the single jar, with the service staff for that section. That way, the better job they all do, the better the tips, and the better the split. With a single jar, sections that slacked off and didn’t earn big tips get to steal tip money from the sections that did better and contributed more. If I’m talking out my ass about this, please let me know—-and let me know why. But please keep it nice. Thanks!
Lemonclouds20 4 years ago
Tips are not w salary. Not liveable, not survivable. How on earth can people think America is the greatest country. It's awful
#26
My brother's friend got a job at a car dealership in our town. Within a couple days of working there, he somehow was allowed to 'test drive' one of the brand new models. My brother and I lived a few miles out of town on 40 acres of land. His friend drove that brand new car out to our property to test the four-wheel drive. Well, it being a wet Pacific Northwest winter that year, he swiftly managed to get the car stuck in almost a foot of mud halfway up a good-sized hill. It took a tow truck three hours to get there and an over and hour to pull him out. All the while, the dealership was calling him asking what happened. The thing was DRENCHED in mud from him spinning the tires. He was fired that night.
A B C 4 years ago
That's the first one I'd say it's not entirely the new employee's fault. I mean, it still is, but if they give him a 4x4 to test drive, it's somewhat legitimate to, well, test drive it in my opinion.
Bexxxxx 4 years ago (edited)
Nope you’re very wrong, I work for 2 dealerships and I can 100% verify that you stay on the pavement if you’re driving any one of our units. (Has a lot to do with our insurance too) We would have fired him instantly too. I mean, would you want to buy a vehicle that all the staff and inexperienced customers went for unverified off-road joyrides in? I think not lol, Off-road 4x4 driving is a legit skill, and I don’t think just anyone can be trusted to handle big trucks off-road properly without some practice. If we let just anyone test drive off-road, parts of our brand-new vehicles will break and cost us a lot of money to fix. No one wants to buy a new vehicle that is already broken from a test drive. Then we’ll have to raise prices to cover fixing our “new” broken vehicles, and get bad reviews from people who can’t afford it. Common sense guys, dealerships aren’t always the bad guys any more in 2022 with all our regulations, it’s the ignorant customers that are the bad guys now lol
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Kari Panda 4 years ago
I feel sorry a bit for him. That might not have been the smartest idea, but compared to many of the other entries, it was harmless. He didn‘t have ill intentions.
#27
I worked at a fast food restaurant and one of the guys who’d been there a while was training a new guy. Halfway through the shift we had a rush and the new guy was trying to do the grill by himself while the other guy training him went on break. The manager started yelling that we needed burgers off the grill faster, and the new guy hurled a block of cheese right at him. I guess he didn’t realize who was yelling, but needless to say I didn’t see him again after that.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Ugh, sounds bad all around. Why would you leave the untrained new guy on the grill solo during a rush then yell at him?
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
He obviously shouldn't have thrown food at a coworker, but I agree, he also shouldn't have been left unsupervised and overwhelmed. It's really the management's fault, that's not how training works.
Load More Replies... best turtle 4 years ago
ok that made me laugh a bit mostly because im imagining some dude chucking a block of cheese across a cooking station.
deanna woods 4 years ago
I through a bottle at a coworker because he kept harassing me on the job.
#28
A new hire nurse on my floor was fired after 2 weeks when my manager found out her previous manager lied about her being a reliable worker to get rid of her. Also several nurses refused to train her anymore after one day because she had such a snotty difficult attitude.
Nadine Bamberger 4 years ago
Seriously, that's a big problem especially in the medical field, not just with "attitude " problems but with instances where patients got seriously harmed. The hospitals don't want to draw attention to that and risk lawsuits so the employees get stellar resumes and get pawned off to the next hospital. That's That's one reason why "angels of death" are able to kill so many people before they get actually stopped.
Kari Panda 4 years ago (edited)
Honestly, in such cases, the hospital that purposefully wrote a false resumee should be sued.
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Karen Grace 4 years ago
That's someone who was never meant to be a nurse. Probably went into nursing for the "steady income".
