People Share Their Juiciest and Funniest Workplace Stories
A workplace is a place where work is meant to be done if the word is anything to go by. But sometimes, that’s far from what actually goes down in an office space.
Sometimes, instead of being constructive, people find time to stir up drama and do things that are far from professional. Those actions often result in embarrassment and even loss of employment…and that’s why we’re here today.
These people are sharing their juiciest and funniest workplace stories. If it sounds interesting, please keep reading.
A Report for the Ages
“There was a woman who, on her first day, went around asking a series of oddly specific questions like, “Are you white or mixed?” “How old are you?” “Are you religious or not?” We stupidly answered them, thinking she was just friendly (she put on a sweet, naive demeanor).” After a couple of months of sitting on her butt and doing nothing but lying about her knowledge base, skills, and progress on several projects, her supervisor tries to fire her.
Of course, she’s union, so that’s not as easy as it sounds.
“We find out she’s filed grievances against all of us. The white male is racist., the 1/2 Korean lesbian supervisor is an ageist. I’m a bigot because I’m a non-denominational Christian, and she’s Baptist.
The other African American female around the same age was after her job. This woman literally pulled every card she had. She managed to keep her job too, but thankfully, corporate transferred her and got her out of our hair.
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Reddit user: removed
The Hated Troll
“Our most hated person is a troll who survives off cigarettes, diet Pepsi, and the souls she drains (mine included.
) Some of her greatest hits: telling me I am not getting any younger, therefore, my babies would be “retarded”, her word, not mine. Telling a delightful tale of how she once snuck in pork into a Muslim’s diet.
Going on about her husband’s pension and how she doesn’t have to work, she just works for the fun of it.”
“Yet she bums smokes and bus fare off people half her age. She lives to get anyone into trouble, yet she’s incompetent herself and when she’s called on it, she says, “to err is human.” Every week she threatens to quit but nowhere else would have her.”
Reddit user: Wachydetective
A Hypocritical Partner
“I worked for an attorney who was almost never in the office. And I’m not talking like she was in court or meeting clients outside the office. She just wouldn’t show up.
She missed calls and appointments all the time, but I get written up for missing a few days because my babies got sick, and then I got sick.”
“She was a witch for other reasons too, but she was hypocritical on top of it. There was a time she didn’t come in for two weeks, and she argued with me about it, and I asked her to show me on the calendar when she came in, she couldn’t.
She did not remain a partner for very long.”
Reddit user: removed
Nothing Interim About Her Behavior
“A girl recently promoted to be an “interim education director” position, but she fails to leave out the “interim” part when introducing herself.
She brings her untrained disobedient dog to work, wears highly inappropriate clothing to a job working with kids, and tells people they have to respect her because she’s a director.”
“She leaves her desk a mess, makes every story about her, willfully ignores safety protocols if she doesn’t have time for them, had fatherly nicknames for the old boss, sat on the boss’s lap at the Christmas party kissing him on the cheek and smiles like Ted Cruz.”
Reddit user: jortsmaniac