As much as we may not want to admit it, many of us love indulging in juicy gossip. Whether the stories involve a celebrity, an estranged cousin or a colleague, we can’t keep away from a good scandal.To keep your appetite for drama satiated, Reddit users have beensharingthe most shocking and infamous incidents that have ever occurred at their places of employment. So grab some popcorn and enjoy reading through these tales, and be sure to upvote the stories you’re glad you didn’t have to witness firsthand!This post may includeaffiliate links.
As much as we may not want to admit it, many of us love indulging in juicy gossip. Whether the stories involve a celebrity, an estranged cousin or a colleague, we can’t keep away from a good scandal.
To keep your appetite for drama satiated, Reddit users have beensharingthe most shocking and infamous incidents that have ever occurred at their places of employment. So grab some popcorn and enjoy reading through these tales, and be sure to upvote the stories you’re glad you didn’t have to witness firsthand!
This post may includeaffiliate links.
Old man who owned our company retired and let his son run the company. Son got caught having an affair with a woman from the secretarial pool. Son got divorced married the secretary. Old man died, leaving the company to the son. The son died of a heart attack, leaving the company to his new wife. The wife went from secretary to owner in less than 5 years.
To gain more insight on this topic, we reached out to the Reddit user who posed the question, “What was an infamous scandal/incident that had happened at your workplace?” Lucky for us, Swag_Paladin21, or@SwaggyG_2102on X, was kind enough to have a chat withBored Pandaabout how this conversation started in the first place.They shared that nothing in particular inspired them to start this conversation, but when the question popped into their mind, they just had to reach out to fellow Reddit users. And thankfully, Swag_Paladin21 hasn’t yet witnessed any crazy scandals in their own workplace. “I only work at FedEx during the summer, and I’m a full-time college student,” they explained.
To gain more insight on this topic, we reached out to the Reddit user who posed the question, “What was an infamous scandal/incident that had happened at your workplace?” Lucky for us, Swag_Paladin21, or@SwaggyG_2102on X, was kind enough to have a chat withBored Pandaabout how this conversation started in the first place.
They shared that nothing in particular inspired them to start this conversation, but when the question popped into their mind, they just had to reach out to fellow Reddit users. And thankfully, Swag_Paladin21 hasn’t yet witnessed any crazy scandals in their own workplace. “I only work at FedEx during the summer, and I’m a full-time college student,” they explained.
Let’s see, my old job had several:Guy working on a machine got decapitated because he forgot to turn the lift off that was right above him. I was there but did not see it, however, production continued and all they did was section off the part of the plant he was at.Another guy had a heart attack on the assembly line, witnessed as they tried using a defibrillator to bring him back, but we were all given very specific instructions as to not stop the line whatsoever.A couple got caught having sex in the bathroom and the wife tried to claim that she was only helping him tie his shoes.This crazy woman decided to come in on night shift (when she worked day shift), locked somebody in a supply closet and wasn’t found out until she was spotted sitting in front of the closet and singing to the person she was holding hostage.
The OP also doesn’t believe that dramatic stories such as these take place in all work environments. “I believe scandals are like rare events that happen in a fairly mundane environment,” they shared.As far as what Swag_Paladin21 thought of the responses to their post, they told Bored Panda that they really enjoyed them, but nothing in particular shocked them. “I knew that there was going to be some wild stuff that was going to be posted in the replies before I even submitted my post,” they noted.
The OP also doesn’t believe that dramatic stories such as these take place in all work environments. “I believe scandals are like rare events that happen in a fairly mundane environment,” they shared.
As far as what Swag_Paladin21 thought of the responses to their post, they told Bored Panda that they really enjoyed them, but nothing in particular shocked them. “I knew that there was going to be some wild stuff that was going to be posted in the replies before I even submitted my post,” they noted.
The crazy bunny hoarder lady. She was completely normal and forgettable at work, but turns out to have hoarded hundreds of bunnies in her home; filth everywhere, the usual animal hoarding setup. She quit when she was arrested and the bunnies were removed from her home and she eventually moved away. One of the terms of her release was that she was not permitted to have pets and all her neighbors had to be informed of her animal abuse and were instructed to call the cops ASAP if they spotted any signs of her collecting bunnies again. There were jokes at work for years about checking desks for hidden bunnies, and every time a new employee asked what the joke was, someone would Google her and find out about whatever her newest bunny-related charges were. She did not stop hoarding bunnies.
We had to do a sting operation in our work where a bunch of lockers over a couple months were broken into and all employee cash nicked. Didn’t take long to realise it always happened after pay day and the employee was talking in the lunch room about going shopping after work. Well we loaded up a camera in a locker and had a colleague announce loudly in the break room about going xmas shopping later and how they were worried about having so much cash on them. It turns out it was one of the managers. Honestly that woman was the shame of the place. Was immediately let go and last I heard was practically chased out of the town we lived in. (Her house/car was constantly getting vandalised).
