Office Horror Stories: True Workplace Nightmares

What do you do when you're a commission-based salesperson, and your boss refuses to let any customers come your way? They just stand there, claim everyone who walks through the door and makes your job impossible!  That's today on Office Horror Stories.  Here's a preview. "I learned quickly that getting fired was done quite often to employees who could not sell cell phones or other devices. It got so bad that my boss would threaten us daily that if we don't get out there and sell, we will get canned. Most of the time, she was not even at the store running "errands" or sitting in the backroom doing absolutely nothing. Corporate managers came in one day and had a meeting with her and once they left, she ripped all our heads off with the "YOU NEED TO SELL MORE OR WE ARE ALL GETTING FIRED!". This turned quickly into HER trying to outsell US employees! She would literally stand by the door, and once a customer walked in, she would bombard them with questions about what they needed to buy and pushing every new electronic device on them."

What do you do when it's your first day on a new job, and you're forced to call the cops? You want to look like a manager who is able to handle the job, yet you have no choice! Just how crazy was that first day? That's today on Office Horror Stories! 

What is lifelike for a debt collection agent? Endless calls, harassing, reasoning, begging people to follow through on a debt that they owe. How crazy and stressful can that life get? That’s what we’re about to find out today on Office Horror Stories.

What do you do when you're boss is all to eager to throw you under the bus? Do you work harder? Try to change their opinion? Or get revenge? That's today on Office Horror Stories! Here's a preview of one story. "Instead of utilizing the vast knowledge of the staff and learning from them, he was threatened by anyone who knew more. He would often swear at staff. He would talk about employees behind their backs to other employees. This gossip was often very sensitive and personal information. He would take credit for good ideas and throw employees under the bus for his screw-ups. He constantly demeaned and bitched about his wife but then hired her to run a department of the affiliate. I hate to say this about another woman, but she wasn't very bright and had a nasty personality. She and had no business working there, let alone running a department. This added even more bad energy to an already toxic workplace. I strongly suspect both the director and his wife were heavy drinkers and often took part in the consumption of other illicit substances. Their toxicity quickly seeped into every aspect of the affiliate, and even our reputation in the community was affected." If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com

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What do you do when a delusional customer comes into your dealership, claiming that you are attempting to steal his car? Crazy right? That’s what we hear about today on office horror stories.  Heres a preview of the story.  “This guy starts freaking out. I told him I would gladly get him a sales manager, you know, someone in a higher position than the person this dude was asking for. That was not good enough. And he continued to sit there. I went to the sales managers, and they left me, a young 20-year-old girl, to do the heavy lifting and get this guy out. I tried everything. I gave him the salesman’s schedule. I even TEXTED the sales rep, and he had no idea who I was talking about or who this customer was. Finally, I was able to get this guy back to the service counter, and I was relieved, thinking he was finally going to leave. That was not the case. In the state where I live/work, it is required to get a signature when vehicles are picked up. It’s symbolic that we are “giving” ‘the vehicle back to you so that if you were to get into an accident/whatever, it was not in the hands of the dealership/shop. Also, with a $0 bill, we want some type of paper trail that some rando didn’t come into the lot and stole the car. I asked this guy for a signature on his $0 bill. He starts asking me why. So, I explained to him why. He took that as we’re keeping his vehicle. (Meanwhile, his vehicle is sitting in the service drive, unlocked, keys inside, garage door wide open) I told him that we do not want to keep his car and that he is more than welcome to leave.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com

What do you do when the person responsible for keeping people ethical and on track, is the least ethical of your employees. When HR is the enemy! Is there no hope at this point? That’s today on Office Horror Stories. If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB. To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com

