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If you thought soap opera-worthy drama only happens during Thanksgiving or on TV, think again. Workplaces are usually festering with gossip, romances, and even affairs. There's a reason why Grey's Anatomy, Mad Men, and even The Office are so popular. After all, we spend almost a third of our lifetimes at work, and it's not all spent doing our jobs.

Recently, one netizen asked others to share the juiciest office drama stories from their workplaces. "What is the craziest office scandal that happened at your job?" u/Aarunascut wrote. And people had stories so juicy they could even make Hollywood screenwriters jealous. From illicit office affairs to CEOs embezzling funds and fleeing to Honduras, these employees have seen it all.

#1

During the annual company picnic, one of our notoriously tight-lipped accounting folks, let's call her Jane, apparently decided it was time to really let her hair down. After a few too many glasses of wine, she found herself atop the karaoke stage belting out tunes like a contestant on a talent show.

But the real kicker? Jane wasn't just singing—she was revealing office secrets between songs. Everything from the truth behind mysteriously disappearing stationery to who really broke the microwave in the break room. The crowd was in stitches, and cell phone videos of her performance went viral within the office.

By Monday, the videos had somehow reached the higher-ups. They weren’t too thrilled about the breach of office etiquette and confidentiality. Management called an emergency meeting, but instead of the expected reprimand, they announced a formal karaoke contest as a new annual team-building event, thanks to Jane's unexpected display of spirit and surprisingly entertaining accusations.

Jane still works in accounting, but now she also heads the party planning committee – and the microwave has never been cleaner.

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Betty Spaghetti
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12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Management was actually clever and thoughtful for once? Wow lol

GalPalAl
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12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When I read the conclusion, my jaw dropped but what a great turn of events on the part of the company if this is true. This is how things should be handled. Bravo

Tabitha
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12 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Angela, is that you? (If you know, you know.)

Borg
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15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I absolutely love this.

Enlee Jones
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13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

LOL Wasn't expecting the happy ending!

Boop the Snoot. Pound the Paw.
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3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I vote we have more people like these higher-ups who don't freak out about everything. Life should actually have some life in it.

Lee Gilliland
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8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What a great way of handling it.

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    #2

    Office scandal scene showing tense coworkers in business attire during a typical workplace conflict situation. Our c suite offices had full frosted windows from the floor to the ceiling so you couldn't see in at all unless the door was open. But they weren't very sound proof.

    We had a married couple that were both devs. Everything seemed fine and no boundaries were crossed in terms of pda.
    The husband was out to lunch and the wife went into the office room. After a while the rest of the staff heard the sounds of spaghetti being stirred and daddy issues being made. By instinct everyone assumed it was the husband in there... Until he walked back in from lunch. The room fell silent. SILENT.

    The husband charged in and all hell broke out with our cto and the husband beating each other and the wife running out looking exactly how you'd expect... Messed up hair, clothes and messed up makeup.

    The next day the frosted windows were changed so you could always see people's feet and legs.

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    SCP 4666
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spaghetti being stirred..what a funny euphemism

    oktopus
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How about "putting the penne in the pasta"? I just made that up BTW.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not so much of a scandal. But I used to work on the 7th floor of our office building. Directly across the street was a parking garage, and the top deck was at our 6th floor. So we could clearly see what happened on that deck. People would shoot-up, have s*x, buy d***s, defecate, etc. All plainly visible to everyone on our side of the building, above the 6th floor. We had 66 floors, so lots of people to see what happened over there. It's crazy how many people are willing to have s*x in public.

    LongFang
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My, now ex, wife "made" me take her in a restaurant's toilet... Hated it...

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    Tabitha
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that’s what happens when you s**t where you eat. Discretion, people. If you’re a l*****e POS who has to cheat, at least have the decency to take it off campus.

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Developers maybe? I always think in terms of video games or websites, but maybe it’s something else.

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    Sofia
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    you wanted the full show eh

    JL
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's taking pair programming too far.

    Tim Richards
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've heard of stirring mac and cheese, but not spaghetti. Same difference, I guess.