Tammie Braggs 3 years ago
Worked at a school district that was being sued because a new teacher hit a student. She came with glowing references and reviews from another district. The parents of the student she assaulted sued our district. When our district found out her previous district had lied, they sued her previous district and contacted the attorney of the parents who added the previous district to the lawsuit. Lying to get rid of someone can have very bad consequences.
Damon Hill 4 years ago
Now a days it's fairly pointless asking a previous employer about a former employee. Most companies are prohibited from telling you there's a problem. Best bet is find an employee who knows someone at the former place and get the inside scoop.
Frisinator 4 years ago
All the previous employer probably meant was that she shows up for work. They didn't say she was easy to work with or gave a s**t. I have worked with lots of awesome nurses (I am one myself.) I have also worked with lots of nurses who don't give a s**t and suck to work with.
#29
It was a family-owned business, and she said something insensitive about the owner's recently deceased daughter.
Debbie Barnes 4 years ago
If you're joining a family run business, you don't insult any of them.. Not if you don't want to lose your job or work in a horrible atmosphere.
A B C 4 years ago
... in a horrible atmosphere that you yourself created. Wanna stress that a little more.
Load More Replies... deanna woods 4 years ago
You don't ever talk negatively about someone's family no matter if you work with them or not. Especially if that family member is dead.
April Stephens 4 years ago
On November 22, 2007, Paul Black hired Crystalina Wicks (19) as a cashier in his family's Anchorage, AK ice cream shop, Sinister Ice Cream Sandwiches. His teenage daughter, Paulette, had passed away on the first of the month in a car accident where she, driving a white Suburban, was at fault for a blizzardy collision with another car, containing Crystalina's aunt, uncle, and two cousins, all injured with various states of severity. Crystalina suggested to the employee training her that Paulette had been driving drunk. When word got back to Paul at the end of Crystalina's first shift, he called her and icily told her there would be no need to return for her next shift, citing the relevant clause in her at-will employment agreement about fit between employees and employer. She begged for another chance, but he ended the call.
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I work as a Valet in a 5* hotel in Canada and this dude started like 1 week before. He was told that someone with 2 boxes of pretty expensive champagne (Crystal for those interested) that he was going to offer to his employees during a seminar was coming and his job was to put the boxes in his room.
He did just that, except he took one for him and just left.
Police had to come by the hotel to report the theft and the client was pretty pissed (I can see why) but the valet never admitted the theft, even when we showed him the security camera footage.
cybermerlin2000 4 years ago
I'm guessing that the 'decent price' was the £2250 per bottle. Cristal Champagne is not cheap
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Karl Baxter 4 years ago
I suspect he took the whole case - not just a bottle. Personally I’m indifferent to fizz - gets me drunk too quickly with a side order of indigestion. Now a pint of Guinness, that’s a proper drink!
Kathryn Baylis 4 years ago (edited)
And what’s even more stupid is that, had he been a stellar employee and a huge help to the guy running the seminar, if there had been a few bottles left, the guy may have given him one as a tip. It happens. I worked hotel front desks and night audits for years, and even we got stuff like that when we went the extra mile for certain guests. It was their insurance that we would treat them well next time too. And we did.
HardTruths 4 years ago (edited)
A bunch of crooks stole public funds from Malaysia and spent part of it partying. One them posted on FB "Bring a raincoat, coz its raining Cristal"... 🥴
#31
A number of years back I worked at an inbound call center that also had an upsell side to it. A new guy fresh out of training was bragging about how he did over 10 x the monthly goal in his first week alone. Didn't see him the following week and heard he was laid off because he was upgrading everyone's plans who called in to the highest costing plan without their consent or informing them.
About a week or two later I got a text from him asking if I could be his reference for a new call center job he got. He somehow got a hold of a bunch of our numbers and just spammed everyone asking for a reference.
Thomas Turnbull 4 years ago
I worked at a call centre with a guy who did this but it was months before the management found out and sacked him by that time he had earned a fortune in commission and never paid any back.
#32
We had a company holiday party, and the girl who used to be the receptionist had just gotten hired as an account person. She got super drunk that night and started grabbing male employees' crotches. A member of HR took a car service home with her since they lived near each other. She threw up on the HR person on the way home. When they dropped her off at her parents' home. they said not to come back. I think she'd the job for maybe two days.
CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 years ago
Sexual harassment is an HR issue, so it would be moot since she was already fired. Did you mean sexual assault charges?
Load More Replies... Vic 4 years ago
So when she was a receptionist she was receptive, but when she moved to accounts she was not accountable..
SuperChicken 4 years ago
Oh, my, oh, my. On top of sexual assault and harassment, I feel bad for the HR person to have to clean-up her mess. 🤢
Damon Hill 4 years ago
I'd say she's lucky. I've worked places where if she got that plowed, someone (if she's lucky) or more than one, would have definitely taken advantage of the situation.
Katinka Min 4 years ago
Another piece of advice that too few people are told: Don't drink more than one or two glasses at any work do. I know the booze is free, but just don't.
NK 4 years ago
A former colleague got drunk at the xmas party and punched me for no reason. However, since the boss liked her, he covered for her at HR. It was his word against mine, despite other employees witnessing this. I suppose they were afraid of losing their job by speaking up, so they didn't. The boss decided to harrass me to push me out the door. He succeeded: I went into a depression. The puncher got promoted to manager. Oh, I wish she would have been fired. Since then, I boycott the company's products.
#33
Chain Pizza restaurant early 2000s. The new guy interviewed well and was fairly likeable. He was there for about a week until the restaurant caught fire overnight. (Nothing to do with him, just a weird accident.) So, all the employees had to be transferred to one of the 2 other restaurants in the area while the fire damage was repaired and we both ended up at the same one. His very first shift at the new restaurant, he decided to clock in and leave before anyone saw him or could say anything to him. Unbeknownst to him, the RGM was sitting in his car in the parking lot on break and saw him come in and leave. Employee came back about 5 hours later and clocked out without anyone noticing. RGM checked payroll at the end of the night and saw the 5 hours that employee "worked" and terminated him over the phone the next morning. Weird scenario overall.
Demongrrrrl 4 years ago
I worked in IT with a guy like that. He would come in early, leave for the day, then come back late in the day and do a little bit of work until a while after everyone lad left for the day to make it look like he was pulling overtime. I caught him because I came in early to work on a major proposal.
John L 4 years ago
I'll do you one better. We just fired a guy who (due to covid/work from home measures), would bill for work, he wasn't doing. Only came in once a month. What got him fired was that he went to mexico for vacation and posted on facebook. He was billing time, for that too.
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Karl Baxter 4 years ago
What a miserable looking pizza! Skimping on tomato sauce and pepperoni with a huge outside edge crust. Name and shame! 😀
PeachPossum 4 years ago (edited)
[Part 1] BF was air force reservist until he retired some years ago. One guy in his unit did this on a drill weekend. Airman shows for a drill weekend on Saturday morning and clocks in. Afterwards he was to report to his station. Nobody saw him all day, but there he is at 5 pm, in his flight suit, clocking out. Next morning on Sunday, the CO orders this guy into his office. BF is there since he's the airman's immediate NCO supervisor. CO demands to know where he was all day on Saturday. Airman hems, haws, mutters something about going to the hospital to get his birth certificate (needed for their civilian passport application). "Hospitals don't keep birth certificates. You get those from Vital Records." "Oh, that's what I meant, I needed to go downtown to VR for that." "On a Saturday? That's a government office. They are not open on a Saturday."
PeachPossum 4 years ago
[Part 2] Now cornered, airman admits he clocked out to go to his civilian job. His boss had threatened to fire him if he didn't show up. CO is now p*ssed: "You should have called us. We could have made him understand that what he was doing is illegal. You were told that during your training. You will not get paid for today. You will not get paid for yesterday. This will be a black mark on your record." He was given one more chance to straighten up and fly right, but he messed up again and was dishonorably discharged some weeks later. BF was upset too since he'd never had to fire any member of his crew before this. Still he was glad to be rid of him.
