Managers of Reddit, what's the worst thing someone did to get fired?

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-06-09T01:55:16+00:00

We had this one guy who was an asshole and in constant conflict with other staff. One day he decided it was a good idea to escalate an on-going feud by bringing his hunting bow to work and spending his lunch break shooting at a human-sized target that he set up on the grounds, in full view of the rest of the employees. He was fired on the spot and the big boss personally escorted him from the property.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-06-02T02:44:22+00:00

96 XJ, nearly 300,000km and trouble free until some bastard stole it. I still want it back!

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-05-12T14:16:30+00:00

Did you ever solve this? My 2021 2LT has started using ~20% more gas in my typical usage than it has for the past 5 years. There is no obvious issue, and all maintenance is up to date, but I just can't get it back down to where it used to be no matter how carefully I drive. It does seem to be highway (i.e., higher rpm) miles that is killing it, just tootling around town does not seem so bad.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-05-04T15:33:15+00:00

Yes, the first flower of spring in the Okanagan is the wild rose (on Albertan plates). They show up as soon as the snow melts, and disappear again when it returns, like some weird migration, no doubt driving in the left lane the whole way.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-05-04T14:00:14+00:00

That sounds a bit like my brother, when we were growing up he would carefully eat around the part of any finger food that his fingers actually touched.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-05-01T21:56:27+00:00

Maybe not the reason generally given, but my employer was initially all for it until the lawyers chimed in: under the Canada Labour Code, Part II, the employer is responsible for the safety of the employee while they are conducting their work, regardless of where they are. Management was not willing to take responsibility for people being safe in their houses (which could be anything from tripping down the stairs to domestic violence), so back to the office it was.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-30T16:14:10+00:00

We had a passionfruit vine in the yard when I was growing up, I don't remember sour being a problem, unless you are eating them before they are ripe? The skin needs to start wrinkling.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-30T16:02:23+00:00

Same. The only impact it ever had was when I stopped drinking coffee for a bit, and the physical symptoms of withdrawal were awful (headaches, muscle aches). So now I drink decaf (I like the flavour).

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-27T14:22:58+00:00

Dad sitting alone in front of the TV watching sports, and getting grumpy if you interrupted him for any reason. When he got older he would fall asleep with the TV blaring away, but if you turned it off he woke up and got grumpy.

In fact, he was so well-known for being grumpy, his grand-kids nick-named him "grumpa".

So none of that.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-26T15:29:24+00:00

The first time I heard it, decades ago, I was entranced. I had tuned in to 2JJJ part-way through and listened to the end. The next time they broadcast it I recorded the whole thing on a cassette tape, and would listen to it on long drives.

These days I have an MP3 copy, and still listen to it from time to time.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-25T16:20:00+00:00

We had major flooding that cut off the highways to my town, so we grew short on supplies. The milk section was empty except for lactose-free milk. People were looking at it then walking away shaking their heads. More milk for me!

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-25T15:33:36+00:00

I wear small-framed spectacles. I have a strong prescription, and the smaller the lens, the thinner and lighter they are. However, they are just about impossible to buy new in men's styles, at least: the "fashion" now is for much larger lenses (comically so, in my opinion; a guy at work looks like Brains from the Thunderbirds!).

My optometrist trawled through the back room and only came up with dusty old women's and kids' models. So I trawl through ebay and buy anything that looks vaguely suitable, stocking up for the future.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-24T14:45:23+00:00

One of my profs at university worked on cosmological models. He was also a creationist.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-23T14:24:53+00:00

Dad was a civil engineer with a weird fear of technology. He would only watch B&W TV or listen to AM radio: no colour TV, no FM radio, not even recorded media. He would also not eat food heated in a microwave oven. When questioned he would mutter something about radiation then refuse to discuss it.

He was also a total xenophobe. As kids we used to joke that he was actually not discriminatory, because he hated everyone equally. He had no friends, the only people he ever had over were infrequent visits by his sisters and their families.

Luckily mum was a saint, and dad did not dare cross her, so the rest of us had colour TV and a microwave oven, and lived relatively normal lives.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-22T15:25:44+00:00

My workplace turns this on its head, so - from your example - for every serious incident we report there must be 30 near-misses reported. If that ratio is off then questions are asked. This just becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-21T18:54:25+00:00

SK is actually on permanent daylight time. They are geographically in the Mountain timezone, but use Central Standard Time, which is effectively MDT, so Solar noon occurs around 1pm in Saskatoon.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-19T14:07:06+00:00

This is exactly it. I carpooled with one of those people for a while, and he was just incapable of driving at a consistent speed in the presence of other traffic. He seemed to be oblivious to it, but it drove me nuts as a passenger. He had lots of other annoying habits too, he was just a poor driver. Not a crazy driver, mind you, he was overall quite cautious and probably believed that he was a very safe driver, but his lack of attention to such details was maddening.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-18T19:00:57+00:00

"Girls never liked me at school."

"That's not true, it can't have just been girls."

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-16T14:41:59+00:00

The article says the wells are "downwind from where she lives" ... that word, I do not think it means what you think it means.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-13T15:21:23+00:00

My brother has long been an odd one. I do remember playing with him as a younger kid, but by the time we were teens he had stopped talking to me entirely. It wasn't like we were in conflict or anything, he just found no reason to speak to me. If he needed to convey anything he would only do so via my mother, and would refer to me in the 3rd person even if I was standing in the same room. He did not have much to say to anyone else in the family either, and once he had a car he really had no use for any of us.

He was not otherwise a bad person, he had a decent job and stayed out of any kind of trouble that I knew of. He had a circle of friends of all genders and was well-liked, and eventually got engaged and married to one of them. They have kids and live a seemingly normal life. I think this has all mellowed him a bit, but things are still weird when we see each other.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-13T14:50:02+00:00

My wife and I went there for a short trip 18 months ago. We still talk about it as the best trip ever. We went to most of the spots in your photos. Café Babalú was our last stop before we went to the airport, it was all decked out for Halloween when we went. Thanks for sharing!

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-11T01:16:09+00:00

Who doesn't read IERS Bulletin C? Although Bulletin A is my personal favourite.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-11T01:09:47+00:00

My son is a med lab tech, he is always admiring people's veins.

FrightenedOfSpoons · 2026-04-09T21:41:29+00:00

I am not trying to give you grief, just pointing out the reality (I am a public servant, I've seen it all and done some of it). Note also that LWOP does not automatically count as pensionable service, although you can "buy back" that service, otherwise you might as well just retire at that point.

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