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Part of the enduring appeal of the iconic sitcom The Office has to do with how relatable people found it. From everyday characters to workplace drama, there’s something uncanny about watching the TV drama based on real, unstaged, mundane, often boring work life.
The truth is, if people would open up one day and decided to share their weirdest workplace stories, the chances are they’d make it to the directors cut. Because truth is often stranger than fiction…
This viral thread from Twitter gives us a glimpse into the craziest work stories from people who got into trouble while on duty, and it may well leave you speechless. “Sorry to do prompt Twitter, but what's the wildest reason you've ever gotten in trouble at work?” wondered Montucky Woodsnacks. Sorry not sorry, but Twitter was prompted indeed.
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NsG 2 years ago
Because it's always worth repeating: FAST - Face (has their mouth or skin dropped on one side); Arms (can they raise both arms to the same height and squeeze with the same strength on both sides); Speech (can they talk coherently and clearly); Time (to call the emergency services - stroke treatment is time crtitical)
Getting into trouble at work is something we all have experienced, as long as we've had a job. Usually, it’s our mistake and then, we have to take responsibility and draw conclusions, but it can also be something completely different.
While each mistake has the potential for growth and learning, if the reason why you got into trouble is beyond crazy, then there’s probably not much to learn in the first place. It may be due to a toxic team member, a jerk boss, a weird work rule. In that case, you’re probably not living your dream job right now, and the chances are there’s a lot to change there.
We've all heard of and completed an employee survey. These little questionnaires are designed to tell our employers how we really feel and what we really think, beyond our daily smiles and endless coffees.
There’s a common problem, however, with employee surveys. It’s that although they are made to find out the truth of how employees feel, they rarely do so. And when employers spend the money and go through the trouble of doing a survey, they want to believe that they’re getting the truth about what’s going on. So they don’t accept their workers can be doing something as simple as lying.
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Laura Gillette 2 years ago
I once got chastised for sitting on the floor to stock a floor-level shelf, too. I was like... how else am I supposed to do this??
In fact, even on customer surveys, some experts suggest that as many as 50% of people are less than truthful in their answers. Human nature is working against the employers. So in order to get the most accurate answers, the employer's mission is to minimize the amount of risk employees feel when they’re asked to take the survey.
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Ömer Kadir 2 years ago
you should quit after this conversation, this kind of boss should not presence around humans
Things like never connecting survey scores to manager ratings or compensation, describing in detail what will happen with the results and doing what you promised to can work wonders. People can feel like they won’t get into trouble for ticking a box to show their motivation at work has been low recently, and that they don’t agree with management's approach to some things.
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Peeka_Mimi 2 years ago
I was fired for stealing. I didn't steal a damn thing. Their cute little blonde new accountant did. Fire the Chicana I guess.
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Kim Contreras 2 years ago
I was 19, going to college,and had to work to stay in college. One night when we were closing the assistant manager at the convenience store I was working at trapped me against a wall and tried to force himself on me. I was prettified. Next day I told the manager what happened. He said he would take care of it. Found out next day I had been transferred to another store almost 20 miles away. Me - not the guy who attacked me.
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YetAnotherSarah 2 years ago
Fire alarm (lights and sound) in my section of the building didn't work, which I found out during an emergency when all the other alarms were going off but we (my employees and I) had no idea. Smelled the smoke from the roof, opened the door leading to rest of building, surprise alarms! Repeatedly told my boss, was ignored. Guess what I told the fire marshal during our next inspection?
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Skeeter 2 years ago (edited)
Next time just let the patient code (just as long as no feelings are hurt, that is all that matters, ofc). Then when the family sues for millions, we can explain in court that the only reason they died was because you were told you are too mean the last time this happened.
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Na Schi 2 years ago
Never understood this rightly labeled BS office dress codes. If you have no direct customer contact in a very stiff business you should be able to wear what you like... okay almost everything, bondage clothes or the tiny glitter bikini top might be a little too much/less/over the top.
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Linda Lee 2 years ago
My boss would make fun of people who left on time. "Look who's leaving before the job is done". Thing is, the boss didn't pay overtime. He always fired every person for the same reason: insubordination, therefore not eligible for unemployment. Then he would say "nobody wants to work".
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Janet Graham 2 years ago
Herding kids is a ton of work and it is all physical. Driving only hurts when you stop hard.
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Donkey boi 2 years ago
I want a unicorn on my bill!! Why do I never get a unicorn on my bill????
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Gin. No tonic 2 years ago
I guess it depends which finger you're using to push up those glasses.
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Tobias Reaper 2 years ago
thats just bloody stupid let me guess good old USA ironic they call it land of the free when its anything but
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Lazy Panda (she/her/hers) 2 years ago
I appreciate that they name and shame the offending employer.
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Amanda Rose 2 years ago
Sounds like POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia). I have it (along with a whole host of other illnesses). It really sucks and it isn't well understood.
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Jo Johannsen 2 years ago
Sighing is my "regroup" default when facing a task I'm not sure how to handle. Has gotten me in trouble, too.
