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Life r/AskReddit ‘What’s the dumbest thing you’ve been fired for?’ – 23 jaw-dropping miscarriages of justice Karen Dickinson . Updated November 20th, 2024 Share Tweet Being sacked is bad, what with the loss of money, status and security. But have you ever been sacked for a reason which felt utterly unfair, and added a big fat dollop of injustice on top of all the other negatives? Over on Reddit, user Sketch99 asked: ‘What’s the dumbest thing you’ve been fired for?’ And there were plenty of people with tales to tell about getting fired for very shabby reasons indeed.
1. ‘Was supposed to send a rejection letter after a failed job interview to someone I knew but waited a few days so he could have a good weekend.’ – fuzzykat72 2.
‘I refused to lie under oath in a deposition.’ – blahbabooey 3. ‘I was 91 days away from qualifying for pension through my work, and was fired with 90 days severance so they wouldn’t have to pay.
’ – simsational84 4. ‘A coworker saw me injecting myself in the stomach with insulin and fired me for injecting drugs while at work.’ – bigbiemusic 5.
‘Requesting to have my desk moved after the person who sat behind me shot me with a pellet gun.’ – Silly_Somewhere1791 6. ‘I took a coffee mug home from the office kitchen on a Friday.
Got a call from HR on Saturday asking me to come in for an emergency meeting and was fired on the spot. ‘Turns out I was seen by security walking out with company property, the coffee mug from the office kitchen. Later I was able to prove it was my personal mug and was offered my job back but I declined to return.
’ – akoforever 7. ‘Got fired for having pneumonia.’ – Hopeful_Staff7001 8.
‘Worked at a bar and got fired for not IDing a clearly 60-year-old woman for a glass of wine during a holiday evening rush by myself.’ – guywhopaints 9. ‘Not technically fired.
I was an IT contractor for a while. The client firm decided to make some contractors permanent. I was one of two on my team.
Only one was going to get the job. The other would not have their contract renewed. I was the better engineer.
He was the better socialiser. He got the job.’ – f0gax 10.
‘1979: was forced to resign my commission from the USAF as a C-141 pilot , because they found out I was gay. Luckily I had a great attorney and got an honorable discharge, and am now happily retired from Delta , and enjoying retirement with my (now) husband of 42 years.’ – rickmaz 11.
‘I got fired for ‘stealing time’ because I clocked in three minutes early. Apparently, those extra 180 seconds were a real threat to company profits!’ – OldDistance3979 Article Pages: 1 2 like us on facebook 831K follow us on twitter 244.7K follow us on instagram 13.
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