26 Wild Ways People Screwed Themselves Over

‘A coworker used a client’s credit card to order himself a pizza’
26 Wild Ways People Screwed Themselves Over

Life is full of loopholes that are ready to be exploited. But every now and then, people can take their devious plans too far. Like the guy who used his personal social media accounts to resell merchandise from his company at 10 times the retail price. The company found out, fired him and gave all the remaining employees a pay raise the very next day. 

These are the kinds of stories Redditors recalled when they thought of the times they witnessed someone screw themselves over. A word of advice for any young readers: If your fake ID is confiscated, don’t call the police. They will arrest you.

ofnuts 2mo ago Edited 2mo ago A long while ago in a large computer corporation with looming layoffs. An employee set up a time bomb so that a lot of files would be destroyed if he didn't reset the trigger periodically thus creating a delayed revenge if he got fired. Which eventually happened (without any severance package) because the time bomb went off when he was still an employee. + 18K Reply Share ...
LeDevnoob 2mo ago Edited 2mo ago Old friend from high school Eddie was really good at pitching and got a full ride scholarship to play baseball at a D1 University. A week before we graduated high school, we were playing basketball in gym class. Eddie goes for a shot, misses, gets angry, punches a wall and breaks his hand. Long story short, the D1 school took his scholarship away because his hand was fucked and he would've missed summer training. Poor guy was devastated. 10+ years later and Не still talks about how he could've been a pro player. Не
Few_Lobster7961 2mo ago We had an employee at another location sell company merchandise on social media on his own account for 10x the original retail price. Company found out and fired employee. The very next day the company gave every employee company wide a decent bump in pay. So he lost his job and the pay bump all for less than $100 reselling company merch. Truly one of the dumbest ways I've ever seen someone screw themselves over. + 3.4K Share Reply ...
angiela625 2mo ago back in college, a friend of mine tried to impress everyone at a party by showing off his fire-breathing skills. he didn't realize that the bottle he grabbed was rubbing alcohol instead of the usual lighter fluid. when he took a big swig and tried to spit it out into the flame, it caught fire way too close to his face. he ended up with singed eyebrows and a trip to the ER. the next day, he found out the whole thing was caught on video and had gone viral on our campus. it was a painful
CMDRTheDarkLord 7y ago I once watched someone talk themselves out of a job. They were giving a presentation to a senior client, in which they were providing update information on the last 3 months of work in a particular project stream. Their presentation consisted of them stating that they didn't know what they were talking about, had done no investigation work, and had made up their own story (yes, that is a quote). + 613 ...
cstato 8mo ago A friend of mine got hammered in a nightclub, went to the toilet and sustained a head injury. Не has permanent brain damage, while he was in a coma, his wife used facial recognition and read his messages and uncovered that he was having an affair. No wife, no kid, house, no job. Sadly, the dildo of consequences rarely comes lubed. + 754 ...
 7y ago A guy I was once friendly with got stopped by a police officer for speeding while also under the influence. Не wondered why he got taken to headquarters (and later to jail) after he tried to bribe the cop by saying: Here's $50 - go buy yourself some donuts and let's forget the whole thing. + 1.4K ...
FlakyAd3273 2mo ago Friend agreed to child support outside of court. Got a new job and the ex came back asking for an increase. Friend said no, got sued. Judge did the calculations and she ended up getting less. Share 451 Reply ...
RevealUseful 2mo ago Had this lab partner in college that was premed. While rushing for a frat he wasn't allowed to sleep for a month among other ridiculous things. Не basically slept through all of his classes and ended up having to switch majors to something less academically demanding in order to survive rushing for his frat. + 1.7K Share Reply ...
GroundbreakingHeat38 2mo ago I know somebody who cheated on her husband of 15 years this spring and thought she would do it a few months and then go back to her marriage like nothing happened. Her husband found out after less than a month, left her and moved out, she can't afford their house anymore and both kids refuse to live with her. Oh and she lost her job last week. 428 Reply Share ...
Illiterarian 2mo ago Knew a girl that got her dream job as a federal scientist. She celebrated that night with her friends at a local bar and unfortunately decided to drive herself home a little too early. She got pulled over and her blood alcohol level was just slightly over the legal limit. She spent a day in jail, lost her new job and became a cautionary tale. She moved out of town shortly after due to the embarrassment. I hope she is doing well but she cut contact with all her friends after she moved to Florida. 368 Reply
