What is the funniest/strangest thing that happened at work today?

[Desdemona]

I closed the store for the first time last night. The odd things that happened are almost too numerous to go into here. I thought a camera crew was hiding somewhere, it was that nuts.

What about you guys, what is the funniest, weirdest thing to happen to you while you were at work?

I never thought I'd be holding hands with a man wearing an eye patch in a wheel chair. That was the best thing that happened last night. :eyez:

[Terestai]

Oh boy...

I used to work at a bookstore, and someone had returned a DK (Dorling-Kindersly) book on dalmations. She complained that the phone number listed inside for dalmation rescue was actually the phone number for a phone sex hotline. We were suspicious, but accepted the return. That night, the closing manager put the phone on over the store's loudspeaker system and dialed the number in the book - sure enough, it really was a phone sex hotline, and there we were, listening to it over the store's speakers. :lol:

[nomadicdragon]

When i was a shift manager at this taco bell in Philadelphia, we had this truck driver come up to the drive-thru window after 10pm which was when the lobby closed. Well he walked up to the window and wanted to order, and it's company policy not to take walk-ups at the drive-thru for safety reasons. So I pointed to the little sign in the window that explains that and said sorry. Well the idiot starts backing his 18-wheeler with trailer attached through the drive-thru trying to get the cab up to the window, well he got stuck. At the same time these 4 teenage boys pull up at the drive-thru order 100 tacos, laugh then take off around the corner and slam right into the back of the truck.

*snickers*

and yes, i had to explain all of that over the phone to 911. *shakes head* god that was funny.

[Sylvan]

The weirdest thing today is that there is a fly buzzing around the office. We're in a very closed environment, I can't imagine how he got in here.

As far as the weirdest/funniest thing *ever*...
Would have to be the time I had to clean hot cocoa powder out of my ears, nose, and bra. :foh: Don't ask...

[DebLipp]

It is FREEZING at my desk. I was meeting with a senior staff member, who is also an MD, and complaining about the cold. In fact, I was insisting he teach me more stuff at his desk so I wouldn't have to go back. So he said "Come wiz me. I rescue you." (I love his accent.)

He climbed on a chair and taped a file folder inside the air vent over my desk to block the flow of cold air. And something about this brilliant guy, a doctor and computer wiz, who is also WELL KNOWN to be extremely accident prone, standing on a chair fixing the A/C with Scotch tape and a file folder...!

[WitchJezebel]

The strangest thing that's happened to me today at work is that I actually showed up.

[Yasmine Galenorn]

Uh....I may have flashed my neighbor yesterday. I work at home so that counts. Was sitting here at my desk, adjusting my...new bra...when I look up on the roof of my neighbor’s house and there’s my neighbor, shirt off, spray painting something up on the roof. I’m hoping he wasn’t looking in when I was doing that…because he could easily see into my office window from the roof. Just too weird of a feeling!

ROFL…and you think you’re safe working at home.

Yasmine :colorful:

[WitchJezebel]

Uh....I may have flashed my neighbor yesterday. I work at home so that counts. Was sitting here at my desk, adjusting my...new bra...when I look up on the roof of my neighbor’s house and there’s my neighbor, shirt off, spray painting something up on the roof.

Yasmine :colorful:

:lol:

[Smiley Girl]

terestai AND yasmine!! LOL!!! :lol:

[Xeen]

I was hanging out at the Historical Society. I don't really work there, but I kinda volunteer there.

Anyway, I was chatting with this couple that also volunteer there. This is the 2nd time I've got to talk with them and they're very lovely folks. Anyway, he guy says out of the blue "I like your ring. I mean I really like it." Something like that.

He was talking about my pent ring. "I said, I liked it too, that's why I bought it." I think... I don't really remember. I get flustered real easy with people, especially if I don't know them, and I was sifting through a pile of pictures at the time, so... That was all weird because... well if you knew this couple, you'd think so too LOL... they're really cool, but weird, like me, in a cool way.

THEN, we somehow got talking about music. The guy plays piano and guitar and prolly other things. Then I told him about the awesome piano in the historical house next door, next thing I know, I'm over there intorducing him to this lovely piano. He played a bit, and it was really gothy cool sounding stuff.

Then I played about, and he applauded me. Then his wife came over and I played for her and she applauded me. The weird part about that is... I technically really DON'T know how to play piano.

And then next thing I know we're talking about haunted graveyards.

And then next thing I know he's looking at a really ooooold Bible and saying something like "Wouldn't you like to see an old Grimiore with a cover like this?" and me saying "Yes! I'd love to take notes from it!"

