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34 Embarrassing Stories From the Frontlines of the Workforce

By:: Jesse

January 25, 2024

34 Embarrassing Stories From the Frontlines of the Workforce

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... TELL US NOW. Francis M. worked at a pig farm as a teen, and one day had a slippery task. One day I had to go fishing for piglets that had fallen through a broken slate into the pit of shit below. My arm was elbow-deep in it trying to catch the slippery little things. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TELL US NOW. ... When Ken S. was working at a fast food place, he spotted a deep fat fryer that was on fire. Не managed to put it out. A few days later, the manager actually wrote me up for 'using a fire extinguisher without a manager's permission. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. T Merideth P. S was filling in at an office, and her last task : ST was to run the dishwasher. Smile She couldn't find dishwasher soap, so she used dish soap. She got a call from the company senior VP laughing her ass off because she had walked into the kitchen and found half the room full of bubbles. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TELL US NOW. ... Toni А. worked at a thrift store with a spelling- impaired manager. I looked in at the start of one shift and saw a set of cereal bowls she'd placed in there with a hand-written sign declaring 'NICE SET OF BOWELS - $10. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TELL US NOW. ... When Matt J. was a luggage attendant, he opened a suitcase to turn off what he thought was an electric toothbrush. It wasn't. Their face when they collected their case and I let them know their 'toothbrush' might not work 'cause it had been vibrating all day was priceless. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TELL US NOW. ... Teri S. had a job cleaning hotel rooms at age 15. She'd always knock before entering 5 a room. One day after announcing herself twice, I open the door to see a couple in their 40s going at it just staring at me and not stopping. I exited immediately of course. There is no possible way they didn't hear me. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TELL US NOW. ... When Julianne N. worked at a doggy daycare, she had to deal with a dog with an appetite for poop. 5 Eating her own shit was only the beginning. The worst 5 is when we'd catch her basically slurping it right out of other dogs' rear ends before it could even hit the floor. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TELL US NOW. ... Mallary т. was interning as a pastry chef in a fancy bakery when a STAT couple made a special request. They wanted a cake made from their homemade oil. Five minutes after putting the thing in the oven I realize the 'avocado' oil they gave me was hash and I was baking a weed cake in the middle of the day well before it was legal. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Geoff D. was pulled off his summer job site and asked to help with a bridge demolition. Little did I know I was there only to get a full wetsuit on and be lowered into a LIVE sewer pipe in order to seal it. Let's just say it was lunch time and you could tell. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TELL US NOW. ... A man came in and used the bathroom that Pedro L. was cleaning, when he was a bagger at a grocery store. The dude walked straight out without washing his hands, and left a a souvenir behind - his completely soiled underwear on the toilet. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TELL US NOW. ... Jared D. had to clean up after his supervisor at his summer maintenance job. Не got so baked that he managed to gouge a wall while painting near the fuse box and managed to cut the wires with his paint scraper. I had to rewire the entire place to cover for him because he was the dealer for the managers. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. When Andrew с. was a summer SA camp counselor, the staff had a water balloon fight. His team was losing, but the suddenly rallied. As they were cleaning up, he found out why. One of the counselors had been using condoms, when the team's balloons ran out. The campers had questions. CRACKED.COM — Source

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TELL US NOW. ... Adam K.'s summer job at a home improvement store forced him to listen to the commercial theme on continuous loop. MILK ema КАК DAN 45 REP-002 NISTAN RPM A. 007-45-A PIRINGAN WASHN PEMSUATAN TA J TINN MAK HINE OR Iringan Orban JOHIN HARDI- days Bonte - FALIDARS ARV: SAN I was working full time, so I heard it something on the lines of 240 times a shift. Friday nights that year, I would wake up with terror tremens at 3 À.M. CRACKED.COM — Source

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While working for an armored car company in Albuquerque, New Mexico, I was asked to do a pickup in Santa Rosa, 120 miles to the east. CIBOLA 285 ho - NATL. FOR 41 White Lakes Dilia Pecos R. Alameda 129 H 3 . Albuquerque Clines Newkirk Stanley 84 187 Corners nervo 57 218 197 167 Edgewood 300 256 os 18 40 291 as 50 230 156 Miera Moriarty 39 275 IND. RES. Santa Rosa 219 Bosque Farms 337 41 3 Pastura Puerto Tajique Estancia 80 Valencia de Luna CIBOLA 54 84 ne Chavez I didn't check the address, SO I — Source

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I UNPLUGGED MY WORK PC WITH A LITTLE TOO MUCH FORCE, DISLODGING THE POWER STRIP FROM ITS BUILT-IN MOORING. SUDDENLY, I SMELLED SMOKE. I HAD SHORTED OUT THE STRIP. MY PC WAS FINE, BUT THE PC AND ALL ITS PERIPHERALS IN THE NEXT CUBICLE WERE FRIED. I COST MY COMPANY MORE THAN $2,000 FOR NEW HARDWARE. CRACKED COM — Source

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I walked into my cateringjob at a huge conference full of politicians just in time to serve the trays of food. I missed the briefing about the vegan food meant for vegan diners and accidentally switched them up. That day, I did the impossible: Pissing off nearly every politician in my country, both vegan and non-vegan. GRACKED.COM — Source

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ON MY NEW JOB AS AN OPERATOR AT A SOFTWARE FIRM, I ACCIDENTALLY ROUTED A TECH SUPPORT CALL TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE COMPANY. НЕ WAS NOT AMUSED. CRACKED.COM — Source

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88.6 I accidentally infected our company server with ransomware. I opened an email I thought was from a client and downloaded the attachment. It was extra embarrassing M given that I'd been working in the IT industry for almost a decade. CRACKED.COM — Source

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THE CEO OF MY LAST COMPANY HELD A CONFERENCE CALL WHERE НЕ CHEWED OUT EVERY STORE DIRECTOR OVER THE QUARTERLY SALES NUMBERS. I composed a recap email to my leadership team with the subject The Old Man Has Lost His Mind! Instead of choosing OParkManagers in my address book, I clicked Managers... Sending the email to EVERY leader in the ENTIRE COMPANY. The CEO replied with one word. Sigh. GRACKED.COM — Source

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