Having a terrible day at work can be frustrating, overwhelming, and even demoralizing. Whether it's a challenging project, an annoying colleague, or just a series of misfortunes, sadly, there are plenty of reasons you might feel like you're a failure.
But as Sigrid and Bring Me The Horizon sang, "It's just a bad day / Not a bad life." And one of the ways to recover is by venting online. So we at Bored Panda decided to remind ourselves that the universe hasn't conspired against any of us. From time to time, everyone runs into some (undeserved) adversity.
Continue scrolling to see all the messed-up nonsense people have had to deal with on the job! And when you're done, see more fails previously posted here.
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I Work In Mosquito Control. Everyday I Go Into Vacant Lots, Holding Ponds Swamps, Low Areas, Woodlands And Onto Residence Properties. This Is Typical Of What I Find
I've lost my faith in humanity. What we do defines us and this is what we do. We are not stewards of the land or caretakers. We are a blight. We are just vultures picking at the carcass of a dying world.
I Work As A Valet And Make $3.85/Hour And I Received This As A Tip
Getting dealt a bad hand at work isn't the end of the world. Especially for content employees. According to Annie McKee, Ph.D., who is a best-selling business book author and advisor to top global leaders, from CEOs of Fortune 500 companies to government officials, those who are engaged with their jobs and colleagues work harder — and smarter. But that's quite rare.
"Far too many couldn’t care less about what’s happening around them," McKee wrote in Harvard Business Review. "For them, Wednesday is 'hump day' and they’re just working to get to Friday. And then there’s the other end of the bell curve — that nearly one out of five employees is actively disengaged. These people are sabotaging projects, backstabbing colleagues, and generally wreaking havoc in their workplaces."
Sorry Class, My Dog Ate Everyone's Homework
and this young boys and girls is the result of feeding your teachers' doggo all those treats ..well played :D
As A Practical Joke, Some Coworkers Wrapped My Office In Foil. In The Process, My 30" LCD Monitor Was Accidentally Turned On, And It Boiled Itself
Here's what it looked like when I unwrapped it.
I hope this came out of their paychecks and you were given compensation for this damage.
Got Fired For “Telling The Boss How To Do His Job” When All I Did Was Say “We Can’t Obstruct A Fire Escape”
"Disengaged, unhappy people aren’t any fun to work with, don’t add much value, and impact our organizations (and our economy) in profoundly negative ways," McKee explained.
"It’s even worse when leaders are disengaged because they infect others with their attitude. Their emotions and mindset impact others’ moods and performance tremendously. After all, how we feel is linked to what and how we think. In other words, thought influences emotion, and emotion influences thinking."
If You're A Parent And Let Your Kids Make A Mess Like This
Two Domino's Workers After Their Shift In San Antonio, Texas Today. All Food Gone In 4 Hours
Consequences Of Working In A -10°C Lab Where I Have To Wash My Hands 40 Times A Day
I feel so sorry for you. I guess a good hand cream won't quite do the job?
McKee thinks it’s time to finally blow up the myth that feelings don’t matter at work.
"Science is on our side: there are clear neurological links between feelings, thoughts, and actions. When we are in the grip of strong negative emotions, it’s like having blinders on," she said. "We focus mostly — sometimes only — on the source of the pain. We don’t process information as well, think creatively, or make good decisions. Frustration, anger, and stress cause an important part of us to shut down —the thinking, engaged part. Disengagement is a natural neurological and psychological response to pervasive negative emotions."
Two Teams Of Builders Was Building A Bike Lane "On The Right-Hand Side" (Mariupol, Ukraine)
2 Hours Into A 10-Hour Shift When A Passenger Asks If I Know About The Stowaway On My Bus
I Work In A Mall With An Indigo Book Store And Found This Yesterday, It Really Pissed Me Off
Agreed. I’d actually be willing to crawl into that dumpster/trash can and rescue all those books.
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I've worked at a book seller some time ago and this is a normal occurrence with remaindered paperbacks that just won't sell.. From what I can see the front covers are torn off to be sent back to the publisher as proof. Book sellers, even the big stores, cannot afford to return the entire book due to the cost of shipping.
Yes, Patrick Linnen. Was the same when I worked at a book store.
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Why? Surely a charity shop would have loved those donated to them :(
Or a library! Or a hospital! Or a prison! Or anywhere besides the dumpster! Argh!
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Trust me that the workers hate it too. The publishers require that if the book doesn't sell within its run, you rip off the front cover to send back to them for a refund then you must, by law, throw out the rest.
Book stores are contractually required to dispose of or destroy unsold books after they return the covers to the publisher for a refund. If they sold or gave away these books, they could be criminally charged with fraud.
correct, once you have claimed a credit for a sale-or-return book, the book technically belongs to the publisher.
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To everyone saying they could be donated or given away: the bookstore only gets a credit for the unsold stock if the covers are returned both as proof of unsold stock and to render the stock unsaleable. Margins are relatively low in bookselling (higher than grocery, which relies on volume, but much, much lower than fashion) and booksellers can't afford to give up the credits. This style of credit management is generally restricted to very mass market titles such as specific romance brands.
This is part of the return process. Doesn't pay for or want the whole book, just the cover.
Used to work at Borders. We had to do the same exact thing. Rip off the front cover (to send to the publisher, proving that we didn't sell the book) & throw the entire book into the trash. If someone took the book for themselves (without the front cover) it was considered theft.