Finally, the OP added that “workplace scandals are like school scandals, just less teachers sleeping with students and more people losing their jobs over the dumbest [or most] selfish of things.”
Someone was caught stealing scratch cards from the customer service desk, scratching them and trying to claim them from the lottery. Didn’t know that the tickets aren’t valid until “Activated” at the till, similar to online store credit coupons.Also, the company’s regional manager almost cost us our liquour license because he tried to force a checkout employee to run alcohol through for a suspected underageed customer and, when said employee refused even with the objections, tried to kick her off the till and run the purchase through himself (because she was still logged into the till, it would’ve been blamed on the checkout girl since the evidence pointed to her). The shift manager had overseen the argument and dragged his a*s out the back to give him the third degree, but not before asking for ID and refusing the purchase.Turns out it was a police-sanctioned test purchase.
About 20 years ago I got an internship working in an office of a random factory near campus for one semester. It was a peanut butter factory. One day someone drove a forklift off a ledge into a giant vat of peanut butter.I witnessed the discussion among managers of if/how the peanut butter could be saved. They ended up not saving it, but there was a huge fight as the general manager really really wanted to hide this accident.
I was an English teacher in Japan and at one school we had these “private” rooms that were basically meant for 1 - 3 students and a teacher.They were tiny rooms with a round table. The doors were made of transparent glass.One of the teachers was caught having sex with his student on the table when she requested a private 1 on 1 lesson.To be fair they were already dating and both were of age. It was, however, against school policy to f**k your students.Another time we found a wireless hidden camera in the girl’s toilet.
A production manager and the HR lady had a fling going on. The general manager replaced her office door with a windowed door to cut down on their alone time. She raised hell with corporate to get it switched back because she required privacy with “disciplinary discussions”, neglecting the fact that disciplinary meetings always required 2 managers.
Work had to call in a substitute for me because I was at a conference. They called in a sub manager who had been drinking all day so they reported anyway. So, she goes to use the restroom in her state, locks herself in a stall and can’t get out. Instead, she knocks down two of the three walls of the stall. While drunk. Sent her home that night for good.
Had an IT guy that didn’t wash his hands after he pooped. He wore Nike shoes that were like super bright and vibrant, so if you were sitting in a stall, and saw those shoes next to you you’d know it was the IT dude taking a dump. You’d hear him wipe, flush, pull his pants up, and then walk out of the bathroom. His nickname was poopy fingers, and ever since then I have always had a thing of Clorox wipes at my desk. Like this guy would put his hands on your mouse, all over your keyboard, desk phone, and it was possible he had just taken a st before working on your computer. Several people went to HR, and for some reason they literally did nothing. People do this day still wonder why I don’t partake in office potlucks. Well, one day ole' Poopy Fingers didn’t show up for work. Then it became a few days, then about a week, and then a couple of weeks. People started asking, and looking around. Turns out Poopy Fingers was a huge c***e dealer, and very involved in money laundering. The FBI raided his apartment and has been incarcerated ever since. That was approximately six years ago.
About 30 years ago a lady at my work k***ed her father because he had cancer and was in pain and asked her to. She was arrested, there was a trial, the whole thing. I live in a kinda conservative country so it was big news and hotly debated. The oddest thing was that our company paid for her defence. She was found not guilty although people said it was only because of emotions and not facts.
Factory had a serial pooper. He was never caught, he would leave giant piles of poop all over the place, sometimes with cigarette butts in them. They actually made a poop task force of people who would routinely walk around the factories less busy zones in order to catch him
Manager was caught having sex with a married subordinate in a room that was open to anyone at the workplace. No one did anything about it until the dudes wife caught wind of it and called HR. They fired the manager and she’s actually homeless now.More recently another manager with quite the promiscuous reputation was caught fellating two male subordinates in that same room! She was immediately fired.
Security work for a government acronym agency. 2 supervisors were having an idle conversation which turned into a disagreement regarding the interpretation of a procedure. They took their disagreement to a manager. Manager kicks it up the chain, which led to an investigation. The result of the investigation led to 37 people being suspended and 6 terminations. It made the news.
Accounting person would order construction material but had some of it delivered to his place. Company paid for his house. 😂
Worked in a fast food place in high school. Manager in his 30’s had a relationship with one of the employees, a high school senior. Faked a burglary of about $6k and manager got tied up to a tree and drove car off a cliff. Police saw right through it. Owners did not prosecute but fired both and made them pay everything back. The two stayed together and got married several months later. Not sure where they are now.
