People are sharing horror stories from their jobs in 5 words or less – 18 absolute chillers

It all started when @medburnbook over on Twitter asked people to share a horror story from their job in 5 words or less.

give me a horror story from your specialty in five words or less

— status annoyicus (@medburnbook) May 22, 2020

It prompted loads and loads of replies, lots of them funny, others just plain chilling. Plus a whole bunch – mostly medical – that went totally over our head and are probably too awful to contemplate.

Here are 18 of the most memorable.

1.

The client wants comic sans.

— Otis K. Boomer (I’m O.K., you’re okay…maybe.) (@BoomerOtis) May 23, 2020

2.

“The mic was on.”

— Weijia Jiang (@weijia) May 24, 2020

3.

I memorized the wrong role.

— Michael McKean (@MJMcKean) May 24, 2020

4.

https://twitter.com/BigJigglyPanda/status/1264581847784329222?s=20

5.

‘Do you even READ comics?’

— Gail Simone (@GailSimone) May 23, 2020

6.

“Time for a quick call?” https://t.co/nqd2rytX2T

— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) May 24, 2020

7.

“Remember that patient you saw?”

— SimonJudkins (@JudkinsSimon) May 22, 2020

8.

https://twitter.com/librarianprblms/status/1264735230776180736?s=20

9.

“Just a few small changes.” – Editor

— John Pavlovitz (@johnpavlovitz) May 24, 2020

10.

https://twitter.com/KatyFBrand/status/1264465276713795585?s=20

11.

The cream curdled.

— Devin Nunes’ cow 🐮 (@DevinCow) May 23, 2020

12.

Rail replacement bus service https://t.co/2hYYhcBkiy

— Tim Dunn (@MrTimDunn) May 25, 2020

13.

I’ve written a memoir about

— Molly Jong-Fast🏡 (@MollyJongFast) May 23, 2020

14.

https://twitter.com/charlesrandall/status/1264044867434565632?s=20

15.

Make the logo bigger

— Tassy Konto (@tassykonto) May 23, 2020

16.

“Nice job on this but…” https://t.co/sTPyFz4dty

— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) May 24, 2020

17.

“But the Bible clearly says…”

— Alex M. Griffin NOW HAS THEIR OWN WEBSITE! (@alexegesis) May 23, 2020

18.

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— Steph Laberis 🐁🐀🐿🐈 (@StephLaberis) May 23, 2020

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