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    #3

    Young office couple showing affection, highlighting workplace dynamics and potential office scandals in a modern setting. CEO was caught hooking up with the head of accounting in his office on a weekend. CEO then took all the petty cash, drained whatever he could out of the business account, and both of them fled to Honduras. It was a pretty crazy exit as the company went down in flames less than a month later after all the hidden accounts that were in default and collections came to light. People took the computers, desks, chairs, tvs, etc. as payment for their missing paychecks upon their exit.

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    Tabitha
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    12 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What’s the extradition agreement with Honduras?

    BeesEelsAndPups
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Which country are you referring to? The US has an extradition treaty, however it sort of expired in August 2024, but Honduras has agreed to extend the treaty. The UK has no extradition treaty with Honduras, but it is possible to do so through a third-party country that has one with both countries.

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    Ravenkbh
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Were they at the Coldplay concert too?

    #4

    Woman in business attire discussing office scandal paperwork with two coworkers in a modern workplace setting On a team trip, a coworker attacked me and kissed me. I pushed her away and got away, went to our manager and told her what happened. She (manager) said I needed to “be careful” because pushing this too hard would be a career limiting move. She said she’d deal with it.

    After a couple weeks of having to work with her every day, I went to HR and said “if I did this to her, I’d have been fired the next morning.” HR lady said “yep.” It took months to get rid of the woman who attacked me, all while I was kind of waiting to get fired to make it all go away.

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    Min
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that's just fùcked up.

    Andrew Keir
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, but there are some false allegations, and the knee-jerk assumption is that the man is guilty. I'm glad it worked out for you, and sorry it took so long, though.

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    Tabitha
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So the manager was more co corned with the push than the s****l a*****t? Yeah, if the genders were reversed, it would’ve been much different, and much more quickly dealt with.

    BeesEelsAndPups
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No, not that he pushed her. She was saying that if he attempted to go to HR, metaphorically pushing things too far, it would limit his career. Likely a true statement though. Companies don't like people who complain.

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    Michael Largey
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pushing this hard should be a career limiting move - limiting the career of the attacker.

    Jaya
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    30 minutes ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Men getting séxually abúsed or séxually intimidated, get even less support than women. It's a real disgrace how these situations are being handled.

    tori Ohno
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's when you get a lawyer and the police involved. It was an illegal act that she committed against you, and your employer won't do anything about it, so let the law take them all down. They'll fire her pretty quick when threatened with all of that.

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    #5

    Person at office desk writing notes with laptop and monitor nearby, illustrating an office scandal at the workplace. I worked in a small suburban library; turns out the bookkeeper(who’d been there 27 years, her mom had been on the board)had been embezzling funds for years, to the tune of 44 grand. From a library. Nice. Always hated her.

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    Jonas Fisher
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a really dumb amount of money to steal. $44k isn't enough to change life, but is enough for felony charges. Sheesh. If you're going to steal, steal enough to start a new life in Barbados or something, or steal so little that you get a meal but only get fired if caught.

    Deeelite
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Follow Jonas for more financial tips

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    Tabitha
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What about the godzillionaires stealing trillions from the rest of us?

    Lila Allen
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yeah apparently that's all ok....it's allowed for them. *eye roll*

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    Papa
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am in no way excusing the behavior, but I have a theory that many of the people who are caught embezzling from organizations like libraries, children's sports groups, etc. don't start out intending to steal the money. I suspect they get into a financial bind, and they have access to that money, so they "borrow" some, fully intending to pay it back, and maybe they do pay it back the first time or two, but eventually the amount gets out of hand and they no longer have any chance of repaying it.

    Lila Allen
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That was my assumption too. It never ends well

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    Michael Largey
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hope they threw the book at her!

    Panda Kicki
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I once in a time had boss with very innovative ideas. Like, instead of a normal kickoff she wanted us to go to a seance with a witch and speak to the dead. Before that mandated seance she was fired, rumour had it she had been doing creative book keeping.

    Michael Largey
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    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So I guess she'd been spiriting money away for years.

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    #6

    Private jet parked on runway at sunset, symbolizing high-profile office scandals and immediate workplace consequences. I worked at a major telecom company and our Regional President was fired after he got drunk at an off-site meeting and made a pass at our female CFO (who was admittedly very hot.) He did this in front of a hotel with SEVERAL subordinates watching. When she awkwardly but politely told him no, he berated her because apparently she's slept with several higher ups and he thought she was passing on him because he was short.


