Employees Share The Boldest Things They Secretly Did At Work, Here Are The 30 Best Ones

my manager in Tesco did the same...and in the end of one shift two "lovely" gentlemen came and fired us all

For a while, I volunteered at my County’s food bank. Five days a week, the food bank goes out to the grocery stores, and picks up expired or almost expired food. The food bank gets two truckloads on a daily basis.

I did that years ago for people shoplifting baby formula, a cheap package of bologna, etc. Not so much the ones trying to steal hair color

Thank you. I really appreciate your kindness and understanding with that. It gives me hope for humanity to know there are people like you.

I would not be getting any work done if there was a cat in my office

Cat-Tastic job !

Do you put them on everything? Everywhere? All at once?

It sound fun, but very unsustainable due to all that plastic. I don't know how to feel about this. *goes off to invent eco googly eyes*

Unfortunately, this is often not allowed. Dishonest workers will sometimes cut up perfectly good material so that they can simply scrap it. A huge waste of material and money, and a huge burden on the contractor, client, and, by extension, the rest of us. I've seen it happen and heard from people who openly admit to doing it. Greed and dishonesty suck.

I worked landscaping ages ago and when we'd be working in upscale new construction neighborhoods, I'd always check those construction dumpsters. One house was being trimmed in copper. Copper gutters, copper roof pieces, the works. Man, that dumpster was the motherlode right there. Back then it was around .50 cents a pound. Would also get wood scraps. Carpenters throw away such good stuff. A 10' 2x4 that is split on the end? Ok, cut off 2 feet and now you have a perfectly good 8' 2x4.

I make sure stuff I find laying around on the street or whatever gets recycled but I wonder what this gentleman's hourly wage for this works out to.

I thought everyone did that. Any scrap aluminium, copper, brass, bronze, lead always ends up at the scrap dealer. Not so with steel because the scrap dealers don't take quantities less than a ton.

You're outstanding in your field !

Wish I could do that but I can get incoming video calls at any time.

This is the benefit of working from home. You don't need to sit in the office and stare at your nails for 45 minutes; you can put in a load of laundry, walk the dog, get dinner started....

If you saw someone shoplift food or an emergency item like tampons/pads/bandages.... no you didn't

Cost of shoplifting is minor when compared to wage theft.

Some shoplift out of compulsion, not necessity.

The same should go for those who don't shoplift because they can't afford the item, but are doing it as a thrill-seeking behavior (like Winona Ryder, for instance). These people shouldn't be humiliated or punished either but put on Ritalin or Adderall (like what was done for Winona Ryder, for instance).

Another option is to join, but just stay muted until the meeting starts. Like, just wave when you log on, and then get back to doing whatever it is you're doing in the meantime. That way you don't show up late making other people have to endure small talk while waiting for people to join.

I accidently did that today and it was honestly less stressful

I have to facilitate a zoom meeting today, so I have to be the first one logged in and initiate the small talk 😖

Technical Oxymoron - Zoom wants all of its workers back in the office... uh .. isn't that what Zoom is for ? 😄

Won't it be fun when they realize their mistake and you have to pay all of it back!

Don't tell. And if they find out, you just thought you got a well-deserved raise they forgot to tell you about.

Just as long as they deduct the correct amount of tax.

No, your manager leaves an hour early every day. You leave 59 minutes early every day !

Where I worked it was 8-4:30PM We had an early shift that did 6-3:30PM. Admin knew of this shift but could not comprehend it. They were always forcing managers to write those people up for leaving early. One crazy woman I worked started coming in on days off & sitting in the parking lot. She kept a running list of all times the bosses got to work & when they left. Even if they never showed for work. The next time she got wrote up, she asked to go see the director. She laid out her list right in front of her. These are the a-sholes that work for you who don't seem to understand time. The early shift gets written for leaving early after working 8 hours but many of your people are only 5 or 6 hours a day. If they show up at all.

Lunch workouts are the best and do make you more productive.

I work from home and a lot of days I take a nap during my lunch break. I've been struggling with a health condition that leaves me exhausted all the time, so this is a great solution. After I've napped mid-day I'm more productive in the afternoon, since I'm not so tired. In general I'm much more productive working from home than I ever was when I had to go to an office.

There are so many ways that WFH is beneficial for folks (if it's a job that can be done as WFH).

I used to do the same thing back in the eighties, only I went to the Seattle library and practiced the piano. Very rejuvenating.

My work had its own in-house gym for this reason.