What do you do when your boss is a control freak? A control freak that can't handle reality and ends up trying to overcharge the customers for the sake of their ego!? That's today, on Office Horror Stories.   Here's a preview of our story. "Hutch insisted that only one person was always to be on the job until the job was done, that one guy Keenan. All the while, he'd pressure Keenan to get it done. Remorseless to how much work he added was at least 3 weeks of work. Hutch lost his mind when Keenan didn't have the work done in less than a week. All of these "faults" were to belittle Marvin and me because Hutch couldn't stand to realize that Marvin and me, but mostly Marvin, could actually have successfully, had such a fancy home addition for the cost Marvin and I painstakingly made sure would be possible. All of Hutch's unnecessary changes brought the project up to $87,000. The homeowner could only pay an additional $5,000. Hutch blamed Marvin for the huge loss of money on the project. Keenan ended up walking off the job first thing in the morning when he was reamed at out by Hutch less than an hour after he had begun working after he tried to stand up for himself and was pushed deep into the dirt for not working fast enough." If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is! That is something that is easy to tell others, but sometimes hard to digest if you are the recipient of the sudden “fortune.” Today we hear a crazy story of name dropping to the extreme. “Most office horror stories come from workplaces where we must deal with nightmarish coworkers and bosses. I happily left that world to start my own business in 2007, and for the most part, it has been everything I’ve ever wanted. Awesome customers, a fantastic network of other small business owners to chat with, and the freedom that comes from running my own show. But office horror stories can happen to one-person businesses too, and here’s the proof! I had an amazing customer—for several months, she spent a LOT of money in my online shop, specifically on custom pieces. She'd always been very well-spoken in our email exchanges, was very engaging, had lots of social media cred, and I trusted her. After ordering several items over several months, which she always paid for, and giving me glowing reviews, she casually mentioned that she was going on a certain TV show, which she teasingly called “E.” I congratulated her, assuming she was going to be on The Ellen Show, and to my surprise, she invited me to go on the Ellen Show WITH HER, because my work was so inspiring, and Ellen loved it. (My artwork has a lot to do with rescue animals, so this seemed legit to me at the time.) This is important to understand—this customer had a VERY credible reason why she was going, and why she was asking me along. And then…two days after THAT invite was extended, she called me and revealed that her "personal friend,” Oprah Winfrey, wanted to meet me as well.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Sometimes reality is just too “normal” for some people. What do you do when you find out that the person you think you are working with, is not that very person at all! That’s today on Office Horror Stories! Here is a preview of a story. “I would review with T things that she should have remembered as we just discussed it the day before. When she would talk to customers, it was like she knew nothing about the clothes even though we had trained all our staff on the focus diets on the important items that we really wanted them to concentrate on. She would be taken in for coaching and things would improve for a bit, but we finally let her go. A few years later, I ran into T on the street, or at least I thought it was her. She was still dressed the same way in the same cakey makeup and the same clothes. Her hair was looking like she had just stepped out of a hair salon where she had spent hours under a dryer drum with rollers. And her perfume created a scent barrier where I could barely breathe. As I said chasing with her, it came out that it was not actually T but, instead, was a sister a triplet. T had two identical sisters!” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB. To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com

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What do you do when the person you work for is delusional. They have visions of grandeur that really don’t exist, yet they insist on living in this delusional world and bringing you into it? How do you keep your job and not go crazy at such w workplace? “It didn't take me long to find out my boss was mentally insane. It started off fine, she was great but quickly went south after a few months. She was super funny and would sing and dance in front of the customers to make them laugh. Everyone loved her. She would always brag about her lifestyle and her big nice house her husband built her and how they donate so much money to charity every year. She seemed like she had it all. One day I came into work down in the dumps because my boyfriend had gotten locked up earlier that day for probation violation. She noticed something was wrong, and after me explaining to her what happened, she dragged me to her car and took me to bail him out of jail. I told her a million times not to do it because I didn't have the money to pay her back, but she insisted. A couple of weeks after that passed, she told everyone that she had hit the lottery and that she was going to give each worker $10,000. We were all ecstatic to say the least, because we did not make a lot of money working there making $2.00 an hour being a waitress. She also told me in private that I was her favorite, so she was going to buy me a car because I didn't have one. I was over the moon, excited. She would randomly buy everyone nice things and treat us to dinner a few times a month.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB. To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com

Have you ever had a coworker who just refused to be happy? The type that will complain and complain, yet when things are fixed, they just find more to complain about. Yep, That’s who we’re talking about today on office horror stories! If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Sometimes people put up so many walls, it is impossible to get to know them. What do you do when you have a co-worker that you can't be sure is good, bad, neutral or evil? Confusing co-workers, today on Office Horror Stories. “3 weeks and I had only said one thing to her, in attempts to be nice and sociable which was "What do you think of this new program, compared to the old one?" and simply got a response "I was just getting used to the old one too but it's not bad." I smiled, left it at that and went on my way to whatever it was I had been doing, probably a visit to the bathroom. Several days later, still trying to learn how the new program worked, I had come back from my Team Lead's desk after asking her a question only to be approached by my direct manager, Ashley. Ashley smiled and asked me to follow her to her office for a moment. My thinking nothing, perhaps reflecting our personal assessments we had done a week or two earlier, she happened to be on her way and felt it was just easier to snag me as she passed by; I was wrong.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

