Twitter Thread: People's Work Horror Stories

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mattstaff
Dec 18, 2021 3:00 PM EST

Some jobs are more unforgettably terrible than others. You can start up with a new gig that showed all appearances of being nothing short of your dream situation, only to learn that it's actually a waking nightmare, and that the boss is a completely maniacal lunatic. Or, maybe you'll end up dealing with a coworker who has impossibly obnoxious boundary issues. That's why it's key to keep a wary eye out for the red flags before you ever take on a new job. With all that being covered, let's take a look at what people had to say when it came time to share their most notable work horror stories on an emotional rollercoaster of a Twitter thread. 

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    Font - @DSA_... · 6d It's April Fools, tell us about work experiences you wish were a joke. alEVELAND DSA Cleveland ... MOCRATIC OCIALISTS 1,985 27 11.1K 10.2K andi @AndiAllOver Replying to @DSA_Cleveland | put one pineapple in a paper bag for a customer. That was the only thing in the bag. This woman began screaming at me that the bag was too heavy and I needed to make it lighter. You picked out the pineapple, lady. You determined the weight of this bag. I cannot help here. 3:00 PM · 4/1/21 · T
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - Darla @basicnbizarre Replying to @DSA_Cleveland I got hired for a management position that required me to move across the country. Then get sent to another part of the country for 4 weeks training at head office. At the end of 4 weeks the head of HR sat me down: "We knew before you started we weren't going to certify you." 8:04 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter for iPhone
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Font - Hannah 3 @banballoons Replying to @DSA_Cleveland Being told not to be angry about the low salary I made as a young teacher because "it's only supposed to be supplementary income in a married couple, not enough to live off alone" by a female coworker as a reassurance. Unsurprisingly that got me more fired up. 11:20 AM · 4/1/21 · Twitter for Android
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - Lesley Carhart O @hacks4pancakes Replying to @DSA_Cleveland We made an error in your pay and will be cutting it by nn% on your next paycheck. Sorry for the inconvenience. 8:02 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - PolitiDerb @PolitiDerb Replying to @DSA_Cleveland Tonce worked at a retail store, let's call them "Hokl's", you only got hours by selling Hokl's charge cards, which meant if you worked freight, you would not get hours outside the 4 hours a week... 1:50 PM · 4/2/21 · Twitter for Android
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Font - Jürgen Hubert @FranconianExile Replying to @DSA_Cleveland "One week of orientation in your new job should be sufficient. After that, you have seven weeks to write a technical report on the procurement and design of LED street lighting in the European Union, a subject you have no prior expertise in, before it goes into expert review." 8:27 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter for Android
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    World - Mitch Alpiner @MoltenSlowa Replying to @DSA_Cleveland Being told that I, a social media manager, was single handedly responsible for the downward spiral and was going to get the company shut down. ...I didn't know I had that much power. 10:48 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter for iPhone
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    World - Lou Rose ... @petitetrout Replying to @DSA_Cleveland and @People4Bernie My regional manager at a grocery store (rhymes with Bowl Moods) told me if someone l supervised asked to use the restroom I should NEVER say yes right away to establish dominance. 2:18 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter for iPhone
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - stacey @DubiousUnicorn I was badly burned on a popcorn machine at my first job and the manager didn't even know if there was a first aid kit and told me to put mustard on it. 2:48 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter for iPhone
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - Marcus @STOPFLEXIN Replying to @DSA_Cleveland | used to work at a DICKS sporting goods and there was this girl who worked in clothes who had really bad В.О. аpparently. this old man walked up to me and said "sir, I've been hunting for many years and I'm almost positive there's a dead raccoon under your fixtures somewhere". 11:00 AM · 4/2/21 · Twitter for iPhone
