People Share The Dumbest Mistakes They've Seen Incompetent Coworkers Make

It's easy to assume that everyone is on the same page about things like "how many tires go on a car" or "if it's okay to feed all the customers a little bleach." But put the wrong person in a role of professional authority and be amazed at the wondrously short-sighted things they're capable of. Sometimes it's just because a newbie doesn't know how things work, but other times it's someone failing to use even the smallest amount of common sense that results in confusing, laughable, and sometimes potentially life-threatening workplace foibles. Fear the new guy who is confident that he knows how everything works. Because that guy is gonna walk up to you at lunch with a pipe through his hand and ask you where the "pipe-removing machine" is.

For some more tales of workplace barbarity, here are 30 times people's clueless bosses tried to solve morale issues with punishment.

Like what you see? Follow our WhatsApp channel for more.

Advertisement

Stay up to date by following us on Facebook!

Tags

wtf FAIL funny stories coworkers mistakes lol ridiculous dumb stories stupid

Scroll Down For The Next Article

Also From FAIL Blog

Creepy Neighbors Out Themselves as Peepers When They Call the Cops on a Woman for “Indecent Exposure” While She's in Her Own Home

Creepy Neighbors Out Themselves as Peepers When They Call the Cops on a Woman for “Indecent Exposure” While She's in Her Own Home

Trending Now

23-year-old small business owner gets swindled out of being paid, goes to the customer's place and removes his front door: ‘Store wide open in the middle of a busy street.’

23-year-old small business owner gets swindled out of being paid, goes to the customer's place and removes his front door: ‘Store wide open in the middle of a busy street.’

'Don't come back': Opportunistic employee goes home early when a scheduled fire drill makes management second-guess their instructional wording

'Don't come back': Opportunistic employee goes home early when a scheduled fire drill makes management second-guess their instructional wording

New stepmother demands 17-year-old babysit her children because his father said he would if they married: 'My relationship with his wife and her kids doesn't exist really, and I know that [makes her mad] but she was his choice, not mine'

New stepmother demands 17-year-old babysit her children because his father said he would if they married: 'My relationship with his wife and her kids doesn't exist really, and I know that [makes her mad] but she was his choice, not mine'

25-year-old brother's girlfriend tries to kick 15-year-old out of her own house that the siblings together, saying they want their own "space": 'I reminded her that I own half of this “space” so she’s delusional if she thinks she can just get rid of me'

25-year-old brother's girlfriend tries to kick 15-year-old out of her own house that the siblings together, saying they want their own "space": 'I reminded her that I own half of this “space” so she’s delusional if she thinks she can just get rid of me'

18-year-old café employee told by her new shift lead to stop talking, stops talking entirely, forcing the lead to backtrack: 'You’re not paid to talk, you’re paid to work'

18-year-old café employee told by her new shift lead to stop talking, stops talking entirely, forcing the lead to backtrack: 'You’re not paid to talk, you’re paid to work'

Employee told he is going to lose all of his leave by the end of the year, takes it all at once, leaving projects struggling to be completed: 'Use all your PTO before December 31 or lose it? Alright, don't mind if I do, even if the project burns...'

Employee told he is going to lose all of his leave by the end of the year, takes it all at once, leaving projects struggling to be completed: 'Use all your PTO before December 31 or lose it? Alright, don't mind if I do, even if the project burns...'

Advertisement