Bad Jobs

<h2>Making mistakes on the job is a standard part of being employed, but there are some small errors that can escalate rapidly into a nightmare of destruction that is discussed in the employee handbook for years to come...</h2><p>So, when a <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/655afz/what_is_the_worst_mistake_you_made_at_work/">Reddit </a>user asked, &quot;What is the worst mistake you made at work?&quot; people were ready to share the most embarrassing mishap they made during a shift that still haunts them to this day.</p><h2>1.</h2><blockquote> <p>After an amazing promotion at my dream job of 10 years, I told a coworker how much money I make. They must have told everyone. My boss informed me how unacceptable what I did was. The next week they fired me with no reason. (I live in an &quot;at will&quot; state) - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/MidnightSG/">MidnightSG</a></p> </blockquote><h2>2.</h2><blockquote> <p>Left the sink on with the hose in the mop bucket and flooded the entire lobby in about 3 inches of water. Was fun. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Baconatorboy/">Baconatorboy</a></p> </blockquote><h2>3.</h2><blockquote> <p>When I was 16 I did a vacation job at a farmer, I had to plant strawberries in the ground. I planted a whole day&#39;s supply upside down. Boss was angry - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ecky--ptang-zooboing/">ecky--ptang-zooboing</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>4.</h2><blockquote> <p>Trying too hard and end up doing more work than everyone else because of it. Didn&#39;t get rewarded with anything...just...more work... - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/DevilsPajamas/">DevilsPajamas</a></p> </blockquote><h2>5.</h2><blockquote> <p>I missed my Uncle&#39;s funeral for a work promotion but was then fired the next day. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/barnaclescar/">barnaclescar</a></p> </blockquote><h2>6.</h2><blockquote> <p>I work at a jewellers and I pressure tested an expensive watch that didn&#39;t have a screw down button.</p> </blockquote><blockquote> <p>Customer came back 3 days later complaining it wasn&#39;t working. Water had gotten into the watch, rusting the whole movement. We had to replace the watch. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Ciaranleigh/">Ciaranleigh</a></p> </blockquote><h2>7.</h2><blockquote> <p>I forgot to include the terms and conditions in an email to a customer, and ended up having to do a write off to the tune of about $1300 because &quot;she wasn&#39;t made aware of the time limits.&quot; Still makes me sick to my stomach. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Ravenne14/">Ravenne14</a></p> </blockquote><h2>8.</h2><blockquote> <p>I did not know to &quot;act busy&quot;...used to finish the work assigned to me very early and chill out on the computer...Did not go well with other co workers and was fired saying &quot;we don&#39;t have that much to do...we dont need that many people&quot; - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Earl_Pierce/">Earl_Pierce</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>9.</h2><blockquote> <p>Sent off a file to print that was wrong, cost a few thousand to reprint. Woops. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Mr5wift/">Mr5wift</a></p> </blockquote><h2>10.</h2><blockquote> <p>I was earning six figures with an office overlooking downtown Oakland with a job that had little or no responsibility. Chronically bored, I complained to my boss that I felt like my job was pointless and redundant. She believed me. - [deleted]</p> </blockquote><h2>11.</h2><blockquote> <p>I thought HR had my back. They&#39;re there to protect the company, not you. - [deleted]</p> </blockquote><h2>12.</h2><blockquote> <p>I put mustard in someone&#39;s salad instead of honey mustard - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ITARSUM/">ITARSUM</a></p> </blockquote><h2>13.</h2><blockquote> <p>Gave a new guy too many tables at work. He had a mental breakdown in the men&#39;s room which led to many unhappy customers. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/gayslugmaster69/">gayslugmaster69</a></p> </blockquote><h2>14.</h2><blockquote> <p>Once I locked the keys in my work van...on the day I received the work van....and the only instructions I&#39;d been given were, &quot;This is the only key I have for this. Don&#39;t lose it.&quot; - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/ARealBillsFan/">ARealBillsFan</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>15.</h2><blockquote> <p>I missed the deadline on an important grant application. But in my defense, I&#39;m not very good at my job.- <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/captainmagictrousers/">captainmagictrousers</a></p> </blockquote><h2>16.</h2><blockquote> <p>I replied to the sender of an all staff email instead of my buddy stating &quot;Does she really have to send this sh*t to everyone in the company?&quot; I took the long way around the senders office for a while after that one. - <a data-testid="comment_author_link" href="https://www.reddit.com/user/AlabamaPickleFarmer/">AlabamaPickleFarmer</a></p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

16 people share the worst but funniest mistake they ever made at work.

Making mistakes on the job is a standard part of being employed, but there are some small errors that can escalate rapidly into a nightmare of destruction that is discussed in the employee handbook for years to come...So, when a Reddit user asked, &quot;What is the worst mistake you made at work?&quot; people were ready to share the most embarrassing mishap they made during a shift that still haunts them to this day.1. After an amazing promotion at my dream job of 10 years, I told a coworker how much money I make. They must have told everyone. My boss informed me how unacceptable what I did was. The next week they fired me with no reason. (I live in an &quot;at will&quot; state) - MidnightSG 2. Left the sink on with the hose in the mop bucket and flooded the entire lobby in about 3 inches of water. Was fun. - Baconatorboy 3. When I was 16 I did a vacation job at a farmer, I had to plant strawberries in the ground. I planted a whole day&#39;s supply upside down. Boss was angry - ecky--ptang-zooboing 4. Trying too hard and end up doing more work than everyone else because of it. Didn&#39;t get rewarded with anything...just...more work... - DevilsPajamas 5. I missed my Uncle&#39;s funeral for a work promotion but was then fired the next day. - barnaclescar 6. I work at a jewellers and I pressure tested an expensive watch that didn&#39;t have a screw down button.  Customer came back 3 days later complaining it wasn&#39;t working. Water had gotten into the watch, rusting the whole movement. We had to replace the watch. - Ciaranleigh 7. I forgot to include the terms and conditions in an email to a customer, and ended up having to do a write off to the tune of about $1300 because &quot;she wasn&#39;t made aware of the time limits.&quot; Still makes me sick to my stomach. - Ravenne14 8. I did not know to &quot;act busy&quot;...used to finish the work assigned to me very early and chill out on the computer...Did not go well with other co workers and was fired saying &quot;we don&#39;t have that much to do...we dont need that many people&quot; - Earl_Pierce 9. Sent off a file to print that was wrong, cost a few thousand to reprint. Woops. - Mr5wift 10. I was earning six figures with an office overlooking downtown Oakland with a job that had little or no responsibility. Chronically bored, I complained to my boss that I felt like my job was pointless and redundant. She believed me. - [deleted] 11. I thought HR had my back. They&#39;re there to protect the company, not you. - [deleted] 12. I put mustard in someone&#39;s salad instead of honey mustard - ITARSUM 13. Gave a new guy too many tables at work. He had a mental breakdown in the men&#39;s room which led to many unhappy customers. - gayslugmaster69 14. Once I locked the keys in my work van...on the day I received the work van....and the only instructions I&#39;d been given were, &quot;This is the only key I have for this. Don&#39;t lose it.&quot; - ARealBillsFan 15. I missed the deadline on an important grant application. But in my defense, I&#39;m not very good at my job.- captainmagictrousers 16. I replied to the sender of an all staff email instead of my buddy stating &quot;Does she really have to send this sh*t to everyone in the company?&quot; I took the long way around the senders office for a while after that one. - AlabamaPickleFarmer 

Making mistakes on the job is a standard part of being employed, but there are some small errors that can escalate rapidly into a nightmare of destruction that is discussed in the employee handbook for years to come...  So, when a Reddit...