    He was flown out on a private jet 2 hours later and we never saw him again.

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    Tabitha
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I highly doubt the CFO slept with other executives. The drunk she rejected (and rightly so) was making that up to try to smear her as revenge for his widdle hurt feewings. He deserved to be fired.

    roddy
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even if she had, I hate the assumption that, just because you've done it with x, you should be ok to do it with y. It slides into the thinking that when someone's not a virgin, they've given up rights to their body and somehow r**e is no biggie.

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    Asri
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Even the description which partly excuses the man's behavior because she was "hot."

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    Michael Largey
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, he was short - short on brains, short on sense, short on respect, and now - hopefully - short on funds.

    Srinivasan S
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes that's the same thing happened to Madison Cawthorn for calling out republican party for conducting o*gies

    Andrew Keir
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just because someone got punished, doesn't mean they were guilty. Sometimes it just means they got outmanoeuvred in office politics.

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    Lotekguy
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Private jet? I'd have sent him away with a bus ticket.

    SCP 4666
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A private jet. But what about their carbon footprint,duh

    Andrew Keir
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's only an issue for the little people. The bosses can do whatever they like.

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    Lily bloom
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read that as "thrown out of a private jet" and thought, well, that's s bit extreme.

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    #7

    Copper pipe mounted vertically against a textured gray wall representing office scandals turning workplaces upside down. Dudes were stealing scrap copper pipe. They were probably clearing $100, maybe $200 a month at most. Given their jobs they had to be making $75 to $80k as technicians. Got fired and the company pressed charges because they were hiding the copper pipe and sneaking (so they thought) back after hours to take it.

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    Corwin 02
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    copper being about 10 bucks a kilo we are talking peanuts to risk your well paying job for

    Fungus John
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah. It's good for cra.ckheads with no prospects to steal, but not if you've got a well paying job.

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    BeesEelsAndPups
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My step-father was a federal investigator in the US. He once arrested a doctor and his wife for fraudulently collecting $150/month in food-stamps. The doctor made $750K/year. Some people are just stupid.

    Steve
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My former friend was a Master Electrician and was stealing copper wiring from his company to support his m3th habit.

    Michael Largey
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Steal copper, and you get coppers.

    Scott Rackley
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a 4th year apprentice, maintenance side, got caught stealing used copper shunts. Lost a $40/hr job over $50 worth of copper.

    Bored Sailor
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son is an electrician and some companies allow them to take the scrap wiring some don't. Of course he only took what they let him.

    Lotekguy
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    For some it's the money; for some it's the pleasure of sticking it to the company; for others it's just the thrill of getting away with something.

    #8

    While in the army up at fort Lewis one of the brigade commanders I met was cool as the other side of the pillow, shook his hand and got a nice award from him. I transfer to fort Bragg in nc and come to find out a year later he holds his entire family at gun point and almost has a shootout with the Seattle police force. PTSD is no joke and don’t let anyone ever tell you different.

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    Earthquake903
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Colonel Owen Ray

    Lila Allen
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honestly our lack of mental health support and the culture of ignoring mental health in military and police has led to so much pain and death. It really should be fixed because it's tragic how many are destroyed

    Rebecca Ortiz
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    8 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I live right near Ft Lewis. Except these days it's called Joint Base Lewis-McCord.

    Robert Trebor
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    3 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I am thankful for the 20 year Navy career without ever having to shoot anyone. Close a couple of times, but not.

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    #9

    Person holding smartphone near laptop and notebook, illustrating office scandals that turned workplaces upside down. I was working as a government contractor a couple years ago. We do shift work and work in teams of three everyday as a full-motion video analyst. One day our branch chief got a call from his boss and the man had a list of people that needed to come to his office immediately. Turns out the people on the list were participating in a private chatroom at work talking trash about their coworkers as well as inappropriate comments about some of their female coworkers. Needless to say they were escorted out of the building and we had to draw from other teams in order to get back to full man power. Watch what you say in work chatrooms. They are monitored and and archived.

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    JL
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But apparently you can send top secret battle plans over Signal to reporters.

    Scott Rackley
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know why you would think anything you do on a work computer is private.

    Ripley
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, and here's crazy idea, don't talk shít about your coworkers in any forum and you'll probably be fine.

