Every person who's ever had a job knows that every workplace, starting from huge corporations with cubicle offices and ending with family-owned businesses with three office employees, has its own secrets, big and small. Most of us don't ever find out anything unusual about the secret life going on within our workplace, except for some petty gossip or drama between coworkers. However, on rare occasions, some people just happen to find out something that they were not supposed to know, and then it's up to them what to do with said information.
Well, the most common route the office working people seem to take is to keep the secret to themselves and occasionally share it on sites such as Reddit. But to be honest, we are delighted by this, as some of these secrets they shared made for a very juicy post! Scroll down below to see what kind of information and office jokes were unknowingly found out and don't forget to comment and vote on your favorite stories, or, hell, add your office work secret if you have something interesting to share!
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#101
Not my story, my mom’s.
Just before I was birn, she worked at Subway. This one girl liked to give the people who asked for healthier options like diet soda or a different bread, she would always give them the normal option without telling them. Just to be a jerk because she couldn’t follow her own diet so she was likely jealous. One day, she put cheese on a vegan girls’ sandwich. Long story short, that girl had been vegan for a while, and the cheese caused her to get sick.
Needless to say, she was fired soon after.
2points
#102
Worked Security at a casino in South Seattle, big Chinese gamble spot. I was the only white dude working the front to check ID's, would get the regulars at this time of night. One of these regulars would come in and go straight to VIP (minimum bets were 100, free drinks, and comped food.) Management told me that they get a free pass on anything they do, they were more important than I ever would be, and should show them respect no matter what I witnessed them. I would just mind my own business around them and keep my head down. The only times I would go back there was to fill the tables with chips and cards. One of them asked me what I was doing (besides interrupting their gambling) I told them "I'm doing a fill, shouldn't be 5 minutes." "Fill huh? Yeah you look like a Phil! You white cracker, I bet you know Dr. Phil!" I was done at that point and told him to shut his mouth. Nothing happened for awhile until I went into the VIP bathroom and walked in to all of them snorting cocaine. I walked out before they noticed me and called the DEA. I quit the next day, it was a doomed business.
2points
#103
I work at a company where the boss was having an affair and everyone was well aware of what was going on. Both parties are married, the boss who passed away recently due to his alcoholism, we found out that the woman he was having an affair with her cousin who worked for us as well was supplying him with pain meds, making him more and more irrational. The adultress would leave love notes, and a note begging him back when his wife found and and made him promise to end the affair and fire her. He never did, and his wife had him served with divorce papers at work. He eventually tried to get clean and ended up near comatosed in a hospital for over 4 months. The divorce never went through so thankfully after all he put her through she got everything.
Same company the boss who passed and his BFF (general manager) have a construction company as our building maintenance, the guy does shoddy work and over bills by thousands of dollars to prepay for work at their personal homes. When we had a power outage after a hurricane we ordered a large generator for a week, construction guy came took the bill which was only $10k and charged us $30k. He didn't order the generator and it wasn't his.
When we show surplus in sales the head bosses pocket the extra money instead of giving raises and bonuses. They pocket the money for themselves.
2points
#104
I worked at an animal hospital we had to break down the door because the new assistant passed out inside after taking apple morphine
Same hospital, the cleaning guy would work in the nude after hours, I know because I caught him
Boss was a huge dick, a dog was barking at him while waking up from anesthesia and peed on the dog to show dominance.
Same boss hit on every woman and was utterly gross about it, mind you he was married
Went in on my day off to take care of a personal house sitting client who's dog was having surgery, tech'd in surgery and stayed all day while the dog was waking up in recovery. Boss tried to bill them an extra $350 for my time, but I didn't get paid, I took it off the bill then dared him to put it back on.
2points
#105
the CIO of our company asked a web developer for a report of all the people who have done the "ethical decision making" computer base training course. He then told everyone in IT who promptly did the course. He then changed the dates the course was taken so it wouldn't show that they were all done on the same date. I'm the only one who refused to do the course. If asked why I haven't done it ethically what should I say.
1point
#106
when I was in the military during basic training I caught our female drill instructor with one of the other female soldiers (doing the deed) while we were out on a drill. I Never said anything to anyone & not to either of them. all though we were all aware they had been seen. my drill instructor did take it a bit easy on me after that knowing I had info.
1point
#107
When I worked in the storage room at my old job (years ago at this point), my friend that was quitting at the end of the day after putting in his two weeks decided to draw penises for every box he had to put on a shelf that day. The day ended and he was gone. I quit 2 months later. A few years later I knew people that had started working there and they asked me
"hey, do you know where all the D!cks everywhere in the back came from? we even found some on the ceiling"
I did not know about the ceiling ones
1point
#108
I've been working for over a few months in a company specially for disabled individuals. I finally began to see the drama. One woman ie. CatLady had a crush on man in the dept. He became involved with the Elegant Woman. The cat lady lost her marbles. She threatens the Elegant Woman, harasses and stalks her for taking her man. Cat lady has been written up over 35 times for the multiple ppl she's harassed.
Several victims got together and mass emailed the head of HR for an emergency meeting. The head came in and interviewed everyone. Cat lady was escorted out on administrative leave for the duration of the investigation.
Week and half down, no answers. If she comes back, they've given her a two week vacation and no real punishment.
Several victims got together and mass emailed the head of HR for an emergency meeting. The head came in and interviewed everyone. Cat lady was escorted out on administrative leave for the duration of the investigation.
Week and half down, no answers. If she comes back, they've given her a two week vacation and no real punishment.
1point
#109
I worked in a Department where my husband at the time was Manager. I knew 2 weeks in advance that everyone in 1 section, around 30 people (many of them friends) were to be made redundant - but couldnt tell anyone. Would have prefered not to know. It was horrible.
0points
#110
I worked in a restaurant where one waitress would grab one of the only four shrimp on the shrimp plate and stuff it in her mouth on her way out the door to give it to the customer. What a pig!
0points
#111
My elderly boss has a generic name. I went to verify a form of contact and discovered he and his wife frequented swingers forums online. I learned quite a bit about what they enjoy in the bedroom.
0points
#112
I used to date an IT guy that worked for a company where most of the staff was remote workers. I guess people don't realize that a work computer is still company property even if you're at home (so much porn).
0points
#113
My teacher in middle school called the whole class "bitches" because we couldn't find the partners her hadn't even assigned. That same teacher made a girl cry.
0points
#114
Not an employee there myself, but a friend of mine is the boss of an online company. I’m 90% certain he’s married. What I do know for certain is he’s been heavily involved with an employee in the next state for several years, making frequent visits to her for the weekend. He’s also involved with another employee behind the back of the first.
At best, he’s cheating on his girlfriend. At worst, he’s cheating on his mistress who he’s cheating on his wife with.
0points
#115
As long as people refuse to rock the boat. Or status quo, things will never change, and people who do these awful things, will continue to do them! So, report them. Get evidence but so it legally. But take them down. We can’t complain about bad business practices and such, until they are stopped. The more confrontation and charges against them, the more the work place will change. But only if we learn, to rock the boat.
ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
ITS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
-2points
#116
I work at a school and I found some black mold growing in the walls. I asked if he wanted me to remove it and he said "You're not a mold expert you can't say that's mold." Then had some guys come out a few days later and paint over it.
-15points