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LAWLAWLAW 4 years ago
I had a temporary job in a warehouse for a few days, huge place and all I had to do was sweep up, so I hid all day and then 5 minutes before I finished I emptied a bin on the floor and stood next to the pile of rubbish with the broom until the boss saw me, worked every time, work smart not hard.
Misha Writer 4 years ago
I worked at a tax service office where we were on the honor system and could manually enter our clock in and clock out times on the computer. Had a coworker who liked to buffer her clock ins on both ends. Took the office manager a while to figure it out, and this girl was fired. And after that? Clock in and out were time stamped and only the office manager could change it.
#34
Guy at a fish factory lasted half a shift before he was fired for refusing to adhere to any health and safety rules.
Later got told it wasn't uncommon for people like that, they had to be seen to be applying for jobs to keep their benefits, would lose them if they quit, but could get them back immediately if fired.
Andy Acceber 4 years ago
Maybe the guy was fired for not following standards, but the rest of this just sounds like nonsense fearmongering against people who get government assistance. (If they just need to apply for jobs to get benefits, any scheming person would simply apply for jobs they have no shot of actually getting.)
Stephen Branley 4 years ago
" (If they just need to apply for jobs to get benefits, any scheming person would simply apply for jobs they have no shot of actually getting.)" Yes, and that's what they do. The benefit in the UK is called "Jobseeker's Allowance" and to qualify you have to be actively looking for a job and attending interviews. That's all. People literally show up to interview and make themselves unhirable.
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Patrick McKemie 4 years ago
You must be unemployed through no fault of your own. When I was an appeals referee, I would have denied that one and they would never get unemployment insurance benefits. This is a myth.
#35
When I worked at Babies 'R' Us many years ago, an employee wrote on the break room white board, 'F**k b******, hire dimes.' For some reason, it escaped him that there are cameras pretty much everywhere. He was done after maybe three days on the job.
Nathan Pogorzala 4 years ago (edited)
sounds like little boy hard ass s**t. (ok my comments may sound weird to non native english speakers. I mean Tough guy bullshit.
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Mewton’s Third Paw 4 years ago
Hire women who are a perfect 10 aka a dime.
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At first I thought the word starting with a b was babies! I first wondered why he worked there, if he hated babies so much. Then - why would there be asterisks there? “babies” isn’t a bad word? And then I came to my senses.
zims 4 years ago
Yes. Cameras everywhere but the bathrooms, and in some cases cameras watching the bathroom doors to make sure nobody takes merch in there. There are even cameras in some changing rooms.
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Pa4040 4 years ago
I thought its babies, but doesnt add up, so no idea what slang nonsense that moron wrote. Would still like to know
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Rannveig Ess 4 years ago
It means a 'perfect "10" - 10 cents = 1 dime U.S. currency so yes, a hot woman. It started with that vapid Bo Derek movie "10"
#36
Worked in retail in a gaming shop (not Gamestop ;)), the guy was hired, on his first day he printed out receipts with steam codes, thousands of euros, I don't know what he thought, the manager found out nearly an hour after the guy started printing, because there was an highly unusual amount of 100 € codes printed out one after another. The guy was fired after his 3rd working hour in the shop.
#37
Threatened the long term employees, including me the assistant manager, because they/we were younger than her, and shamed us and said "I've been in this industry longer than you! I know more. Okay?! Okay! Hahahaha". Granted, she had been in sales for 20 years, but if she was truly that good, she would have been hired on at a higher position. While screaming this, she was stomping her foot, slamming her fists on the table and standing just a few inches away from each employee when she'd state this.
She was an absolute loon, and tiny. Plucked out eyebrows, greasy skin and all. How she got a sales position? I do not know, but I do know she gave a sob story and begged for the job.
Needless to say when the big boss heard about it and she talked to her in the back she cried like I've never seen someone cry before. Instantly started, and instantly stopped once she was fired, and it was very very loud. She of course, claimed she never did anything worthy of getting fired.