    Kalevra
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    where is the fun in that? we just made code names.

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    #10

    Military helmet placed on a vehicle highlighting unexpected office scandals that turned workplaces upside down. We had a Marine steal and sell well north of 5 figures USD in gear from the Force Recon guys attached to us.

    He was in advance with headquarters and had access to pretty much anything already staged.

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    Deeelite
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are......are you talking about my ex husband?????? This sounds eerily familiar

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    #11

    Person holding a pen and clipboard taking notes during a discussion about office scandals and workplace issues. Managers created a list of employees and ranked them all by performance, likeability, and salary and tallied up how much money they cost the company each year. They left this list in the board room and everyone saw it.

    First they said it was fake (but it had their signatures) then they said it was just there so they could figure out where to improve. One day shortly after all this they finally gave up trying to cover it up and just started firing people who they deemed to have cost the company money. All of the managers kept their jobs and got bonuses.

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    Kylie
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Of course they did.

    SCP 4666
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Time for another french revolution...at this company

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    Tabitha
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hope the fired employees had copies of the managers’ “list” to use s evidence of the retaliatory firings.

    roddy
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They made a list, ranked it, signed it, and left it behind? This seems so improbable.

    Lotekguy
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    5 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Was Pete Hegseth one of the managers who signed it?

    Jonas Fisher
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean....yeah? The "likeability" metric is questionable, but everything else makes complete sense. Essentially, they sorted employees by performance and ranked that against salary. They then got rid of the dead weight. Anyone who isn't dead weight should be applauding management who would do that. Looking at it as positively as possible, it's even reasonable to include a "likeability" metric, since some employees just make the job better to come into every day. Those folks add value that matters even if it doesn't directly translate into "units moved." Honestly, this sounds a lot like work done right, minus leaving the list out to be found.

    GalPalAl
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its lie they took a page out of Office Space and made it real. No wonder people don't have any desire to work or do a good job when you hear this.

    #12

    Person signing a document with a pen, capturing a moment related to office scandals and immediate termination cases. Guy's wife was going through long lingering death from cancer. Whole office is there for him for years while they are going through treatment, then hospice. She dies. First day back from the funeral he and THE HEAD OF HR announce they are engaged. Then they get married a few weeks later. People were flipping out, but nothing ever came of it. She knew all his insurance details about his wife's care, about her life insurance, his retirement, that he owned his home and a rental house. The payoff was worth risking her job.

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    Cloud Ryn
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Still freaking disgusting

    Tabitha
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    12 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know guys, there are times when you have to shut the little brain off, be a real man, and do the right thing by your dying wife—-meaning that, at a time like that, getting your rocks off should be the LAST thing in your mind. Same goes for when your wife is heavily pregnant and s*x is uncomfortable for her. She’s carrying YOUR child, ffs. You should be more concerned for her health, comfort, and safety than about sticking it into another woman. Listen to the little brain and you become a sorry sack of s**t as a man. That all also applies to a woman cheating because her husband is ill, dying, or having physical issues. Review the vows you took, folks, and take them seriously, ffs. They include worse, sickness, and until death do you part. You have a responsibility to hold up your end of the bargain, especially when life throws you that kind of curveball. FFS, do the right thing.

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    #13

    One of the accounts at a company I was working at was suddenly fired and escorted off by security. He looked pissed and threatened to come back and shoot up the company. We had the door locked for weeks and we had to call in to have the secretary let us in. We found out he was watching porn on his work computer. HR had been screenshotting his computer every time he did. It went on for weeks before HR decided enough was enough. Anyway he couldn’t deny it. He even watched it on his work phone

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    Chich the witch
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    19 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Heard of a problem at another office. Someone was watching p**n on work computers. It was always outside work hours and was happening on several people's machines, all who denied doing it. Finally caught the guy. A super religious, better than thou type. Got nick named "the P**n again Christian"

    Tim Gibbs
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a situation where if you watched p**n you were immediately fired but we also had remote workers in the outback that we took no action against because it was just the remote worker his dog and a truck with a cabin, the next nearest person was probably 100’s kms away. The dog always looked worried though 🤣

    Kid Murray
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Without even getting into the basic lack of decency or propriety, why would anyone in this day and age think they could get away with that?

