Shocker at work!
Just heard someone was fired at work today for saying to a colleague jokingly 'im going to kill you.' A manager overheard this person saying it, they were taken into a room and ten minutes later was escorted from the buidling. Apparently this was seen as 'threatening behaviour' even though the the other guy didn't complain! Is this normal? Especially for a company of our size?
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Then I told him I'd get him back, and he was gonna get his, and I didn't know when or where, but it was gonna happen.
He then asked me about my threat later to which I replied what threat?
But he seemed like he was no longer joking.
Lucky me I still have my job :D
MMMMmmmmmm, poked beanz and bush all in the same sentence......
Of course I had called the assistant night manager a big dopey baldy cunt to his face, and as you can imagine he was none to pleased about it.
I did however get written up twice for poor attendance, and god knows how many other things. My boss told me off for laughing the last time I got written up. He was like if I was you I'd be shitting myself, to which I replied "This isn't a job worth shitting yourself over, and besides I won't even be living in this country in about 3 weeks anyway, so sack me if you want, but I know you won't cos' you NEED me!".
His face went quite white actually, I was right and I got one up on him, felt kinda bad though I wouldn't of if he was a shit, but he was actually a really nice guy, he was just put in an awkward position.
I just wish I could be so cock sure in the job I have now.
Most people don't bother/care about finding out about the HR policies and dismissal rules where they work - but in cases like this it would be invaluable knowledge - and it can help you avoid things like this happening in the first place.
A mate of mine(works in a big place) went completely OTT - stormed into a small open plan office late last week, kicked the door open on the way in and then aggressively screamed in someones face for about a minute, punched the desk very hard(I saw his hand the next day.....) and walked out. There was a small meeting happening at the time too. Now that really is grounds for firing, witnesses to his rant and everything - and I was shocked to find out today that he still has his job(for how long though???).
Seems like i could run into a fair few "sense of humour failures" if im not careful
When I was living in Oxfordshire, I worked for Tibbet and Britten (big logistics company, who were swallowed up by Exel, who've since been swallowed up by DHL) and when I started there, a few people, including my supervisor, took the piss out of me being a Scouser. Didn't bother me at all, it's the sort of thing you expect, and there was nothing malicious in it. Anyways I went in one morning and my supervisor had left a message next to my computer saying 'We've ordered you a new keyboard to help you fit in!' with a picture of a 'Scouse Keyboard'....basically, every key was a letter 'A' (you can guess the joke :lol:). I actually thought it was quite funny and stuck it up on the document holder next to my monitor.
Anyways, a couple of hours later, our HR guy comes wandering through the office, sees the picture I've got up and says 'What's that?' Without thinking, I told him it was just some daft joke my supervisor had come up with. Next thing I know, my supervisor is being frog marched into the HR office for a bollocking! :o He never took the piss out of me at work again after that, but he did tell me at a later date over a drink in the pub that he'd nearly lost his job over it, and pretty much the only reason he hadn't was because I'd found it funny.
Crazy, if you ask me.
Think you proved your own point there!
Silly cow.
That is quite funny but it would've been better if all the keys were missing, and the little fold out legs at the back were gone.
Meaning obviously that the only solution would be to prop it up with a couple of house bricks :D
i think there is a pic on the internet called 'scouse office' with the office chair on bricks.
yeh, i told them she was doing it out of pity....
The problem with lots (if not all) workplaces is that there's always a complete cock who's a PC-whore and have no sense of humour.
Yeah, he did that one to me as well :lol: but it was only the keyboard one he got bollocked for. Luckily the HR guy didn't see the 'scouse chair' one (it was inside my desk drawer at the time), otherwise my supervisor would probably have been escorted from the building by armed security guards at that point :D
Seriously, he was a nice bloke and I got on quite well with him. The HR guy should've just spoken to me about it first.
Well it it's ok for Sir Alan.....
The person who was told they were going to be killed (jokingly) wasn't in work today. Maybe the person carried out the threat! Everyone is going around wondering who's next for the chop.
The morning of the 9/11 attack, we had an Iranian dude working with us who had been working as some sort of nuclear physicist back in Iran. He had 'escaped' and had a 10inch scar/trench on his head (he wore a wig to cover it) where he was beaten by the powers that be in Iran.
Anyway....the morning of 9/11 our manager came out and shook his hand and said, 'You know I always liked you right, so if you have any plans to blow up the facility let me know ahead of time'.
I don't expect anything less of a Texan, and the funny thing is you and flathead have the nerve to rip me about living in a trailer, when you work amongst ignorant fuckfaces like that.
Makes me laugh.
Haha! I wish I did live in a trailer, I'd still be better than that cunt!
I hope he gets blown up in the next "terrorist" attack.
Prick!
Update about my mate - he is keeping his job, there is no record of the incident being made and his counter-claims to HR about the guy he shouted at etc have been backed up by others and he(the slimeball) is looking more likely to be getting fired after a Stewards enquirey........lucky methinks.........I'll prolly see him at the weekend and get a proper version of the update from him.
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You couldn't make up stuff like that. Classic. :lol:
who's flat head? it best not be me. :-D
It is, and you started it by telling everybody on here about it a while back :p
You only have yourself to blame ;)
its a medical condition, you wouldn't call a wheel chair user 'wheels' would you. :wink:
Not in Liverpool anyway (bricks perhaps)
I would if his sirname was Wheeler, or Weelin.