People are sharing the biggest mistakes they’ve made at work on Twitter, and it’s fantastically cringey
There is something special about the community on Twitter. Yes, sometimes it can be completely awful. Twitter has a major harassment problem, and that’s hardly up for debate. But every once in awhile, it us reminds us why we stay there in the first place. Whenever a group of people start to share a common thread, Twitter is at its prime. For example, back in April, everyone decided to share their most random celebrity encounters, and it was so joyful. In March, everyone decided to share their best glo-up selfies, and we could not look away. It reminded us that Twitter is great for sharing these things — the good, the bad, the personal, the hilarious. So when people started sharing the biggest mistakes they’ve made at work, we were all ears.
On May 3rd, Twitter user b3ta asked followers to share a time they messed up at work. Not just a tiny fail, but a hugely epic one. The replies are, predictably, hilarious. We appreciate it when someone makes a call for story time like this, because it gives us an endless source of hilarity. The tweet is taking us back to our first jobs, and we’re embarrassed just thinking about it.
We want to hear about your work related fuck-ups. Reply, quote tweet, do your worst.
— b3ta (@b3ta) May 3, 2018
These work mistakes are cringeworthy, hilarious, and sometimes a little sad.
First up, we have some coffee brewed with acid.
I ran two coffee jugs of cleaning acid through the coffee machines (it looked like water) and served a cup to the visiting area manager, on my first day at the Deep Pan Pizza Company in Purley.
— ThinkyThoughtHead (@mrstth) May 3, 2018
Yiiiikes. Ever play a very frustrating crossword puzzle?
During a night-shift I updated the grid on the Telegraph website crossword without updating the clues. The day-shift guys had to deal with all the angry emails. There were many.
— alanbenzie 🇺🇦 (@alanbenzie) May 3, 2018
When you don’t want to deal with something, just delete it!
A colleague asked me what to do with bunch of tricky invoices. I joked about deleting them and said I'd get back to him in a sec.
A year later, colleague already gone, a supplier calls they're missing money.
The invoices were all deleted from the system. Guess I shouldn't joke.— P&Igeon (@Cwossie) May 3, 2018
Sometimes, teachers say the wrong thing.
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Do you really love jelly donuts?
My friend who did WE on the ASDA bakery at the same time set a donut jam machine to fill a donut with 666 shots of jam rather than 6 as the button got stuck. Saw it pumping like mad and just went home. Stain remained on their floor for MONTHS.
— Tobby Watson (@chas_hodges) May 3, 2018
Spilling a bit of coffee is a common slip-up, but this one is extra special.
Work as a runner at ITV.
Once had to get about 8 coffees but didn’t have a tray. Tried to use a flimsy clipboard that collapsed in the centre, covering me (and my white shirt) in coffee.
Busy canteen.
Next in line was David Mitchell dressed as Shakespeare.
Just gave me a look.— Spesh/Shaun (@SpeshThePoet) May 5, 2018
Extra crisps never hurt anybody.
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Blush face emoji forever.
As a young, newly qualified nurse I had to catheterise an 18 year old young man. He was obviously nervous. As I was about to begin he asked “Is it small?” I replied “I’ve seen smaller.” Turns out he was referring to the catheter 🤦🏼♀️
— Mrs G 🍃 (@Polly_Gall) May 3, 2018
And finally, never trust a coworker with a computer virus.
I once sent a company wide virus warning by forwarding the email so they could see what it looked like should they receive one, and forgot to remove the infected attachment.
— Entropy 🇭🇰 打倒共匪 (@Entropy72) May 3, 2018
Whew, what a wild ride. We hope everyone who has ever made a mistake at work (read: all of us) has found their peace and overcome the humiliation. It’s rough out there at work, but you’re not alone!
