#work story

[xx-thedarklord-xx]

Apparently the fridge at my work has unspoken assigned areas. One of my coworkers told me that my lunch box was in his drink area. I told him that I only put it there because a pizza box was where I usually put mine. Only for another coworker to yell from the bathroom, “I put it there because someone’s biscuits were in my spot.”

Before I could say anything someone else yelled back, “Your spot? I’ve been here longer!”

And that started what my boss has now deemed ‘The fridge debacle of ‘24’

[spookcataloger]

I was a commercial diver for an oil and gas company in the 1990s, pt. 3 (2012)

Part: 1 - 2 - 3

[crazypossumman]

Today at my job I complemented a kindergartener’s FNaF hoodie he was wearing. His reply was, “Yeah. It’s Freddy Fazzbear’s Pizzeria. I bet you’ve never heard of it.” I have never felt so old in my entire life, and I was nowhere near prepared to tell him that FNaF was first released when I was a sixth grader.

[purplebehittindifferent]

10 y/o kid barfed in out VR booth and my co-worker is a sympathy vomiter, so immediately I’m like “welp, good thing I don’t have a phobia of vomit anymore-“ preparing myself to have the dad take the boy and me deal with the mess

But the boys 6 y/o little sister had started sobbing and covering her ears. She was exactly how I was at that age and my brain was like “my co-worker knows to keep her distance, and the dad can deal with his kid, I can clean up the barf later but this girls having a panic attack”

So I go up to her and go “wanna go outside baby?” And she WEEPS and holds out her arms so I’m like “welp I’m picking her up” so I scoop her up and step out of the building and she just hugs me and I talk to her gently helping her calm down and I assure her it’s okay, I was the SAME WAY when I was a kid.

She calmed down and I just talked to her, showed her dog pics, talked about snow, she goes to the same elementary school I went to so I asked her about that. And waited for the dad to come get us.

Dad came out, kid was given water, little girl gave me a BIGGGG hug, and they went home.

I can’t wait to be a mama

[riderkaitlyn5]

Omg y'all

I was cashing this woman out at the window when I was at work and she said she absolutely adored my attitude and I said "awww thank you ❤️". I left to go get her donut and when I came back she said "I have something for you" and she deadass gave me a rock. A ROCK

I couldn't make this up if I tried 😂

[lost-in-men-of-letters-bunker]

I work in a fast food service, my shift consists of me in the dining room all the time. I was making polite conversation with an older couple that wasn't from the area they were asking about where things were. It was slow, I didn't have much to do at that hour. The conversation eventually turns to them bringing up that their niece works in Hollywood as an Actress. I responded with, "That sounds so exciting." And the man brings up who she's married to...

She's married to Ewan McGregor...

The niece is Mary Elizabeth Winstead.

I go, "Oh your niece is Mary Elizabeth Winstead." They were surprised I knew her name right off the bat. I was like I'm a huge Star Wars fan, I grew up on that, I admire both of their work. They were super nice to speak with and the woman was like, "We'll have to let her know we met such a nice fan."

Needless to say my day was made at work today, it really is a small world. 🤣

[yoghurtsgirl]

Okay so story time with first selfies of myself on this blog ~

Not to potentially dox myself but I work in a museum and this old fella came in to ask some questions about the local area and where to find branded fridge magnets. He ended this enquiry with “as my mother always said it’s never enough to just be smart, but to be smart and beautiful” before wondering off and I was there like ??? HMM???? Like sir I am a baby trans not even on hormones yet, and I’ve obviously been trying to present more fem with my makeup and hair lately and this is what I looked like

Like girlie was on four hours sleep and look horrid and ERM??? ERM hello??? Sir you are minimum forty years my superior and you’re calling me beautiful ???? Like kinda creepy yes but also,?? Lowkey gender affirming as I’m getting hit on by creepy old man in tiny town??? Yeah kinda scary but also ~ hmmmm?????

Was I secretly serving cunt in my polo shirt and cardigan with my lil bandana barely keeping my hair in place on next to no sleep?? 💁🏼‍♀️🤩

[felixcloud6288]

Another anecdote from the food service job.

At one point, management decided to make a gluten-free station, and like pretty much everything else marketing itself as gluten-free, they did it because they thought it was a dietary fad and not an actual consideration for people with deadly gluten allergies.

To start, my station was within arm's reach of it. And if you remember my previous post working there, that's a bad thing in general. Originally, they were making some general effort at it. They sold gluten-free breads and cookies there for example, but over time things got rolled back because things didn't sell much and it eventually became a dumping ground to put whatever couldn't go anywhere else.

Now I was a generally agreeable worker. Pizzas didn't need my complete attention so I was often called to cover someone else when they went on break or refill certain things when they ran out. If the boss said to do something I would say "On it, boss." And that made my refusal to restock the gluten-free station very jarring to them. And my reason was because I was caked in so much flour that standing near that station was guaranteed to contaminate everything.

