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March 18, 2024

Think you’re having a bad day at the office? Well, this list will jolt you right out of that piddly little “case of the Mondays.” Because we can pretty much guarantee that these people had a much, much worse workday than you.

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Vince McMahon

CRACKED LOSING BILLIONAIRE STATUS BECAUSE OF A BAD TV DEAL In 2014, Vince McMahon lost about $350 million in one day. This was because the WWE's stock price tanked after a bad TV deal, and it was enough to make him no longer a billionaire. — Source

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CRACKED UB PRE THE NATI L P PRESS C В $8 BILLION BECAUSE OF A MERGER Ted Turner saw a huge financial loss of around $8 billion after America Online and Time Warner merged in 2001. Не had massive holdings of the new company's stock, and its price absolutely plummeted. — Source

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Elon Musk

CRACKED $182 BILLION IN A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR In January 2023, Elon Musk had lost a huge amount of money - around $182 billion - since November 2021, which was the biggest loss of personal fortune ever recorded. — Source

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CRACKED TUTE MILK $33 BILLION IN 18 MONTHS Eike Batista, a Brazilian oil tycoon, went from an estimated wealth of $34 billion to less than $1 billion in just 18 months. Until Elon came along, that made him a contender for the person who has lost the most money in the history of the world. — Source

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Sam Bankman-Fried

CRACKED $14.6 BILLION IN A DAY In November 2022, Sam Bankman-Fried, the head of FTX, lost a lot of money - about $14.6 billion - in a single day, after he made a deal with Binance to get some help. — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Craig В. says, Guy came to work the first day drunk and stoned. Made it 8 feet in the door. Could smell him 6 feet away. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Adam L. tells us, 30 minutes. I was training new guy in produce. I'm hands on with training, so I told him how to rotate produce, FIFO, while putting new product out. Supervisor didn't like the fact we were talking and fired new guy for talking to me. Not too long after I got fired too. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Jacob L. shares, Someone answered the phone at work, 'City morgue, you stab 'em, we slab 'em.' It was the district manager. Не was sent home and never came back. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Justin M. says, I once hired a person who on their first day, refused to wear a uniform because they didn't like the color on them. They didn't even have a chance to clock in. CRACKED.COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM BIC UNDERWEAR When all you have is a cheap, disposable hammer, everything looks like a cheap, disposable nail-so Bic thought that people would buy underwear to throw it away after some time, like they did with pens and lighters. BEVER THING 5-6 BIO Kieldergrope 46-52 SITZT NEU! Mit Zwickel! PASST HALT — Source

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COLGATE FROZEN MEALS Would you want to eat lasagna that makes you suspect it tastes like toothpaste? Yup, we didn't think you would. That might be why Colgate-branded meals never became a thing, even though they tried. Colgate Beef Colgate® Lasagna Lasagna Beef CRACKED.COM — Source

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Humo

Belgian comedy magazine Humo ran a 9/11 ad in 2004. - A - - - - - - - - Back when the site of the World Trade Center was still an empty lot called Ground Zero, Humo tried to milk comedy from the tragedy. Their ad showed pilots about to crash into the WTC because they were too busy reading Humo. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Target associated plus-size women with manatees. add to registry add to list Mossimo® Women! 's Plus-Size Kimono Maxi Dress - Assorted Colors 12 reviews $22.00 Free shipping when you spend $50 choose color: Manatee Gray quantity: size : 1 Please make a selection Target listed kimono maxi dresses in regular size as dark heather gray. In plus size, they were called manatee gray. Target said that both names are regularly used, and this happened because different teams posted the different dress information. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Ferrero

In Germany, chocolate company Ferrero ran a white-nationalist-like ad. YES WEISS BAN E V Their ad for a new white chocolate spoofed an Obama rally, with the slogan Yes weiss can! (Yes white can!) And the slogan the ad wrapped up with was Germany votes white. Germany having the history it does, this didn't go over too well. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Jolly Rancher thought prison rape would sell candy. JOL ran GET BUSY SUCKING OR GET BUSY DYING! A tweet that stayed up for a weekend had a blue candy prisoner telling the reader, Get busy sucking or get busy dying! Not only was it a prison rape joke and a threat, it was also twisting a pop culture message of hope (from The Shawshank Redemption). CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. TOO CLEAN Chris F. says, In the midst of a pandemic, memos sent out to all employees to clean every surface between every customer. The very next day I'm pulled into a meeting with the area manager to talk about the complaints one staff member made about me cleaning 'too often.' CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. LAUGHING TOO MUCH Gayle В. says that they were told, Stop laughing. If you're laughing, you're not working. Then was told the next week, We need to talk about your attitude problem. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Melissa L. shares, I was working at a property management company who wanted to change the uniform from polo shirts to sun dresses with spaghetti straps. I refused to wear it, I'm large chested, and was fired. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. WORK-CATION Jennifer C. got in trouble at work for not answering my phone when they called to ask me if I wanted to cover a shift. I was on my honeymoon, in another country, on a vacation time that had been approved 4 months ahead of time. I was told I needed to be available. I was a part-time cashier at a retail store, not like the only person in the world who could perform a life-saving medical procedure. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. Pau V. shares, Teaching at an English academy, I was reprimanded that my 'clothes' were the cause for a male student (9-10 years old) who masturbated in class. I was asked to 'wear ugly clothes' to help with the problem. CRACKED.COM — Source

