‘What is the most inappropriate thing you’ve seen someone do on their first day of work?’ – 22 people who royally screwed up the very moment they started
13.
‘Went out for his half hour lunch break, came back so pissed he could hardly stand.’
–Turbulent-Chef4164
14.
‘New kid walked out in the middle of his first shift claiming that his finger hurt and he needed to go home.’
–SatinwithLatin
15.
‘I took an agency role in a big warehouse for an online retailer on nights. On his first shift one guy clocked in, jumped back over the barrier and rang for a taxi, lo and behold he appeared in the queue to clock out at 6am. He really thought that he would get away with it and get paid.’
–monscorvorum
16.
‘”It’s been a pleasure, bitches!” said by a new junior engineer at the end of his first day. He didn’t see out the end of the week.’
–ginbandit
17.
‘New guy being trained on the till, being shown the ‘Check 25 ‘ procedure.
‘Accuses the trainer of being a ‘jobsworth’ for not selling alcohol to people without ID.
‘Didn’t even work a shift.’
–International-Bed453
18.
‘I was training a chap from Florida and a lady from Quebec. I’ll call them Jasper and Giselle. Jasper got to the office early, so we chatted a bit. I asked if he needed anything and he replied (l kid you not) “Can we turn the air conditioner on full power, so that Giselle’s nipples get really hard?”
‘I was utterly gobsmacked for the rest of the day…’
–vicarofsorrows
19.
‘They had a pub lunch to celebrate their new job. They had been unemployed for quite a while. Came back from the pub, half an hour late, smelling of booze. Security called their manager.
‘Start of career to end of career in less than 5 hours.’
–zephyrthewonderdog
20.
‘I also used to work in a supermarket, I was a produce manager, I caught a new guy eating a banana straight off the shelf once…’
–Difficult-Egg-5001
21.
‘Projectile vomit on their new boss as they go to shake their hand. Obviously not their fault, felt so sorry for them!’
–Helen-Archer
22.
‘Working in a school, you get some fantastic ones. One supply teacher took a nap on the first day of a long term placement – put a film on, told the kids to keep the noise down and went to sleep. Claimed it was a medical episode when challenged. But surprisingly, he wasn’t asked back for the second day.’
–According-Let3541
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