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Excalibur

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What's the biggest mistake u have made at work or witnessed and the financial ramifications and fall out.
 
I worked in a biscuit factory once and accidentally completely chocolate coated my arm. Don’t think it was a financial disaster but I was soundly laughed at.
 
wow, what a great question. Not gonna go into detail but I made a major cock up which had very short term ramifications for a great many people around the country,
 
Worked as a student at Cooksons bakery in Lytham . The lady at the end of the fresh cream chocolate éclair belt took sick and I was given the job . Supposed to gather them up , place on trays , then on racks. Was just about keeping up until I realised I hadn't sourced a new rack . After about 2 minutes I was upto my knees with éclairs with no idea how to stop the onslaught ! Funny now 🤣
 
... I'm a painter and decorator...multiple times getting mixed up and putting the wrong colours on ...scrapping down the windows on the wrong house .... going 2 the wrong job...
 
I owned a DIY store and attached garden centre…..i carelessly ripped a 75 litre bag of compost on a pallet edge….£4.99 Fuming….
 
I managed to shut down a large part of the payroll system for a multi-billion dollar corporation when I pointed out that US law, in particular tax law, does not apply across the globe.
 
Work experience during 5th year at a plant nursery. It was raining so I was told to weed the poly tunnel, which I did. At the end of the day the owner asked where the 1000s of baby tree saplings had gone. I left immediately
 
Relief chef at Norwich Union call centre at Southampton ,,,,it was a theme day ,,clients had to chose their own ingredients ,and I was to stir fry it for them,,on the counter ,,no one told me ,,Should open the door behind me to allow the smoke from stir frying to escape ,,,didnt notice the smoke alarm above the service point ,,,whoops ,,,smoke alarm goes off ,,,the whole call centre had to close all phone lines ,,while building was evacuated ,,,lots of fire engines arrived ,,,good job ,,it was a hot sunny July day ,,
 
About 30 years ago I worked for a fresh produce company. I a full van totalling 2.5k for a few restaurants and a car did an emergency stop in st Anne’s as they missed their turn the car behind that smashed into it and I wiped the pair of them out. I wasn’t wearing my seat belt. When I came round and opened my eyes and looked at the carnage i knew I was done for. I was taken to hospital as was a few of the others. 1st car was full 5 people including the driver, 2nd car had 4 in including the driver. All 3 vehicles were written of 2.5k of fresh produce destroyed or left to spoil and I was sacked whilst laying in my hospital bed. Me and my first wife had only just bought our first home and been in it 4 weeks.
I learnt a lot of lessons from that.
 
ansdellmafia said:
Worked as a student at Cooksons bakery in Lytham . The lady at the end of the fresh cream chocolate éclair belt took sick and I was given the job . Supposed to gather them up , place on trays , then on racks. Was just about keeping up until I realised I hadn't sourced a new rack . After about 2 minutes I was upto my knees with éclairs with no idea how to stop the onslaught ! Funny now 🤣
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I did a few shifts at Cooksons too. Conveyor that you packed the barm cakes into broke down but conveyor delivering kept going. Soon knee deep in barm cakes. 😂
 
I often wonder if I unknowingly disposed of any dead bodies in cars when I was given backhanders to slice them finer than usual after the crush when I was in charge of the crusher at a scrapyard in my 20s.
 
Wizaard said:
I spilt lighter fluid on my arm which subsequently caught fire as I was driving. I put my arm out of the window to blow out the flames but it just flared up.

I was pulled over by the police who charged me for being in possession of an illegal firearm
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FFS
 
ansdellmafia said:
Worked as a student at Cooksons bakery in Lytham . The lady at the end of the fresh cream chocolate éclair belt took sick and I was given the job . Supposed to gather them up , place on trays , then on racks. Was just about keeping up until I realised I hadn't sourced a new rack . After about 2 minutes I was upto my knees with éclairs with no idea how to stop the onslaught ! Funny now 🤣
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I did a couple of shifts there nights

Bloody hard graft from what I remember at the time
 
A mate of mine is a copper. He had 2 search warrants. Went to the first house and gave them the warrant and all went as planned. Went to the 2nd location and gave the warrant. Big team ready to enter when occupant notices wrong address on warrant. Had given the wrong warrant to the first house and they didn't notice. They couldn't enter the property and unsurprisingly nothing was found by the time a new warrant arrived. He got dressed down by the boss and also later had to put a tab on the bar, and everybody was keen for a drink and to come and take the piss out of him.
 
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Excalibur said:
What's the biggest mistake u have made at work or witnessed and the financial ramifications and fall out.
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I made a series of stupid, reckless, feeble minded, dogmatic economic decisions that completely tanked the country's finances to the tune of £30-£40 billion; and I self identify as Liz.
 
LA-KINGS said:
A mate of mine is a copper. He had 2 search warrants. Went to the first house and gave them the warrant and all went as planned. Went to the 2nd location and gave the warrant. Big team ready to enter when occupant notices wrong address on warrant. Had given the wrong warrant to the first house and they didn't notice. They couldn't enter the property and unsurprisingly nothing was found by the time a new warrant arrived. He got dressed down by the boss and also later had to put a tab on the bar, and everybody was keen for a drink and to come and take the piss out of him.
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It’s always a mate!
 
Fitter wanted me to quickly run the blower to clear a blocked sugar transport line "I'll hold a hessian sack over the end of the pipe just run the blower for a few seconds" he said, so I did as he asked and ran it for 3-4 seconds. Next thing I heard the fire alarm going off. I went to where he was & it was like a scene from a Christmas card & he was completely white. It took me a few days to stop giggling about it especially when I found out he had used a cardboard sack not hessian. It's not a big mistake but I just chuckled writing this thinking about the guy who's overalls changed from navy blue to white & the only bit that wasn't white was around his eyes where his spec's were. 😂 😂
 
I once left a finished bathroom before the lady whose house it was had returned home from work.
I had left her a note thanking her for the biscuits and brews and telling her I hoped she would enjoy her new sparkly bathroom.
When she phoned me later, I thought it was to thank me. The bathroom was unbelievably good and I was proud of how it looked.
She was in tears of what I thought was gratitude until she finally got it out that her kitchen ceiling was on the floor 😂😂😂.
Not too much damage but still, I'd had a shocker. 😂
 
ansdellmafia said:
Worked as a student at Cooksons bakery in Lytham . The lady at the end of the fresh cream chocolate éclair belt took sick and I was given the job . Supposed to gather them up , place on trays , then on racks. Was just about keeping up until I realised I hadn't sourced a new rack . After about 2 minutes I was upto my knees with éclairs with no idea how to stop the onslaught ! Funny now 🤣
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