    Kalevra
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I swear i worked with this guy.

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    #14

    Man in casual shirt looking shocked while talking on phone, illustrating office scandals and workplace drama. We had this tech named Helen, who shortly after she got hired became friends with one of our dispatchers, John who has been married for like 15 years.

    John and Helen often had breakfast and lunch together. Helen kinda hated her husband (dude was a legit POS), and her friendship with John quickly turned to more. For months he started going on break for about half an hour or more or even just going home early right after she would clock out. Everyone knew what has happening.

    Somehow her husband found out. He called our business line, and told whoever he spoke to that he was coming for John and was going to shoot his a*s.

    We had a police presence around our complex and my boss went and got his handgun out of his car, and a a mass text was sent out to everyone warning the drivers to call the lab and make sure it was safe, and if they weren't able to reach anyone then stay away until told otherwise.

    Nothing ended up happening except for Helen putting in her two weeks. However, John still takes his breaks to go meet up with Helen to bone in one of their car before she goes into work, despite the death threat.

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    Srinivasan S
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    John seems like a man of his commitments

    Min
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Except for the one he made to his wife...

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    Brian Droste
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did John's wife find out what was going on and how did that turn out?

    GalPalAl
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Darwin award potential honorable mention

    Onan Hag All
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    First world problems, (making a big consession calling America "first world".)

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    #15

    Pregnant woman holding belly wearing a sweater, representing workplace office scandals related to employment and rights. Girl dated a guy (A) and got pregnant then broke up with him to date another co worker (B). 3 months postpartum and she’s pregnant again with the new guys (B) baby but he cheats on her with a co worker (new woman) and now she’s dating another co worker (C). Law enforcement if you couldn’t guess….

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    Jp@nda
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a lot of bodily fluids being swapped around 🤢

    Tabitha
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And a lot of kids who won’t be able to date each other in the future, and won’t understand why until they’re old enough to hear the truth—-if their parents ever tell them.

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    oktopus
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I need a diagram to understand this.

    Andrew Keir
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just adults acting like kids, and looking surprised when it all goes wrong ...

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    tresgatos72
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I feel sorry for the kids.

    #16

    Burned and destroyed hard drive inside a damaged computer hard disk, symbolizing office scandals that disrupted workplaces. I don't know all of the details, but I believe a person was fired for some kind of financial fraud. Before they left, they drilled holes through their computer's hard drives.

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    Brian Droste
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That picture looks like more than holes being driven through. Looks like heat was put to it.

    Andrew Keir
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks more like they shot it

    #17

    Close-up of a hand wearing a large diamond ring, illustrating a notable office scandal that turned the workplace upside down. Two employees were (obviously) having an affair. She came in one day with a huge ring ( obviously not a 3 carat diamond). They were planning divorces and going to get married. He goes on vacation with family, doesn't show up on first day back to work, calls manager to say he moved, and would mail his badge back. She has a nervous breakdown and ended up divorced and alone.

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    G A
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cheaters never prosper

    Tabitha
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At least not for long. Karma always finds a way of catching up with them.

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    #18

    The cops (FBI?) raided corporate HQ. I worked out of a different office and I don't recall how we found out about it. The company may have put out a very generic email that probably warned against conjecture. To my knowledge, that was the sole communication we ever received about it. Turns out the CFO had embezzled millions.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "How can we prevent conjecture, guys?" "I know, let's send out a company-wide email warning against conjecture!" Company: *conjecture*

    Michael Largey
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In corporate America the truth that eventually comes out is likely to be much worse than your darkest conjecture. (And the truth that doesn't ever come out will be worse than that.)

    JL
    Community Member
    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One time my office was raided by the FBI. That one day I happened to be at a different building for training. I was so mad I didn't get to watch the floor show.

    #19

    We had the cops come by our office and hang out. Turns out an employee who was getting let go had made some threats about coming to the office and shooting it up. They tracked him down before he got anywhere close and the whole episode lasted about 10 minutes but it was a thing for those 10 minutes.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    God bless the 2nd amendment, eh?

    Peter Bear
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If people actually read the d**n thing, they'd see it invalidates itself. It's built on the premise of not having a standing army, and only applies if a 'well-regulated militia' is 'essential to the common defense'. Which it isn't. So private citizens actually have no right to keep nor bear arms unless they are law enforcement or military.

