28 Nightmare Stories From the Workplace

These stories will make you never want to return to the office again
28 Nightmare Stories From the Workplace

Everyone likes to say they have nightmare office stories: “Stanley used my mayonnaise.” “Angela has weird pictures of babies in her cubicle.” “Kevin says uncomfortable things to me.” But that stuff is tiddlywinks compared to the true workplace horror stories our readers have had to endure.

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An angry customer berated our staff-and later gave us a 1-star Yelp our building didn't have electricity during a citywide blackout. We actually had a
It was my second day waiting tables at a new diner, and every seat was full. My new bossdecidedg that didn't matter, and yelled at me from across the
My boss used to tell us to wear specific colors on specific days. There was no reason for it. It was just so she knew that we were listening.
Late one night, a drowned John Doe was brought into the morgue where I worked. Around midnight I started to hear tiny clanging noises coming from insi
My boss, a notorious control freak, chose me to chauffeur him to a couple of events. He kept giving me instructions on how to operate the vehicle the
My ex-boss tried to fire me for reading during CRAuN my unpaid break. 000 She accused me of trying to, mentally escape from work.
My hours at work were cut because my boss had lost my week's wages betting on a horse called Let's Dance.' He wasn't even a Bowie fan! CRACKED.COM
My co-worker always ate at his desk and never bothered to clean up the crumbs or wash the dishes after he was done eating. The rat infestation in our
FIVE WORDS: MY BOSS ASKED ME OUT CRAC
WAS A SECURITY GUARD AT A HOSPITAL. A PATIENT TRIED TO GIVE ME HEPATITIS C BY URINATING ON ME.
I worked in a restaurant CRACKED COM whose owner refused to pay exterminators to take carE of the growing roach infestation. It got SO bad that the ro
We handed in our resumes, but the employer didn't give us his qualifications. He was a middle-school dropout who decided to go into IT, a sector he kn
O worked in an office and CRACKEDCON one day on my bathroom break 0 discovered the door had somehow locked itself from the outside. 0 had to shoulder-
CRACKEDGO I was grateful that a co-worker was really helpful and friendly, helping me settle in my new workplace. Turns out he wanted to get me fired
CRACKEDCON I once had a co-worker who really enjoyed playing loud music in the office. It was fine because he would turn it down whenever we asked him
As an intern at a local ad agency I was sent to a small community to post flyers from door to door. I spent 4 hours walking under the sun before I ran
CRACKEDCOR COM After finding out that I live nearby, my boss started inviting me out for coffee almost every Sunday night, around 10 pm, so that he co
CRACKED COM I had a boss with massive RAGE issues. He would scream, curse, and throw things books, mugs, even chairs. His defense, in calmer moments?
T ALVIN/CHIPMUNK 11850 SHERLOCK HOLIE 1250 10 7 ALVIHECHOFHNK 1230 EEROCK:K4O AOSTOI O EATCO Working in a theater one lovely Christmas, I watched a ch
I WAS ONCE YELLED AT BY A LADY WHO WAS FURIOUS THAT SHE PuT A DOLLAR INTO A VENDING MACHINE AND GOT A COIN BACK AS CHANGE, ATIERICN IT WAS A DOLLAR CO
MY (EX) BOSS ONE DAY DECIDED THAT THE 8 WOMEN WHO WORK THERE USE TOO MUCH TOILET PAPER, AND HE IS LIMITING US TO 1 ROLL PER DAY. HE LOST 8 FEMALE EMPL
I used to work for very passive- ssive small-business owners. They once advertised a coworker's job in the classifieds (that's how he found out he was
CRACKED When I worked in retail, part of my job was gathering the shopping carts. One night, I had to go out in the pouring rain without an umbrella b
I'm a behavioral therapist who helps kids with autism learn to perform basic living skills. When I was teaching one of my patients how to shower, L no
28 Nightmare Stories From the Workplace
CRAGK WHEN I WAS A BLACK JACK DEALER, ONE PLAYER CAME IN COVERED IN BLO0O. HE SAT DOWN AND STARTED PLAYING LIKE IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. J GENIACO OH, IT'

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