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We’ve all had that very worst day combo. From little things, like keys falling into the road gutter hole to a car engine that goes on vacation and doesn’t start, to pouring salt instead of sugar in your coffee, call them first world problems, but they’re real. And blood-boiling. In fact, we previously rolled up this compilation of pics with people having a day they’d be better off without.
This time, we are taking it a step further with a brand new list of employees having worse days than you. The cases are just vile. Think of a guy dropping a $40,000 pallet worth of glass on his first day or think of how it feels when you’re working from home and hit video instead of audio.
While you feel the hair standing up on your arms, I leave the stage to all the workers who need a big hug, mint tea and a warm blanket as soon as they get home. And if you still think that your workday is not going according to plan, well, think again.
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#1
When I Worked At A Dog Daycare (I'd Bring My Dog With Me, Duh) I Once Got Off From Work And Was So Hungry I Left Without Him
My manager sent me this picture about 10 minutes later saying "You forgot something". His expression is perfect.
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#2
Started Work This Morning, Put My Headset On, Felt Something Furry In My Ear, Looked And There Is A Bat In My Headset
#3
When You’re Working From Home And You Hit Video Instead Of Audio
It has happened to all of us. The CEOs, the interns, the freelancers, nobody is immune to a bad day at work. And when it feels like everything is falling out of your hands and your head is about to explode, you look at the clock, and it says there’s still hours left until the day becomes history. So in order to find out what exactly we can do to help our miserable selves struggling with a bad day at work, Bored Panda reached out to Christine Mitterbauer, licensed and ICF-approved career coach and serial entrepreneur, who was happy to share some useful tips and insights.
“When you’re in the moment and this happens, the best thing is to stop what you’re doing, don’t say another word and excuse yourself to go to the bathroom,” Christine said and added that the last thing you want to do is explode in front of your boss and colleagues. “Doing this solves the problem in the short term, but to avoid this type of situation in the long term, there are a few strategies you could practice.”
#4
Flew In A Helicopter For The First Time At Work, The Pilot’s Helmet Wasn’t Calming
#5
Keeps Pecking The Window And Shouting At Me While I'm Trying To Work
#6
The One Time The Toner Exploded At Work While Switching It Out. You Can See Where I Was At That Exact Moment
“Assuming you’ve excused yourself and have found a private space, whether it’s the bathroom or outside in the fresh air, the first thing to do is to get your breathing under control. Our breathing is intimately linked with our feelings and emotions, so by breathing in deeply and exhaling slowly, you immediately start calming your angry emotions down,” Christine said. In fact, the career coach argues that it’s impossible to be hot-tempered and angry while breathing slowly and deeply. “Do this 10 times,” Christine suggested.
#7
Actually Had To Put This Sign Up In The Bathroom At My Work
Sonia Shanzer 2 years ago
That must be how the trashy scumbags that shop at Walmart do it. Any time i go in the restroom at the Walmart on Adams Ave. it looks like a turd exploded all over the stalls. Their homes must be disgusting.
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Anna Taylor 2 years ago
As someone who sits on a toilet properly and still hates cleaning their own toilet, I dub you worthy of the greatest respect.
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Paul C. 2 years ago
We had auditors come to our offices to work for about a week. They were a different nationality and used to wrap their poo in toilet paper and put it in the waste bins!
Paul Davis 2 years ago
Some countries have such poor access to water they learn to do this. So probably a desert country. I worked with some people who came a country where toilet paper was incredibly expensive, only for the very wealthy. So they had never used toilet paper in their lives. Even though toilet paper was available here, they insisted on not using it, but instead squirting themselves with a plastic bottle full of water. And of course that disgusting water would get all over the toilet and floor.
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Lav Oravaf 2 years ago
I so relate. I work as an office manager, you have no idea the things I have to remind people of... most of the times I feel like working in a kindergarten...
ohjojo 2 years ago (edited)
I own a daycare and the only reason the bathroom didn't look like an explosion was because the children were escorted and supervised in the bathroom. If you are staff and need supervision, I'm going to need a raise, and a vacation.
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Casey Burns 2 years ago
We get Highschool interns where I work from time to time to train on and stay with the company if they're good. This one kid came in. He was a big boy. And would get poo somehow all over the seat, leave it there and blame someone else. It had never happened before until he got there. We finally let him go about 8 months later but after many signs including literal signs saying to "clean up after yourself."
