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Kinonez

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Funniest accident at work

I was working for a small social media marketing agency, we rented a partial office, that was literary a big hallway with desks at both ends and a window with a nice view 14 stories up. They were 8 of us in there, where they shouldn't have never been more than 6, it was crowded to say the least. Whenever someone would get a phone call they would leave the room and go to the smoking area.

 

I was making coffee for the whole team; I had just given one of my collogues a cup of coffee and he was rushing to his desk just when someone else got a call and push her chair down knocking him down while the cup of burning coffee flew almost touching the roof burning to other colleges and shattering right in front of the closed door.

 

Everyone stood silent until one of the guys who got burned said "dammnit I just bought this white shirt" and everyone started laughing. 2 seconds in the laughter my boss opens the room, with 2 new clients behind him, he steps in a piece of shattered mug and slips and falls over the girl while looking straight at me. I panicked and said to the customers "So how can we help you today?"

 

We closed that deal and added a few new rules, always turn your phone's volume to the max, and look behind you before you leave your desk.

 

What about you? What has been the funniest accident in your office? 

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funcoupons
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Sounds like a lawsuit waiting to happen in that office lol.

In an old job, we had glass offices all next to each other. One day, two of my colleagues (they were buddies) were both banging the phones to see who could book the most appointments and talking shit to each other - mouthing insults through the glass, giving each other the finger etc. One of them ended up booking the first appointment of the day and knocked on the glass to give the other guy the finger and smile. 

He went to sit back down in his chair, and completely missed it. Fell backwards HARD into the wall, and busted a pretty big hole through the drywall. Other dude was on the phone with a prospect and trying SO hard not to lose his shit laughing. They had to report it to the office manager. The hole maker actually quit a few weeks later for a new role but I'm guessing he was happy he didn't have to be known as the drywall busting guy anymore.
bamageorge
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Hahaha wow! 
Kinonez
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Do you have any of your own?
bamageorge
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Not really, just the usual ''reheating'' fish in the office hahaha
Kinonez
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I see what you did there!
FamilyTruckster
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I once watched a coworker shit themselves. 

We were headed out to cold call a couple prospects. Coworker had a big Thursday night out, and was feeling confident in their hangover swagger. As we got out of the car, I watched them lift a single leg to relieve a little of the bubble guts, only to stop, and freeze. 

Coworker turned around with sheer horror on their face. We both knew what had just happened. I started crying laughing. They, however, had a conundrum to face. Get back in the car, or head into the office. They decided to go into the office. I opted to wait in the car. 

15 minutes later they returned pale and quiet. They had removed their unders in the main bathroom, tossed them in the trash and ran out hoping nobody saw them. Thankfully, nobody did. 

 We decided that it was time to call it quits a little early that day.
alecabral
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Nothing as bad as that lol, but I remember this girl that worked in my team. She was one of those people that is just funny without even trying you know. In any case, I'm sure this was not intended. 

It was lunch time and there was just a couple of tables at our cafeteria so teams took turns to go and sit there. Some of my team members were there and by chance so was I. An elder sales rep (this guy used to sell mainframes to banks) came in, asked if he could sit with "the kids". We said yeah, sure. Sat right in front of this girl.

This girl was sitting there, had a plastic container. Opens it, there's some salad and an egg. The egg is raw, so she stands up and goes to the microwave. She comes back, we're all just eating and listening to this guy talking about the "good old days". Microwave beeps, she stands up, go gets her egg and brings it on a plate. Takes out a knife, I'm looking at it and realizing what's about too happen but I am definitely to slow to really understand it or say anything. She sticks the knife into the egg and the thing explodes, launching freakingly cooked and hot pieces of egg everywhere...but mostly right into this guy's face, perfectly ironed shirt, silk tie and suit.

Silence for 1....2....3 seconds, everyone's trying to understand what happened and waiting for this guy to say something. The guy wasn't moving. He stood up, looked around, looked at himself, looked at this girl, mumbled something and left the room. A split second after that and the whole table burst into laughing.
MaximumRaizer
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Nothing as bad as that lol, but I remember this girl that worked in my team. She was one of those people that is just funny without even trying you know. In any case, I'm sure this was not intended.
Blackwargreymon
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Hide all of your work paraphernalia Friday when you are finished. Laptop, notebooks, pens, mouse, whatever you use. Put it all in a drawer and don't open it until Monday morning.
Clashingsoulsspell
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I once watched a coworker shit themselves. 

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