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    #20

    We worked for a Drilling Contractor and hired smaller companies to do the work for us. (Subcontractors)

    Boss was getting money under the table from subcontractors we hired. He’d get up to 10% back from these $20,000 - $500,000 invoices we’d pay to subcontractors.

    Boss created a fake company to skim left over money in our job budgets. Say we saved a little bit of money in materials? He would pay his fake company that remaining money.

    Boss was still getting a Salary. His base was like $87,000 to begin with.

    3 income routes and on top of that he was a terrible boss.

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    TheRightToArmBears (riff/tone)
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I guarantee boss's salary was much higher than that. Former driller here and even the grunts can clear more than $87k

    Kira Okah
    Community Member
    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ofc he will. It does say base salary, that does imply that there are additional monies as part of his salary before the kickbacks and skimming.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, I have this awful tendency to turn AHs like that in.

    #21

    Angry boss in a suit pointing and scolding an employee during an intense office scandal at the workplace. The Executive Chairman punched another C-level. He then resigned / was asked to leave.

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    Brian Droste
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonderbwhy thecEC punched another C-level person? Did he deserve it?

    Serena Myers
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No idea what "another C-level" is? Another Chairman? Maybe the C-level sniffed/sighed/craćked his/her knuckles and the Executive Chairman had misophonia? That is something that can make even an otherwise reasonably normal person (such as me!) react with anger! If you have it, well, then you'll understand what I mean. A boss of mine, a few years back, did the sniff/sigh/sniff/sigh every couple of minutes. I had to get headphones and a white noise app on my phone in self defence otherwise I'd have done something I'd regret. He was an irritating prat anyway!

    Ripley
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    C-suite. CEO, CFO, CPO, etc. Generally refers to the highest of the senior executives.

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    #22

    Man in a suit signing documents at a desk, representing office scandals that turned workplaces upside down. A job I took moving cross country was chock full of crazy shenanigans.

    A few that happened my first 6 months:

    PM was fudging his expense reports, staying extra days in locations on his own but billing them as paid for by the company, or extending his rental car while home so he doesn't have to drive his own. He got fired for failing to support me when we were down a dispatcher, but that report led to these findings.

    An Account Manager, which was my position just in a different city, was using the corporate credit card to bribe contractors to take jobs. She'd pay for their groceries, gas, etc to make sure jobs got completed. We got our corporate credit cards taken away after that.

    A number of law suits that varied from Harassment to Ill treatment of contractors, as well as wage theft caused the company to file for bankruptcy. IMO Karma came for them because it was bunch of arrogant a******s who thought their s**t didn't stink, and treated everyone else accordingly.

    Another good one was while I was working retail, I walked in on the Asst. Manager blowing the Store Manager. No one got fired, but the AM was mad the SM wouldn't break up with his gf for her, and planned to say he s******y harassed her. I let him know it was coming and she ended up fired then.

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    Scott Rackley
    Community Member
    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always treated the corporate card as radioactive. Didn't like the expense reports that came with it.

    Orion Red
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    that payment to contractors to get work done sounds almost legit. If she had been transparent, she would have been promoted.

    Bur*
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    I don't think buying lunch for your workers and paying a per diem for gas is bribery, it's how people should be treated if you want quality work from them

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    #23

    Person holding several US dollar bills while working at a desk, highlighting office scandals impacting workplaces. The manager borrowed money from the "top" sales rep. To pay him back, put deals in his name that came in on their own.

    Both got jail sentences, and the corruption found ended up shutting down the entire division.

    And yes, you've heard of the company.

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    Lawrence
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Cyberdyne Systems? Tyrell Industries? ...I don't know a lot of companies.

    Glix Drap
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Father Ted, "The money was just resting in my account".

    #24

    The chief engineer is the husband of the program manager (his wife is his boss). This was allowed because one of them technically works as a contractor under a different company. Then the chief engineer got caught sleeping with another colleague. I wonder how his performance review went that quarter.

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    Andrew Keir
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Depends which performance you're considering ...