If books don't sell, book stores are legally required to tear off the cover and discard. As a librarian (and former Waldenbooks employee) I don't like it, either, but millions of new books are published every year. If we didn't discard, we'd be awash.
I work at a bookstore. This is how publishers discard books. There's actually a law protecting them. Note every one of these books has a page declaring it to be reported if it was purchased without a cover.
in order to get credit for unsold books stores are instructed to tear off the cover, send it to the publishing company, and dispose of the books, the publishing company will reimburse the store based on the covers they receive, the good thing is that the people working in those stores usually get to take home as many free books as possible
These are strips. This is what happens. No one bought them. People want new titles? Old titles gotta go. Trees were grown specifically to make books. When they cut the trees down, more were planted. These are being recycled. The alternative is shipping them back, which is that much more pollution. The printed word is sacred, but these are just a *copy* of that. In most cases, employees can take these home—publishers like booksellers to be informed—but there are so very many.
Better a coverless/stripped book in the trash than the jobber wrapping the stripped book (which they've been reimbursed for) and selling it 3 for $10 at a convenience store. That's literally theft. The publisher doesn't get paid, nor does the author. Plus, the publisher has paid the jobber back for stripping the book, so double theft.
This happens in every place you see books being sold. Books goes into the baler to be recycled.
This is a legal requirement. Though they could have recycled the paper - that looks like regular trash. Has been a thing with books / magazines for years. Publishers want stands/stores to stock product. Stands do so with promise to be able to return unsold for credit. To avoid shipping tons of unwanted product back, most publishers take just the covers as proof the product wasn't being sold at retail. But the conditions require they books are not being put out to the public because the publisher bought them back. Is wasteful but shipping them back to be discarded at the other end is more wasteful.
And, in fact, not all the publishers that require full copies (the entire book) to be shipped back actually practise reverse inventory i.e. putting the back into their warehoused stock to be resold. In these cases the books are pulped at the return collection point - but there is the added cost and environmental impact of shipping the entire book.
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Yes. This is standard practice in the book industry. They are not sold. You have to remove the cover and send that part back to the publisher. Then you have to dispose of the book. It is illegal for you to do anything else with it, including sell, donate , distribute. If you have a problem with it, try to change the law.
Tearing covers off and sending them back to the publisher for book credit is standard industry practice. If bookstores can't do this, they will buy (and make available) fewer books. You actually benefit from this practice by having a wider selection in front of you.
I used to work in a bookstore. The vendor gives credit back to the store for these that dont' sell. It's like returning the unsold, only it's too expensive to actually ship back, so you tear off the cover of the book and toss in trash instead. Lucky person finds lots of good reading in the trash
This is common. Tear the covers off a slow mover and send them in for credit on your next order.
Not every book needs to be saved. There are literally hundreds of copies of these books.
This is common when books don't sell. They're usually sent to recycling.
Just stripped books. Stores get credit for unsold paperbacks by returning their covers only. Selling a stripped book would also violate sales agreements with distributors and publishers.
Were the covers torn off? That's so you can't resell them, I've been told.
Book stores throw books out all the time. They usually tear off the front cover first.
Book distributors don't want the stores to return the entire books. All the book stores have to do is rip off the front cover to return for credit to their accounts. I don't know who decides when a book is pulled from the shelf. I don't know why once the cover is ripped off why the books can't be donated to schools (age appropriate), care facilities, hospitals, etc. It's a huge waste.
The program Reader link that services CBVS and several other stores routinely tear the cover off and destroy the books. Perfectly good books (minus their covers) thrown away every week. The covers are mailed back to the publisher to prove they were destroyed. Take one book with you and it is considered theft.
When books don't sell and the publisher will give the seller his money back they are required to send the books back. But to save money they are now required to just rip the covers off and send those back. If they give or sell those books they are committing fraud.
Withh what money? Bricks and mortar bookstores are struggling badly enough already. If they can't return unsold stock for credit how the heck are they going to survive?
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I worked at a Co op beside a university and the international students would throw 200.00 to 700.00 text books in the garbage bins and shoots when we have a program for 3rd world and low income students to have access to these....I'm talking 1000's of books piled in with garbage
This is what happens to mass market paperbacks that don't sell.
That is literally how target gets rid of books they don't sell they have to rip the cover off and throw away the books they then have to return the covers as proof to get a credit in return for the unsold books
I worked in a big chain bookstore many, many years ago and we had to do this as well. I can't remember if it was just the cover we tore off? We couldn't take any (I get why, mostly) but it always seemed like such a waste.
Yeah, instead of paying to ship unsold books back to be destroyed or marked down, publishers have the covers removed and the book says inside "If this book is sold without a cover, then the author and publisher received no compensation for it and it was reported destroyed." That has always bothered me when they could just mark them down until they sell.
These aren't precious tomes, they're mass market paperbacks that the publishers deliberately overprint so stores can make big stacks. The world is drowning in books. Honestly, please try to understand the why, and if you can't, ask a bookseller to explain it.
At least donate them! Charity shop! Hospital! The list is endless! That is some serious rage-inducing behaviour!!! When I'm done with my books I always give them to someone else or drop them at a charity shop. My previous manager and I actually swapped! We both had a bunch of books and as avid readers we swapped our respective stashes! 🙂
Now I just see free books to my collection. I never find discarded books in my life...
