Having a terrible day at work can be frustrating, overwhelming, and even demoralizing. No matter how great of a job you have, there is always the lingering chance that disaster will strike.
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"My boss thinks these are “perfectly fine” tires to be driving on…"
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If You're A Parent And Let Your Kids Make A Mess Like This
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Sorry Class, My Dog Ate Everyone's Homework
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"This broom that my boss expects us to sweep the floor with"
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Two Teams Of Builders Was Building A Bike Lane "On The Right-Hand Side" (Mariupol, Ukraine)
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"Boss denied my graduation day off without telling me and told me she'd send a picture of the schedule to me (which she didn't) so I wouldn't be able to address it"
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Two Domino's Workers After Their Shift In San Antonio, Texas Today. All Food Gone In 4 Hours
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"My boss stopped carrying dimes because “they always get caught in the change counter”"
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"Came into work this morning to find this taped to the wall. Boss went on tirade against me and co-worker yesterday for taking to each other with no customers in the store."
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"My boss giving me 18 hours notice that we have a mandatory meeting"
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"This boss who fired an employee for telling him "how to do his job" — after the employee told him, "We can't obstruct a fire escape":"
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I Work As A Valet And Make $3.85/Hour And I Received This As A Tip
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Colleague Definitely Drew The Short Straw On Email Naming Conventions
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I Work In Mosquito Control. Everyday I Go Into Vacant Lots, Holding Ponds Swamps, Low Areas, Woodlands And Onto Residence Properties. This Is Typical Of What I Find
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New Guy Tried To Empty The Fryer Grease Into A Plastic Bucket
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2 Hours Into A 10-Hour Shift When A Passenger Asks If I Know About The Stowaway On My Bus
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Consequences Of Working In A -10°C Lab Where I Have To Wash My Hands 40 Times A Day
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Sgt. Vanderheiden Got His Suspenders Stuck In A Chair Yesterday, But Some Helpful Friends Came To The Rescue
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"This boss whose "now hiring" sign SCREAMS passive-aggressive:"
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At The End Of Shifts, We Split The Tips Evenly. We Had More Than 50$ Of Tips And My Coworker Had To Leave About 10 Minutes Early She Ended Up Taking All But 2.50$
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Stayed At Work For The Storm. This Is The Road I Take Home
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Got Fired For “Telling The Boss How To Do His Job” When All I Did Was Say “We Can’t Obstruct A Fire Escape”
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I'm A Night Custodian At A High School. This Is What The First Day Of School Looks Like
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Coworker Found A Surprise At The Bottom Of Their Cup This Morning
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As A Practical Joke, Some Coworkers Wrapped My Office In Foil. In The Process, My 30" LCD Monitor Was Accidentally Turned On, And It Boiled Itself
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Guy At Work Dropped So Much Oil We Got Invaded By The US Government
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They Can't Pay A Living Wage But I'll Waste Hundreds On Food Waste
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Something Went Wrong With The Line Painting
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"This boss who posted this on the company's Facebook page after an employee called in sick *two days before* their shift for having the flu"
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5 Minutes Into My Maintenance Shift I Get Called Up To The Public Bathroom, This Is What I Found
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First Day On The Job As A Pool Attendant And Some Lady Thought It Was A Good Idea To Dump An Entire Chocolate Fountain Into The Sink
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Can't Get Into Work This Morning Because The Closer Didn't Realize They Took Home The Core To The Door Lock
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I Live In A Tiny Town (Less Than 10,000) And There's Only One Road In And Out. Whenever There's An Accident, Traffic Gets Jammed. It's My First Day At My New Job
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Colleague Stepping On A Wet Concrete
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Key Broke Off Inside The Lock To A Very Important Work Door. Wonder How Much Trouble I Am In
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Over 2,000 Pounds Of Fresh Pork Being Rejected By The Walmart Distribution Center Because The Sell By Dates Occur When Their Stores Are Closed For Thanksgiving
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"My boss screwed the only window at our office shut, so now it’s impossible to get fresh air. I’m boiling at work rn."
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Bought Myself A Little Chair For When I Have To Program Robots For Long Hours At A Time At Work. Someone Over Capacity Borrowed It On The Off Shift
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When You Have A Long, Active Day Surrounded By People, Then Get Home, Take Off Your Work Pants, And Just Stare At The 6" Tear Straight Down Your Back End
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Testing Out Our New Printer. Left The Room For 5 Minutes And Came Back To This
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Last Night Someone Tried To Steal A Car From The Dealership I Work At
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Got Laid Off Today With Zero Notice, Found All My Stuff Already In A Box When I Got To Work
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I Work In A Mall With An Indigo Book Store And Found This Yesterday, It Really Pissed Me Off
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On My First Day As A Janitor Assigned To This Area Of My School, The Rain Flooded Everything
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A Colleague Tipped Over 7 Crates Full Of Wine Bottles
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When You've Had A Bad Day At Work, Just Remember Someone Else's Work Day Is Probably Much Worse
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This Is The "Black" Coffee I Just Ordered From The Vending Machine At My Work. Good Morning To Me
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"Had a personal thing come up for Thursday and my boss is just ignoring my time off request."
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Cleaned My Glasses Too Hard. I Am At Work, Don't Have A Spare Pair
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I Finished Rolling My Silverware After An Eleven-Hour Shift, Only To Have The Drawer I Loaded It In The Break And Fall To The Floor. I'm So Done With Today