Tai Buser 2 years ago
I can't imagine coming to work if I couldn't trust a fart but if this a regular occurrence warranting the need for this sign, WHAT THE ACTUAL FÜCK IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE!? SORRY, maybe this person's coworkers are a bunch of hippos https://images.app.goo.gl/2yBLgwzC8xNqj8yj6 that can't help it but that seems unlikely. I get that some cultures have a different method for when it's time for brown down but for f**k's sake, most animals can s**t in a more civilized manner without a commode! If cats can be taught to use a toilet and make it in the bowl, why is this a thing!? And no matter the size of one's backup bumper, everyone's poop chute hole is about the same size and is easily not larger than the toilet hole target. If sitting on the seat with one's s**t pipe roughly on center over the hole isn't sanitary but going full throttle manure spreader is, I'm done with humanity! As a prominent pebbler, I don't understand the chronic spray paint can poopers either, medical conditions aside...
AndersM 2 years ago
We had syrian refugees coming to my work. They sit ON the toilet balacing and just spraying every where.
Hugh Cookson 2 years ago
Because many places in the middle east have 'squat' toilets (basically a hole in the ground above a midden pit), the only way to use them is to squat on your haunches over the hole - a bit smelly but quite effective and mostly you don't need loo paper afterwards because the a**s isn't very close to the cheeks of the bottom - more of a clean shot if you will.
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Bobbie Meyers 2 years ago
A very long time ago, I cleaned an HP office building. They would s**t everywhere. On top of the flush handle seemed to be the main goal. And the men also left other bodily fluids. Stop jerking off at work!
Patricia Henderson 2 years ago
Worked as a janitor to put myself through school and walked in the MENS restroom and it looked like this. Took me a full hour to finish that room. I'm talking about adults here. WTH.
marianne eliza 2 years ago
Some people think they're getting back at the company when they do stuff like this. They're only making the lives of building maintenance miserable.
Vortex Lazer 2 years ago
People must have done this so many times that this has to be posted, I am appalled by it.
Bonni Adah Stoker 2 years ago
wow...adults that still aren't potty trained. seriously, no words
Anneke Dubash (Mudhooks) 2 years ago
I worked in a big-box bookstore and there were ALWAYS people having bathroom accidents l. I would clean the Ladies’ bathroom so no one would be forced to. The guy from Receiving generally did the Mens’ room. A customer came up and said there was a “big mess in the Mens’ room” so I called the guy from receiving. Some tome later, he came over to my department looking shaken… “I swear toGod it looked like a moose had shït in there… There were carrots EVERYWHERE…” Another time, a customer said the Mens’ room was flooding. It was. Sewage had backed up and was dripping down into the New Releases section (ironic) and down into the back of Starbucks. The plumber came and extricated a full pair of longjohns from the toilet. “I think this might be the culprit.”
Anneke Dubash (Mudhooks) 2 years ago
A crazy guy in the downtown area and who was blind (he screamed that no one will help him and when people tried to help him he screamed at them that he didn’t need help) came in one day and a clerk asked if she could help. “I need the bathroom… I had an accident.” She helped him up to the Mens’ room. A while later, a customer came to me and said “There’s a problem in the Mens’ room. There’s a naked guy and… Ummm. Poo everywhere.” I got a manager. There was indeed “poo everywhere”… walls, floor, mirrors, both cubicles, paper towels dispensers. The managers hosed the guy off as best they could and put him out. It took them all day to wash the bathroom, the entire store stank. They stank… even after they went home and showered. And trust me, women are equally piggy in the bathrooms.
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Eliza Osenbaugh-Stewart 2 years ago
I can't imagine anyone actually poops the 2nd way. I'm not sure you can even work the right muscles in that position, and if you did it would end up in your underwear and pants (assuming those were around your ankles). If poop is getting everywhere it is for some other reason.
Buck Up 2 years ago (edited)
It's very common in construction sites, as they are densely populated with people from areas where they only have a hole in the ground. They think it's gross to have their butt cheeks on the same surface as someone else. But grosser still to walk in and see c**p everywhere, with footprints on either side of the toilet seat.
