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re: ever witness a real life Epic Melt on the work place?
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:19 am to Count Chocula
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:19 am to Count Chocula
Not a crazy/yelling melt, but we had a guy that lost a really close family member and then went missing for 2 weeks. Police were called, they searched for him and everything. He just randomly showed up back at his house and came to work the next day like nothing happened. Two days later, he called in sick and no one heard from him for another week. HR finally got ahold of him and went to his house to find it in total shambles. He showed up to work a couple days later in a fish net shirt to grab a couple things out of his office and that was it. He left all sorts of personal stuff.
Turned out he was a closet gay and his uncle that died was a gay guy that was kind of shunned by his family. There were some rumors that the uncle abused him as a kid, but that was probably just gossip. Anyways, it turns out the dude inherited a good chunk of money from his dead uncle and said, "frick it, I'm going to live however the hell I want." Now he's off the grid and supposedly hiking the Rocky Mountain trail or something with his partner.
I don't think anything got done around our office that whole month. It was just 8 hours a day of gossip.
Turned out he was a closet gay and his uncle that died was a gay guy that was kind of shunned by his family. There were some rumors that the uncle abused him as a kid, but that was probably just gossip. Anyways, it turns out the dude inherited a good chunk of money from his dead uncle and said, "frick it, I'm going to live however the hell I want." Now he's off the grid and supposedly hiking the Rocky Mountain trail or something with his partner.
I don't think anything got done around our office that whole month. It was just 8 hours a day of gossip.
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Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:20 am to Ace Midnight
quote:Believe me, Im not that smart, nor do I care enough
, I might have given them enough to make a guess that maybe they knew her. I considered that might have been what you were doing.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:23 am to terd ferguson
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terd ferguson
Do people sometimes lose their minds when at sea in a submarine?
How often does this kind of thing happen?
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:30 am to Tiger Ryno
Not really a meltdown, but we had a paralegal that everyone knew smoked the reefer frequently.
I was a law clerk at the time and overheard the senior partner telling her that if she came to work blazed one more time, he was going to drug test her and fire her.
These two people had a fantastic relationship and the partner probably wouldn't have done anything if not for the fact that clients noticed.
She breaks down and swears she will never again do this and goes on and on about how much she loves this job and wants to stay there forever.
Next week, she comes in with bloodshot eyes and acting high. Boss drug tests her. She had so much THC in her system that the guys at the testing company said they couldn't get an accurate reading. They told us that she must have basically smoked wax in her car immediately before walking into the office.
Sure enough, she was fired on the spot as soon as the results were in. She cried and begged and pleaded and acted as if it wasn't her fault. She really threw away a great thing because she couldn't wait until after work.
I was a law clerk at the time and overheard the senior partner telling her that if she came to work blazed one more time, he was going to drug test her and fire her.
These two people had a fantastic relationship and the partner probably wouldn't have done anything if not for the fact that clients noticed.
She breaks down and swears she will never again do this and goes on and on about how much she loves this job and wants to stay there forever.
Next week, she comes in with bloodshot eyes and acting high. Boss drug tests her. She had so much THC in her system that the guys at the testing company said they couldn't get an accurate reading. They told us that she must have basically smoked wax in her car immediately before walking into the office.
Sure enough, she was fired on the spot as soon as the results were in. She cried and begged and pleaded and acted as if it wasn't her fault. She really threw away a great thing because she couldn't wait until after work.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:46 am to CBandits82
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Do people sometimes lose their minds when at sea in a submarine?
No, we tried to weed out the people that would lose their mind before we went to sea. Someone losing it and banging on a hatch doesn't really help the sub in its mission of staying quiet.
This resulted in a very real culture of hazing that still exists in the sub force. We had to know the dude next to us wouldn't crack. Having a 165MW reactor at depth isn't something you want crazy people near.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:53 am to CBandits82
The mentally weak are normally dealt with at lower levels. Then they either straighten up or GTFO when you get back to port. Every now and then you have a situation terd, gas man, etc have posted already.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:55 am to boddagetta
Curious, do they have "smoking areas" on nuclear subs?
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:56 am to Count Chocula
They used to. Banned it in 2010 I believe. I got out in 2009 and there were still 2 smoking pits onboard, one by the diesel, and one near the shaft seals.
This post was edited on 2/11/15 at 10:58 am
Posted on 2/11/15 at 10:56 am to Count Chocula
They did when I was in. Down by the diesels.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:17 am to 9th life
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I had a co-worker snap on me. He was having problems at home with his son, named Kyle. He was telling a story and I was half listening and when he said the name "Kyle," I chimed in and said "My middle name is Kyle."
He snapped, stood up started cursing at me, picked up a folding chair held it up told me he'd crush my skull and then flung it against the wall. Then he went into the bosses office and cried for a while.
MAYBE NEXT TIME YOU WON'T TRY TO MAKE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR MIDDLE NAME!!
How did you react?
Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:23 am to BRgetthenet
Watching a person explode while playing golf is damn hard to beat. That is some funny stuff. Slamming clubs into the ground(and breaking them), throwing clubs,etc. It's a beautiful thing.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:25 am to Tiger Ryno
Had a receptionist that couldn't ever get the copy machine to work. She was as dumb as a brick.