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Single woman was notorious for dating married co-workers. The woman had lots of money and lured them with vacations, gifts etc. She took one on a vacation, the married guy told his wife that it was a work trip. Someone tipped his wife off and she met them at the airport and dumped his clothes in front of them and told him not to come home.Another single woman had an affair with a married co-worker. She got pregnant. His wife said, end it now or I’m walking away with half of your pension, the house and kids etc. The guy got a transfer to another location leaving his pregnant with twins mistress in the dust.
Years ago, our overnight shift manager was “caught” blowing dudes in the bathroom. Except she wasn’t actually caught. She admitted it was how she motivated the overnight crew who got bored easily. But it was a good thing we replaced her with a c***k addict. Who ended up stealing a ton of our computer equipment. And would also blow dudes in the bathroom. We outsourced to India and haven’t had any issues since.
some guy went on the speakerphone of the hospital and started cursing bc he didn’t know he turned it on. he got fired
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We recently attempted to unionize our hotel and they subsequently shut down the restaurant located in the hotel, it was the largest department and it was where I was worked. We got a lot of news coverage as we were and highly regarded restaurant, we were also able to have some support from local politicians and organizations and we subsequently won unionization and reemployments although we are still waiting for it all to happen.
Two coworkers had a thing going on between them and the woman’s boyfriend or ex-boyfriend shot the both of them near the workplace. The woman survived but the guy didn’t.
Worked in a restaurant. One of the servers wondered what the big “in case of fire” button in the kitchen did. The answer was it blasts a siren and dumps vast amounts of foam on all the cooking areas. Ovens, hobs, deep fat fryer, microwaves, everything.Restaurant could only serve drinks that day as the foam takes a long time to clean out. All reservations cancelled.Person did not lose their job, but we all had to go through for safety induction again.
My boss met a girl at a cafe and offered her an “interview” then training . Cut to a week and a half later she’s screaming at him in the office bc he doesn’t want to have sex with her anymore .
Guy who reported to my same boss, different team, went a little nuts, got in a fight with a Walmart employee, and pulled a gun. He did pull the trigger, but didn’t hit anyone. The company couldn’t fire him fast enough.
A guy got fired for stealing a roll of toilet paper. (It was a really well paid office job, so it was a WTF moment, that someone risks his career for a roll of TP.)One time the whole police department showed up and arrested a guy. Multiple police cars, tens of officers. They candcuffed the guy and escorted him out of the building. Turns out he stole our clients' Credit Card info and tried to order stuff online.One girl dropped a bottle of water which laned next to a power outlet. Some electrical overload developed, she basically fried all desktop PC’s in her office. 10 people spent the day waiting for the IT department to fix the issue.
We have food vouchers to give to customers if they’re left without power so they don’t go hungry.A couple of people very naively went into the system and took some codes…. And ordered food to their home addresses.
Worked in academia. One of our professors embezzled his research funding to spend on one of his students whom he was secretly dating.
Not exactly a scandal, but it was an open secret our Chief Pilot only has a job because the original owner died before he could fire the dude. the old Chief Pilot had to step up and run the business as the CEO, and with a recent airline hiring kick, and loss of the Owner who made the place what it was, they had lost a good chunk of their long-time pilots and the job of Chief was left to this incompetent dumbass. I suspect the only reason was because the paperwork kept him off the flight-line as much as humanly possible, though I could assure you when he went flying it was always… interesting. there was more than once the conversation of “should we let him k**l himself this time or should we say something” was said when this jackass took an unairworthy aircraft out (Yes, it happened multiple times). Unfortunately for humanity our own moralities won out in the end. I still expect to see an NTSB Report with his name on it at some point if he’s still flying.
Fine dining restaurant transfered in a new manager after old one got drunk and drove into someone’s front yard. New manager had kitchen make trays of wings and nachos and servers carry them across the street to where his family lived. He didn’t even try to hide them in takeout boxes. Stole bottles of wine and everyone’s tips. Took months for the owners to realize.
District manager was sleeping with the regional manager. No romantic relationships allowed between anyone not on the same level. Still happens a lot since it’s a huge company.However, regional manager was married with children. Both disappeared.
One of the owners just wanted to f**k everybody. He was having an affair, it ended and they wanted to fire her, she sued them and is still working there. One other chick was bouncing from guy to guy(pun intended) at that same place too. It was wild.
I once went to check up on a drunk woman I assumed was puking in the bathroom and it turned out she’d either passed out then st, or st then passed out but regardless she mad a fg biohazard in our THREE stall ladies bathroom, and she had the fg balls to show up for Sunday brunch THEE NEXT DAY.
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