These are "strips." They can't be legally donated, resold, or reused in anyway. It's frustrating, but the system was devised long ago to cut shipping costs for bookstores returns for credit on unsold books. Its been this way since the 1970's.
:( There's someone out there who would have valued a good read... What a waste!
they get paid for the loss but have to remove the cover. it's been standard practice for all my lifetime.
Having owned a bookstore and worked in libraries, you absolutely do throw books away. They're objects like anything else, they're not sacred; these in this picture will be mass market books that didn't sell - you return the cover for credit, and recycle the unwanted book. It's not like they're the first printing of the Gutenberg bible or anything.
This is called a stripped book throw them somewhere that the public can't access. Of the author will receive no money
Quick note about these. All the front covers have been removed. These are called stripped books. Basically, a publisher may contact a book seller and request they destroy a number of books. This can be due to a mistake, or some issue with the contract of the writer the publisher has, or really any host of other issues. The front covers are removed and returned to the publisher, who in turn gives the book store credit. Legally, once the front covers are removed (IE once the books are 'stripped') they are reported as destroyed and can't be sold, or donated, and must either be recycled, or sent to a land fill, or burned. What happens depends entirely on if there is a recycling plant handy, or if the bookstore has access to an incinerator or not. Always remember, if you see a book in a bookstore, that is being sold very cheaply which lacks its front cover, the bookstore is illegally selling it. It's a form of fraud. They're already being paid for it once.
I'd call a friend or family member and have them help me take everything
If this is waste from an actual book store, than I’d like to know the reasons behind the decision in this day and age of easy recycling and emphasis on pre-loved. If it’s from a library then there would be very good reasons why each book was binned, librarians don’t just go mad and fling all their spare books into the rubbish - however, in the UK there would be sales of the books at libraries, before getting rid.
I've found over 2,100 books from the recycling bins at the library. The books were all in good shape with no torn covers or pages. I only took books that I knew I'd read & over half were children's books. I given away alot & used many in my Little Free Library. However I can no longer do this since I was put on trespass notice & threatened with an arrest!! WTF!? Why does it matter if I take something that has been tossed out because I think I can find it a better place to go? Who is this hurting & why the hell would it be a crime??
look, if you cant do anything with the books, and they are still useable, donate them to a thrift store or school or orphanage! its not that hard ppl!
Some of them don’t appear to have front covers, which indicates that something else is wrong — type that runs off the page, 3 chapter 2s and no chapters 3, 4, 5, or other printing problems) or sometimes damage rendering the book unreadable. Recycling is about the only thing you can do.
At least some of them don’t have covers — this usually indicates something else is wrong with them (six chapter 3s and no chapters 4-6 or something), and recycling is really all you can do.
I'm a book worm and THIS. This has literally killed me. Who even did this? 😭
Libraries throw away books they can't give away. Take off the cover and toss. Couldn't save them all.
I have let maybe a hundred lf books on public places in my all life, every book seems to have found a new owner.
Well, I agree both with Headless Roach and with the librarians and bookstore workers. I once threw away a very old copy of LOTR that had fallen apart completely, pages had turned dark yellow, it really was unusable and I gifted myself a new and illustrated copy. But the covers were so beautiful, I apologise to The Lost Copy on a regular basis.
There's a poetic symmetry to this picture and the first one in the series. Same culprit, I'd wager.
my brain is split. one side is outraged at this heinous crime. the other is ecstatic because free books
It costs too much in shipping to send back the entire book. So most companies will just return the cover.
Terrible! What is an “Indigo book store?” Norma Jean Morrissey
Why did they do that? Those books could have been re - donated if not wanted anymore
Why? They are probably all multiple copies of bad books.
This is appalling. And I remember doing this before we had any awareness (like, 1980) because although they cannot be sold legally without their covers (there is message to that effect inside the book), and it wasn't cost-effective for either the publisher or the store to pay to ship them back, which would have left the publisher with the same issue. I can't believe it never occurred to us to donate them somewhere, anywhere.
Actually, they have removed the front cover and put them in a recycle bin. This is the correct way to dispose of old books. Sometimes they do need to be recycled.
They rip the front covers off and mail the covers to the publishers for a refund. It's cheaper then mailing the entire book back. Agreed its a waste. Lots of homeless shelters or prisons would happily take them but is forbidden. Yeah I asked.
I found a big dumpster full of books done catholic school a couple cities over threw away. Yeah me and the girls grabbed them all out, and put them on Facebook for free (the ones we didn't keep) so wasteful!
Those are "stripped" books that were unsold. The cover is returned to the publisher for a refund for the store. Believe it or not, this benefits the author and publisher. It does hurt to see, though...
I would have just taken that entire thing back to my house. I mean...free books people, FREE BOOKS!!!!
You tear a cover off a book and send back the cover when returning book to publisher saves on freight and is illegal to sell book without cover
My soul hurts seeing this. Unrelated note: can someone recommend me books? I'm queer with homophobic parents. So queer books that don't have obvious covers lol.
I would take all of them home, and give them away or keep any I liked
HOW DARE THEY THROW BOOKS AWAY!!!! BOOKS ARE MY LiFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Notice that they don't have covers?? For at least the past 60 years (my mother worked in the industry and I am old), that is how book sellers are credited by publishers: They send back only the book covers and waste the rest. I saw the waste as a child and it hasn't changed.
