Bizarre, Humorous, Interesting Past Work Stories?

Beezer

Beezer

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I worked for a Shipping Company for 25 years.

One day the Brass all gathered around this quiet Frenchman's work station and awarded him a plaque. The man had not missed a single day of work in...get this...(drum roll)...20 years!

I was floored! It still boggles my mind.

Any old work stories of note you'd like to share? :)
 

There was a spilled liquid on the main belt in the Warehouse one day. Production was shut down until the suspect substance could be identified. Well, my Homer Simpson Supervisor walks up...dips his finger into the liquid...tastes it and exclaims...

"Oh, it's only sugar icing. Start up the belt again."

WTF?! You can't make this stuff up, folks!
 
We had a new immigrant employee. At a meet and greet circle, he announced that his name was 'Cock'. My Supervisor diplomatically said, "No. Your name from now on is 'Coke'.

And for years we all called this guy Coke!
 

I was told to come into our shop over the weekend and replace the control valve on a Caterpillar excavator. It had been ordered and they said it would be in on Saturday. Well, sat. comes, I call and... no parts. What to do? Knowing my call to the parts manager would mean nothing, I called and told the secretary I was Bill *****. (vice president of our company). I started yelling at the parts guy that I had an entire crew standing by on their word the parts would be here.

He got shook up and had one of his men go outside and remove the valve from a new machine sitting on their lot. I came, got the valve and went back to the shop and replaced the bad one. Next morning, I'm called to the front office. Seems someone in the shop had told Caterpillar management who in turn called Bill. Those guy's in the shop were sure I was about to be fired.

(I've got to say, I was wondering that too). Anyway, standing in the front office with the vice president I could see he wanted to chew me out. Sir I said... what good would a lowly mechanic do calling Caterpillar? I knew your name would get results and I care about us, not them. That finished it. He kinda flustered around and told me not to do that again and dismissed me.
On my way out, I swiped his name tag off his desk and went back to my shop, wearing it and telling everybody that I'd been
promoted. (and adopted by Bill). šŸ¤£šŸ¤£


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It was my first day of temp working for the construction manager at the headquarters of a large fast food chain. We worked in an office that had a large glass window into the main room.

He was on the phone screaming obscenities at someone, at the top of his lungs. He slammed the phone down, picked it up and threw it through the window. Glass everywhere. Nobody in the big office seemed to act like this was bizarre behavior.

He stormed out. I picked up my purse and left and went straight to the temp agency office, where they sent me off to another job.
 
I was brand new life insurance salesman. I had an appt. with a widow., she wanted more insurance. She mentioned she "talked" to her dead husband. OK. That's a little strange. Then she mentioned that he was buried behind the garagešŸ˜•. OK, you're a widow and hubby is buried behind the garage?????? Coincidence??????? The widow then is going to show me where he's buried. Not exactly thrilled about this. Turns out there's a cemetery in the back of her home, and the last spot was a grave behind her garage.
 

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