What is the worst thing YOU have done in work?

I was doing a transfer to supplier before about 10k, I put in an extra zero so it was about100k instead and it went through. Problem was there was about 103k in the account so I basically cleared it, it was a small company. Every single direct debit bounced, cheques to suppliers bounced, took over a week to get the 90k back. Absolute disaster it was, family business so couldn't really fire me but it was a tense **** week let me tell ya.

giving a fcuk!

Pretty amazing what a keystroke of an extra zero caused. We laugh at it now, had to get an emergency overdraft facility and all.

And I answered your response in what I thought was in a non aggressive way.

I've also never worked in a company like that.

Stayed 6 years in a job in dopey companies when I should have left after 2.

Spent the last 18 years doing that in same job. Couldn't take it anymore. It's all I know. Off now nearly 4 months. Haven't a clue what I'm gonna do. The unknown is scary.

you wont regret it, lifes way too short, you ll figure it out, best of luck with it

dont be afraid to retrain, go back into education etc, it ll be a blessing in the end, you wont regret this step into the unknown

Boards was a very different place back in 2014.

Romance is dead.

Almost burnt down the library in Ucd

Maybe im wrong here but arent most workplaces toxic with no team spirit, cliques and nobody communicating with each other? Maybe a few start ups with mostly young workers may have a fun environment but when you get on a bit you just want money to pay the bills.

Ive worked all over Ireland in engineering industry, both office and factory based, and the people i work with are typically 30s to 60s and just want to get in, get out and get paid. There is no social element, you only talk to people on an as needed basis and if you are half decent at your job you get a promotion and more money. Your hobbies and family outside of work are whats important, not some stranger you share the same work carpet with.

Ive never seen a work social club, lotto, after work drinks culture etc. I just presume this is the norm and there is a lot of naivety in young workers these days..these American tv shows where everyone loves each other have a lot to answer for! That is not realistic.

I was an apprentice electrician at the time and the we were installing a new PA system in Ucd. Just me and 1 other apprentice. Had to do it at night. First night we went in to start ripping out the old system. The amp power in it was located in a locked room in the basement and the project manager couldn’t get hold of the maintenance guy with the key to go in and turn it off. Think it was a 24volt system. So he told us to go ahead ripping it out and he’d sort out the amp. Off we went and ripped out the first couple of floors apart from a couple of speakers in a locked corridor on first floor I think it was. Finished up and never thought of the amp again. Woke up to a very animated project manager saying there was a fire. And end of a cable must have been left shorted out and over time one of the missed speakers went on fire and literally melted down the wall. Was only by the grace of god it was in a corridor and not near any books or it would have been a disaster of epic proportions. The ancient fire alarm never even went off either😮

That was much appreciated. .

Though you can stop now.

Copied thousands of others by, on occasion, actually doing sweet f-all, "during working from home" durations,

Ah yes, forgetting the where clause.

Thank **** for backups

When I worked in a call center, we used to wear a headset that was connected to the phone and you'd be often holding or fiddling with the wire while you were on a call just out of habit, but it used to connect/disconnect fairly easy just by using your thumb

Whenever I had an awkward/negative call I didn't want to deal with halfway through I'd just disconnect it and the line would go dead, the other person wouldn't be able to hear me and i couldn't hear them though the call was still ongoing, I used to say 'hello? hello? can't hear you anymore now I'm going to have to hang up..'

after probably cutting 100 calls over the space of a month they called me into the office and suspended me with pay for a week, then gave me my job back because I admitted it and apologised :V...

i walked out of there one morning not long after. have been self employed and travelling ever since , so it was a good idea after all!

I did that to a smaller degree but was embarrassing because of the context.

A guy in work was involved in fundraising for a sick friend and I agreed to give 500 euro from the company. I mistakenly transferred 5000 euro and only copped when the employee got a thank you call or message saying it was so generous and he came into me saying I transferred 5k.

Now its not my company but I can make decisions like that for 500 but had to ask for the 4500 back as it was a mistake. I was horrified but it wasn't my money to give. At the end of the day 500 was still a decent donation I suppose.

I farted in a meeting.

Every day when I would come back from lunch I would throw my leftover change, copper coins in my drawer.

Whenever it was someone who was a c*nt's birthday and their card went round. As soon as nobody was looking, would take a fist full of these copper coins and put it in the collection envelope.

Nobody would remove the copper coins for fear of being accused of stealing. So inevitably the birthday person would have to open the card on front of everyone and the copper coins would all fall out, at this point I would turn to the person beside me and say: "ahhh who did that?" in a disapproving manner.

Thinking back now, god I must have been really bored working there, if this was the kind of thing I was doing for amusement.

Well nobody had the balls to say anything, would have just laughed at them anyway if they did