I'd have been chuffed "bring the car round. We're starting a library"!
Ooook let me explain this. Recyclers will not except glossy covers for recycling. These are books that are not selling and the publisher does not want the whole book back for credit...and the book seller could not afford to sent them back to begin with. So the covers of the books are removed as it has the information needed for the store to get credit and the rest of the book is discarded in the trash. I blame the recycling technology for this not the store.
Unfortunately this happens everywhere. They rip off the covers and can destroy them. That's why they say if you buy a book without a cover that it might be stolen.
*boggle* why on EARTH would you throw books away (unless they are damaged beyond repair) when there are so many places where you can donate them???
I once worked at a chain bookstore...once we were told to toss out all the unsold books, videos, etc that couldn't be returned to the corporate HQ and I had the temerity to suggest that we donate them all to some deserving charity. I almost got fired. Same thing at a chain retailer's garden shop: all the unsold plants were destroyed rather than have them donated. It's a retail thing.
What's an Indigo employee going to do with all that time on their hands once they're fired.
A lot of UK charity shops have refuse bins filled with paperbacks, too.
Booksellers are told to do that. They send in the covers for credit.
Can a person access some of these books without it being illegal or wrong?
WOW!! Somebody who can't Read obviously felt entitled to destroy others from doing so!!
They'd be my books now. Still readable but why didn't they just donate them to a thrift shop?
Sat in a bargain week with no sales? Covers are ripped off. Why not donate to nursing homes, libraries, thrift stores?
I can't belive this. I would take all either read or give away. I love books.
That’s what they do. Unsold books cannot be returned to vendor, covers must be removed and they are hopefully recycled. It’s sad because I was raised to take care of a book , You don’t dog ear a book, you don’t deface a book. I can’t even recycle magazines and readers digest so I have to put them in the donation bag
i know they have to tear the covers off to stop people reselling them and stuff. but those books look basically pristine otherwise! this breaks my heart!
Sometimes they get sorted out to give to free libraries or similar.The other options include mulching..which is worse than giving them away.On a positive note..would love to dumpster-dive....
The covers are torn off and sent back to the printer for credit on books not sold. It's required by the printer.
Yep. That's what they do. I've seen it when I worked retail. They just rip all the top pages off everything and trash it. Sucks. Bad.
Put a book in empty trolleys, not a bin.. or give them out in the store for free.
I wonder if the books had been on a FREE table would they have been taken?
There are so many places that could use these books; nursing homes, libraries, schools. I would call some who does not work there and let them take the books.
The book distributors don't want the entire book returned. The book stores only have to rip off the front cover and return that to the company for refund/credit to their account. I have no idea how or who determines it's time to take the book off the shelf and toss into the trash. Rip off the cover and donate the books to a school, care facility, hospital, etc.
They take the covers so they cannot be sold. But donate to jails, retirement homes, anywhere
When I worked at a store I will not name and we had to discard items we were told if we took anything out of the dumpster we would be fired!
Me too! My parents are rolling over in their graves. This shows a significant lapse in imagination!
Donate them! Everyone has different tastes in reading materials!! So flipping wasteful!!
I used to work in a Christian thrift store. At the end of the day, I went to the dumpster and saved every Harry Potter thing they labelled as black magic
Look like best-sellers, but I learned to love reading with comics and pulp fiction... so, grab them & donate (or read them yourself, why not)!
Never heard of the book store, but my name is Indigo and I love books
All bookstores do this. It’s cheaper to mail back just the covers of unsold paperbacks to the publisher for credit than the entire book. It’s a huge waste.
A book shop who needs to get the reimbursement for unsold books, without volunteers for taking and carrying the books to those places who accept coverless books.
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I can guess this is in the USA? I see so much much ignorance and sheer waste here.
No I would just take them myself and if I didn’t like the book I would sell them for as couple of dollars or give them back or start a book drive
It's the process call strip covers and it's a disgusting practice where if a book doesn't sell, you rip off the cover and return that to the publisher and throw away the book thus making it un-sellable. How do I know? I worked at an Indigo; it's unfortunately a common practice and one they keep claiming "will change'
Per their contract with the publisher they have to do that. They have no choice because they have to send the covers back to get credit for the unsold books.
They should donate them or put them in a free section. Headless Roach is correct.
Why were they thrown out? If the store couldn't sell them, a library would happily take them as a donation.
I have always been an avid reader and the dad of one of my friends knew it, he worked at a transfer station where tons of these books would come in and he would very thoughtfully box them all up and give them to me! I found so many new authors this way! Any books that weren't my style (romance novels) were given away to others.
I know they have to pull the covers off, but these would be greatly appreciated at the local jail/prison.
It looks to me that all the books here are complete with their covers. Nothing to do with refunds!
Goodwill can't sell these because the cover has been removed. It's a legal requirement to prevent fraudulent resale of returns. The bookseller has been reimbursed for these books so they must be removed from sale anywhere.
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WTF!! They got credit for the books, too, that's why the covers are torn off. They could have donated them to an underprivileged school or library, this is SO wrong.
Books state "if you are reading this book without a cover, it has been stolen..."
