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Squidgey
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Posted - 2011.12.29 19:24:00 -
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I just almost had a VERY bad day, literally 10 seconds before posting this because I got up from my desk and sprinted across the office to get my hot pocket out of the microwave.
In the process of making the gradual left turn into the "break room" the "safety mat" on the floor (you know, those rubber things with yellow edges) slid a good 8-10 inches under my foot and I almost ate the doorway face first.
Anyone else have any co-workers doing dumb stuff like that? Anything resulting in more severe problems?
Just curious!
Nothing better to do, I am stuck here answering the phone. |
Danzig Brickpile
State War Academy Caldari State
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Posted - 2011.12.29 19:52:00 -
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One time one of my subordinates was stretching with his eyes closed, soldering iron in hand. He jabbed it right into the wires of his work lamp causing a short that blew up the tip of his soldering iron and scared the **** out of everyone. |
Squidgey
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Posted - 2011.12.29 19:54:00 -
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Danzig Brickpile wrote:One time one of my subordinates was stretching with his eyes closed, soldering iron in hand. He jabbed it right into the wires of his work lamp causing a short that blew up the tip of his soldering iron and scared the **** out of everyone. bahaha, its funny cuz i watched someone do that in highschool.
Blew the breaker and left half the class without power at their stations. (Small class)
Soldering irons can be dangerous as hell. |
F'lix
Shockwave Innovations Stellar Economy Experts
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Posted - 2011.12.29 21:01:00 -
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Back when I was like 16 I made cabinets during the summer. I once shot my little finger with a high powered staple gun. Went right through the press board, deflected off something inside, and went on an odd direction directly into the finger that I had positioned with the hope that exact thing wouldn't happen...
No actual damage done though, it bounced off the bone or something. Didn't actually hurt that badly either. I was more confused than anything.
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Herzog Wolfhammer
Sigma Special Tactics Group
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Posted - 2011.12.29 21:03:00 -
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Squidgey wrote:I just almost had a VERY bad day, literally 10 seconds before posting this because I got up from my desk and sprinted across the office to get my hot pocket out of the microwave.
In the process of making the gradual left turn into the "break room" the "safety mat" on the floor (you know, those rubber things with yellow edges) slid a good 8-10 inches under my foot and I almost ate the doorway face first.
Anyone else have any co-workers doing dumb stuff like that? Anything resulting in more severe problems?
Just curious!
Nothing better to do, I am stuck here answering the phone.
First mistake is eating hot pockets. That alone is a dumb thing to do.
Having worked in just about every kind of job from military to offices with suits and ties, I can write a book of "dumb things I have seen at work" and it would be around 500 pages. |
Louis deGuerre
The Dark Tribe Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2011.12.29 23:17:00 -
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One of our managers wanted internet connection so randomly janked out some cables to plug in. Nuked our local network and 60 employees spend the day with finger in their nose. This is the second time he did this. FIRE FRIENDSHIP TORPEDOES ! |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Ponies for the Ethical Treatment of Asteroids
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Posted - 2011.12.29 23:47:00 -
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Friend of mine discovered the joys of taking a golf cart down a flight of stairs... then I discovered it can also go up a flight of stairs
On a completely unrelated note the alignment was never quite right again... |
Atticus Fynch
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Posted - 2011.12.30 00:03:00 -
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Well, there was this one time when I was working at the chernobyl nuclear power plant....
On second thought, i dont want to talk about it. - |
FloppieTheBanjoClown
The Skunkworks Petition Blizzard
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:27:00 -
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My favorite is when we were pulling cables one time and the IT director was on a ladder feeding them into the ceiling track when he somehow tipped his ladder over. His Tarzan swing on the cable bundle (which survived) took out four ceiling tiles and ended with his head against a tiled wall. He walked it off, but it was funny as hell.
Then there was the time a guy turned his hand upside down with a hammer drill while putting a hole in a desk for cables. He wasn't bracing the drill while using a hole saw, which is a really bad idea if you can help it. The bit locked up in the cabinet somehow and the drill spun 180 degrees...with his hand still on it. He wore a brace for a week.
