There are little, everyday mistakes we make at our jobs, and then there are MASSIVE screw-ups that make us hang our heads in shame.
I’m talking about the fails that you think about before you go to sleep at night and you just get disgusted with yourself.
Hey, we all have them, so why deny it, right?
Enjoy these stories from folks on Twitter and remember, you’re not alone in your misery!
1. Now the baby is a redhead.
Just go with it!
I dropped a glass of red wine on the head of a very blonde baby when I worked at Olive Garden. https://t.co/UHNbv0GRbt
— The Hermit (@tristanreveur) September 2, 2019
2. Here’s the story…
And it’s not a good one…
A short story to read over your lunch: pic.twitter.com/yPG8MRDRKd
— Ben Boyer (@sleezsisters) November 21, 2014
3. He’s dead now…
A major fail.
Jokingly typed “It’s OK, I had him killed” in a work group Skype chat. Accidentally clicked wrong send button, sent it as an SMS with no context to 500+ individual employees, including the CEO of each office around the globe https://t.co/dL0ZyRjQti
— Chris Applegate (@chrisapplegate) May 3, 2018
4. Ugh! Disgusting!
That is way over the line.
Served a customer an undercooked bacon roll. He angrily returned it. I made him another, but in my panic and shame cut my finger. Bled into the roll, all over bacon. It was the last bacon we had. Served him it anyway to look lowkey. Watched him eat my blood.
— Andy Hill (@AndyHillWrites) May 3, 2018
5. Oh shit!
That’s really bad.
Not me, but my favourite is a friend who worked at a gardening magazine. They ran a double spread of poisonous & safe-to-eat wild British mushrooms, but got the labels the wrong way around. All the poisonous ones marked as safe & vice versa☠️?♀️
— Alice Ralph (@alicaurusrex) May 3, 2018
6. This is incredible.
I LOL’d at this story.
First ever office job. In the post room with a golden retriever curled up in the corner. Assumed it was an office pet or something so took it for a walk at lunch. Came back to find the distressed blind typist being comforted by several colleagues. https://t.co/iD1WPPUqhx
— stabilo (@stabiloFFC) May 3, 2018
7. Bad word choice.
You blew it!
When asked to broach a patient’s obesity to them as gently as possible I told them we needed to discuss the elephant in the room. https://t.co/qVvVHUc8Ll
— Keir Shiels (@keirshiels) May 3, 2018
8. Whoops! Sorry…
I bet that wasn’t received very well.
Accidentally sent a mass email to my old company’s thousands of clients that, instead of ending with ‘Kind Regards’, ended with ‘Kind Retards’. https://t.co/8LJF1fLaQk
— Reb Day (@reb_day) May 3, 2018
9. Don’t bring this up again.
Not a good way to make your point.
I told a boss I was sick of being treated like a fucking idiot, caught my foot in the wire of his phone as I stormed out, fell over, smashed the phone and really hurt my knee. Then I just limped out. And never mentioned it EVER again. https://t.co/UJjVg3NrBo
— hannah dunleavy (@thatdunleavy) May 4, 2018
10. Didn’t end well.
Nowhere to go.
I locked 300 people in a cinema, as manager I thought the last film had finished it hadn’t, fucking pirates of the Caribbean 3 which runs for a billion years was still going. locked the front door. Staff rather than calling me showed people out the fire exit. Did not end well
— Badger-wash your hands you detty pig-clerkin (@ClerkinDan) May 3, 2018
11. Next time, don’t say anything.
Just keep your trap shut!
Some bloke was buying flowers and I was like “Awh did ye fuck up??” and he said “no my ma just died” WHY AM I LIKE THIS https://t.co/0ysdywbtZY
— jamie o’grady (@_JamieOGrady) May 4, 2018
12. Oh man, that escalated.
It was your first day, though…
Accidentally broke a $1500 MacBook on my first day. Didn’t tell anyone and it ended up being sold. Guy came back complaining. Boss accused him of trying to scam for a new one and called the cops because he wouldnt leave. https://t.co/Eu2ZZDf9y4
— h. zant (@maniadrone) May 3, 2018
13. That’s a real skill.
You should have politely declined.
First social in my smart Paris job. I was told to open more champagne. I had never opened champagne so I squeezed, pulled, twisted until the cork shot out. I drenched the French Minister of Culture, Jack Lang, Véronique Sanson, (French popstar) & 2 restored Steinway pianos.
— ????? ???? (@cumbriapiano) May 3, 2018
Now it’s your turn!
In the comments, please tell us about your biggest work fails.
We promise we won’t judge you too much…