Asha Mayes 4 years ago
To work in a sales position you have to look clean, presentable, and professional.. I don't feel like the OP was commenting on her actual looks but moreso her overall appearance... my interpretation was that she kinda looked like a crackhead.. I could have interpreted that wrong though.. but also, there are several high(er) end beauty/clothing stores that require very specific looks and features so idk🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️🤷🏻♀️
Load More Replies... Kari Panda 4 years ago
We have a similar person at work. "I won’t let a child tell me what to do!" The 'child' had told her to stop harrassing her (verbally).
Louloubelle 4 years ago
Oh so right. Let's not be naive, a good looking, well put together person will get a position over a less attractive, plainly dressed person. Should it be that way? No. Will that ever change? I hope so. I think the fact that we're all having this conversation represents that the world is changing, at least a bit.
Load More Replies... Louloubelle 4 years ago
I love when people tell me they've been doing something for x number of years, and thinks that makes them an expert. I tell them I've been cooking for 50 years and I'm still crappy at it, so, longevity doesn't not make quality.
#38
I was training this new guy at the factory and he doesn't come back from lunch his second day. Turns out security caught him smoking pot in the parking lot. They did him a favor because we work with and around heavy machinery and if you're high or drunk or whatever you'll probably hurt yourself pretty bad.
#39
I had a boss last 3 days. She lied on her resume and HR found out.
Patrick McKemie 4 years ago
the rest of the story, it was a cadre of professional contract killers. She had only previously managed a Burger King.
What do you think ?
J Adams 4 years ago
I worked briefly managing procurement for a company that owned and ran care homes. We sourced a lot of the nursing and care staff from the Philippines when I explained this during training for a new starter (no more than an hour into his first day) he proceeded to do an impression of a Philippino with Down’s syndrome, the most racist and disgusting thing I have ever seen or heard and he was immediately frog marched from the building
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I had a temp job. Mispronounced the owner's name when I took a phone call on day one. Last day. Fired for mispronouncing a name I never was told how to pronounce. (Mragank. I said "Em-rah-gahnk. It wasn't that. It was MRAH-gan-KH, apparently.)
Got Myself 4 Dwarves 4 years ago
I started working at a job when I was about 19, started same time as this older guy who was late 40's maybe - we were trained together and after a few days put to work ourselves. After about a week I here he's no longer employed there, turns out he called in saying he was going to be late because he s**t himself on the way to work, when he finally did turn up he was so drunk he kept passing out - I was stunned
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
I have one, but flipped other way around :) Started a job doing flat loading of freezer trucks when I was young and just starting out. BRUTAL work btw. Start the day in a heavy coat because the freezer is kept at about -40F, but within an hour you're down to a T-shirt, this is completely normal for the work. I was a skinny nothing that didn't know a day's work back then, but I wanted to do a good job anyway, so I kept pace with the team. 8 hours unloading pallets of boxed frozen food onto trucks. The next day I literally was unable to get out of bed. I could barely move I hurt so bad. It took me 10 minutes just to get my muscles to cooperate well enough to call in and quit.
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
At least you put in a hard day's work, mate - more than most of these idiots did!
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Lily Mae Kitty 4 years ago
They hired a driver who had a lot of experience. His 5th day there(a friday), someone sees him put a 6 pack of beer into his cooler from his car and stick it behind the seat of the truck. When confronted, he said he always drinks beer on fridays and he can handle a six pack and drive no problem. Buh bye.
David Martin 4 years ago
I got hired on with a security monitoring company; Sit in the room, call police when alarms go off, follow up on the incidents in progress. At orientation, they say everyone is scheduled to be fingerprinted at police HQ for background, which makes sense. Since I don't drive, I got a ride with a guy scheduled around the same time. Halfway there, he asks why I think we need to do this. I said "They probably Wanna check our criminal history, because it's a security type job." Then this absolute stranger whose car I'm in deadpan goes ".....What kind of stuff would that show?" I tense up, get one hand on the door handle and ask "What kind of stuff have you done?" Never got an answer, but he was printed, and was not at orientation day two.
