New Hire Gets Fired 10 Minutes Into Day Two After Taking The Entire Office Coffee Supply Home On Her First Day
I’ve worked a lot of jobs and every break room operates on a pretty simple honor system. The coffee is free, the creamer is questionable, and nobody leaves with the entire supply.
At least that’s what I assumed.
Most workplace rules don’t need to be written down because they’re just understood. Don’t steal someone’s lunch. Don’t microwave fish. Don’t take office supplies home unless somebody explicitly says you can. Coffee falls into that category too. If a company provides coffee for employees, the expectation is usually that you drink it at work, not treat the break room like a grocery store.
That brings us to this new hire, who heard that the company provides free coffee for everyone and apparently came away with a very different understanding of the arrangement.
1. Most People Hear “Free Coffee” And Make A Cup
2. At First, She Seemed Pretty Normal
3. Everybody Thought That Settled It
4. That’s When She Made Her Move
5. The Company’s Investigation Was Pretty Short
A little too many people in the comments had stories ready for this one.
Apparently every workplace has at least one person who hears “help yourself” and immediately starts testing the limits.
What started as a debate over the coffee thief quickly turned into a collection of stories about coworkers, customers, and new hires who somehow managed to ruin a good thing for everyone else.
6. Apparently Every Workplace Has Had One Of These People
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