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no one mistreats books and gets away with it. by mistreat i mean purposely, because i am guilty of many a soft cover falling off from being read too much. someone save them please!
That is not even a recycling bin! I appreciate the comments noting that legally, unsold books must be destroyed. But surely being pulped and turned into other paper products is at least as destroyed as being tossed in a landfill!
Unfortunately this is part of the publishing process. They are, however, allowed to give them away without front covers so they should have done that.
Really? We were told by our suppliers that we were required to throw them out and keeping them or giving them away would be considered theft as they issued refunds. I mean, we DID keep them and give them away, but we were told we weren't allowed to. There are many books in my personal library without front covers.
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Charity shops can't shift books in good condition, let alone these. I know, I've tried.
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Notice how they intentionally tear off the covers just to be d*cks.
Notice how you didn't read any of the other comments here explaining the lack of covers, just cause you're a d*ck
Load More Replies... Omg they charge so much for them, it's hard to afford books for alot of people then they throw out n get zero money for them. How bout a buck a piece or donate ya bag of d**k's?!
How many times does the answer to this need to be posted? They remove the front covers and return them to the publishers for credit on unsold stock. The book must then be destroyed or disposed off and cannot be resold by law.
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New Guy Tried To Empty The Fryer Grease Into A Plastic Bucket
However, it’s not just negative emotions we need to watch out for. "Extremely strong positive emotions have the same effect," McKee said.
"Some studies show that too much happiness can make you less creative and prone to engage in riskier behaviors (think about how we act like fools when we fall in love!). On the work front: I’ve seen groups of people worked up into a frenzy at sales conferences and corporate pep rallies. Little learning or innovation comes out of these meetings. Throw in a lot of alcohol and you’ve got a whole host of other problems."
So it sounds like having your suspenders stuck in your chair every once in a while can be actually quite beneficial.
They Can't Pay A Living Wage But I'll Waste Hundreds On Food Waste
Stayed At Work For The Storm. This Is The Road I Take Home
Got Laid Off Today With Zero Notice, Found All My Stuff Already In A Box When I Got To Work
Over 2,000 Pounds Of Fresh Pork Being Rejected By The Walmart Distribution Center Because The Sell By Dates Occur When Their Stores Are Closed For Thanksgiving
This product will still be safe to eat for the next 15 days but they won't even attempt to sell it. This will end up in a dumpster today.
Since nobody can prepare for the unexpected (just the way they can react to it), it isn't surprising that workers worry about other things.
"One could argue that today's employees are as equally stressed as their predecessors, but for different reasons," said Jodi Chavez, president of Atlanta-based Randstad Professionals, a segment of Randstad US, which provides finance, accounting, HR, sales, marketing, legal staffing and recruitment services. "They fear having their jobs outsourced to another country, have anxiety about how best to work alongside new technologies such as automation and robotics, have increased financial pressures with rising student loan debt and late retirement, and feel pressure to be 'on' and answering e-mails 24/7."
Absolutely Shattered
At The End Of Shifts, We Split The Tips Evenly. We Had More Than 50$ Of Tips And My Coworker Had To Leave About 10 Minutes Early She Ended Up Taking All But 2.50$
I'd call her out and then cut her out of the next tip split..give her only $2.50 in shares
I Collect Carts At Walmart. Please Stop Being Lazy And Return Your Cart To Where It Belongs
OMG I Won I Won I Won
In difficult times, you need to find an internal reserve of energy and hope to help you make your way through. In other words, you need to tap into your resilience.
"Like so many other human traits, resilience can be woven into the fabric of one’s being (nature) and/or it can be learned (nurture)," career and business coach Marjie Terry said.
"One’s natural disposition may lead them to always look on the bright side or to look for the silver lining. For others, with an accumulation of life experience, they develop a resilience perspective and realize that, as the old saying goes, what doesn’t break you makes you stronger. They develop an ability to recognize that it’s important to keep going even when life hands you challenge after challenge—they develop perspective."
Sometimes, there really isn't much else we can do but endure. And laugh!
Something Went Wrong With The Line Painting
Paint Truck Breaks Long-Standing Speed Record - Hits 88 MpH
Colleague Definitely Drew The Short Straw On Email Naming Conventions
We had a lot of foreign contractors work at my company at one time, we had a "last name first initial' email naming policy, I was always sure to ask them first if the naming was ok and not inappropriate for their language, and was always sure to check new names. We could also set up aliases if they wanted a 'personalized' favorite email name.
Sgt. Vanderheiden Got His Suspenders Stuck In A Chair Yesterday, But Some Helpful Friends Came To The Rescue
Guy At Work Dropped So Much Oil We Got Invaded By The US Government
Girlfriend Works At A Local Target And Had A Family Stroll In And Do All This
Ahh, retail. I worked in vitamins and supplements. Having flashbacks to families with undisciplined children who loved to hurl the glass vitamin bottles onto the floor.
Coworker Found A Surprise At The Bottom Of Their Cup This Morning
When You Have A Long, Active Day Surrounded By People, Then Get Home, Take Off Your Work Pants, And Just Stare At The 6" Tear Straight Down Your Back End
I was closing late one night and it was just me and the restaurant GM. I was getting ready yo leave and he notices a bar towel in my back pocket. Then he realizes I've just worked an 8hr shift with torn pants. He quietly hand the towl back and wishes me a good night.
