Two stories here, both from an IT job that I quit 6 months ago (after almost a year of employment). This was at a major campus sports facility (think of a building that houses some of the highest paid government employees in the state, only they're coaches).
First, my supervisor found child pron on an employee's hard drive. I don't know the full story, but he either quit or was let go shortly after that.
Second, my supervisor's boss stole various components to build a computer for his car
He started to build it and hasn't finished to this day.
First, my supervisor found child pron on an employee's hard drive. I don't know the full story, but he either quit or was let go shortly after that.
Second, my supervisor's boss stole various components to build a computer for his car
He started to build it and hasn't finished to this day.Nothing compared to any of the stories here, but one summer I was working in the stockroom for a tech company. The guy that was previously running the stockroom had just had a nervous breakdown because there was so much to do. Unfortunately, there was only myself and another student that knew how the system worked and how to file things correctly into the ERP system. Anyhow, long story short, I got transfered out of the stockroom and the other student (let's call him Mike) was tasked to show the job to a new hire (let's call him Bob). Bob was a huge guy, probably 6'3" or so, 275ish lb and "enjoyed to box on his spare time".
So on Bob's first day, Mike shows him how to file some of the paperwork and enter it into Oracle. There's a huge stack of these transactions that has to be processed, so Mike tells Bob to try to work through it and he'll check back in a few minutes to handle any questions. So Mike goes off for 10 minutes to do some other work; when he comes back, Bob is asleep in the stockroom. This is at about 10:00 on Bob's first morning! Anyhow, we had to work with this tool for most of the summer, he kept falling asleep at all times of the day. He eventually got canned, but I don't think I'll ever forget the falling asleep on the first day because it blew my mind.
So on Bob's first day, Mike shows him how to file some of the paperwork and enter it into Oracle. There's a huge stack of these transactions that has to be processed, so Mike tells Bob to try to work through it and he'll check back in a few minutes to handle any questions. So Mike goes off for 10 minutes to do some other work; when he comes back, Bob is asleep in the stockroom. This is at about 10:00 on Bob's first morning! Anyhow, we had to work with this tool for most of the summer, he kept falling asleep at all times of the day. He eventually got canned, but I don't think I'll ever forget the falling asleep on the first day because it blew my mind.
kranky
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More than that. Each wire had to be stripped, crimp pin attached, pins inserted into the connector, connector shell assembled, strain relief applied, then taped. Each of the 30 cables had different pins used so you have to make sure they are exactly right. An average time to do 30 cables would be about a day.
I missed it, but when I worked @ Office Max (not manager, but still ) there was an old guy who somehow got TP and sh!t stuck to his shoes or something and wandered around the store tracking sh!t everywhere
When I was @ BBY in computer sales my mgr tried to tell a customer that if he didn't buy the gold USB cable for his printer, that his pictures wouldn't come out as high quality. The Epson printer rep called him on that one right in front of the customers.
) there was an old guy who somehow got TP and sh!t stuck to his shoes or something and wandered around the store tracking sh!t everywhereWhen I was @ BBY in computer sales my mgr tried to tell a customer that if he didn't buy the gold USB cable for his printer, that his pictures wouldn't come out as high quality. The Epson printer rep called him on that one right in front of the customers.
One of the cooks at a restaurant I used to work at was a quite devout Nazi and racist. Part of his job was to cook meals for the employees. One of our waiters happened to be Jewish, and he began calling in sick rather a lot....it turns out there was a stand of poison ivy out back and the cook was putting liberal amounts of it in his food.
nothing much really....ive had to clean a dead mouse out of the outside pool once when i worked at david lloyd lesuire. oh and 2 employee's shagging in a closet...ooo that was funny
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I'm gonna bend the thread rules a little and give three different stories. This is when I worked as a manager of a toy store, way back when.