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... TELL US NOW. DON'T LET IT SNOW Rachel G. says, I was called in to my boss's office and scolded for being excited about the first snowfall of the season. I literally had just made a comment that it was beautiful. She informed me that she did not like snow, and she did not want to hear that anymore in her office. CRACKED.COM — Source

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GRACKED.COM 5 - Skittles. wanted to celebrate Pride Month, so they took out the rainbow from their candies. Some people were Fruits 5 confused, Skittles and some Give the Rairlood Taste the were angry. — Source

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Forever 21

Forever 21 upset its customers by including Atkins diet bars in as F DENINI their plus-size orders. PROTEIN-RICH MEAL BAR 16G 3G 2G 12G 8 NET CARBS SUGAR FIBER PROTEIN CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER BAR ATKINS NATURALLY FLAVORED BAR NO ARTIFICIAL COLORS VALUE FLAVORS PRESERVATIVES PACK SAME GREAT TASTE - DIR MELCOMEN DA 8 2.12 OZ 160g BARS NET WT 16.9 OZ (480g) The popular clothing company claimed that they sent the product to everyone, across all sizes and categories. Forever 21 apologized for their tone-deafness and pulled the promotion. CRACKED COM — Source

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CRACKED.COM IN 2006, FIJI TRIED TO ADVERTISE THE PURITY OF THEIR WATER WITH THE SLOGAN BECAUSE IT'S NOT BOTTLED IN CLEVELAND. an FIJI FTJI FIJI ARTESIAN A ATE ARTESIAN WATER ARTESIAN WATER EAU ARTÉSIENN LEAU ARTESIENNE ENU'ARTÉSIENNE 500ml 500 mL 500mL The Cleveland director of public utilities ran tests on the water, and demonstrated that Fiji had significant impurities that were not present in Cleveland's supply. — Source

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LG

7:00 PM 7:00 PM Friday.October 11 Sprint g Photo Nickbook Goode Campus LG When LG promoted their G2 phone in Seoul by attaching phone vouchers to helium balloons in a park, fans turned out with BB guns (one woman came with a spear) to pop the balloons. TO the 1100 As a result of ensuing 010 chaos, several people were hospitalized. CRACKED.COM — Source

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Macy’s

Macy's decided to sell some plates by fat shaming moms. mam jeans favorite jeans mam jeans load cama odie favorite jeans skinny jeans The plates featured portion sizes described as jeans sizes, with the biggest portion size being called mom jeans. This didn't go over well, and Macy's removed the plates just hours after a picture of the plates went viral. CRACKED.COM — Source

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An Indonesian marketing expert thought it would be a good idea to throw money out of a plane. Instead of a traditional campaign for his book, Tung Desem Waringin circled the soccer stadium in Serang, tossing roughly $10,000 on people who, on average, make $40/ month. The stunt ended up with a 13-year-old girl being hospitalized after collapsing in the crowd. CRACKED COM — Source

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Snapchat

Snapchat lost around $800 million in stock after running an ad on their platform for the mobile game Would You Rather? which mocked Rihanna's abuse. Would You Rather? Imposibie Chokes WOULD YOU RATHER! Slap Rihanna Punch Chris Brown Many users deleted the app following PLAY her response. CRACKED.COM — Source

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In 2011, Timothy's World Coffee ran a campaign asking people to Like their Facebook page and receive four boxes of their single-serve coffee (which contains 24 packs in each box). WORLD Timothy's COFFEE Their stock of said boxes was depleted in just three days, and it took them more than two weeks to amend the terms that it would be on a first-come, first-served basis. CRACKED.COM — Source

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MAC

MAC celebrated National Lipstick Day by giving away a free lipstick to those who came to the stores selected during the event. Thousands of customers left angrily because those stores ran out of stock minutes after opening for business. Turns out, they only had 40 lipsticks to give away per store. GRACKED.COM — Source

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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Panic ensued when a Missouri movie theater hired fake agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., complete with fake weapons, to storm a screening of IRON MAN 3... CRACKED.COM less than a year after the theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. — Source

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