Last Night Someone Tried To Steal A Car From The Dealership I Work At
I Finished Rolling My Silverware After An Eleven-Hour Shift, Only To Have The Drawer I Loaded It In The Break And Fall To The Floor. I'm So Done With Today
5 Minutes Into My Maintenance Shift I Get Called Up To The Public Bathroom, This Is What I Found
Can't Get Into Work This Morning Because The Closer Didn't Realize They Took Home The Core To The Door Lock
I'm A Night Custodian At A High School. This Is What The First Day Of School Looks Like
Colleague Stepping On A Wet Concrete
Yikes! Cement burns are a serious thing! Let’s hope he cleaned up thoroughly and quickly.
Coworker Drove A Forklift Over A Can Of Oil
Fresh Refurb At The Pub I Work At And Someone Decided To Write A Review Of The Paint Job
"You didn't sand or undercoat these doors!"
They’re right, though. The entire door is chipped and looks like c**p.
Bought Myself A Little Chair For When I Have To Program Robots For Long Hours At A Time At Work. Someone Over Capacity Borrowed It On The Off Shift
I Literally Just Got Home From My First Day Of Work
Scrolling thorough these posts do US citizens actually have any workers rights?
I Live In A Tiny Town (Less Than 10,000) And There's Only One Road In And Out. Whenever There's An Accident, Traffic Gets Jammed. It's My First Day At My New Job
First Day On The Job As A Pool Attendant And Some Lady Thought It Was A Good Idea To Dump An Entire Chocolate Fountain Into The Sink
Testing Out Our New Printer. Left The Room For 5 Minutes And Came Back To This
A Colleague Tipped Over 7 Crates Full Of Wine Bottles
My First Day As A Delivery Guy At Domino's
When You've Had A Bad Day At Work, Just Remember Someone Else's Work Day Is Probably Much Worse
This Is The "Black" Coffee I Just Ordered From The Vending Machine At My Work. Good Morning To Me
Spilled Half A Pot Of Hollandaise On The Floor At Work. The Majority Of It Went Underneath The Cooler
Well...c**p..I guess slide it out and start cleaning there is probably something else under there too
Cleaned My Glasses Too Hard. I Am At Work, Don't Have A Spare Pair
On My First Day As A Janitor Assigned To This Area Of My School, The Rain Flooded Everything
Key Broke Off Inside The Lock To A Very Important Work Door. Wonder How Much Trouble I Am In
Amazon Employees Who Worked Over 10 Hours On Easter Sunday Were 'Lucky Enough' To Potentially Win A $2 Snack Pack
"Thank you all for coming in on Easter Sunday! We are going to run a contest for P2. Anyone picking over a 310 rate will be entered in a raffle for a snack pack (water/soda and a candy or bag of chips of your choice). Good Luck everyone and THANK YOU!!!"
My Car Exploded On My Way To Work
I'm A Videographer And Today I'm Working At A Women's Conference. As There Are Only Women Here They Converted The Men's Bathroom Into A Second Women's Bathroom
The only problem is that there is one guy here. Me. And I really need to pee.
Had A Wardrobe Malfunction While At Work (Retail), Had To Improvise A Solution
My Coworker Put Straight Printer Ink In One Of My Gloves At Work. This Will Take A Week Or Two Minimum To Come Off
Complaining About A Place That Makes Donuts Smell Like Donuts. Has To Be The Work Of A Karen
Why are those idiots taken seriously? You don't like the smell, then walk away and MYOB.
This Happened On My First Day On The Job
Paint Disaster At Home Depot
When The Boss Thinks He's A Comedian
Oh, that just made me cringe. that's what you get from your best mate, not your boss! geesh.
My Work Doesn’t Allow You To Use A Toilet As A Toilet
I Came Into Work Today To Find One Of Our Office Shelves Collapsed
So I Was Heading To A Job Interview And Accidentally Spilled Coffee All Over Me Just Before Interview. Not The Best First Impression I Suppose
Just say you're so excited to work there that you couldn't contain yourself
Coworker Opened Pressurized Milk Line, Blew His Hat And Hairnet Off
Seen that one before, only it was wine. Dude walked away looking like a smurf.
Coworker Came Out Of Work Yesterday To Find This On His Car
Last Year Our Work Holiday Party Was Pushed Back Until The Last Day Of January On Zoom. Guess Who Was The Only One To Dress Up For The Costume Contest?
Finding This First Thing In The Morning As A Start To Your Work Day
Was Washing A (Very Sharp) Greasy Piping Tip At Work. Slipped Right Onto My Finger Before I Could Stop It
Dumped 17 Buckets Of Drywall Screws (25 Lbs Buckets) From About Fifteen Feet In The Air. I Was Told By My Coworkers It Looked Like Black Hail When It Fell
Up Late Working. My Cat Jumped Up On My Desk, Vomited On The Calculator I Need To Use, Then Jumped Back Down
And you’re taking a pic with a cell phone that has a perfectly good calculator app.
Dropped My Ravioli Taking It Out The Microwave At Work
We Were Supposed To Get Our Annual Raise But This Is What They Gave Us Instead - PB&J Day
I Just Walked In As A Taco Bell Cleaning Captain. Apparently, An Employee Brought In Her Kids On The Night Shift And Made A Mess
And THIS right here is why she couldn’t find anyone to watch them for her while she was at work.