Gustavius040210 2mo ago Cops were called to a buddy's house. Cops told this buddy that they did not require any statement from him. Buddy proceeded to tell his side of the story. Buddy went to jail. + 6.5K Reply Share ...
MarvinLazer 2mo ago My ex wife always identified as pansexual. When she finally got moderately successful in her highly competitive industry, her ego went berserk and she used the old tried and true I'm suddenly a lesbian! excuse to cheat, leave our marriage, and mostly escape the consequences from our mutual friends. I say mostly because her sudden massive ego explosion caused her to get fired from her job. 353 Reply Share ...
Affectionate_Pea_811 2mo ago Edited 2mo ago I know a guy that literally fucked himself out of his yearly bonus. Our yearly bonuses were heavily dependent on attendance and a guy I worked with always used as many days as he could before getting in trouble. It was the last day of the quarter or whatever and he missed work after having used all his days. I was talking to him a work later that week and he was having bedroom boomboom with his lady friend and he was repositioning or something and his foot slipped and hit his footboard and
Possible-Delay 2mo ago My mate was into people sleeping with wife, was his thing. They seemed to like it and get along great as a couple (you would never have picked them as the type), until he kept encouraging her to sleep with this one guy and even go away for a weekend. Fast forward, friend and his wife are now divorced and she is happily married to the other guy. Reply Share 195 ...
naturalcurvyrae 4 2mo ago a guy at work on his first day jokingly asked 'how strict is the sexual harassment policy? nobody laughed 174 Reply Share ...
TheKurosawa 2mo ago I used to work at a club and the amount of young adults who called the police on us because we confiscated their fake ID was astounding. Police come, we hand them the ID, and they go and arrest the person for misdemeanor false impersonation. 152 Reply Share ...
toadady 2mo ago I know a kid, got enlisted to national guard/ army? Got into flight school, won couple awards, top of his class, kid was gonna go places. Was fucking around with some fireworks and lost a eye, no more airplanes, no more guard. 142 Reply Share ...
TechnoBabbles 2mo ago My company recently laid off like a ton of technical staff...then the whole Crowdstrike thing happened and wiped all of our Windows servers. + 117 Reply Share ...
wood_good E 2mo ago My boss spent $60,000 on a golf simulator. A few months after installation it get struck by lightning. Only minor damage but he lives about 2 miles away from a real golf course with a golf simulator. + Share 105 Reply ...
silly_sosidg 2mo ago My boss rewarded a new girl at work, over me - I felt like he did it to keep staff. I quit straight away cause it was insulting and she quit via email because she didn't even care enough to call or come in. Share 78 Reply ...
cdbangsite 2mo ago This was back in the early 80's. My next door neighbor had a '75' Bonneville station wagon in perfect condition. Не was in a bad mood and got in the wagon to go to the store. It wouldn't start and he got more pissed and yelled if someone offered $50.00 for this thing I'd take it. An old man walking down the street heard him and pulled 50 out of his wallet. Neighbor ran in the house and got the pink and signed it. The old guy got in turned the key, got out and walked away.
Napaandy 2mo ago Worked for a wine company that had some provocative label photos. Nude women photographed waist up from the back. Employee found unused/ uncropped photos in a marketing file and posted them on a social media site as his new girlfriend Another employee who followed him made us aware. We demanded he remove and erase the photos from his phone and then walked him out the door. 60 Reply Share ...
Dykonic 2mo ago I worked in a place that stored credit card info in not-so- secure ways. Normal for the times, but very easily stolen info. My coworker used a clients credit card to order himself a pizza. Не had the pizza delivered to our work, on camera, and was the only person working that particular shift. Не was caught, fired, and had a mark on his record over a pizza. Reply Share 57 ...
GOes2eleven 2mo ago Classmate of mine at university was in the running for top graduate based on grades. Не was found to have cheated on his last final exam. Не was expelled and since it was a military academy, he had to serve as an enlisted member of the military for several years. Lost his degree, military officer career, and had to tell his parents and grandparents just days before graduation that he would not graduate. 66 Reply Share ...
raider_red . 2mo ago When I was young I realized if I threw up at school they'd call my mom to come get me. One day in 2nd grade I got sick because I wanted to leave, but my dumbass forgot it was field trip day to the zoo. I tried to say I was feeling better but my mom was already on her way. + 9.5K Reply Share ...

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