Being in the office can be a bit like attending a masquerade ball. People are dressed up and many are wearing a mask. Most people try to be on their best behavior at work. You're probably not going to see the crazy, unhinged side of them that they might display in peak-hour traffic, in a nightclub, or even in the comfort of their own home. But sometimes, the mask slips, revealing a person you could have sworn you've never met before.
Someone asked, "What's something that a co-worker once did that lives rent-free in your head?" and the comments read like they deserve their own Netflix work drama series. Some were funny, like the guy who brought a goat to work once, while others were more disturbing, like the dude who robbed a bank during his lunch break and casually came back to work after committing the crime.
Bored Panda has put together a list of the best, and many might have you wondering if you really know Nancy or Paul from the corner cubicle as well as you think you do.
#21
Clipped their toenails in the shared office space!!
18points
#22
Coworker tried to put a whole insulated METAL soup container in the microwave and I called them out. Flash forward to later in the day they told me “embarrassed them & made them feel “small”. You literally could have burnt down the building. Hello??
18points
#23
Literally was about to quit this was at McDonald’s and a customer was being a prick . Handed his resignation in and beat tf out a customer in the parking lot.
18points
#24
I work at a funeral home. One of my co workers told a family to have a good day.
17points
#25
Clocked out for lunch and never came back.
16points
#26
A girl I used to work with was presumably doing an experiment to see how much mould would grow in her coffee mug on her desk she would cover it every day with a paper towel. We all knew and watched her tend to it for weeks it was so weird she would come in and check on it, replace the paper towel etc.
16points
#27
Asked if i’m pregnant or just getting fat.
15points
#28
She got “injured” at work and had to call out for a couple of weeks. Camera showed her staging the fall 😂 the whole set up was crazy.
15points
#29
RN here. Had a new hire nurse fresh out of orientation who was supposed to inject 10mg of Loxapine to an agitated patient. Instead she injected 100mg.
14points
#30
I worked at this restaurant and there was this guy that worked in the kitchen that would always eat the leftovers that people would leave on their plates.
14points
#32
One of my managers came into work with a new truck, took his girlfriend out to concerts within a week. Turns out he was stealing 10k from work and now will do time.
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13points
#33
Got pregnant by the team lead and when she had the baby tried to convince her husband the baby was mixed bc she had Native American roots.
13points
#35
Fell for the email scam and spent 10k on Amazon gift cards.
12points
#36
Gave a confused patient a lap dance with their tele sitter watching. She did not get fired.
12points
#37
Ate boiled eggs almost every day. At her desk. Right beside me. Every. Single. Day.
11points
#38
Had an affair with a married regular customer.
11points
#39
I called in sick one weekend but really I was at concerts and meet and greets… they called me I faked sick on the phone, monday came and I got called into the office, my co-worker sent the pictures of me at the concert to our manager and PRINTED THEM OFF.
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10points
#40
Someone took a sick day so they could go to a family event. A photo of them with their family was posted on socials. Co-worker took the photo and reported them to HR.
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10points