And... well, everything was very weird. And cool! I hope to have many more future run-ins with them.

[Yasmine Galenorn]

Oh boy...

I used to work at a bookstore, and someone had returned a DK (Dorling-Kindersly) book on dalmations. She complained that the phone number listed inside for dalmation rescue was actually the phone number for a phone sex hotline. We were suspicious, but accepted the return. That night, the closing manager put the phone on over the store's loudspeaker system and dialed the number in the book - sure enough, it really was a phone sex hotline, and there we were, listening to it over the store's speakers. :lol:

ROFL...oh man...somebody probably got fired at the publishing company for not checking out the number!

Yasmine

[Smiley Girl]

I remember a day... oh man. It was when I worked at Wendy's. I was opening with 2 others and the chili stove caught fire! eek! There was smoke everywhere. I was doing the bacon and all of a sudden I hear this crackling noise that isn't usual, so I loked over and saw fire and got the managers.
Then, (same day, a few minutes later) one of them was putting some chicken in the deep fryer and it malfunctioned. It was scary. The hot oil just kept filling up and up and up... needless to say it wasn't going to stop. She turned it off just in time before she had hot oil all over her! :ugh:
And then the frosty machine froze up and we had rock hard frosties. :D It was funny. :hehehehe:

[Noriohtle]

funny well not at the time but..

I was an Assistant Manager for Arbys and it was Sunday night Time to change the oil in the fryers.. put the new oil in and turn the heat up .... some coupler broke and the gas did not turn off and the oil got hotter and hotter finally combusting with a LOUD BANG!! All the fire devices go off (Nasty Blue Powder everywhere) I call 911 for fir dept ( because the nasty poweder did not do its job) Here is the kicker me and all my employees are standing the the parking lot watching the Firetrucks start up turn their sirens on and scream across the street to put out our fire. Doh!! But we got a new Building after that ....LOL.

[Desdemona]

Rofl! :rollingla: Omg, you guys totally topped me! Those are awesome stories, man, I wish I could give out prizes. :hugz: I hope we get some more, I love reading these. :woot: :lol:

[Desdemona]

Oh boy...

I used to work at a bookstore, and someone had returned a DK (Dorling-Kindersly) book on dalmations. She complained that the phone number listed inside for dalmation rescue was actually the phone number for a phone sex hotline. We were suspicious, but accepted the return. That night, the closing manager put the phone on over the store's loudspeaker system and dialed the number in the book - sure enough, it really was a phone sex hotline, and there we were, listening to it over the store's speakers. :lol:I work in a bookstore too, and we carry a ton of DK. I'm looking for that dalmation book, if it hasn't been recalled. :devil:

[Dorchadas Síofra]

ok, so i work in a fast food restaurant. it is always funny. but today, mine friend and i made a yummy connoction for our friend on grill (ok so i lied about the yummy part). it had coffee grounds, chocolate syrup, chopped nuts, orange flavoring, and three kinds of berries, then we put ice cream in and blended it. convinced him to drink some. then my friend was putting it in the trash and a car came up to the speakers in drive thru and she said "thank you for..." then "ewwwwwwwww" but she was still hodling the button. the guy got mad, she took his order. we were laughing so hard and when he came to the second window, she explained it to him and he said, 'yeah i used to work here and we did a lot of stuff like that.'

i guess it is prolly only funny to me and one of those things you have to be there for. hehe.

[Desdemona]

Dorchadas, your post reminds me of the famous espresso cookie incident, when I worked at the Capital Grill. All new people got to try the house specialty for free, the espresso cookie. I was given one, and this new hot shot manager was given one to try.

I daintily nibbled off a corner, and as soon as I did I turned to him and started doing crazed hand gestures to warn him off eating the cookie. I was too late. He had popped the whole thing in his mouth.

Turns out these were the left over "pucks" from making espresso. The waiter put whip cream and chocolate shavings on top so they looked like real desserts. When we went to rinse our mouths out, the water mixed with the grounds in our mouths and made, well... coffee, lol.

[Radocs]

Some guy quit today because his chair was broken. ^_^ It was actually a combination of other things, but his cited that as the straw the broke the camel's back. We were amused. :D

[Desdemona]

:lol:

[~Anamorata~]

I work in a bar & grill type place, and around 8p.m., this couple walks in, and one of the other girls went to seat them...the woman customer looks around, and whispers to her male companion, then shakes her head, and they leave...okay??? So, I asked Barb why they left, and she starts laughing...apparently, the place wasn't fung shei enough for the lady, and she just couldn't eat here, until it was!!! Alrighty then! We'll get right on that! :whatgives :durrrr:

[Dorchadas Síofra]

Dorchadas, your post reminds me of the famous espresso cookie incident, when I worked at the Capital Grill. All new people got to try the house specialty for free, the espresso cookie. I was given one, and this new hot shot manager was given one to try.

