#21 Coworkers Have Done This At Least 50 Times Now, It's 100ft Of Power Cord And Air Hose (100' Each), A Long Frozen Pressure Washer Hose And Another Cord
Meanwhile, in a recent article, The New York Times wonders whether the spread of AI tools is making experienced or fresh employees more vulnerable.
There are arguments for both sides.
On the one hand, new employees’ work is easier to automate. On the other hand, older employees might be so stuck in their ways that newer workers are quicker to embrace AI tools.
#22 My Coworker Returned The Front Desk Stapler Like This. Told Me It Ran Out Of Staples
#23 A Patient's Catheter Bag Leaked Over My Shoe When I Went To Move It. My Sock Is Wet, I Work Till 5 PM
MIT economist Danielle Li, who studies the use of AI in the workplace, told The New York Times that AI could potentially undermine higher-skilled workers more than entry-level workers.
“The reason is that it can, in effect, untether valuable skills from the humans who have traditionally possessed them. For instance, you may no longer have to be an engineer to code, or a lawyer to write a legal brief.”
#25 How Customers Left The Fitting Rooms At My Job 3 Minutes Before We Closed
#26 The Office I Was Assigned To Work In Today
#27 I Took A Swig Of What I Thought Was Water But Was Actually Acetone/Alcohol
I guess someone decided to make a spraying apparatus out of one of the bottles laying around and didn't make any marks aside from the pinhole in the cap, which I didn't notice when I grabbed the bottle by the top.
According to Li, experienced workers are at a disadvantage. “You’re being paid for the rarity of your skill, and what happens is that A.I. allows the skill to live outside of people.”
Meanwhile, equity analyst Gil Luria told The New York Times that big tech companies like Microsoft and Google were cutting costs to increase their profit margins while investing in chips and data centers to develop AI. Another reason is that software engineers are “susceptible to replacement by AI at all skill levels.”
According to Luria, companies like Microsoft “can do math quickly—see who’s adding value, who’s overpaid, who’s not overpaid, who’s adapting well. There are senior people who have figured out how to get leverage out of A.I. and senior people who are insistent that A.I. can’t write code.”
#28 This Knife Blade Was 15 Days Old. Still Factory Sharp, When I Handed It To A Coworker Who Wanted To Borrow My Pliers. He Had It For 15 Mins
#29 Diamond Plating I Was Driving On Shot Out From Under My Tires And Sunk Me In The Dirt
#30 15 Minutes Cost Me 9 Hours And $180
When I get in, I'm reminded that since I am closing, and this is the end of the work week, I can't make up the time at the end of my shift, which means that I have to burn an hour of PTO. This is unfortunate, but not the end of the world. Until someone remembered that it's a holiday weekend.
Our policy states that if you don't work your full shift the day before the holiday, you don't get your paid holiday. Instead, in order to get paid my full 40 hours, I have to take 8 hours of vacation for my day off.
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how you turn 15 minutes into 9 hours.
What do you think, Pandas? Which of these workplace fail pics made you wince and cringe the most? What is the very worst day that you’ve ever had at work? How did you deal with it?
Generally speaking, what advice would you give someone who’s new to the work industry to help them deal with chronic stress? Are you at all worried about being replaced by AI? Let us know in the comments below!
#31 I Accidentally Bumped Into And Knocked Over My Manager's Brand New $2,500 iMac
#32 Someone At Work Labeled My Cheese As Theirs With A Sticky Note And Ate Half Of It
#33 Helper Doesn’t Really Help, Causes Me More Problems Than He’s Worth
We’re good to go he says. While he was correct, he had not secured the lid to the paint can. 0/10 do not recommend.
#34 This Is My 5 Year Work Anniversary Gift From My Fortune 500 Employer. 100% Not Joking
#35 Came Into Work On My Day Off Today And Was Left This To Clean Up
#36 My 2 Coworkers Left 45 Minutes Early On A Holiday Weekend, Leaving Me With All These Dishes
#37 I Work At A Kindergarten So I’m Playing In The Snow All Day. Suddenly I Got Very Cold
#38 Went To Go Use The Restroom For A Few Minutes At Work Only To Come Back And Find Out Someone Had Snapped The Clip Off My Favorite Pen
#39 One Of My Coworkers Dropped My Lunch Bag And Put It Back In The Fridge. There Goes A Meal Prep Container And A K**ler Bowl Of Curry
#40 First Time In Office For A While And Got This Keyboard. What Sucks Is That I Have To Write Belgium A Lot Today
