'First day on the job, gave another coworker a wet-willy': 20+ stories where people got fired on day one

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Aug 22, 2023 4:00 PM EDT

Getting fired on your first day is no easy feat. Like many things in life, you have to work at it. You have to be so aggressively unsuited for your position or so unbelievably unprofessional that you're leaving your managers and everyone in HR with no other choice. 

 

Usually, people are very forgiving on the first day. Perhaps you did things differently at your old company and need some time to readjust to the standards of your organization. Perhaps you're not particularly well-versed in all the technology yet and need a little extra support. These scenarios are all understandable. Of course, there are a few big no-no's that would result in an immediate dismissal. Anything against the law comes to mind. However, you would think people would be on their best behavior on their first day and would avoid doing anything like that… at least until their second day.

 

Well, it turns out you would be wrong! The following people really went there on their first day at work, and let's just say it backfired majorly. Keep scrolling below for this list and when you're finished, feel free to check out this compilation of top "HR is Not Your Friend" stories!

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    Motor vehicle - "What is the fastest way you've seen someone get fired?"
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    Font - r/AskReddit . Posted by u/Quintowne 1 day ago What is the fastest way you've seen someone get fired?
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    Font - GhettoSauce 1 day ago . I did the firing. I was sous chef of a large reception hall, meaning serving food to hundreds and hundreds of guests. One party had a big seafood display. Shrimp, oysters, crab legs & vodka, all in a giant decorative box of ice.
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    Font - When that portion of dinner service was finished, two new waiters were tasked with returning the big ice box + leftovers to the kitchen and dish pit. They dumped the ice back into the ice machine. The contaminated ice. It even had some discarded shells.
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    Font - I saw it happen. I had to show them the door immediately and have a serious talk with their head waiter. They lasted 2 hours, tops. Those idiots could've someone. Imagine you have a severe shellfish allergy and the ice in your glass of water is lethal. 5.6k ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Marmoticon 22 hr. ago Dude's first day, on a team next to mine gets an assignment, as soon as the lead leaves the area he leans over to another guy and threatens that if he doesn't do his work for him he's going to "kick after work". his I got up to the managers, we walked over and escorted him out. He was there all of 2 hours. On his way out he's knocking over chairs and screaming that he'll be "waiting for us in the parking lot". 4.8k nuts. Reply Share
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    Font - davisherm 1 day ago . The guy responsible for opening the shop on Saturday morning went out and got blitzed on Friday night. We showed up to work to find his car in the lot but the doors locked. He didn't answer his phone. Had to call the owner in to get us inside. Guy was fast asleep, under his desk. He was gone before you could say hangover. 4.6k Reply Share
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    Font - DudebroggieHouser 22 hr. ago Had a coworker explain to our supervisor how he found this great loophole for making extra money: if a customer had exact change, he'd just pocket the cash and cancel the order on the register. 4.1k Reply Share
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    Font - . TheDogtor- 1 day ago First day at work for this new dude. We pick him up at 07:00AM... He hops into the car and goes: "Ahhhh, Jeez...when are we finishing work today? Im beat. Can you guys buy me a pack of cigarettes? Oh, and just so you know, I only eat Meat for lunch..." The boss stopped the car, and told him to get out. It was like 07:03... 3.8k Reply Share
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    Font - JIO Bobzyurunkle. 1 day ago Co worker showed up to work dr k. Was told to go home. She mouthed back and started screaming insults at the President of the company. Fired!! 2.1k ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - MrSpindles 1 day ago I worked at the head office of a well known retailer. One day we had a temp on the reception desk and no one realised that the bottle of water on her desk was, well...not water.
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    Font - As the day went on the tannoy announcements got worse, just stumbling through names and slurring. Needless to say everyone thought this was funny, not realising that she was bladdered at the and not just job.
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    Font - Come the end of the day though, she gets into her car and attempts to drive out of the car park, bouncing off cars and eventually coming to a halt on a grass verge. 2.0k Reply Share
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    Font - Doodlebug365. 23 hr. ago. edited 23 hr. ago During drop-off hours, our preschool receptionist decided she needed to have coffee asap. Instead of heading down to our staff room and making a pot, she decided to leave our whole school unlocked and left to go down to Biggby Coffee. That was a big no no. She was fired as soon as she came back. 2.0k Reply Share
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    Font - AaronKMartinez 23 hr. ago Half an hour. Working in Arby's, new girl shows up. They run her through how to work the cash register on a few dummy orders. She takes a real order or two and then it gets slow. She asks to duck out for a minute to smoke and never came back. Register ended up being $100 short that day. 1.6k Reply Share
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    Font - GoldenGod48 Worked at a grocery store a few years ago. A new guy was hired and on the second day on the job, he was caught stealing food. . 1.4k 1 day ago He would grab items off the shelves and walk to the break room and eat them. Reply Share
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    Font - Island_Maximum. 22 hr. ago A guy got fired at my bar for shaving his head in the beer cooler. Why? His kids had lice. He even sang a song about how he was and shaving on the boss man's time. There's a video too, you can see the GM staring in wtf shock in the background. 1.4k Reply Share
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    Font - JenntheGreat13 - 23 hr. ago • edited 19 hr. ago New person got access to medical records system. Week 2 - Looked up our boss and bragged about it. Was Walked out and gone the second week. 1.3k Reply Share
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    Font - huiscloslaqueue. 1 day ago First day at work he took one look at his would-be boss and declared "I won't work under a woman". So he was shown the door. 1.2k ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - 23 hr. ago. edited 19 hr. ago First day at work, hired by a temp agency. Me and one other guy, we put stuff in boxes and tape them shut, stack boxes on a pallet. He can't keep up, can barely use a tape and decides its time for break. Goes to the lunch room and takes a lunch. It was the bosses lunch, he stole the guys meal his wife prepared for him. Boss man came over 15 mins later and wants to know who ate his BBQ, sticky fingers and BBQ on his shirt he denies it. I just look at him and t
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    Font - themoistdonut - 23 hr. ago First day on the job, gave another coworker a wet- willy. you not. ↑ 7.6k ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Useful Exchange3583. 1 day ago colleague let a middle school kid drive the bus. Buh-bye! 6.2k ↓ Reply Share
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    Font - Beestung 23 hr. ago Worked at an ISP back in the 90s and had a guy working late shift. Found out quickly he wasn't answering the phone at all, but just playing video games. He was warned. Next day he walks in to work with a Voodoo2 graphics card to install in his work computer to improve the game playing. Fired before he sat down. 5.7k Reply Share
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