We all know what it’s like to have a bad day at work. Maybe your coffee machine decided to break down right when you needed that morning jolt, or you accidentally sent an email to the entire company instead of just your team.
But no matter how rough our days get, there’s always someone out there who’s got it worse. And thanks to the internet, we get to share in the misery and, more importantly, the laughs. So, check out some truly unfortunate souls who probably had a worse day at work than you did.
1. Scene Outside My Apartment Today. A Crane Was Holding A Big Crate Of Paint. Then It Wasn’t
2. 5,000 Liters Of Ink Spilled
3. It Was Pajama Day At Work. Guess Who Was The Only One Who Participated?
4. I’m Stuck In An Elevator, And I’m The Only One In The Building. I Work Security So There’s No One Else Here.
5. That’s Why I Window Share, Not Full-Screen Share
6. My Classroom After A Preschool Tantrum. 3.5-Year-Olds. The Parents Insist The Child’s Behavior Is Not The Problem.
7. Company Enforced Monthly 2-Hour Drive In To The Office To Improve Collaborative Working.
8. This Wins The Internet
9. I Brought Muffins To Work Because Of My Birthday, And 5 Minutes Later They Told Me I Was Being Fired Because Of Budget Cuts.
10. Customer Left A S**ty Tip, Quite Literally
11. I Caught Hand, Foot And Mouth Disease At My Job As A Daycare Teacher
12. My Old Office Once Held A Birthday Party For Me And Served Pork Tacos, I’m Muslim
13. I’m The Only Person In My Entire Office Of 30 People Who Dressed Up Today, And I’m In A Full-Body Banana Suit
14. Got Off Work To No Road Home
15. That’s Tough
16. Someone Stole The AC Unit From Where I Work
17. Customer Ordered All This Food On Uber Eats And Canceled The Order The Moment I Finished Making Everything
18. Crane Tipped Over Onto A Mostly Completed School
19. Decided Today I Was Going To Take A Different Route In The Construction Zone To Get To Work
20. Kids Trash Thrift Shop’s Toy Section, Parents Don’t Care
21. There’s A Massive Hole In My Pants And I Only Noticed An Hour Ago. No One Said Anything To Me
22. Looks Like Someone Forgot To Put On The Parking Break
23. Just Happened To Be Right Behind The Wreck
24. Contractor Fell Through My Sister’s Ceiling
25. Orientation For My New Job Is Today, And My Eye Decides To Look Like This When I Wake Up
26. Wife Was Surprised Coming Back From Her Break At Work
27. The Businesses In My Shopping Center Decided That The Recycling Chute (Two Units Down) Was Too Far To Walk. That Door Is My Store.
28. I Let Someone Borrow My Knife At Work, This Is How They Gave It Back To Me
Chris, co-owner of WorldWideInterweb, is a true aficionado of all things internet and meme-y. When he’s not curating the best of the web, you’ll likely find him on the golf courses of Florida.