I used to have a picture on my phone of a pair of feet in a chair that was on top of a desk. Those feet belonged to the network admin at that same job. Someone robbed our ladder so he just used what we found in the room. There was no accident, but it was certainly a recipe for one. |
Baneken
Hyvat Pahat ja Eric The Polaris Syndicate
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Posted - 2011.12.30 15:45:00 -
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Stupidest thing I've seen (on work safety film) is standing on top of 2,5m aluminium ladders in pool filled with water while drilling the ceiling with a drill that was fed by an extension cord that dangled over the pool from the cord (the drill had a short cable ...) that guy was supposed to be an electrician but I suppose they don't need to know anything about water and electricity in turkey to be qualified for the job, only thing the guy had right was removing shoes and socks so they don't get wet ...
Naturally extension cord wasn't water proof it was the regular 10-socket model; oh yeah the pool emptied in a flash btw.
I asked later if the picture was staged and they said it wasn't the guy really did it. |
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Gothikia
Regeneration
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Posted - 2011.12.30 17:04:00 -
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I picked up a box that had a 2U server in it once a few years ago, only thing is, the server fell through the box and broke two of my toes. That was sore as hell. I don't think i've swore as much, or as loud in front of a group of people in years CEO, Regeneration || www.r-gen.org |
Christopher AET
Segmentum Solar Rolling Thunder.
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Posted - 2011.12.30 18:15:00 -
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There was an issue with parsing this post's BBCode |
Something Random
The Barrow Boys
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Posted - 2011.12.30 21:51:00 -
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Where did the tractor driver end up ? "caught on fire a little bit, just a little." "Delinquents, check, weirdos, check, hippies, check, pillheads, check, freaks, check, potheads, check .....gangsn++ all here!" |
Christopher AET
Segmentum Solar Rolling Thunder.
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Posted - 2011.12.30 23:20:00 -
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He managed to jump clear and grab the net. He was found crying in the aircraft handlers crewroom. |
defiler
Mad Hermit Wayward Alliance
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Posted - 2011.12.31 04:04:00 -
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Most stupid **** at work, or at least the funniest incidents tend to involve the forklifts. One guy once managed to poke a hole through the wall (about 30-40cm of concrete) when he tried to pick up a sheet of steel from a stack just outside the building. We were impressed, not thinking it could done but he sure showed us.
Another guy was driving through the main door once, but apparently he didn't bother opening it first...
That same guy once jammed a roll of electrical tape into one of the sockets on the torch of one of the lasers, rather than the ring that's supposed to go there. Keep in mind that this is a big-ass machine that cuts half-inch steel like butter, so imagine what happened to the tape... Vaporised, gumming up the optics, that's what. Ok, so the tape roll and ring were about the same size, so it did fit into the socket, with a bit of force anyway. How the hell he managed to fasten the screw to hold it in place is anybody's guess though... He doesn't work with us any more... |
Gothikia
Regeneration Violent Society
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Posted - 2011.12.31 12:05:00 -
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Christopher AET wrote:We were preparing our ship for the Queens visit in Istanbul back in 2008. We have spent days scrubbing up one of the aircraft to be the centrepiece in the cocktail party to be hosted onboard. As the aircraft is being turned the tractors brakes fail. The tractor goes off the side of the ship and the towing arm snaps. The nose of the aircraft is hanging off the side of the ship with half a towing arm still hanging from it. Craning that thing off was precarious. Image
HMS Illustrious? Same thing happened on the Ark Royal in the 80's, i hear someone got smashed in the face with a fire extinguisher for damaging a brand new bird. CEO, Regeneration || www.r-gen.org Regeneration recruitment thread:-áhttps://forums.eveonline.com/default.aspx?g=posts&t=52145&find=unread |
Christopher AET
Segmentum Solar Rolling Thunder.