The epitome of how much no one actually cared about gluten-free was when the chefs had made pasta but didn't have anywhere to serve it. One cook said "Fuck it, put it at gluten-free" and I had to get into a fight with them over that.

I am amazed there was never a story of someone with a gluten allergy actually getting sick from that station.

[large-penises-sporting-goods]

Sometimes it's hard to take Manager Dee seriously because she gets mad about stuff that is honestly pretty hilarious and I can't not laugh while she's going off about it

"ugh Abby has been putting googly eyes under the mannequins clothes so it looks like the mannequins have nipples, if you see this take the googly eyes off >:(" [Dee proceeds to fondle every mannequin in the store to check for googly nipples]

Dee. I understand that Abby is being unprofessional. She does stuff like this all the time, we know. However my bestie in Christ this is objectively a very funny problem to have

[shabbyshoebox]

Do the people who bring their dogs through the drive thru know they carry the mental health of the restaurant on their backs. Every day I wonder if I can make it, can I go further, can I last toward my final minutes (of my shift)

And then I see a little guy!!!!!!!🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕🐕At my window!!! And I get paid to call him a beautiful baby and I call over my dog loving managers to Perceive Them and we ooh and ahh over the baby doggies

And my mental health is restored for twenty minutes

[gallium-spoon]

The tiny figurines saga continues:

Someone taped one to the disinfectant wipes. It's a holiday so fewer people are here, which may mean fewer suspects...

Or! They put it there at the end of the day yesterday, counting on it not being discovered until today

Too many suspects! I am vexed! (And a couple people still think I'm the one hiding them) (Tbh I wish I was)

[xx-thedarklord-xx]

Bleached my hair last week and my boss thought it was dye. I had to explain that bleach strips the very dark brown color I had, and that it wasn’t dye.

Today I walk in with the red hair that I wanted which made the bleach necessary and his expression was very much shocked Pikachu.

“How did we go from blonde to red?”

Dye. Hair dye.

Bless his heart I think I fried his brain. He still doesn’t get it and I think he thinks I can do magic

[spookcataloger]

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service.

A classic thread that every fan of outdoorsy-innawoods creepypasta should read. Haven’t heard of this yet? You’re in for a treat!

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 1/8) 

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 2/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 3/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 4/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 5/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 6/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 7/8)

I’m a Search and Rescue Officer for the US Forest Service, I have some stories to tell (Part 8/8)

Enjoy! Sleep with your lights on!

[animentality]

Funny work story time

I write handbooks and revise policy guidance for the federal government, and my boss spent all of yesterday morning screaming at me. Why, you might ask?

Because I noticed that one of the policy handbooks she wrote was written completely out of order. She had two redundant sections at either end of this document, and when I researched OUR OWN GUIDANCE, it literally said, do NOT do this out of order.

So I rearranged it, and she reviewed it.

She then proceed to complain that I "moved things around" and that's not how you're supposed to organize documents, according to our other guidance.

But here's the fucking thing.

I literally showed her the same guidance she was talking about...which I FOLLOWED TO A T, AND SHE HAD COMPLETELY IGNORED.

So she spent yesterday morning screaming this isn't what I asked for, and why can't you just do what you're told, and why are you being difficult...

and I'm like...what you're asking for is literally just wrong. By your own guidance's rules.

And plus, I literally have guidance samples from every other US agency of equivalent size.

Not a single fucking one of them follows her bullshit structure. why would they? it makes no fucking sense to have two sections that say the same shit, on either side of the document.

So a third person joined our screaming match of a call, and she deflated the situation.

But in private, she takes me aside, and she's like... Bella is a very special individual. She's a control freak. She's like a toddler. If you change her routine or try to do things slightly out of order, she just breaks apart. She's fragile. So just let her cool down, and then she might take your suggestions.

She sees the world in black and white, and writing is often gray, occupying a space between right and wrong, because there's no "right" way to write.

But I'm like...shaking my head at the idea of a GROWN ADULT asking another grown adult to do something for her, and then breaking down when he does it.

Like are you joking?

I'm literally working under a fucking child.

How the fuck is she the manager when she can't manage her shit?

Newsflash, not everything goes according to your fucking "order."

Anyway.

The guidance is still wrong.

It's objectively wrong too. It's literally black and white here. She is WRONG.

This is not a matter of "subjective" opinion. I had evidence, and I am right.

But I'm working with a tantrum throwing kid in a grocery store, so, I'll just say, ah yes, little Billy, you ARE right, you should be able to pay the cashier in yen.

I'll just go do that.

[rook-of-the-woods]

experience I had at work today:

me, washing some fennel:

me: oh hey there’s a little guy

the earwig in the fennel: !!!!???

my boss: a what?

me: an earwig. In the fennel.

my boss: *nods head in consideration of calling an earwig a little guy*

the earwig: !!!!!!!!???

me, getting a paper towel to get the earwig off the fennel: sorry little guy, you can’t be here :(

the earwig: !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!