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Have you ever been asked to do something that was far outside of your job description? How do you handle it, when what you are asked to do is not only dangerous but crazy as well?  “Later that day, I got a call explaining that I was one of the five people they wanted to call back for stage 2, so I was told to return to the office at 9 AM the next day. I get there and find that there are four other people waiting as well. As we wait, the tiny waiting room fills up, until there are more than 30 people packed together. While this is happening, we hear house music ominously blasting in the backroom, and after a while, we hear loud chanting and shouting coming as well. Against my better judgment, I choose to stay until my name is called. My interviewer explains that because the office is so crowded, we must have an interview in a Starbucks. On the way, he explains that my job would involve none of the responsibilities listed in the job description. Instead, it involved walking up to people on the subway to get them to sign up for cell phone deals, and my salary would be entirely commission-based.”   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Have you ever had a boss that didn’t respect your time off? Calling, emailing, even demanding you “stop in” on your vacation? Today we hear about a zealous boss who doesn’t respect personal time in any, way shape, or forms! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about: “Shortly after, I would start getting called in on my week-long vacations, and the reason was my manager was whining about shifts needing to be covered and having no one to call in, and a close friend of mine had enough and flat out told him, "Hey, why not call in [story writer], he'll work" and just kept pestering and pestering until in an annoyed tone my manager was like, "I guess I can call him in" Well, one of these days, the store owner was at the store and remembering the schedule issue, I brought it up with her, to which the owner was shocked at how little I was being given for hours. After that, I was given regular working hours again, and I think it was in part because my friend would just annoy my manager into calling me in, and also because I think the owner tore the manager a new butthole for abusing his employees. Soon, however, I was given nothing but opening shifts, and our store opens at 6am... the reason this is an issue is that I have ADHD meds I take at 7am every day, and my manager knew this.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB. To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com

Having a vindictive boss is never a “good thing”. Having a boss that goes out of their way to destroy your personal belongings takes crazy to a whole new level. That’s what we talk about today on Office Horror Stories.  Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “Adrian is THE most awful boss EVER. Adrian is a huge bully for no good reason. Vincent is a sweet guy in his 50’s who still lives at home with his mom. And Adrian thinks of himself as some sort of Messiah. Here goes! It’s the end of the day and work is almost over; everyone is getting ready to leave and Vincent hangs his lab coat up ready for the next day. Adrian likes to do A LOT of overtime; I’m talking working from 4am-5pm when our contracted hours are 8am-5pm. So, this means, Adrian comes in much much earlier than Vincent. On this day, Vincent arrives at work and goes into the workshop, he knows he has a messy job to do that day, so he goes to get his lab coat, but his lab coat isn’t there. He turned around and Adrian is smirking at him. Adrian shrugged at Vincent as if he didn’t know what happened to the lab coat. Vincent started to walk around the machines and see’s that his lab coat is floating in the tank of oil they have in the corner of the room. That’s right, oil. Vincent simply said nothing because he knows that Adrian loves getting a rise out of him, so he lets it go and asks the superiors to order a new lab coat. A few months go by, it’s seemingly just another day at work with Adrian bossing Vincent around and telling him how useless he is. It gets to the end of the day. Vincent doesn’t like to wear his work boots in his car because of the oil they work with, so he keeps a pair of sneakers in a locker, but today, he notices the keys to his locker are already in the keyhole.”   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Some people just have no concept of what life is like outside of their bubble. Some people have always had everything handed to them and probably always will. What is lifelike for those charged with catering to these assholes? That’s today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “Having never done anything of value in her own life, she has devoted all her time to berating and humiliating us poor’s. We’ve photo-documented their homes down to the polish of the salad forks, lest she sends us manifestos about how we failed their expectations when an original Rockwell painting is .0007 degrees off-center. I once had to shuttle her and the company owner’s wife through a raging blizzard, and while I waited for them to eat at a restaurant, she loudly expressed her desire that the waiter be hanged for bringing her lukewarm soup (there was one waiter holding down about eight 4-tops by themselves due to their coworkers being snowed out of work).”   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Call center employees take more abuse than you could imagine. Impatient customers on a mission to shut down and destroy anyone in their path who simply want to help. Today we hear stories of call center nightmares! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  Nurses, cooks, salesmen, etc. suddenly became IT experts in weeks. This could be a trade secret, but the real reason why we don't have to be experts is that most centers follow a flow that mostly consists of questions and clicks to the proper box. I guess many people back in the states will relate to this. We must follow that flow even if it means we must ask questions that sometimes don't have anything to do with the issue. We can't reveal that we follow a flow and we can't do freestyle to quicken the call as that will be a death sentence for us. With all fairness to the system, 90% of the flows work and fix stuff, the rest is when we send technician to the customer's address. That is an entirely a different process, we can relay all we want, give all the information, but after that it really depends on the company and the technicians if they will show up. We also encountered racists comments from customers and some agents won't take this easily, we have cases that when a customer asks for an "American" agent, they were transferred to the Spanish queue. Our agents, at least in the company that I worked for speaks English properly. Some have accents close to those in the US so for them it's sometimes unfair for customers not giving them a chance. To end this, I'll give a series of tips for American listeners who from time to time must speak with customer service reps with hopes that we can help each other even more.   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

We’ve all had them. The co-worker that just seems a little off. What do you do about that? How do you handle the creepy co-worker? That’s what we discuss today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  One day after one of my coworkers had come from this particular restroom, she came to me and told me that one of the security guards had walked in on her while she was in the bathroom but she was 100% certain that she had locked the door. We brushed it off assuming it was just an accident, maybe she hadn’t locked the door or maybe the lock was faulty. That was until a few days later another coworker came to me and told me that the same guy had walked in on her too and she was 100% sure that she had locked the door as well. At this point, I’m disturbed. I tell them that they should file a claim with HR because it’s no way that he would “accidentally” walk in on 2 people that close together when they both were adamant about locking the door. My coworkers were shocked when they both found out he had done it to both, but they kind of brushed it off again. Honestly, I felt like I was more concerned and disturbed than my coworkers who it happened to. If he’s busting in on women while they’re using the bathroom and acting as if it were an accident who knows what other sick shit, he was capable of. I was also pissed at my job for hiring yet another creep in security.   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

