Nate
We’ve all had jobs that make us wonder if we accidentally signed up for the worst job rather than actual employment. Luckily, I’m in a job I love now, but believe me—I’ve had my fair share of mildly infuriating work fails.
From nightmare coworkers to horrible bosses who seem to invent new ways to micromanage, I get why people need to vent. So, for everyone who’s dealt with an office kitchen that’s more of a science experiment or a boss who emails at 11 p.m. on a Saturday, this one’s for you.
Here are some of the funniest and most frustrating work fails from the “Mildly Infuriating” subreddit—because sometimes the only thing more satisfying than quitting is posting about it online.
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3. “I keep a pack of gum on my cubicle at work. Tried to grab a piece and I discover this… I hate my coworkers.”
4. “I brought muffins to work because of my birthday, 5 minutes later they told me i am fired because of budget cuts..”
“I feel like an idiot, i’m already poor and this job was a bit of light in a dark cave.
still let them keep the muffins though :/”
5. “a guy left this on the table of the restaurant i work in and left without paying”
6. “work is not meant to be fun”
7. “My punch-in clock at work is 3 minutes ahead of real time”
8. “The gift I got from work for ‘national thank you day.’ I feel truly insulted.”
“I also work in finance so I had to expense the invoices for this lavish gift set last week so I knew it was coming.”
9. “The ill received sign at my work”
10. “Made an enemy on my first day of work”
11. “10 year work anniversary present from work.”
12. “I got transferred to a new location at work. This is my new break ‘room’.”
13. “Made these on my birthday for work, nobody really ate them.”
“Made a little cupcake for everyone on my birthday, spend the whole day baking and nobody really ate them i threw them away at work and came home crying.”
14. “Surprised my girlfriend with baked goods and flowers before she went to work, and her co-workers ate them all”
“Unprompted, straight up just snagged them from her area and ate em, rude asf.”
15. “Everyone at work insists on using their own roll.”
16. “They ordered panera at work today. Somebody ate my sandwich”
17. “My supervisor at work decided to let me know his opinion on my purchase”
18. “Some a**hole keeps eating my food at work”
“This is the third time now, they eat it even out of my own containers. I have no idea what to do anymore the manager won’t do anything about it.”
19. “My gf has asked for reduced hours at her work for 2 weeks and they’ve been ignored.. today she asked to come in late and this was the ‘manager’ replied.”
20. “A ‘work style’ questionnaire for a job application”
21. “Boss wants me to ‘make up’ work day I’m missing because im flying back from a work trip”
“Boss (well-known influencer) travels a lot and I had to accompany her on a trip. The flight is 14+ hours and she booked my return trip on a weekday.
She wants me to either work in the flight or come in on the weekend to “make up” for the missed day. This is after I worked 20 straight days with no days off on this trip.
And no, I’m not a personal assistant.
PSA – don’t work for f*cking influencers.”
22. “Happened on my way to work…”
23. “All after hours work emails. I’m so done.”
“Sometimes I’ll get emails at 4am. No, it’s not a time zone difference, just pure disrespect.”
24. “Company enforced monthly 2 hour drive in to the office to improve collaborative working”
25. “My job is trying to make employees who work Saturday work a full week next week”
“For context, I work for a company that operates on Saturdays, and I’m one of the poor souls who works on Saturday. To offset that, I get Sunday and Monday off every week instead of Saturday and Sunday.
Next Monday is a holiday and when holidays fall on a Monday, since I already have that off, I get Tuesday that’s treated as a holiday so I should only have to work Wednesday – Saturday
One of my managers just sent me this message to inform me I “have” to be there on what’s supposed to be my holiday next week but the people who work Monday – Friday still get their day off.”
26. “I thought the point of a lunchbox was to NOT have to use the fridge. I play Tetris in the work fridge to fit my small container in”
“I ain’t actually mad but what the heck”
27. “I work at a frozen yogurt store and my coworker just sent me this”
28. “Work vehicle has giant ‘does not turn on red’ sticker on the back. Drivers still honk at me and get mad when I don’t turn on red”
29. “My work doesn’t allow you to use a toilet as a toilet.”
30. “My chair at work”
31. “Coworker quit rather than cleaning his work area.”
“Yes. That’s a butt print eroded into his bench.”
32. “Sign in the office at work…”
33. “I work at a gas station and a car decided to set this off near one of the pumps i thought something was on fire and hit the emergency shutoff”
34. “These are the keyboards I’m forced to use at work. Can’t change or clean them.”
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