I've Been At Work For About 10 Hours And I Haven't Eaten Anything Since I Got There, I Finally Got A Chance To Order Some Fries From A Nearby BBQ Shop... And I Dropped It
This Happened When I Tried To Leave My Office
My Friend Went To Get Into His Work Truck This Morning And Found That Someone Drilled A Hole In The Gas Tank And Stole All Of His Gas
The Bathroom Ceiling At My Work That Nobody Can Fix Till Tuesday
Well This Happened At Work Last Night
Coworker Left A Couple Shop Rags In The Engine Valley When Doing Intake Gaskets. Now He Gets To Replace The Engine
Coworker Was Driving Pizza Sauce To Another Store And Someone Cut Him Off
Note to self - always secure your load, and don't buy a car with a white interior....
Stop Putting These Stupid Stickers On My Pumps! I Don't Get Paid Enough To Remove Them
Shoelace Got Caught On Something At Work
At Work Wondering Why I Felt A Draft Down There. My Favorite Jeans Have Given Up The Ghost
5th Day Into My New Work At Home Job, And My Chair Breaks Like This
A Conveyor Belt Failed
Starbucks Is Over An Hour Late On The First Red Cup Day. These Are All Abandoned Drinks
Coworker Accidentally Breaks 40+ Plates
The Button Of My Trousers Fell In Toilet, While At Work
Getting Dressed In The Dark Only To Look Down Upon Getting To Work
Made An Enemy On My First Day Of Work
In California, lunch breaks MUST be taken no later than the end of the fifth hour of work. The person who started at 7 MUST take lunch no later than 12, regardless of "seniority privilege".
A New Vet Clinic Opened In My Town And Today His Parrot Escaped And He Tried To Bribe Her Down For 40+ Minutes
Came Into Work To Find That Someone Had Broken Into The Pizza Hut I Work At Last Night
Burglarize a Pizza Hut to steal lots of dough? Seriously, though, what the neck is there to steal? Is that literally the only store in town?!
I’m Never Pooping At My Job Ever Again
My Work Only Has Small Gloves
I HATE THAT! I'm an extra large and I can barely squeeze into a large.
When You Take The Wrong Leftovers Container To Work And All You Have For Lunch Is Baked Beans
2-Hour-Old Brand New Off The Shelf Red Wing Boots Disintegrated. Cost My Friend A Day Of Work
How does that even happen in 2h? Stepped into somme toxic liquid or what?
The Sink At My Work Randomly Exploded And Almost Killed One Of My Coworkers
School Has A Serious Leaking Problem, My Teacher Lives In The Fear That The Plastic Will Break And Spill On Her
My Coworker Came Out Of The Back Room Saying "Hey I Made A Dumb Mistake"
Drove To Work Only To Discover My Suit Was Dead. Drove Back To Change
Had a co-worker who kept having to go home because he ripped his pants. I threatened to buy him a track suit and keep it at work, just in case.
My Work Giving Us Now 2-Day-Old Hotdogs Instead Of Bonus Pay For Working 4th Of July And 4th Of July Weekend
This Just Happened
My Coworker Dropped A Pallet Of Eggs, And I Got Assigned To Go Trough Every Single Egg Box And Inspect Every Single Egg To Ensure They're Not Broken
Got This Wonderful Error 10 Minutes Before Starting My New Remote Job
I Work At A School. On My Lunch, A Parent Told Me That A Pine Cone Had Fallen From A Tree And Shattered Someone’s Windshield. That Someone Is Me
This reminds me of when I was at the supermarket and a woman came in shouting “someone’s left the handbrake off their Mini and it’s rolling across the parking lot!”. “What colour?” “Red.” “Phew, mine’s white.” “Oh, it’s just smashed into a white Mini.” *runs*
Someone Incorrectly Assembled The Shelves At The Store I Work In, And Now I'm Lost In The Sauce
Hell Of A Way To Start Off My Graveyard Shift Last Night
Amazon Driver Left This Big Tote With Our Packages In It On Our Porch
Coworkers Make Each Other Valentine's Day Cards And I’m The Only One In My 12-Person Office That Didn’t Have One Made For Them. Some People Even Have Multiple… Awkward
We had a cork board at work where employees could leave “compliments”/happy note cards about their fellow co-workers. Terrible idea for morale. There are employees who choose not to socialize, or cannot due to anxiety, shyness, or introverted nature, and it hurts them as other employees may see them as unfriendly when they aren’t. The people who don’t socialize/act friendly will never get compliment cards (or Valentines etc) and that sucks. IMO a stupid and unfair system as not everyone is the same levels of energy, friendliness, socialization, etc.
Trying To Finish Up A Last Minute Job. Don’t Forget To Latch Your Screw Boxes People
Someone Had A Bad Day At Work
At least, from the looks of it, it wasn't entirely bad...just a semi-bad day (I'm sorry, even I'm ashamed of me for that one)
My Boss's Dog, Which Doesn't Belong At Work To Begin With, Tore Up My Mango Plant, That I Grew From A Mango I Had Eaten
Boss wasn't present for this, so I texted him to let him know, and all he had to say was "How much do I owe you?"
What was the boss supposed to say? Couldn’t the employee just find out how much it would cost to replace the plant at that approximate size? Was there some emotional attachment because it grew from a mango they ate? I don’t understand the problem here.