We’ve all had them. The co-worker that just seems a little off. What do you do about that? How do you handle the creepy co-worker? That’s what we discuss today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  One day after one of my coworkers had come from this particular restroom, she came to me and told me that one of the security guards had walked in on her while she was in the bathroom but she was 100% certain that she had locked the door. We brushed it off assuming it was just an accident, maybe she hadn’t locked the door or maybe the lock was faulty. That was until a few days later another coworker came to me and told me that the same guy had walked in on her too and she was 100% sure that she had locked the door as well. At this point, I’m disturbed. I tell them that they should file a claim with HR because it’s no way that he would “accidentally” walk in on 2 people that close together when they both were adamant about locking the door. My coworkers were shocked when they both found out he had done it to both, but they kind of brushed it off again. Honestly, I felt like I was more concerned and disturbed than my coworkers who it happened to. If he’s busting in on women while they’re using the bathroom and acting as if it were an accident who knows what other sick shit, he was capable of. I was also pissed at my job for hiring yet another creep in security.   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Inappropriate Videos What would you do if your job was to literally watch inappropriate videos all day? That position exists, and it’s a much worse job than you could ever imagine. We learn about it today, on Office Horror Stories.    Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “All day we have to witness inappropriate, violent, horrific, weird, and some I don't have a word to describe videos. I can't remember how many suicides live feeds that we have to take down and call the authorities on, we've also been exposed to recordings of terrorists doing brutal acts, pornography, drug use and many more. Most of my team mates experienced psychological distress, imbalance and downright weird behaviors. We have no doctor or advisors on site to provide psychological counseling and help us go through with whatever it is we're experiencing. I developed anxieties and experienced nightmares almost every night. I started seeing things and have to spend my own money to seek medication. One of the worst moment is when a team member attempted to commit suicide after spending only 9 days in the company. We started wondering why we get majority of the worst videos and other contractors get the sweet cat and sporting videos. The management told us that this was the queue that's been provided by the client and that's something that we could not control. After working some time for the company, the client decided to send that task abroad for lower labor costs. I personally felt bad that the people who are risking their sanity just to screen these inappropriate videos and avoid it being seen by the general public are not provided with the proper support.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

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Scabies Outbreak Fun! Employees in the world of housekeeping come across a lot of crazy things… But how crazy can it get in a nursing home? What may be asked of them from the residents? Today we find out on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “Our facility was preparing for “state” to come in. My department was busting ass deep cleaning, changing curtains, etc. WELL the whole week prior to this, we had complaints from a handful of residents about the new soap we were using in the laundry. They all had the same rash. But we never switched soap. Nurses were notified, and nothing more was said. So, we’re doing the curtain changes and deep cleans. That means every single room. It was almost time for my shift to be over, I start finishing up my work and putting my equipment away when my boss comes up to me. She said we were having a meeting with the administrator and the director of nursing, in the 3 years I worked there that had never happened. We go to the meeting, it’s just the nurses and housekeepers. So, I’m weirded out. They calmly explain that they finally decided to investigate the “rash” that was dismissed almost immediately the week prior. They explained that all the residents had it now and asked if any of us had it. A few of the nurses had a couple spots, but my department had none. Without warning, the administration announced that our facility has had scabies our break and they were only treating the employees who had the rash, everyone else was free to go. Housekeeping was asked to remove all the curtains, recliners, pillows, and clothes from every single room.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Warehouses can be incredibly dangerous places to work. Powerful equipment, heavy boxes, and lots of people dodging each other, avoiding one disaster after another. What could possibly go wrong? We find out today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “Now this is a WAREHOUSE where forklifts and other powered equipment is being used around pedestrians all day long. The bosses in this facility wanted the forklift drivers to pretty much run these things right up to the line of dangerous all day long to get the orders filled as fast as possible, and if you are not fast enough, you get bumped down to filling the orders which is not a job that a 40 year old can do. The lift that I was assigned to have an issue, sometimes it would just randomly stop turning right or, sometimes it would just randomly turn right. Both issues were well documented and "fixed" several times. The last day that I worked there, this piece of shit randomly turned right into a rack and destroyed two pallets of product in the process. My boss came over to inform me that although he didn't want to write me up, we need to go to the office and fill out the write up. I told him not to even bother with the trip because I had found a better job with better pay and an owner who actually gives two shits that out tools are in proper working order.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Bosses can make all sorts of crazy demands of their staff, but not allowing them to use the bathroom? Is that really a thing? Oh, yes it is, and we’re going to be talking about it today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “So, after a while other coworker noticed my supervisor likes to pick on me a lot. It only got worse over time no matter how hard I worked. I got in trouble many times for changing songs on my iPod. I got in trouble for timecard fraud when I was telling my supervisor all the issues, I was having clocking in. The laptop we had to clock in from was either down or frozen. She let the new manager write me up when I told her what was going on. So, after a while I just kept pushing because I'm a single mother with just my income for me and my son. I had to suck it up till I could even find something. Things over time got way worse and I got in trouble for even going to the bathroom. I suffer from panic attacks and mental issues I even had workplace accommodations for when things got bad. One of my male managers told me I had to smile more. I never had a problem with coworkers a lot of them loved how much I helped them or worked with them. Suddenly I was no good anymore and people feared me. It wasn't true but my manager and supervisor told me this. My final straw was I had to let them know when I had to go to the bathroom. If I didn’t, I would get written up, it was insane.”   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