Customer:
I had two customers on seperate occasions walk into the store, pick something up from a shelf, walk over to the cash register and try to return it. We'd be watching them the whole time and they'd act completely innocent. Of course I mentioned that we have video cameras on them, which we didn't, and they'd get mad or scared and leave.
Employee:
Every morning we had to count the video games to make sure none were missing from the day before. After a week or two the count gradually started to slip away from the number we should have. Finally the employee was caught with several games in a box he was taking out to the dumpster. Apparently he'd park over near the dumpster and run the video games out to his car every chance he got.
Manager (me):
Before I tell this know that I was never caught, thankfully. Our X-Mas shipments had created a big pile of teddy bears in our storage. They just don't sell too fast and HQ wants to make sure everyone has plenty for the season. So my girlfriend came to the store to visit me. I told the employees to watch the store for a few so I could take a break. My girlfriend and I went to storeroom and got it on in the pile of teddy bears. If someone had caught us my life probably would have been different right now.
lol and heres me thinking you and GF went upstairs to steal teddy bears
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Employee was bragging about how quickly he was learning Karate... had been taking lessons for almost a month. Got very cocky with his "abilities", attempting to put other employees (friends) into different holds. Was warned to stop screwing around like that. Later, he threw a punch, which was intended to stop just short of another employees face. Anyone who has taken any martial art for a while knows that you really shouldn't be doing crap like that, certainly not with a mere month of training. He missed by about an inch, that is, missed stopping short by about an inch. Punched out the other employee. So, as the other employee was lying on the ground crying, and had to show Mr. Karate the door. Not fired... learned his lesson, and the two were friends. (Plus, his dad owned the place)
Another time, a female walked out of the women's restroom and told another employee, "you're out of toilet paper in there." He immediately replied, with something about getting her hand wet... Fired.
Another time, a female walked out of the women's restroom and told another employee, "you're out of toilet paper in there." He immediately replied, with something about getting her hand wet... Fired.
Fired because that kind of activity is a HUGE liability. The hospital could get sued from all directions on that one...
Working at a golf course the assistant golf pro was stealing from the pro shop. He had stolen several sets of top-end clubs and hundreds of top-end balls. The shop only had one security camera and it was easy to avoid.
So without any proof they had to find another way to fire him. One lewd comment to the scantily clad beer-cart girl was managements way out, either resign or face sexual harassment charges.
So without any proof they had to find another way to fire him. One lewd comment to the scantily clad beer-cart girl was managements way out, either resign or face sexual harassment charges.
That's a real pisser.
Shouldn't have done it in the baby seat. First of all its for a baby, 2nd of all you can remove the baby seat so the smell goes away, what's the fun in that?
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There's a good lesson here. If you ever see someone get fired for some minor infraction that you think is a vast over-reaction to what the person did, consider the possibility that the person did something a lot worse but it couldn't be proven. They use the minor infraction to justify the firing.
Besides catching many a person stealing cash on camera at mcdonalds and the bank. I think the best is when a worker in the backroom of a bank decided to start writing out cashier checks for herself. Sadly, she worked in that position for 7 years. She was fully aware of the dual control. I hated her before she got fired.
This is just personally. The same company also had an HR person arrested for siphoning out $500,000 out of payroll for many years. This was a multibillion dollar bank so they should have known better.
This is just personally. The same company also had an HR person arrested for siphoning out $500,000 out of payroll for many years. This was a multibillion dollar bank so they should have known better.
Actually I was. But then I reread the post and all was clear. I has misread it in that firing the individual was a liability.
Reminded me of when I worked at an agency that dealt closely with federal law enforcement (we had ATF, DEA, and FBI agents walking the halls often). We were undergoing a renovation and the carpet-guys who showed up looked strung out. The next day they didn't show. The carpet that was laid had to be taken back up since the pattern was mis-aligned with the wall. It was a pretty good joke until it took several weeks for the contracter to find a replacement sub, by that time we wanted the mess cleaned up so they could finish the job.
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