My Boss Screwed The Only Window At Our Office Shut, So Now It’s Impossible To Get Fresh Air. I’m Boiling At Work
Had A Pen In My Pocket At Work, Looked Down To This
Started My Birthday Out By Spilling Two Gallons Of Unblended Soup Inside A Refrigerator Ten Minutes Into My Shift
60-Liter Oil Canister Exploded, At The Right Is A Freshly Painted Truck
It's a garbage truck, right? It was going to look like that sooner or later.
Broke My Finger At Work, Got Fired After The Drug Test. All At The End Of A 12-Hour Night Shift
Has anybody noticed that the majority of people being drug tested tend to be factory workers? None of the upper class people are subject to this. Congress, who passed this legislation, is exempt, also people like judges, CEOs, etc. I got in trouble with my company after being sent for a drug test after injuring my finger. When I got back, I told HR "I'll put my p**s up against management's any day." I got away with that because I was in a good union.
Rats Ate Their Way Into Our Work Fridge Over The Weekend
My Wife’s Coworker’s Phone Caught On Fire While Teaching
My Manager Made This Mess And Made Me Pick It Up. Meanwhile, She Was Sitting On A Counter Facetiming Someone And Blasting Music
I thought that looked like Little Caesers flooring! Also, I want to spank that dough for old times sake!
My Shirts For Work Finally Came In… Spelled Wrong. My Name Is Carter
Some Jerks Threw An Entire Jar Of Queso On The Menu Board At My Work And I Had To Scrape It Off With A Chisel
Someone Tried On All These Shoes And Left Them On The Floor
My Tooth Crown Fell Out While I Was Taking A Call At Work
At least you didn't swallow it; that's a completely different ball game.
The Order My Manager Made Me Make After I Clocked Out. I Missed My Bus
If I had clocked out, then it's on the manager. Unless he wanted me to clock back in and unless he was providing my transportation home. That was on him
Someone Ate My Food At Work So I Put It In The Middle Of The Lunch Room Table And Wrote In 3 Languages To Send My Message
My Bike Got Stolen While I Was At Work
I Baked A Cake For My Work Colleagues For My Birthday, And Nobody Took Any
What Happened On Your Worst Day In Trucking?
On Today's Episode Of Why I Wanna Quit My Job
Ffs, just buy a pint of ice cream, rather than telling everyone just how much you, "love coffee".
Day 3 Of Starting My New Job, I Managed To Slice My Hand Open With A Box Cutter Somehow
Today At Work, A Coworker Crashed A Trolley Full Of Plates Needed For A Function
When A Coworker Forgets To Deal With Pizza Dough He Made
The Office Provided My Favorite Expensive Mexican Food For Lunch. I Dumped It All Over Myself
I once worked in a call center where the head of the department would often provide a special lunch for us. We could also eat at our desks. One time when they bought pizza and wings, my manager, who had desk behind me, sat down with his food...and immediately spilled it all over his keyboard. I felt so bad for him, but I was glad it wasn't me!
It Was My Girlfriend's Limited Edition "Starlight" Flavor Coke
Manager Glued The Volume Button On The Phone So We Can’t Change It
Here's My Night Shift Dinner For Work At 2 AM. I Was Hungry, But I Guess The Floor Was Hungrier. 5 Second Rule?
How I Found My Bike When Leaving Work Today (I Only Have One U-Lock)
My Coworker Waited Weeks For A Used Transmission For A Hybrid Tahoe. It Finally Showed Up And He Tipped It Up And Water Ran Out Of It For A Solid 60 Seconds
Dropped My Pocket Knife At Work And The Grate Is Welded And Bolted Down
That Person Must Be Having A Very Bad Day
My Coworker’s Breakfast Today
I Got My Box Filled With Ketchup At Work Today
Thankfully still inside the packets; This prank could've gone to a much worse place
Wandalutz is on a downvote and negative reply rampage, petition to get them banned starts here. The reasoning for this is what is below me and what they did to Zara the Squid
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Nah, we've had a handful of these, not new, they're just less common
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I found the EXACT SAME pics in the same order on the fun post. Who got it first?
The person who was a cart returner at Wal-Mart. Was complaining that people were not returning their carts? I... Well.... If?.... umm...? Forget it. If I explain it to them, I would be doing the job of learning for them. If this is not enough information for sometime in that type of situation; life is going to continue to be a abundance of differing disappointing situations. Puppies can bring happiness. Get yourself a puppy. . . DO NOT get a puppy. My apologies. They are only going to last you about 1 year each. . . Bonzi Tree
Wandalutz is on a downvote and negative reply rampage, petition to get them banned starts here. The reasoning for this is what is below me and what they did to Zara the Squid
Load More Replies... Nah, we've had a handful of these, not new, they're just less common
Load More Replies... I found the EXACT SAME pics in the same order on the fun post. Who got it first?
The person who was a cart returner at Wal-Mart. Was complaining that people were not returning their carts? I... Well.... If?.... umm...? Forget it. If I explain it to them, I would be doing the job of learning for them. If this is not enough information for sometime in that type of situation; life is going to continue to be a abundance of differing disappointing situations. Puppies can bring happiness. Get yourself a puppy. . . DO NOT get a puppy. My apologies. They are only going to last you about 1 year each. . . Bonzi Tree