It happens to many of us. Getting fired from a first job! How often is that firing justified though? Today we hear about a zealous boss who seems to have a systematic way of “removing” people. Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “One evening she came in with her husband and was bickering and fighting with him. My other coworker and I said good night and walked out the door, while the owner was putting something away in the dessert cooler. The next day she accused one of use of leaving the cooler "open four inches!". I tried to explain to her that she was putting things into the cooler as we were walking out of the door. She didn't buy it. The next thing I got accused of doing was dumping trash bags over a back wall instead of throwing them into a dumpster. Of course, she didn't believe that I hadn't been doing that. At this point I was already on her bad side and could not do anything right. Did I mention how much I was getting paid? Somewhere in the ballpark of 5.50 an hour. Tips weren't exactly pouring in. I probably didn't have more than 15 hours in a week. The owner did not believe in giving raises to employees until they were no longer teenagers...which meant you couldn't get a raise until you were twenty years old! Things had gone sour between me and her in only a matter of weeks. One afternoon while I was at school, the owner called my mother at home and told her that she no longer wanted me to come in to work. When my mother informed me of what happened, I felt humiliated...I had been fired from my first job!”   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Sometimes bosses… drunk ones…  have rather unrealistic expectations. Expectations that can never be met, nor should they be! You can do a better job!! Today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “I was exhausted as I had been in classes all week and working extra as it was Christmas and I needed some extra money for presents etc. After the party finally finished around 1.30, we were expected to clean up as usual. I asked if we were being paid for the extra hours and I got laughed at. He literally laughed in my face. He told me to carry on cleaning and to stop asking questions. He went to the toilet and came out in a fit of rage. Screaming ‘YOU TOLD ME YOU HAD CLEANED THE TOILETS’ I replied, ‘I have, they may not be perfect seeing as I am exhausted and the cleaning equipment you have provided is not particularly adequate, but they are clean. I am sure if there are any issues the day staff can do it in the morning to help us out’. He came storming over, screaming at me that he was the boss and he would decide who does what. I was told to go back into the toilet and rectify my mistakes immediately. I was on my hands and knees cleaning the toilet well after 3am, knowing I stopped being paid 3 hours ago, with a drunk middle-aged man literally stood over me screaming to do a better job.”   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB. 

What do you do when you start getting crazy letters at work? Do you ignore them, post them on the bulletin board, or call the cops! That’s what we hear about today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “Several weeks later, I have a message on my work voicemail. The caller spoke too quickly, and was a bit slurred, but I could make out that he was calling about the soldier and Emma Watson. I also understood the number he gave me to call him back. The number had an Illinois area code, so I assumed he must be a soldier. Thinking there was something further to report about this small story, I called the guy back. At that time, before Emma Watson was “self-partnered,” she was dating a Rugby player who went to Oxford. The guy answered and when I told him who I was, he started telling me Emma Watson’s then-boyfriend was plotting to “assassinate someone prominent”, “blow up a prominent building”, and was a terrorist on top of all that. He also said he reached out to the FBI as well as NBC, Fox, and CNN news. Dumbfounded, I asked “how do you know all this?” I didn’t know what else to say. He said something but didn’t articulate his words, so I couldn’t understand.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Today we jump into the world of corporate bs communications. Pharisees like "dynamically coordinate fungible data" and "intrinsically reconceptualize client-centric processes". You know, crazy shit upper management regurgitates to sound "smart". Where does this insanity start and why? We talk with Corporate communications consultant Michael Voss about this crazy world. 

