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Factory workers denounce the 'Wall of Shame' in the workplace, showing up for mandatory headshots in CEO attire: 'I barely held in [my] laughter'

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  • In the workplace, there's nothing more hilarious than talking smack about your boss. 

    Granted, you'd never say anything unbecoming to their face, but between you and your favorite coworker, that steamrolling, lazybones has it coming! There are, however, a few ways that you can thoroughly insult your boss without risking your job, and the Redditor in our next story has cracked the code on how to use swanky CEO attire to denounce the other suits in the workplace. 

    Factory workers aren't typically the sort of blue-collar employees you expect to see in a penguin suit every day. They're covered in dirt, grime, and sweat all day from laboring at the toils of the machine, so when the silky, suited men from upstairs look down on them, they're not likely to consider themselves equals–which is infuriating for the working man. Well, this particular factory worker was no stranger to belittlement at his job, because he had to walk by the infamous ‘Wall of Shame’ every morning to clock in. 

    This ‘Wall of Shame’ (as the factory floormen called it), was an Employee-of-the-Month-style photo wall that pictured every employee on staff in their work attire, including office managers, clean-cut C-level bosses, and of course, the blue-collar bros all covered in soot. But this crewman got his own jab on the big men upstairs when he was summoned to take his mandatory headshot for the Wall of Shame–he showed up wearing a suit and tie, dressed to the nines like all of the other stuffed turkeys upstairs. 

    Scroll for the hilarity that ensued after this harmless prank inspired a whole crew of tradies in need of a win.

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    We MUST get our pictures taken? Ok. S I worked in a factory years ago that had what we called the 'wall of shame'. It had pictures,
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    taken by a professional photographer, of all office and floor personnel. As you would expect, the floor personnel were all in dirty factory clothes, office people in dress attire.
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    This was done when that plant opened, and new hires were sent to the photographer's studio for their picture at the end of their first year. I worked third shift, and was told that I and another coworker had to go after our shift to get it done.
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    Tried to get out of it, but was told in no uncertain terms that we had to go. Cue the seemingly harmless malicious compliance. The coworker I went with was a
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    drinking buddy. I told him at the bar the day before to bring a shirt and tie. He asked why, and I told him it would upset the plant manager. He was in. The next morning, we went to
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    the studio, and the photographer gave us a puzzled look. He said he thought he had two floor workers scheduled, not office workers. For those that don't
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    know, floor workers at most factories are considered extremely stupid trained monkeys. I innocently said we didn't know we couldn't look nice for our pictures. He dubiously took our pictures and sent us on our way.
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    The fallout: About a month later, my coworker and I were called into the plant manager's office to explain our pictures. He was ready to explode when I again explained we just wanted
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    to look nice as our pictures were being professionally taken. He turned a deep shade of red when I added I didn't know it was against the rules for floor workers to dress up for their pictures. He dismissed us
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    while trying not to flip out on us. My friend and I barely held our laughter in as he slammed the door behind us. It gave me great amusement to look at those pictures until they closed the plant.
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    G_Reamy 18 hr. ago It was a class thing and you called them on it! Vote Reply Share camelslikesand - 18 hr. ago This all day. Infuriating and sickening.
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    LordLuk3n 18 hr. ago They just expect the dirty shift workers to be scruffy and as thick as two short planks. It reminds me of a printing company I used to work at. They introduced an aptitude test for all new starters, and eventually, all existing staff had to take it, too.
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    Another printer and I were questioned about our results and asked how we cheated because, you know, the scumbags on the shop floor couldn't possibly be the smartest in the company.
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    Echo63 18 hr. ago Its those scumbags on the shop floor that make the company run - and those smart guys on the shop floor are the ones you need to keep happy, as they are there because they want to be, and are pushing everyone to be better people...
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    InvisibleCat11 · 17 hr. ago Agreed. These so called management idiots keep forgetting that those on the ground guys are the engine to the company.
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    ulalumelenore 17 hr. ago "Hey, do this, it'll upset the manager." "I'm in." These are the friends/ drinking buddies we all need.
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    KWS1461 18 hr. ago Why in the H would call you and demand an explanation for looking nice for picture day? It isn't like you did anything wrong...
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    KJWeb8 OP 17 hr. ago Plant manager ego. They don't like anyone that's not a compliant worker.
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    LoneWolf15000 17 hr. ago That's a bad leader. I'd be happy you had the desire to look nice for a company photo, or the sense of humor to pull off the prank. Either way, I'd get a kick out of it. Good leaders serve their people.
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    TaranSF 10 hr. ago Dude is a boss not a leader. Also seems like a bad boss, but, that almost goes without saying.
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    Styrak 17 hr. ago After your shift? that, do it on company time or get OT.
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    • BuddyLeeVaughn · 18 hr. ago what a weird power trip. Vote Reply Share OiC_Nikki_812. 16 hr. ago For real. ☹
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    CameoProtagonist. 18 hr. ago Nice switch from corporate dressing up in hard hats and hi vis for the photos! Well played! (hope you got a hi res copy of the portrait - set up a LinkedIn profile and leave yourself marked as working with that Manager!)
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    AbruptMango. 8 hr. ago Critical difference: The shop guys don't pass one tie around for all their photos. The execs don't all have their own hardhats.
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    dynamitediscodave 18 hr. ago Haha, plant manager got out played. He just wanted you grease monkeys to stay in your lane like the peasants we're meant to be. Haha, best F U. Well done
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    CrazyCrystal2019. 12 hr. ago I find this kinda shocking really, but well done for calling it out. I'm a mechanical design engineer and yes I'm good at my job, but the guys on the shop floor are excellent at theirs. They have a
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    different set of skills with decades of experience and the company literally wouldn't run without them. Shop floor in a factory may be repetitive work at times, but in a factory you are still skilled and an important part of the company.
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    [deleted] 11 hr. ago It's crazy to me how people can look down on technical, manual labor. My nephew for instance is a mechanic and the way his brain can comfortably disassemble something into a thousand separate pieces and then put them back together again is magic to me.
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    ace_of_nations 18 hr. ago Well played. I think I would have gone the other way and got so disgustingly full of grease and grime that I wouldn't be recognizable.
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