After trying numerous times of yelling and cursing she starts tearing up the machine. Ripped a door off and then threw one of toner cartridges across the room. She pushed part of the feeder out of the building came in and grabbed her purse and left. Never seen her again.
After trying numerous times of yelling and cursing she starts tearing up the machine. Ripped a door off and then threw one of toner cartridges across the room. She pushed part of the feeder out of the building came in and grabbed her purse and left. Never seen her again.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:26 am to Tiger Ryno
Two "born again Christian " guys I was in business with went at each other after hours. One finally breaks down and yells,"oh yeah?!?!? Well frick youuuuuu!!!!!" And proceeds to start ripping all the electronics outta the wall yelling,"this shite is all mine motherfrickers!!"
I couldn't stop laughing because they both were so straight n narrow that you never heard them even raise their voice. One of the greatest melts I've ever witnessed.
I couldn't stop laughing because they both were so straight n narrow that you never heard them even raise their voice. One of the greatest melts I've ever witnessed.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:29 am to TheGasMan
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They used to. Banned it in 2010 I believe
Glad I'm not around for this shite. I don't smoke anymore but I sure as frick did when I was on the boat... no cigarettes and now they're putting women on the crew. Jesus frick... what a bunch of namby-pamby bullshite.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:51 am to Tiger Ryno
Had a boss (CIO) freak out late one Friday afternoon. Smart guy, never heard him raise his voice, and avoided confrontation. A manager and another co-worker, male and female, were in the CIO's office nagging him about God-knows-what. The CIO starts yelling at the top of his lungs...throwing stuff. My cubicle was right outside his office. CIO storms out and hits the parking lot. Forgot his keys so he storms back in and yells some more. It's scary as hell when someone snaps out of character.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 11:53 am to Tiger Ryno
[tl;dr]had a guy that worked for me nicknamed "T-bone". he was supposed to paint a small part on a vehicle that had to be delivered that day. i kept checking on it throughout the day. at about 4:30 in the afternoon (hour before quitting time) it still wasn't painted.
when i went to the paint booth to check on it, t-bone yelled at me, "don't frickin' go back there!"
i asked who the frick he thought he was talking to.
i'm not sure what all he started yelling. i told him to grab his shite and get the frick out.
he started throwing shite all around the shop and threatening to whip my arse. (i'm 6'2", he's 5' with a back brace). he wanted me and him to "go across the street". i told him to stop collecting his shite and get off the property or i was calling the law.
he cursed me and called my a pussy and at that point i'd had more than i could take. i started walking toward him. he said "you touch me, i'll call the law".
i restrained myself and called the cops to escort him off the property.
he showed up the next morning and apologized for everything from the evening before. i told him thank you for the apology but you're still fired. he went off again threatening me and telling me to walk across the street with him. again, the cops were called to escort him off the property.[/tl;dr]
when i went to the paint booth to check on it, t-bone yelled at me, "don't frickin' go back there!"
i asked who the frick he thought he was talking to.
i'm not sure what all he started yelling. i told him to grab his shite and get the frick out.
he started throwing shite all around the shop and threatening to whip my arse. (i'm 6'2", he's 5' with a back brace). he wanted me and him to "go across the street". i told him to stop collecting his shite and get off the property or i was calling the law.
he cursed me and called my a pussy and at that point i'd had more than i could take. i started walking toward him. he said "you touch me, i'll call the law".
i restrained myself and called the cops to escort him off the property.
he showed up the next morning and apologized for everything from the evening before. i told him thank you for the apology but you're still fired. he went off again threatening me and telling me to walk across the street with him. again, the cops were called to escort him off the property.[/tl;dr]
Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:23 pm to Tiger Ryno
Three co-workers of mine at a midrange paper supply firm were involved in a love triangle. One of the men, a preppy Ivy-league type was engaged to the woman, a straight-laced bible-thumper. Turns out she was still hitting another guy in the office, a real alpha male type dude. Apparently they had been involved for quite some time, even dating back to before she met the fiance, the preppy dude. Well one day everything surfaces and the fiance finds out.
Long story short, the spurned fiance partially runs over the other dude with his electric car- guy didn't see, or hear, it coming at all.
Long story short, the spurned fiance partially runs over the other dude with his electric car- guy didn't see, or hear, it coming at all.
Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:37 pm to Ace Midnight
quote:
girl went home and killed herself
I used to get called in for critical incident debriefings after this kind of thing happened...was really difficult on the people who worked with the folks.."i never thought he/she would actually do it" was a common theme
Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:43 pm to DLauw
That's funny. I have a friend who was dying to earn a cool nickname at work. While in a meeting with his boss and colleagues, he thought that if he ordered a T-bone steak for lunch, people would start calling him "T-bone." It just so happened that the guy just before him ordered a t-bone, which prompted everyone to start calling him "T-bone" instead of my friend. My friend got so upset that he pulled the guy into another room and just went apeshit on him, literally. His arms were flailing around like an ape or monkey, and he even had a banana in his hands. He was able to convince the guy to let him have the "T-bone" nickname, but little did he know that everyone in the meeting had been watching the altercation through a window in the room behind that was behind him. He tried to tell everyone that he was "T-bone" now, but they all had chosen his nickname to be "Koko", as in Koko the monkey.
This post was edited on 2/11/15 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 2/11/15 at 12:47 pm to SUB
t-bone is way to cool for george...koko was appropriate
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