Working retail can be an exhausting experience. Between impatient customers and management that has no business being in management, the battle sometimes never ends. Retail Nightmare stories today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “I understand your hands are full but seriously? How does someone in their mind think that it was ok to leave the house like that? My thoughts were all over the place. I called the manager and explained the situation. We then grabbed some supplies and gloves to clean up. One of the managers had said "This is nothing compared to what happened the other day. Least this time it was a kid not a grown adult." She then went on to say that a few months back there was a homeless man that came in to poop in one of the isles. He didn't ask for a bathroom, which we do but he didn't ask. He just went somewhere and dumped on the floor!! All I can say is that I am so glad I wasn't there that day.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Overworked  Sometimes employers just ask too much of their employees. Its one thing to be efficient, its another to expect the impossible from a single human being. Today, we talk about overworked and overstressed employees, on office horror stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “He would find one person to pick on and would continue for a while until the next person would do something to set him off and then that was the newest victim. I was the second victim during this time. We have mostly women in our office and due to the environment, it became very toxic for all of us. Some either turned on each other to find favor with the boss where a few shut down, as I had done. The worst day was when we had our largest number of enrolled students and my work was beyond overloaded. I had a small area, but I had it well organized by dates on when paperwork was turned in. I had piles of work in front of my desk and still expected to help with the phones and lunches and breaks, yet never getting any myself. Being that I was raising my son alone and doing my best trying to make things work to keep my house and a good life for my son, I found it easier to just go along with what was needed and earn that paycheck than to say anything at the time. On this usual hectic and busy day someone needed a form for a student and because I could not get to it at that time, she decided to make a complaint. That is all this boss needed to make me the next victim. He sat me down in his office with the person that made a complaint and yelled at how I didn't like this person and I am unorganized. I replied by saying I have no like or dislike for the person and that it wasn't about not being helpful, it was about me having to stop answering calls and doing my work at that moment.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

There is an endless amount of moving company nightmare stories. But what do you do when you’re just trying to do your job moving someone, and your customers seem to be on a mission to make life as difficult as possible? That’s today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “On job is still firmly planted in my memory year later. We were hired to move a family from one city to another with approximately 2 hours’ drive in between. The contract was signed, and we arrived with a deposit paid. We began in the early AM, and I tried to ease my heart attack as our eyes took in how much junk we had to move. The garage was arranged in a pile to the ceiling, approximately 14 feet in height filled with children's toys. When I say pile, I mean it! Nothing was packed in there. We loaded the garage contents, which took most of the time. Upon starting on the house, it was one shock after another approaching a new room. Some things were packed in boxes but covered in sticky substances. The house itself had the potential to be gorgeous if not covered in the thickest layer of dust, crumbs, moldy food, and animal feces I had ever seen. We somehow managed to load up this house while stepping around three extremely obese children who were not monitored by the parents. When snack time arrived for the kids, the mother (who was a nurse) pulled out a massive tray of frozen cheesecake slices. I know that health and diet tend to be prioritized differently when moving but the children's dinner and waistlines possibly suggested it was a regular diet. My heart broke for these kids due to health and living conditions, but I knew it wasn't my place to judge. We continued this move from hell which in total took 20 hours straight to complete.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com

When you work bridal consultant, you would assume your bridal consultant nightmare stories would be about the customers… the brides. Not so! In one of today’s stories, the management at one bridal store could make the worst bridezilla look like a perfect princess! That’s today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:   “One day before I left for work, I realized my one of my dogs chewed up my pair of nice, black flat shoes. I found my old pair and threw them on so I wouldn't be late. At work that day one of my managers didn't like the shoes I had on and told me I should buy a new pair. The shoes were a little worn, but by no means did they break the dress code at all. In his words, my shoes were hideous. I told him how my dogs chewed up my other pair and that I would get another pair when I had time. I was working closing that night, so I knew I wouldn't make it to the store after work. The next day I was opening, so again, I did not have time to get another pair. As I was helping a customer, my manager noticed I was wearing my old shoes again. He proceeded to yell at me in front of a customer about my hideous shoes and how I needed a new pair. I stood there in shock that he had the nerve to yell in front of a customer about a pair of shoes. I believe I went to the breakroom and cried after that because it was humiliating. So badly I wanted to tell him that I could get new shoes if I got paid more and had more time to get to a store to buy some. One of the other managers told me later that day that she would talk to him because there was no reason for him to do that, especially in front of a customer.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com (http://www.officehorrorstories.com/) or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com (http://www.officehorrorstories.com/)  

