15+ Employees who made big workplace mistakes

These employees can recall their biggest mistakes all too clearly

At times, ones' brain just turns off. Who knows why — being sleepy or hungry could be the cause, or maybe you're preoccupied with other issues. For whatever reason, you lose focus of the task you're supposed to be doing, and instead, you zone out. That leads to some big huge mistakes, as some of these workers can tell you.

For example, one person started filling up a paint drum, then they left to take a bathroom break. And then they took an actual break. All while the paint was filling the drum. And so, as you can imagine, they came back startled to find that there was paint everywhere, thanks to their little momentary mishap. A big mess!
Some folks made rather expensive mistakes, though. One that made my jaw drop was a person who shared that their boss assigned them to deposit that week's cash to the bank. That's a delicate job, and one that isn't trusted to just anyone. And yet, it went wrong, in a spectacular fashion!
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Worker carrying 4 coffees in a tray suddenly trips and falls.
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Someone made a bag that day, literally

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It was someone's lucky day, and this person's lucky day simply because they weren't fired for that.
Gone with the wind

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Just because you think a video you have to watch annually is boring doesn't make it any less important! It's funny that this guy was so serious about it… like you can be bored and still pay attention, lighten up!
Whoops!

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Now THAT would be a big mess to clean up

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Sleep deprevation will make you do crazy things

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The chill this would send down a person's spine...

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Crafty guy!

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Excuse me --- $100K??

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Risky move to handle something worth that much.
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Silly thing to be fired for

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People yap on mute like theres no chance for error

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As fun as it sounds, vouching for a friend tends to harm more than help

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Boss points out employee's mistake, while employee holds his head in embarrassment.
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