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    #25

    Manager Kim, very pretty but got the job because her location was closed down. One of our new hires took a liking to her, they were roughly the same age, so they hit it off. And he was a big flirt. Eventually, the tell tale signs of special treatment appeared, and we all knew that new hire (Jim) was sleeping with her. She also had a daughter, about 20 or 21, absolutely gorgeous.

    Jim has a son, Jimmy, who worked there too. Jimmy actually had more seniority than Dad, and we knew Jimmy was sleeping with a supervisor (Amy). Amy was married, and Jim tried to explain the infidelity as Amy was a****d in her marriage. But some of us would go on trips together, and there were never any clues to that. Not to say that isn’t happening. But also, these stories are 10 years old, and Amy and her husband are still together.

    Eventually Amy and Jimmy break it off, and Jimmy starts seeing the manager Kim’s daughter.

    In the meantime, Kim and Jim are having issues. She starts flirting with another subordinate at the time. Jim finds out, there’s a fight, and he quits. But as part of the special treatment, some responsibilities were solely his job, and nobody else was legally trained or signed off to pick up the slack. Which led to a 💩 show right away.

    A week later Kim was terminated. Jimmy and the daughter are married, and have a child, making both Kim and Jim grandparents that have to get along because of that. But otherwise they probably wouldn’t even see each other.

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    Zig Zag Wanderer
    Community Member
    20 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This sounds like a sitcom show. I couldn't keep up with everything! Call Jerry Springer!

    oktopus
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Need a diagram for this one too.

    Michael Largey
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you've ever wondered why companies have rules about co-workers dating, ...

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    #26

    Lab technician wearing blue gloves handling a syringe and vial in a sterile laboratory setting for office scandals. I work as a forensic expert/investigator Florence A police officer came to me and my colleague asking us to try to find any hair or fingerprints on his wife's shirt. He suspected that she was cheating on him. But his wife was the lieutenant at the police station so we couldn't even if we wanted to investigate the lieutenant she found out and fired him but as they were married they thought the dismissal was for revenge so they fired her too

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    Moving Enigma
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    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some punctuation would have helped here!

    Bell-icose
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    8 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You work? How? You can’t even write a sentence!!!

    Lila Allen
    Community Member
    10 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oddly the thing that makes this. most believable is a forensic investigator's utter lack of punctuation.

    roddy
    Community Member
    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Misuse of police resources should be a firing offence. There was no need to speculate about revenge. His firing was deserved, hers wasn't.

    Adam Zad
    Community Member
    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The CPAC afterparty featured cocaíne strippers Kimberly Gargoyle and Ivanka Trump. Commas are important people!

    #27

    At my last job, the person who was head of the most... humanitarian division of the company was part of the varsity blues scandal.

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    Michael Largey
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The division doesn't matter. Rich people are rich people.

    Pferdchen
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The Varsity Blues scandal refers to a major college admissions bribery scheme in the U.S. where wealthy parents paid large sums to secure spots for their children at prestigious universities, leading to numerous indictments and convictions. The investigation, known as Operation Varsity Blues, revealed widespread corruption in college admissions practices from 2011 to 2018."

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    #28

    World-renowned museum. Director is married to wife who is art historian, writer, and works at museum. Head curator is married and she and director start relationship while still married to spouses. Open secret. Always together at events, in press, ate lunch together. Got divorced from spouses and been happily married for 30 plus years.
    Maybe NOT such a scandal after all. Hm.

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    Michael Largey
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The betrayed and abandoned spouses may not have seen it as "NOT such a scandal after all."

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    20 hours ago

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    #29

    Person typing on a laptop keyboard, illustrating office scandals that caused sudden firings and workplace turmoil. The branch manager at a company I worked for in Wilkes-Barre, PA was a complete idiot, and had gone on vacation to Jamaica over Christmas break. When he came back, he showed us this picture of him rubbing sun screen on the back of some woman named Urkelgruh, who turned out to our big boss from corporate, Jane. Our warehouse guy Dave emailed the picture all over the company. Most of the warehouse guys who previously hated Mitchell gained a lot of respect for him that day, though.

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    Corwin 02
    Community Member
    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and this is fully made up since it is a scene from "The Office"

    Ann Kapoxeet
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    2 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I bet he played a mean set of steel drums

    Kalevra
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    6 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I hate BP "Writers".

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