V Martinez 4 years ago
We had an elementary teacher get hired bcuz one of our regulars needed to quit. It was sort of fast, but still time enough to check her out. Not sure how well they checked her background, if at all. She was there for a few weeks I think, then we had holiday vacation. She never came back, was quickly fired, and no one was to talk about it. Turns out, someone either passed along her info or googled her out of curiosity. She had her mug shot, arrest record, etc all over. She stole from a previous private employer and did drugs. The second it was discovered, she was out. Now they google everyone along with the background check.
William Teach 4 years ago
New hire, one day out of training, decided to start an argument with her mentor, proclaiming she knew the business better, despite having zero experience in auto sales. She wasn't even released to the floor to sell yet. Then getting in an argument with sales managers over same thing, trying to tell them how to do things better. Didn't even make it through her first day in the dealership.
J Adams 4 years ago
I worked briefly managing procurement for a company that owned and ran care homes. We sourced a lot of the nursing and care staff from the Philippines when I explained this during training for a new starter (no more than an hour into his first day) he proceeded to do an impression of a Philippino with Down’s syndrome, the most racist and disgusting thing I have ever seen or heard and he was immediately frog marched from the building
Leo Domitrix 4 years ago
I had a temp job. Mispronounced the owner's name when I took a phone call on day one. Last day. Fired for mispronouncing a name I never was told how to pronounce. (Mragank. I said "Em-rah-gahnk. It wasn't that. It was MRAH-gan-KH, apparently.)
Got Myself 4 Dwarves 4 years ago
I started working at a job when I was about 19, started same time as this older guy who was late 40's maybe - we were trained together and after a few days put to work ourselves. After about a week I here he's no longer employed there, turns out he called in saying he was going to be late because he s**t himself on the way to work, when he finally did turn up he was so drunk he kept passing out - I was stunned
Daniel (ShadowDrakken) 4 years ago
I have one, but flipped other way around :) Started a job doing flat loading of freezer trucks when I was young and just starting out. BRUTAL work btw. Start the day in a heavy coat because the freezer is kept at about -40F, but within an hour you're down to a T-shirt, this is completely normal for the work. I was a skinny nothing that didn't know a day's work back then, but I wanted to do a good job anyway, so I kept pace with the team. 8 hours unloading pallets of boxed frozen food onto trucks. The next day I literally was unable to get out of bed. I could barely move I hurt so bad. It took me 10 minutes just to get my muscles to cooperate well enough to call in and quit.
AnnaBanana 4 years ago
At least you put in a hard day's work, mate - more than most of these idiots did!
Load More Replies... Lily Mae Kitty 4 years ago
They hired a driver who had a lot of experience. His 5th day there(a friday), someone sees him put a 6 pack of beer into his cooler from his car and stick it behind the seat of the truck. When confronted, he said he always drinks beer on fridays and he can handle a six pack and drive no problem. Buh bye.
David Martin 4 years ago
I got hired on with a security monitoring company; Sit in the room, call police when alarms go off, follow up on the incidents in progress. At orientation, they say everyone is scheduled to be fingerprinted at police HQ for background, which makes sense. Since I don't drive, I got a ride with a guy scheduled around the same time. Halfway there, he asks why I think we need to do this. I said "They probably Wanna check our criminal history, because it's a security type job." Then this absolute stranger whose car I'm in deadpan goes ".....What kind of stuff would that show?" I tense up, get one hand on the door handle and ask "What kind of stuff have you done?" Never got an answer, but he was printed, and was not at orientation day two.
V Martinez 4 years ago
We had an elementary teacher get hired bcuz one of our regulars needed to quit. It was sort of fast, but still time enough to check her out. Not sure how well they checked her background, if at all. She was there for a few weeks I think, then we had holiday vacation. She never came back, was quickly fired, and no one was to talk about it. Turns out, someone either passed along her info or googled her out of curiosity. She had her mug shot, arrest record, etc all over. She stole from a previous private employer and did drugs. The second it was discovered, she was out. Now they google everyone along with the background check.
William Teach 4 years ago
New hire, one day out of training, decided to start an argument with her mentor, proclaiming she knew the business better, despite having zero experience in auto sales. She wasn't even released to the floor to sell yet. Then getting in an argument with sales managers over same thing, trying to tell them how to do things better. Didn't even make it through her first day in the dealership.
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