Buck Up 2 years ago
It's also very common to sit down and see poopy toilet paper in the trash can in front of you ... a carryover from areas where sewer lines are easily clogged, or they don't want the hole to fill up quickly.
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GoddessOdd 2 years ago
I am troubled that apparently this happens so often they felt the need for a sign. Anyone can have a bad day... but enough to need a sign??
Péter Rózsahegyi 2 years ago
Once I worked at a company where the average number of university diplomas per capita was far more than 2. And it was a real problem there. Disgusting.
Melissa Girvan Grant 4 months ago (edited)
We have exactly this problem in the staff toilets at my work. I work in a hospital 😳
Randal Hager 4 months ago
Women do that so they don't have to sit on the toilet. Men don't care.
Barbara Jacobs 1 year ago
Had a doctor that would do this ( hospital housekeeping) refuse to clean it until they spoke to him , he was the only male in that area, "like come the F on. Really?"
Klondike Penguin 1 year ago
Who is crapping like the person on the right? I’ve never used my a*s as a cannon. More important question, how many people have done this that a sign has to be put up. I hope it’s not too many.
Leigh Bartlett 1 year ago
The janitor made this sign after cleaning yesterday's mess. No other explanation? Maybe, the s**t really did hit the fan.
•DemonInkling• 1 year ago
I could see this at an elementary school or something but not a job for GROWN ADULTS LOL
Gloria Mendoza 2 years ago
Some people need to be reminded that you may do this at home, but not at work. Filthy animals.
ShatteredKnight 2 years ago
I laugh because I have had jobs that required cleaning public restrooms and sometimes I have been left in awe trying to figure out exactly how certain, ummm, "excretions" ended up where they did... All I can say is some people put physics on hold when they enter the toilet...
Sterling Hill 2 years ago
Like the signs the Germans have had to put up in public pools, after the influx of new people. One a graphic showing no poo in the shower and another showing it is wrong to touch the women.
William Mclaurin 2 years ago
I clean bathrooms at work and you wouldn't believe how disgusting people really are
Luis Gomez 2 years ago
Make a separate bathrooms for the robots. Problem solved. Or will the cyborgs start making a ruckus?
Ernie Tabuena 2 years ago
I have actually witnessed “no” first-hand. I had to go buy the offender a T-shirt (he paid) because there was no TP. Then I ran like hell.
Patricia Fonda 2 years ago
I had to clean the mens toilet about a Week once and every morning, I had. to Soak it because every day soweit idiot Sh... in the toilet and didn't flush!
Shelly Graham 2 years ago
It shouldn't have to be, but alas there are some people who should just wear adult diapers!
L.a. Williams 2 years ago
Some warning labels are so pitiful your sure the human race is not going to survive.
Nicole Tomme 2 years ago
I need to put this in my bathroom for my small child who somehow produces man sized poops.
Jason ramirez 2 years ago
I managed a men's residence with common bathrooms...never ending issues
Riley Quinn 2 years ago
The image is misleading. I'm assuming this is an American business using typical American toilets. Many cultures squat, and it's very difficult to do this with American toilets without leaving an unsightly mess.
voice of reason 2 years ago
Not only sad but could be caused by disease. I have Chromes disease and this is a possibility. BUT, clean up your work station. No need for anyone to know!
Seanette Blaylock 2 years ago
I honestly don't care whether someone sits or not, just clean up after yourself instead of leaving it for the next person, dammit! No, Hover Princess, your precious pee is NOT a joy and a privilege for the next woman in that stall to clean up!
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#8
My Friend Works As An Extra In Movies And Does Stock Photography.... Just Saw Him Pictured As A Sex Offender On A Bus In Florida
#9
So I Started Working As A Beekeeper Last Week
“Another thing to do is to remind yourself that everyone always has a reason for acting and speaking the way they do, a reason that makes sense to them. It might make no sense to you and irritate or anger you, but by always trying to put your mind into that of the person who has angered you, you start losing some of that anger. No one is being mean or irritating on purpose.”
#10
My Girlfriend Got Nailed At Work
#11
This Pillar Was Straight Last Week. This Is The First Floor Of A Seven-Floor Building
#12
Fell On A Gusset Plate At Work
Obviously you want to minimize the bad days you have at work, Christine says, as if there’s too many bad days, there may be consequences. “This can indeed affect your confidence as you start questioning yourself and your capability to do the job,” she said.
