19 People Who Are Just Having The Worst Day Imaginable At Work

Sometimes, you just have to take all the time-outs you can from work.

Some workdays go sideways in a way that is impossible to laugh off in the moment. A ripped pair of pants, a ruined product, or one painfully bad mistake can turn an ordinary shift into a story people remember for years.

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That is exactly what happens in this roundup, where workers, customers, and unlucky bystanders all end up dealing with one awful moment after another. Some of these disasters are embarrassing, some are expensive, and some are just plain hard to look at. Read on.

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1. This guy realized too late that he gave everyone a free show

1. This guy realized too late that he gave everyone a free showKrumpus8
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2. These people might sadly still be sorting out those beans to this day

2. These people might sadly still be sorting out those beans to this dayCensoryDeprivation
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3. When you get the best kind of irony at work

3. When you get the best kind of irony at workL3gion097

Some jobs really do hand out chaos for free.

4. Hopefully, this person found better friends and colleagues at their new job

4. Hopefully, this person found better friends and colleagues at their new jobNubShakeZ

5. This is what it must feel like to work in a shop in the Marvel world

5. This is what it must feel like to work in a shop in the Marvel worldpaperboy41

6. We're hoping that this person works at a morgue and nowhere else

6. We're hoping that this person works at a morgue and nowhere elsebannerFR

7. Oh, the bitter taste of failure when success was so near

7. Oh, the bitter taste of failure when success was so nearcbrmickrr

That one had to sting.

8. It's probably a good time to start thinking about that resignation letter

8. It's probably a good time to start thinking about that resignation letterwellthatsucks

9. This person followed instructions to the letter, so they're not wrong

9. This person followed instructions to the letter, so they're not wrong0lidag

10. Sometimes, a job really tries to test your limits by pushing the worst in your direction

10. Sometimes, a job really tries to test your limits by pushing the worst in your directionsoulkeyy

11. It's bad enough that they had to work on the weekend, but almost swallowing a fly? That's pushing it too close to the edge.

11. It's bad enough that they had to work on the weekend, but almost swallowing a fly? That's pushing it too close to the edge.beathelas

Weekend shifts already do enough damage on their own.

This is just like the office worker stuck deciding whether to confront a co-worker stealing their lunch every day.

12. If they wanted this person to do their work properly, they should have actually allowed him to get into work

12. If they wanted this person to do their work properly, they should have actually allowed him to get into workDazd95

13. That isn't blood, but it might as well have been, given how expensive pharmaceutical ingredients are

13. That isn't blood, but it might as well have been, given how expensive pharmaceutical ingredients arerjftw24

14. It looks like this guy had another failed audition practice for a Carrie film

14. It looks like this guy had another failed audition practice for a Carrie filmTandoriChicken

15. Hopefully, they barricaded that car in just to let the owner get some sense knocked into them

15. Hopefully, they barricaded that car in just to let the owner get some sense knocked into themLearn_To_Burn

Parking drama always finds a way to get personal.

16. Sometimes, some people know better, but other times, logic and common sense just escape them

16. Sometimes, some people know better, but other times, logic and common sense just escape themthe_creamery_kid

17. They looked like they were trying to stow away a dead body instead

17. They looked like they were trying to stow away a dead body insteadspidma

18. This is probably one of the worst bosses on Earth

18. This is probably one of the worst bosses on EarthTimizorzom

19. This person wasn't even at work, and his day was already off to a bad start

19. This person wasn't even at work, and his day was already off to a bad startskinscrazy2002

These people were really having the worst days possible, and hopefully, they took that two-hour lunch because, by the looks of it, they'll be needing it. The worst part is it's not even always their fault.

We can only offer them our empathy and our hopes that their next days at work will be better. If only we could hug them and tell them that everything is going to be okay, though.

What was your worst day at work? Share it with us!

Some days just refuse to be normal.

For another lunch-theft meltdown, read about the worker debating whether to eat the thief’s lunch after theirs goes missing daily.

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