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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
Chicken Nugget 2 years ago
Aw its sooo cute! just be aware of Ebola, Marburg, COVID, random flu strains, measles, smallpox, and stray bite infections.
Noir 2 years ago
Aww what a cute little death machine. Seriously though, I think in some places they have labs/vets where you can bring them once you've been bitten/been in contact with a bat and they'll test it/exam for diseases or any obvious signs of one. Still best to get a rabies shot if bitten no matter what though.
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Lara Verne 2 years ago
Once happened to me, not with bat, but earwig! Since then, I check my headphones before I put them on.. I would prefer bat.
kkathleen517 2 years ago
Oh my God!! Lucky!! Look how cute he is!!! Please say that he released him
GoddessOdd 2 years ago
I love bats... I hope this one is OK. Your office needs to send someone up to inspect the roof... bats have likely found an entrance thru a gap in the roofing materials and if you see one inside, there are probably a lot more. I got them in my attic thru a loose shingle, and had to wait until after breeding season to fix it. Poor little sky puppy!
Eva Bryson 2 years ago
It looks like a Little brown bat (Myotis lucifugus). Hope he doesn't have White Nose Syndrome.
Nicole Tomme 2 years ago
Better a widdle sweepy baby bat than a demonic immortal cockroach (shudders).
Anna Solan 2 years ago
Awwww! How adorable! (as long as it isn't rabid). I like bats, don't understand hoe more people don't find them cute.
Sugarblossom86 2 years ago
Not even joking I’d freak out. Then I’d take it to a wildlife rescue. Poor little guy. Just wanted to stay cozy.
Maija Mobley 2 years ago
I WANT THE BAT!!!! I am a huge fan of bats and when i can, i want one as a pet if possible
Heather Vandegrift 2 years ago
Of all the things to find in your headset, this would be my most favorite (I ADORE bats!)
Imogene Cargeaux 2 years ago
Omg this would be my dream! I love bats!!! This is awesome. Hope you put the guy safely back at your house outside.
Sergy Yeltsen 2 years ago
Be glad you don't live in Australia; here it would be a big, hairy spider.
Samantha Lomb 2 years ago
It could be Australia. They have a bunch of cute microbat species.
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Tarik Dursun Zorgulen 1 year ago
I'd consider this a very good day and possibly adopt a bat, depending on why it felt the need to do that.
Maureen Laneski 1 year ago
Ah. Same type of headset. Working in a library near my son's preschool. Felt itchiness on my right ear and my neck...two bedbugs. I watched one disappear into an infinitesimally tiny crack. I killed them, but I still think of that sometimes. And don't worry. This was years ago. All okay.
Verona Bingham 1 year ago
Was he still asleep? Leave him there, blanket on top. Use another set of headphones...lol
Danielle Renee 2 years ago
i would have considered that a pretty good day. i think they're super cute
Meg Headrick 2 years ago
One time at work I was on an 18 foot ladder and a bat flew in my face. I don't know who screamed louder
the shrimp whisperer 2 years ago
this image triggered me cause i have an irrational fear of a bug crawling into my headphones
Noah Seneviratne 2 years ago
That’s adorable I’m gonna cryyy it’s 4:18 am and way to early for such cuteness
L.a. Williams 2 years ago
Awwww so little. Curious how did a bat get in your head set? If it is the night shift you might need to get it some coffee before you send them home.
JustCallMeAcorn 2 years ago
Don't worry 'bout the night shift. Tell them they can go home now. They'll be fine.
Janice Parks 2 years ago
P?S. rabies in bats is on the rise in North America lately. Heard this recently (2022).
phil blanque 2 years ago
It sounds like a hook-line in a song:"I got a bat in my headset......a bat in my headset....and all my music....all my music.....just sounds fuzzy...it just sounds fuzzy."
buttonpusher 2 years ago
Only time I saw a bat up close was one perched on a gate. I didn't know wtf I was looking at. It was so tiny with a little piggy nose.
Rattus Norvegicus 2 years ago
tbh I think it's cute. I know they can harm people, which obviously isn't good, but I still think bats are pretty cool.
Leslie Burleson 2 years ago
This is way better than that Australian guy who had a huntsman spider in his headphones. I'd still die though
Just me, myself, and I 2 years ago
I already check the dryer's lint catcher for tarantulas and the oven for Tupperware before turning it on. Today I start checking my headphones for bats.
April Caron 2 years ago
Ohhhh! This could’ve gone south easily. Those little suckers have the sharpest tiny teeth!
#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
#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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