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Claire 2 years ago
That's like mine. Nursing Unit Manager spoke to me on the first day saying a flower hair clip was against the dress code. I looked up the dress code, it said nothing about hair clips. She had a massive big spiky hair clip herself. She was just trying to put me down a peg. For the next 3 years I wore as many large, bright and colourful hair ornaments as possible. It's a friggin hair clip, it's not going to interfere with me delivering a baby or helping a Mum breastfeed.
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Ozacoter 2 years ago
I got seriously yelled at once because supposedly the day before I didnt lower the blind in the window of the changing room. Not only I was not working that day but nowhere in my contract said that I was the only person in the entire company responsible for that blind. The woman was obsessed with me for some reason and kept looking for excuses to complain about me.
Ozacoter 2 years ago (edited)
Another time in a dutch rescue centrum where I worked I got lectured because we run out of raisins to fill some toys that we used to give to our primates. So i used pop corn instead. We were allowed to give them popcorn, that was not the problem. The problem is that the "instructions" for that toy said specifically to use raisins so we werent allowed to use anything else. The "toy" was a log with holes drilled in it to put the food inside.
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Mad McQueen 2 years ago
Was fired from a HD in town because I found out they were manually adjusting payroll punches (cutting my hours), and taking money out of my check to pay for something someone else stole from a sealed package that was being shipped out. They were shipping. Opened the box. Stole from it. Sealed an sent to supplier. Since it was short and didn't match my invoice it was billed to the company. Who billed me. Luckily I had the duplicate and then called the state employment agency to refund my money. Only for stole item not payroll theft. Then was terminated next day. The emp agency guy was bribed to drop the payroll issue an close the case by getting a trike motorcycle. The day he picked it up in drove it right into the garage bay door an totaled it. Karma 1. Then a month later the bank came and locked the place down for bankruptcy. Karma 2. The owner was found to have been funneling money from the company to his mayor campaign in a diff city. Karma 3.
GirlFriday 2 years ago
I got written up at work because I make really good meatloaf. Four of us were sitting around a table talking and one woman, who is not originally from America, said her husband wanted meatloaf and she had no idea how to cook one. I said that my family loved my meatloaf and I would share my recipe. This offended a woman at another lunch table, and she went her boss and said that I was being offensive in the lunchroom. When I asked how offering to share a recipe was offensive, I was told that I needed to be more sensitive to others around me - no other explanation was given. The offended person then went to the woman whom I shared my recipe with and gave her HER recipe stating that it was way better than mine, and I cannot go around saying that I made the best meatloaf anymore. I honestly didn't know I was in a meatloaf competition. I thought I was helping someone new make a nice American meal for her American husband.
Mrs. Jan Glass 2 years ago
That is some serious insecurity! And I would LOVE your meatloaf recipe!
Load More Replies... Ozacoter 2 years ago
I got seriously yelled at once because supposedly the day before I didnt lower the blind in the window of the changing room. Not only I was not working that day but nowhere in my contract said that I was the only person in the entire company responsible for that blind. The woman was obsessed with me for some reason and kept looking for excuses to complain about me.
Ozacoter 2 years ago (edited)
Another time in a dutch rescue centrum where I worked I got lectured because we run out of raisins to fill some toys that we used to give to our primates. So i used pop corn instead. We were allowed to give them popcorn, that was not the problem. The problem is that the "instructions" for that toy said specifically to use raisins so we werent allowed to use anything else. The "toy" was a log with holes drilled in it to put the food inside.
Load More Replies... Mad McQueen 2 years ago
Was fired from a HD in town because I found out they were manually adjusting payroll punches (cutting my hours), and taking money out of my check to pay for something someone else stole from a sealed package that was being shipped out. They were shipping. Opened the box. Stole from it. Sealed an sent to supplier. Since it was short and didn't match my invoice it was billed to the company. Who billed me. Luckily I had the duplicate and then called the state employment agency to refund my money. Only for stole item not payroll theft. Then was terminated next day. The emp agency guy was bribed to drop the payroll issue an close the case by getting a trike motorcycle. The day he picked it up in drove it right into the garage bay door an totaled it. Karma 1. Then a month later the bank came and locked the place down for bankruptcy. Karma 2. The owner was found to have been funneling money from the company to his mayor campaign in a diff city. Karma 3.
GirlFriday 2 years ago
I got written up at work because I make really good meatloaf. Four of us were sitting around a table talking and one woman, who is not originally from America, said her husband wanted meatloaf and she had no idea how to cook one. I said that my family loved my meatloaf and I would share my recipe. This offended a woman at another lunch table, and she went her boss and said that I was being offensive in the lunchroom. When I asked how offering to share a recipe was offensive, I was told that I needed to be more sensitive to others around me - no other explanation was given. The offended person then went to the woman whom I shared my recipe with and gave her HER recipe stating that it was way better than mine, and I cannot go around saying that I made the best meatloaf anymore. I honestly didn't know I was in a meatloaf competition. I thought I was helping someone new make a nice American meal for her American husband.
Mrs. Jan Glass 2 years ago
That is some serious insecurity! And I would LOVE your meatloaf recipe!
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