People Share The Weirdest Things They Got In Trouble For At Work

A Twitter question by @katieharr1988 went viral this week. She asked, “What’s the weirdest thing you ever got in trouble at work for? I was accused of being disrespectful because the six people I CC’d on an email weren’t listed in order of seniority,” and the answers were a mix of complete head-scratchers and total belly-laugh-inducers. Here are some of the best!

1. Wrong Name

2. Memes

3. Password

I got in trouble for my password having a swear word in it. I asked them how they could know what my password was if they were being stored securely. https://t.co/pSa58CFvCG

— [email protected] (@aloria) October 5, 2021

4. Aggressive Eyebrows

5. Breakfasting

6. Plan better

7. Fanned

8. Sick Day

9. Tea

10. Employee of the month

11. Razor Burn

12. Pizza

13. Two carbs

I've told this story, but I ordered two carbs (Waffles and pancakes, maybe?) at a breakfast for opposing counsel. "Why two carbs Raffi? Who eats two different carbs?" https://t.co/9tpeVSdS1C

— Raffi Melkonian (@RMFifthCircuit) October 5, 2021

14. GameStop

Got written up at GameStop because I didn't offer a $15/yr game informer subscription to a 13 yr old who bought Madden 07 for $3 in quarters https://t.co/xX1TAhofxQ

— follow the money (@GirlfriendHaver) October 5, 2021

15. Respect

https://twitter.com/Popehat/status/1445418100015316993?s=20

16. Crafty Canine

Describing a dog as a crafty canine in a news clip about said dog climbing out of a fenced kennel. My boss told me I was using "what I like to call wordy words" https://t.co/Ya9k8hQNTb

— Johnny Chiodini (@johnneh) October 6, 2021

17. Ham

When I was 16 I worked on the deli counter at Morrisons and put a load of that weird bear's face ham stuff in the bin after it all fell on the floor.

Got shouted at by 3 separate "managers", threatened with the sack, and they took the stuff out of the bin and put it back on sale https://t.co/SN9BRfblZ5

— Adam Clery (@AdamClery) October 6, 2021

18. Bartender

A bartender came into my magic shop and yelled at me because kids had thrown stink bombs into his bar. I told him I'd stop selling kids stink bombs when he stopped selling booze to the drunks that stumbled in to sexually harass me every weekend. https://t.co/RcBcLILtrK

— [email protected] why not (@rebeccawatson) October 5, 2021

19. Mixed messages

https://twitter.com/jacksondame/status/1445507426770317314?s=20

20. Unapproachable

I put up caution tape across my cubical door in order to work on a project undisturbed, and HR told my boss to have me take it down since it made me seem “unapproachable.” https://t.co/OryjJExlMG

— Write Girl Problems (@WriteGrlProbs) October 6, 2021

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