Alex Buscemi
Most people have bad days at work now and then—spilled coffee, missed deadlines, awkward interactions with the boss.
But then there are the truly cursed shifts.
The kind of days where everything goes sideways before 9 a.m. and never recovers.
That’s where this collection comes in.
These stories were pulled from people who experienced workdays so unhinged, stressful, or straight-up absurd that they somehow wrapped back around into funny.
Whether you’ve been dealing with passive-aggressive emails or just counting down the minutes until Friday, this roundup might offer a little perspective.
Or at least a laugh. Probably both.
1. Got New Glasses Three Weeks Ago. Dents Are From A High-Speed Bottle Cap From My Co-Worker’s Soda
2. Boss Didn’t Believe Me When I Said I Am Allergic To Latex And Cannot Use The New Gloves He Bought
3. Saw This After Hearing The Loudest Scream Of My Life
4. What A Monday
5. Well, The Slide Works
6. Pizza Party At Work
7. Had Some Trouble With The Ketchup Dispenser At Work
8. Went To The Restroom At Work And The Toilet Roll Escaped Around A Corner
9. I Accidentally Set Off A Mounted Fire Extinguisher At Work
10. Landed A Great Job! But This Is The Chair And Cubicle I Was Assigned
11. Coworker Started A Literal Dumpster Fire
12. The Day Before My Vacation, And I Cut Through My Client’s Internet Cable
13. How I Found Out I Was Losing My Job
14. My Work Monitor Is Currently Having A Bad Day
15. I’m A Plumber. I Had To Open Up A Customer’s Wall To Do Some Work And Found This
16. I May Or May Not Had A Little Accident At Work
17. My Supervisor’s Response To Me Asking For A Raise
18. This Knife Blade Was 15 Days Old. Still Factory Sharp, When I Handed It To A Coworker Who Wanted To Borrow My Pliers. He Had It For 15 Mins
19. A Patient’s Catheter Bag Leaked Over My Shoe When I Went To Move It. My Sock Is Wet, I Work Till 5 PM
20. Sewer Line Overflows Directly Underneath My Work Desk
21. Headed Out The Door After Work With The Garbage And The Bag Broke
22. I Accidentally Bumped Into And Knocked Over My Manager’s Brand New $2,500 iMac
23. I Work Part Time At A Paint DC And My Boss Texts Me This
24. Coworkers Have Done This At Least 50 Times Now, It’s 100ft Of Power Cord And Air Hose (100′ Each), A Long Frozen Pressure Washer Hose And Another Cord
25. How Customers Left The Fitting Rooms At My Job 3 Minutes Before We Closed
26. My Coworker (Also A Dishwasher) Leaves Me Really Gross Dishes Overnight When I Never Do That To Him
27. Helper Doesn’t Really Help, Causes Me More Problems Than He’s Worth
28. Someone At Work Labeled My Cheese As Theirs With A Sticky Note And Ate Half Of It
29. I Work At A Kindergarten So I’m Playing In The Snow All Day. Suddenly I Got Very Cold
30. I Took A Swig Of What I Thought Was Water But Was Actually Acetone/Alcohol
31. This Is My 5 Year Work Anniversary Gift From My Fortune 500 Employer. 100% Not Joking
32. My 2 Coworkers Left 45 Minutes Early On A Holiday Weekend, Leaving Me With All These Dishes
33. One Of My Coworkers Dropped My Lunch Bag And Put It Back In The Fridge. There Goes A Meal Prep Container And A K**ler Bowl Of Curry
34. Came Into Work On My Day Off Today And Was Left This To Clean Up
35. The Office I Was Assigned To Work In Today