There’s nothing quite like knowing your co-workers are having an affair in the workplace to make life beyond uncomfortable. Being forced to witness the overt comments, touching, you name it… What do you do in this situation? That’s today on Office Horror Stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  “I'll admit he was attractive but very unprofessional. He was a big flirt, and almost immediately after starting he had his sight set on a lady who worked in my area of the center, although he flirted with most of the women there. At first it was just harmless teasing then one day he took off this lady in my areas wedding ring, yes, that's right, they were flirty that day, and he took her hand, slid off her wedding ring and walked off with it. She laughed and had a curious look on her face, went after him and got it back. That's pushing some boundaries, but he, my boss, too, so I just gave him a dirty look and went about my business. She didn’t seem offended, she seemed flattered. One day we were slow; not a lot of donors were coming in, so most of us were hanging out in reception just chatting, then our manager comes up and starts messing with some of the other girls. The lady he took the ring from, he picked up and put her in a trash can, one of those large round gray ones, she was actually stuck in it, and I and some of the nurses in the center had to tip it to get her out. She was red in the face, I'm sure she was embarrassed but still took it in good stride. Turns out they were having an affair” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Working the late-night bar scene is almost guarantees you will come across unsavory behavior in the workplace. Crazy behavior not only from co-workers but customers as well! Today, a crazy bar horror story on office horror stories. Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about: “The acting manager came over quickly, approached the woman, and told her that she wasn’t allowed to be behind the bar. “Don’t touch me! Don’t f*cking touch me!” She yells, retreating around a corner of the square. “I’m not going to touch you,” says the manager, “but you really can’t be back here.” The woman then reached out for anything that was within grabbing distance, and the first thing her hand closed on was a lidless Tupperware container filled with all of the pub’s freshly washed metal utensils (tongs, measures and things like that). She threw the whole container as hard as she could, maybe at the manager, maybe at nothing in particular. Everything flew out of the gaping top, turning into a stainless-steel scatter-bomb that broke more wine glasses in one dramatic second than we’d lost in all the months I’d worked there. More at - http://officehorrorstories.com/2020/02/13/bar-horror-stories/(opens in a new tab) (http://officehorrorstories.com/?p=173) Now things were really getting exciting, but a dozen or so broken wine glasses still isn’t the end of the world. The true tragedy is that by throwing the utensils, she’d also uncovered the one item we didn’t keep in the Tupperware for safety reasons.” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

How exactly did a boss think it would go when he instructed his nearly all-female staff to “forget about” and not to “mention” the sex-scandal involving its recently re-hired male employee…. That is exactly what we’re about to find out today on Office horror stories! Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about:  My boss and the owner of the festival were very cheap when it came to working with our partners. They expected us to give as little as possible, and in return they wanted everything. Most of the performers ever made there was about $15, and some of them had been working for the festival their entire lives! For a lot of performers, the festival is their only source of income. The breaking point for me was when one of the main entertainers was arrested for sexually assaulting a woman on the festival grounds the prior year. My boss, who was friends with this entertainer, told all of us interns (all-female mind you) to not speak of the arrest to anyone in public. She asked us to pretend like it never happened and to stop listening to any news stories about it, even though all of us were terrified since this entertainer had come into the office and talked to us before. After we were told to stay hush about the scandal, I realized it wasn't worth it to stay interning there, and I found a new job right away. More at - http://officehorrorstories.com/2020/02/11/dont-tell-anyone/ (http://officehorrorstories.com/?p=170) If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Office Gossip can spread like wildfire, especially when co-workers are jealous of each other.   A simple mistake can turn into an epic tale of betrayal and hate in no time at all. Today on office horror stories, we hear about an office with a major problem with gossip.  Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about: “My friend became suspicious about the things she was saying because she knew that my work ethic was nothing like what this crazy woman was saying. It became very scary since the crazy manager could ruin me with her allegations. The thing was that I would never have known if it weren’t for the fact that my friend was getting this information from the woman that my manager was telling. Talk about gossips... I couldn’t do anything about it because my friend was not willing to stand up for me. She was afraid of jeopardizing her job. This went on for so many months, and I would hold myself from saying anything because I knew I couldn’t prove it without backup. I was going to talk to our district manager, but the nutcase beat me to it because I made the mistake of emailing the district manager of a situation I needed to speak to her about. I ended up having to quit because she told our D.M. Another lies about me. I felt defeated since I was known for being reliable, knowledgeable, and responsible, and this woman and her friend decided to get me to quit.” More at - http://officehorrorstories.com/2020/02/04/office-gossip/ (http://officehorrorstories.com/?p=166) If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

What do you do when the dentist that you work for, is quite literally the dentist from hell? We’ve all had bad bosses, but this one may take the cake! Its an adventure in non-sterile equipment, health violations, you name it! The dentist from hell, today on office horror stories!  Here’s a preview of the office horror story we will be talking about: “He would also use the same capsule of Novocain from one patient to the next until they were empty. For the layman, a capsule is a little tube with the Novocain in it, that you would put into the metal holder, with a needle attached. Once you inject a patient using a capsule, there is a little spillback of saliva into the tube, and it is common to find blood in the half-used container. Between this and the not sterilizing the instruments, is where the HIV comes into play. In honesty, I do not know if he was spreading any diseases that way, but the potential there is HUGE. He would bring a big bag of raw vegetables in for his lunch every day, which he kept in the spare operatory. He would grab food out of that bag with gloved hands, and then return to work on the patient, back and forth, without changing gloves. He would go to the bathroom with gloves on and come out of the bathroom and return to working on the patient with the same gloves!” If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

Have you ever heard horror stories from a rideshare driver? Today we dive into what can be the hellish world of driving crazy, drunk people around at night for very little pay! Rideshare nightmare stories today on Office Horror Stories! Share your office horror story with us by calling 1-833-HATE-JOB or write in at http://www.officehorrorstories.com (http://www.officehorrorstories.com/)

