I would guess that many gas station clerks work with a fear of being robbed. Of course, if it ever does happen, you’d like to think the company you work for wouldn’t turn around and fire you because you had $200 on hand rather than the maximum $50 that you’re supposed to.
Talk about bad PR. Firing a guy over $150? Yeah, I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that the company hasn’t heard the last of it. I actually never knew gas stations usually only hold so little in the register, makes you wonder if the criminals who rob gas stations know that they are risking so much for so little.
File that under better than killed over $200.
Tags: gas stations, robbery, being fired
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What four out of five employers place alcohol at the top of the list of concerns for their staff, you know there must be a problem. Of course, when you go on to read the article and it says that only one in ten employees have ever been drunk at work, I think you’d agree that it’s not quite as big a problem as the article attempts to make it sound.
Sure, one third admit to have shown up to work with a hangover, but when only ten percent have ever shown up drunk, I don’t really think you should be worrying about it so much. It’s not like that ten percent show up drunk every day. The fact that they suggest companies need to take it upon themselves to offer employees help is also kind of rediculous. Sure, it’s always nice if a company decides to offer counseling programs and other help to its employees, but I don’t think drinking problems should be the concern of your employer. It’s your problem if you show up drunk, and if you make it your company’s - maybe it’s time you find work elsewhere.
File that under a drunk employee is a happy employee.
Tags: drunk at work
Substitute teachers are “at will” employees - meaning they can be let go for any reason - though being fired for wizardry seems like a bit of a stretch. That so-called wizardry was a disappearing toothpick trick by the way.
The school has since claimed there was more to the decision than merely a disappearing toothpick, however, Jim Piculas (the subsitute teacher/wizard) claims he was never notified of anyproblems until they brought up his magic trick. Sure, if the magic trick was an hour long performance that wasted students’ time or if it were inappropriate with something sexual, violent, or disturbing - but a 30 second trick where a toothpick disappears and reappears? If that’s really why he was let go, I guess it’s a good thing that we have such an excess of teachers out there… oh wait.
File that under abra cadabwhaaaa??
Tags: toothpick magic trick, substitute teacher
Ok, so yes the following video of an employee being trapped in an elevator is fake, but it’s still got a few funny parts too it. Also, it does make you wonder what you would do if you were trapped in an elevator for awhile.
Tags: trapped in an elevator, funny video, parody
What’s the worst thing that’s happened to you for being late to work? Verbal reprimand perhaps? Well, Rochelle Crockett, a grill cook, claims that she was locked in a storage shed for 20 minutes while her coworkers beat on the outside with hammers.
The manager says it was actually a harmless prank that lasted three minutes, with the shed only being hit twice by hammers. He goes on to say everybody laughed about the whole thing, even the supposed “victim”.
If she really was locked up for 20 minutes with repeated hits from the hammer banging on the sides of the shed, I can perhaps see her being upset about the whole thing. However, this does sound like she initially had a sense of humor about it, but then decided she may be able to get some money out of the whole thing - thus dramatically embellishing on the story. Luckily, there’s apparently some surveillance video for the police to check out, so the truth should eventually come to light.
Tags: grill cook, work prank
Ever wonder what Morgon Freeman would do if he weren’t acting? Maybe he’d be an infomercial salesman! Ok, maybe not, but it’s damn funny watching him try it out.
Tags: Morgon Freeman, infomercial salesman
Seems a lot of people stretch the definition of “disability” when it comes to filing for disability claims. Still, I don’t know if I’ve heard anything as rediculous as this teacher attempting to claim disability due to his baldness. Thankfully, the claim was rejected due to baldness being ruled “not an impairment”.
What’s next, people claiming having a big nose, small boobs, low intelligence, or a bad personality as being a disability? In that case, pretty much everybody in the world is disabled. Hey, maybe I’m on to something. We could all quit our jobs and just live off disability payments!
File that under time for a toupee.
Tags: disability claims, baldness
The next time your boss asks for a volunteer for a team building exercise, you may want to ask what that exercise is before you raise your hand. Unfortunately for Hudgens, a salesman in Utah, he unknowingly volunteered to be waterboarded in front of his coworkers.
This story definitely has some humor to it, though it’s also incredibly scary. Imagine this happening to you in your office. I don’t know whether or not waterboarding should be classified as torture, but the fact that it’s being considered by the courts as being torture probably means it shouldn’t be used as motivation for the workforce. Then again, it sounds like the company in question was mostly comprised of telemarketers selling “coaching” packages - so perhaps he get what he deserved? (ok that was a cheap shot)
File that under better than being burned alive.
Tags: waterboarding, telemarketers, Utah
If you’re planning on robbing a convenience store any time soon, you may want to avoid filling out a job application for the store you’re about to rob.
Darwin must have had something to do with this whole thing. Why not just hand the person you’re robbing a business card with your name, address, and phone number on it? Maybe leave behind your driver’s license, pass port, and birth certificate too while you’re at it. You don’t want the police to have to work too hard you know.
File that under evolution skipped a beat.
Tags: convenience store robbery, job application
