‘What is the most childish thing you’ve heard someone say in a professional environment?’ – 23 alleged adults who should know better

13.

”Right I’m off to shake the lettuce’ or ‘I’m off to strain the cabbage’ when going for a little wee. You wouldn’t think that was from a 53-year-old senior manager.’
–buckyoh

14.

‘A grown woman I knew once told me that fairies existed and that her evidence was the she had ‘A 250 IQ, so she’s too smart to be wrong’. I didn’t know where to begin.’
–Decent-Chipmunk-5437

15.

‘I knew a guy who told a joke about dead babies in a training session for a SIDS charity. The charity reps were in the room at the time.’
–Bendanarama

16.

‘A few times I’ve had colleagues, with an entirely straight face, say they didn’t see an important email because ‘my inbox is out of control’. They will happily say it in meetings with many people present. Fucking control it then, it’s a basic part of your job!’
–ItsDominare

17.

‘I don’t know if this is childish, but I was asked to show them my sex face during an interview for a telesales role!’
–Jarvisnamesake

18.

‘I worked for a company and part of the job was verifying ID and proof of address. Some customers may have accidentally selected the wrong image on their phone or were just not taking the process seriously.

A fairly new starter in her early 20s, happened to be the unlucky recipient of a customer sending a dick pic. Rather than close it and be a grossed out she instead left it on her screen, got up out of her seat and ran away from her computer saying rather loudly ‘It’s a willy, ewwww it’s a willy’.’
–Strick93

19.

‘I sat in with a colleague in a disciplinary when he crashed a FLT , when he gave his explanation on why it happened our manager then replied ‘Would you have crashed if you were wearing the correct PPE’ to which he replies ‘Ya ma wears PPE’ (he didn’t get sacked somehow).’
–greenvapour

20.

”I’m not going to the Christmas lunch if Jane’s going’.To put some context around this I am ‘Jane’ and the person saying this bullied me for years.’
–MelodicAd2213

21.

”I could not come to work because I was trapped in Paris’. There is a train that connects Paris and London in two hours. Either show up or fake a stomach thing.’
–Adventurous-Sun-8840

22.

‘I was notetaker in a formal probation meeting. The employee was pulled up about going AWOL during the work day and was asked to explain why. His response was very much ‘I admit I went off, but also I’ve noticed other employees doing it too and you don’t bring it up with them’. When asked why he didn’t mention this beforehand, he replied, and I quote, ‘I was raised not to be a snitch’. He was pushing 40 and in a middle management job.’
–EddieOfDoom

23.

”Two sleeps ‘til…’. Shudders.’
–riaro70

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