I daintily nibbled off a corner, and as soon as I did I turned to him and started doing crazed hand gestures to warn him off eating the cookie. I was too late. He had popped the whole thing in his mouth.

Turns out these were the left over "pucks" from making espresso. The waiter put whip cream and chocolate shavings on top so they looked like real desserts. When we went to rinse our mouths out, the water mixed with the grounds in our mouths and made, well... coffee, lol.
:lol:

[Flaire-FireStar]

Some guy quit today because his chair was broken. ^_^ It was actually a combination of other things, but his cited that as the straw the broke the camel's back. We were amused. :D
:rollingla
As crappy as you work environment seems...you have a hell of a lot of interesting stories. :p

[Old Witch]

I work in a hospital and have to deal with everyone in it.....nurses, patients, housekeeping and mostly doctors.......we are basically the keepers of all the knowledge.........I wish I could tell you some of the stuff.......but we have strict privacy laws.....I could write a best seller!!

But with apologies to DebLipp....Doctors in general don't have a whole lot of common sense!!! :lol:

[moonchild]

so today being the first of the month all my paper work is due today...like any other normal month. well i scheduled too many out of office appointments today and relized it when i came in. so i mentally thought "gee i could use some extra time,silly me for scheduling so much"...well, all except for one late appointment got cancelled, not by me tho. a lesson got cancelled by the teacher for the kids i work with and that same family cancelled another appointment for later in the day. another one of my kids wasn't home when i went to get him. so instead of being busy and not able to do the paperwork until after 3, i was doing paperwork at 11 with help from my co-worker and time to take an actual lunch....hehe.

ok, not really funny, just odd since i did make a comment about not having time today.

[LadyTrinity]

I dont work other than house work http://www.anchoredbygrace.com/smileys/LolLolLolLol.gif

[TWILIGHTSKY]

I work in a hospital, too, so I won't use any names.
We put this elderly woman back in bed, and she was rolled towards the male aide so I could clean up her backside. She has trembly hands, so I didn't look up our notice that she was shaking her hand.

All of a sudden, he jumps back from the bed with an "eep", but he can't get too far because he's holding her up on her side for me.

I say," How are you doing today, ****?"

She says (while shaking her hand and giggling) "Oh, I'm having a good day! Heeheeeheehee"

Then I look up and see that she's got ahold of "HIM"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAA LMAO

IT was soooo funny! Then I left the room with the dirty linen, and before he left, I heard her say, "So, how old are you ****?" !! LOL

He blushed the rest of the night!

[*Rain*]

Well it wasn't me and it wasn't today....

A good friend of mine works in a big electrical store. A bloke and his wife came in with a VCR, he dumped it down on the counter and started ranting at at Ian big time saying that the VCR didn't work, he'd only had it a week, paid a fortune for it, rant rant rant. Ian asked what was wrong with it but all the bloke would say was that it was broken. Ian being a lazy little monkey couldn't be bothered to walk upstairs with it to the office to plug it in to find out what the problem was, so he plugged it in downstairs but accidientally connected it to the entire tv wall running down one side of the store. Ian is bending down under the counter wrestling with wires when three other members of staff come running full pelt down the store, all reaching for the stop button together. Ian looked up just in time to see a rather compromising video of the wife, and then the real thing go running out of the store. The bloke muttered something under his breath and ran after her. The manager came over and was all stern demanding to see Ian in the office, when they got there the manager dissolved in fits of laughter.

The couple never came back for the VCR (or the tape)

[soilsigh aingeal]

One time when I worked for walmart, this guy quit and got on the speakers during store hours, and said F-you Wal-mart, you're all a bunch of @$$holes, I hate this f-ing place, and went on and on and on. It was pretty hilarious.

When I worked at popeyes, this guy I was friends with used to throw fries at me through the chicken window thing (don't know what to call it) well one time I ducked and it hit a customer :lol:

[Avalon]

The time that a rather exuberant young fellow came in and showed us his "cabaret" pictures (this was when I was in retail). He was a transvestite and worked nights as a torch singer in a club. Dressed as a man, he was okay...but as a woman, he was heartstoppingly gorgeous. But his street clothes were the best - black leotards and a shirt that said "Mama's Boy" on it. I'll never forget him. :p