Another great tip to make sure you don’t get yourself to the moment of explosion at work is, before accepting the job, to “try as much as possible to get a feel for the kind of people you’ll be working with, as associating with personalities that clash with ours can result in too many uncomfortable and angry interactions.”
#13
Poor Megan
#14
I Cleaned The Cat’s Litter Box And Brought The Bag With Me To Throw Away In My Outdoor Trash Can On The Way To Work. I Also Brought My Lunch
Guess which one got thrown away and which one came to work with me.
#15
My Friend Got A Surprise Haircut At Work Today. And It Was Free
Having said that, the career coach assured our readers that unless you’re a Buddhist monk, pretty much everyone will have bad days at work from time to time, even if they mostly love their job. “Speaking about Buddhist monks. One long-term strategy to really get your temper under control is to practice mindfulness meditation.”
It’s an excellent method to taking back the control you feel like losing when a bad day at work gets you. “This is a way of noticing your thoughts for what they are, ‘just thoughts,’ instead of having the thoughts control you. The better you become at this, the quicker you’ll pick up your angry thoughts in those crucial moments, and you will be able to push them away before they have a chance to consume you and make you feel like you’re exploding.”
Christine said that you could practice 10-15 min a day and see results after just a few weeks. So it’s definitely worth trying it out!
#16
Guy Dropped A $40,000 Pallet Of Glass On His First Day
#17
Bought 60 Doughnuts For The Office Today To Celebrate My 20th Birthday, Only To Be Told I Need To Self Isolate And Work From Home For The Next Week
#18
They Couldn’t Do It
#19
After Years In Retail, This Is The Worst Case Scenario
#20
My Sister Tried Making Popcorn At Work Today... Didn't Go Very Well
#21
Accidently Dropped My Work Keys Into The Toilet. When I Got Up To Fish Them Out, It Automatically Flushed Itself
#22
I Work With An Office Full Of Sadists
#23
I Work As A Valet. Told Him He Had To Park It Himself
#24
I Do Calligraphy. I Misplaced The Circled In Character, Which Is Part Of A 300 Word Scroll That I Almost Finished After 5 Days Of Work, 200 Characters In
#25
The Ink From My Date Stamp At Work Exploded On My Shirt And The Material Formed The Droplets Into Little Stars
#26
I Work At A Movie Theatre And This Is A Regular Occurrence
#27
So I Bring A Pecan Pie To Work. By Noon It Was Missing. Found It A Few Hours Later In My Boss's Office
#28
Buckets Of Paint Fell Off A Pallet Being Lifted By A Forklift
#29
Need To Keep The Light On When I Get Ready For Work
#30
The Windows Where I Work Like To Explode Every Month Or So
#31
It's Always A Pleasure To Realize That Your Coworkers Don't Know How To Close A Box Properly... Right When You're Ready To Go Home
#32
Was Given A Heat Sensitive Mug For A Work Meeting
#33
Really Bad Day
#34
My Friend Works As A Cleaner Here
#35
After The Meeting Coworker Let Me Know That I Looked Naked And Frustrated The Whole Time
#36
My Friend Went To Work With A Pair Of Underwear Hanging Out Of Her Pants All Day
#37
I Work As A Financial Auditor. When Reviewing Cash Deposits, I Found That One Of Our Employees Accepted This $100 Bill
The Penguin Bandit 2 years ago
If only there was a way for the cashier to tell that this is fake 😐
#38
I Work At A Small Coffee Shop. My Boss Just Absent-Mindedly Poured Unroasted Beans Into A Batch Of Roasted Ones. Here's Us Separating 10,000 Beans... By Hand
Chicken Nugget 2 years ago
Just toss it all away. It would take too much time and the cost of buying new ones would outweigh the hours spent on sorting
#39
FedEx Truck Hanging Off The Indiana Toll Road After Hitting Ice In Frigid Conditions. Driver Not Hurt
#40
A Fly Managed To Slip Into My Coffee At Work. Fortunately, I Spit Him Out All Over My Keyboard
#41
What McDonald's Got Us (At Least My Branch Of McDonald's) For Our Work During The Pandemic
#42
-41°С And No One To Let Me In To Work
#43
Just Slipped On Ice And Tore My Favourite Jeans. Now I Gotta Go A Whole Shift At Work With My Bright Orange Boxers On Show
#44
My Wife Just Got This Huge Banner For Work. Perfect
Julie C Rose 2 years ago
This is either fake or clearly the other company’s fault. When the image doesn’t load, you ask the client to resend it.