What do you do when you’re having difficulty speaking, and everyone thinks the innocent phrase, you’re trying to communicate is explicit and vile? Today, we hear of one such workplace nightmare that most will never forget! Share your office horror story with us by calling 1-833-HATE-JOB or write in at http://www.officehorrorstories.com

What do you do when your boss or the company you work for seems to have no idea how to handle money? When their financial decisions spell sure disaster for you and everyone employed there? Today we hear about crazy money problems on office horror stories!! If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com (http://www.officehorrorstories.com/) or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com (http://www.officehorrorstories.com/)  

How to deal with lying co-workers.  Have you ever had a coworker who went out of their way to lie and make up stories about you? How do you handle it when its just your word against theirs? Is there ever a solution to this headache without one or the other leaving their job? Some co-workers make keeping a job, more trouble than it is worth.  Today we dig deep into stories of coworkers who lie about everything and anything. That’s today on Office Horror Stories! Do you have an office horror story? Do you have a story involving a crazy boss or co-worker? We would love to hear it! Share your office horror story with us at  http://officehorrorstories.com/share-your-office-horror-story/  or call in toll-free at 1-833-HATE-JOB. We may share your office horror story on a future episode of the podcast. This is your chance to share your workplace nightmare anonymously! Go ahead, let it all out!

Warning: This episode contains explicit sexual content. Parental discretion is advised! Everyone has a bad office Christmas party stories. The boss who got plowed out of their mind. The office romance that went from zero to 500 in the course of 6 drinks. Sex, drugs, and bad behavior all come to the surface and many bad office Christmas parties!   If you have an office horror story, we want to hear it! Share it with us by writing in on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com or call in anytime 1-833-HATE-JOB.  To hear more office horror stories be sure to subscribe to our podcast wherever you get your podcasts. Get more info on our website http://www.officehorrorstories.com 

How to deal with lying co-workers. Have you ever had a coworker who went out of their way to lie and make up stories about you? How do you handle it when its just your word against theirs? Is there ever a solution to this headache without one or the other leaving their job? Some co-workers make keeping a job, more trouble than it is worth. Today we dig deep into stories of coworkers who lie about everything and anything. That’s today on Office Horror Stories! Do you have an office horror story? Do you have a story involving a crazy boss or co-worker? We would love to hear it! Share your office horror story with us at http://officehorrorstories.com/share-your-office-horror-story/ or call in toll-free at 1-833-HATE-JOB. We may share your office horror story on a future episode of the podcast. This is your chance to share your workplace nightmare anonymously! Go ahead, let it all out!

Oftentimes co-works will solicit others for money for girl scout cookies or a fundraiser, but what do you do when a female coworker asks you if you would be interested in purchasing a “Peek” at… Yea…  It happened! And we’re going to talk about it today on Office Horror Stories! Get more at http://officehorrorstories.com/?p=102

Professional kitchens can be some of the most stressful and politically incorrect places to work. What do you do we you have a chef from hell who has zero respect for anyone but himself and makes life a living hell for those underneath him? That’s today on Office Horror Stories! Share your office horror story with us by calling 1-833-HATE-JOB or write in at http://www.officehorrorstories.com (http://www.officehorrorstories.com/)   More at http://officehorrorstories.com/?p=90

What do you do when your manager only hires their friends… and the manager's friends are useless? What route do you have to complain about and get the situation fixed? That is the dilemma we find someone in today on Office Horror Stories! Share your office horror story with us by calling 1-833-HATE-JOB or write in at http://www.officehorrorstories.com (http://www.officehorrorstories.com/)   More at http://officehorrorstories.com/?p=87

What do you do when your boss is crazy? Is there ever a way to fix the personality of a crazy boss? Do you simply endure the crazy boss or do you find a new job and move on? Today we hear stories about a boss that is crazy as f#&@! Share your office horror story with us by calling 1-833-HATE-JOB or write in at http://www.officehorrorstories.com  More at http://officehorrorstories.com/2019/11/13/crazy-as-fk-boss/

Can you get fired for attending a funeral? In many cases, the answer is no. However, some bosses may believe otherwise. On today's episode of Office Horror Stories, we hear about an overzealous boss who simply refuses to accept that an employee wants to attend the funeral of their own sister! What length will this crazy boss go to in a mission to make the life of their employee hell? What can an employee do if a boss refuses to let you go to a funeral? Especially the funeral of a close family member?  An act of god requires a parent to pick their child up early from school, leading one boss to go crazy. No, the different colors of pens do not have a secret meaning. One crazy customer disagrees. A boss considers firing their employees for attending their own sister’s funeral! Share your office horror story with us by calling 1-833-HATE-JOB or write in at http://www.officehorrorstories.com  More at http://officehorrorstories.com/2019/11/13/can-you-be-fired-for-attending-a-funeral/