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Posted - 2012.01.01 05:33:00 -
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People get "random accidents" all the time. It happens |
svetlana
Constellation Guard
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Posted - 2012.01.01 23:24:00 -
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one of my workplaces was all arranged with tall square cubicles and a long walkway down the center of the room.
scooters in the workplace were allowed.
worker1 decides he wants to find out how fast he can get his scooter going down the walkway.
worker2 comes racing around the corner on another scooter. . .
loud bang as the two guys smash into each other and go flying into the cubicle walls, they both ended up on the floor in a lot of pain. first time i saw a traffic accident inside a high tech company lol.
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baltec1
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Posted - 2012.01.01 23:34:00 -
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My mate went to take a photo of something he found cool and got hit by schrapnel from a RPG hit on his tank. Stupid **** but he did get s good photo. |
Squidgey
Perkone Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.01.02 22:17:00 -
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Herzog Wolfhammer wrote:Squidgey wrote: Nothing better to do, I am stuck here answering the phone.
First mistake is eating hot pockets. That alone is a dumb thing to do. You know, the moment I typed those words I knew some tool would have something to say about it.
Tell you what, you eat what you want, and I will eat what I want.
Sound good? Good. |
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Squidgey
Perkone Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.01.02 22:18:00 -
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Baneken wrote:Stupidest thing I've seen (on work safety film) is standing on top of 2,5m aluminium ladders in pool filled with water while drilling the ceiling with a drill that was fed by an extension cord that dangled over the pool from the cord (the drill had a short cable ...) that guy was supposed to be an electrician but I suppose they don't need to know anything about water and electricity in turkey to be qualified for the job, only thing the guy had right was removing shoes and socks so they don't get wet ... Naturally extension cord wasn't water proof it was the regular 10-socket model; oh yeah the pool emptied in a flash btw. I asked later if the picture was staged and they said it wasn't the guy really did it. I believe it. People have done much dumber things. |
Solinuas
Beyond Evil and Good
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Posted - 2012.01.02 23:52:00 -
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At my lab we copied the fus ro dah air cannon in this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diBBesCHH0k
My coworker saw it and decided we had to try it, so we did, unfortunately we had to buy my other coworker a new iphone becuase his broke when we shot him with it -.- (we actually got him an droid instead) |
Carlos Det
Fluffy Teddybear
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Posted - 2012.01.03 00:00:00 -
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This is not job related kinda:
My father was well known by my family for being a cheap skate who tried to fix stuff that he had no knowledge off, one day he decided that my house needed rewiring so he buys all the wiring and outlets, etc etc and proceeds to enslave me (was 15 at the time) and starts his electrical project with my help.
long story short when we were done he proceds to conect all the wiring to the electrical box and feeds 240 volts trough the 110 volt system and fries all the electrical equipment, fridge, estereos, etc etc and the wires melted inside the conduits, did I mention my dad didnt beleive in surge protectors?
his little cheap habit cost him close to 10k back in 1988 , mom was happy because she got a new fridge microwave and other nick nacks like a VCR and TVs
besides the added expense of conduits and rewiring the whole house by a electrician |
Squidgey
Perkone Caldari State
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Posted - 2012.01.03 00:04:00 -
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Carlos Det wrote: This is not job related kinda: My father was well known by my family for being a cheap skate who tried to fix stuff that he had no knowledge off, one day he decided that my house needed rewiring so he buys all the wiring and outlets, etc etc and proceeds to enslave me (was 15 at the time) and starts his electrical project with my help. long story short when we were done he proceds to conect all the wiring to the electrical box and feeds 240 volts trough the 110 volt system and fries all the electrical equipment, fridge, estereos, etc etc and the wires melted inside the conduits, did I mention my dad didnt beleive in surge protectors? his little cheap habit cost him close to 10k back in 1988 , mom was happy because she got a new fridge microwave and other nick nacks like a VCR and TVs besides the added expense of conduits and rewiring the whole house by a electrician Gotta find a master electrician-turned-crackhead.
Half the price, all of the quality. Just have to get them when they are sober. |
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