#45
This Was My Dad's Only Christmas Bonus From The Company He's Worked At For Over 20 Years: A $20 Off Coupon For A Frozen Turkey. My Mom Got A Christmas Ornament
Chicken Nugget 2 years ago
These big companies honestly should be destroyed. Quality and employee care are all horrible.
#46
My Boss Is Going To Kill Me
Bob D. Lin Quint 2 years ago
Why're you just standing there taking pictures? Help him climb up
#47
My Zipper Broke At Work, Right Before A Few Important Meetings
#48
So I Found Out That My Shoes Have A Hole In Them... At The Urinal At Work
#49
I Picked Something Up At Work, All Of A Sudden My Leg Started To Hurt, I Reached Into The Pocket At My Leg And Realised That My Spare Blade Made It Out Of The Case Somehow
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Nicess 2 years ago
Just a general comment to all workers out there. Thank you for putting up with all the s**t you do.
whodunnitfan2013 2 years ago
I hate how poorly workers are treated. They're treated like mere cogs in a machine.
Asriel Dreemurr 2 years ago
All in all we're just another brick in the wall
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Tamsin Far 2 years ago
The food waste really hurts. And I learned that you always should have replacement pants at work - and a pair of matching shoes.
Yort 2 years ago
It’s unfortunate, but they can’t sell stuff that’s determined to be outside of safe temperatures. And the ice cream one seems like that stuff had been sitting without power for at least 10 hours since they said it happened at 7 pm and it’s clearlu past dawn in the photo.
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Tami 2 years ago (edited)
One very hot day when I was working in downtown Seattle, a truck carrying a dozen or so barrels of pig guts started up Marion Street, a hill right next to my workplace, and the chain at the back of the truck holding the barrels in broke. All those barrels tumbled out, coating the street with several inches of gore. We caught wind of what happened way back in the repair shop when the driver came into the store to use the phone to call his boss, leaving footprints of greasy, smelly slime on the carpet. I still remember watching the poor truckdriver getting started scraping up the mess in the street, his head hanging low. The company cleaned it up, but an aromatic memory was with us all through that heatwave.
Klondike Penguin 1 year ago
I love looking at photos like these. That’s only because I can get anxious at work, thinking that nothing could get better. That is until I remember that photos like these exist, enabling me to think, “At least I’m not these people.”
Nicess 2 years ago
Just a general comment to all workers out there. Thank you for putting up with all the s**t you do.
whodunnitfan2013 2 years ago
I hate how poorly workers are treated. They're treated like mere cogs in a machine.
Asriel Dreemurr 2 years ago
All in all we're just another brick in the wall
Load More Replies... Tamsin Far 2 years ago
The food waste really hurts. And I learned that you always should have replacement pants at work - and a pair of matching shoes.
Yort 2 years ago
It’s unfortunate, but they can’t sell stuff that’s determined to be outside of safe temperatures. And the ice cream one seems like that stuff had been sitting without power for at least 10 hours since they said it happened at 7 pm and it’s clearlu past dawn in the photo.
Load More Replies... Tami 2 years ago (edited)
One very hot day when I was working in downtown Seattle, a truck carrying a dozen or so barrels of pig guts started up Marion Street, a hill right next to my workplace, and the chain at the back of the truck holding the barrels in broke. All those barrels tumbled out, coating the street with several inches of gore. We caught wind of what happened way back in the repair shop when the driver came into the store to use the phone to call his boss, leaving footprints of greasy, smelly slime on the carpet. I still remember watching the poor truckdriver getting started scraping up the mess in the street, his head hanging low. The company cleaned it up, but an aromatic memory was with us all through that heatwave.
Klondike Penguin 1 year ago
I love looking at photos like these. That’s only because I can get anxious at work, thinking that nothing could get better. That is until I remember that photos like these exist, enabling me to think, “At least I’m not these people.”
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