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - alεε ε13 @Canadianism Replying to @DSA_Cleveland My mom was hours from passing, I called my manager & told him he needed to fill my position for the next day as she didnt seem like she'd make it through the night. His response was would have been nice to know 3 days ago you werent going to show for your shift. 4:03 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    World - Lacinda Coxswain ... @LCoxswain Replying to @DSA_Cleveland and @People4Bernie I work at a call center. People think I am here to cal and complain to and cuss at for things that I have nothing to do with in my job. 4:01 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    World - Darcy Marks @Wheresthetime · 5d Replying to @DSA_Cleveland One day I arrived at my second shift job at an environmental testing company, where I worked with large quantities of strong acids. The water main had broken and so my manager told me, "Don't spll anything on yourself because the showers won't work" before he left for the day. ♡ 2 27 4 567 Darcy Marks @Wheresthetime · 5d Oh, & at another job while I was in college I tried to call in sick because I had the flu, but they told me th
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - Lionel Artom-Ginzburg ... @LionelArtomG Replying to @DSA_Cleveland Got designated an essential employer (database admin) in a building where the heat failed during an ice storm. 20 degrees at my desk. Do you know how hard it is to type wearing ski gloves? 10:12 AM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Font - Heather Vaughan (she/her) illustrator @H_vonn i worked at a pet store that had faulty wiring. So in the fish section (where there was carpet for some reason)it was always wet and you'd get zapped every time you knelt to scoop fish from the bottom tanks when your knee touched the wet carpet. It was so cool :/ 6:16 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - Ryan, but fanoy @rdewalt Replying to @DSA_Cleveland "Even though you do 100% of the available and potential tickets in your work shift, since you don't do at least 20% of the total group for the week, (Due to ticket stuffing) we're going to write you up" -internet megacorp, you know them. 7:45 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter for Android
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - Danthony Dantano @thriftstoredan Replying to @DSA_Cleveland When I worked for the Walmart return center we had to wait until the exact end of our shift to start making the five minute walk up front, wait in line for 15 minutes to go through security, and they would round our time down to EOS when we finally clocked out. 2:37 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter for Android
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Gesture - The H is Silent but I am not @RhealJedi Replying to @DSA_Cleveland | got laid off at a meeting. The boss announced that, blah blah blah, sudden pivot, so effective Monday Jonny, Joey, Jacky & Jay wil no longer be working here... (pseudonyms, obvi). Blindsided in front of the whole company. GIF 2:48 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - Richard Rudie @sidbushes I got that at a temp job. All-company meeting, the Big Boss announces that blah blah downturn, no more temps. All of us temps, a dozen-plus people, look at each other like "What?" 4:17 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - Dawn Napier @RealitylsThin 17 AVIICHOR Replying to @DSA_Cleveland | once worked at a daycare and when I pointed out a safety issue in my classroom the boss told me, "Well teach them not to go over there." It was a toddler classroom. 5:31 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Organism - Laura Roberts, Romance Enthusiast @buttontapper .. Replying to @DSA_Cleveland Jobs that monitored how long our bathroom breaks were. Jobs that refused to pay overtime, claiming "overtime is only for construction workers" (it's not). Jobs that made me bring in doctor's notes to "prove" I was sick. All of them needed unions. 12:19 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    World - Enter Sandman @primeporsche91 Replying to @DSA_Cleveland and @TwinCitiesDSA My partner worked in food service for a summer on a tipped salary in Charlotte, NC. When the restaurant closed for the night, employees did all of the closing work (cleaning, next day prep, etc.) unpaid 9:57 AM · 4/1/21 · Twitter for iPhone
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    World - Sarah J @Trisarahjtops Replying to @DSA_Cleveland We weren't allowed credit card tips. At the end of the night, staff divided up cash tips but all the credit card tips went to our boss 5:56 PM · 4/1/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland
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    Font - Mike Sellers - always working on N+... * @onlinealchemist Replying to @DSA_Cleveland The (non-game) manager who asked if I really needed to take the entire day off the day my wife had a baby. "Okay, but you'll be back and ready to go tomorrow, right?" And (several years ago), while being interviewed for a job: "Here at Kixeye, we value our brogrammer culture." 3:12 AM · 4/2/21 · Twitter Web App
    via @DSA_Cleveland

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