Worst work experience?

[gustavofring]

For me I once worked at a sort of retail thing that sells stuff like coffee and snacks in trains. Employees with huge back packs filled with coffee go on trains and then sell it to people on it.

I was about 20, completely inexperienced, but I got placed in a pretty high position, like a sort of floor-manager, the one who arranges that all the guys with the backpacks catch the trains at the right time and that their backpacks are filled with the right stuff. Also had to count the money and other stuff. I guess they hired me because I was young (cheap) and because I guess they somehow saw me as a confident person. I was really glad that I got the job, I was high on the fact that people gave me a pretty well paid job with responsibility.

I didn't last a week. I was fired.
I blacked out completely. It started off with not sleeping well the night before, as I always have when starting new jobs. Got confused with train times, forgot all sorts of stuff, had trouble counting money, and the worst thing is that I forgot to put the lid on the coffee backpacks after they were filled. I forgot about it because I was so nervous during training. So, the hot coffee leaked a lot. It's a miracle noone got injured. But the whole place was a wet mess. It was just so embarrassing, everyone was judging, making jokes, or pitying me. I could sink through the floor.

I was just so completely numbed out by anxiety that I completely screwed up. Jobs with this sort of responsibility and fast interaction are just a NO-GO for me, unless I get proper time to prepare. And also really grasp what the work is. It might just be me, and my numbing anxiety, but some people are also really BAD at clearly explaining all the Ins and outs of a job.

 

[MollyBeGood]

I was 14 and taking care of about 30 horses at this horse farm. I was feeding them hay in the morning and I lost a pair of wire cutters I used to cut the string off the bales. My boss/riding instructor was so pissed off at me she yelled at me till I was in tears and threatened to fire me until I found them. I have never felt so scared and humiliated by someone.

that was my first horrible job experience...there have been many more since.

 

[Quiet Angel]

All 3 of my jobs have been bad work experiences so I am very hesitant to approaching the work world but it's mandatory. I tried my absolute best in every work setting but my disability interfered with my perfomance, unfortunately. I must find a job most suitable for me. Anyway:

I worked at a restaurant. My responsibility for working in the kitchen was preparing salads, soup, bread buns, pie, ice cream, and a few other foods. It was very fast paced and I made a few mistakes. My co-workers gossiped about me loudly, saying: "She's the worst worker we've ever had". My boss approached me afterword looking very upset. Nobody at the restaurant likes him at all; he's never nice to anyone. He said to me, "You're just like a race horse with a blindfold on; you just aren't productive. Also, you seem to get confused between the banana and lemon pie. They're both different colors. Are you color blind? Have you been tested to see if you were color blind? Let me give you a test." He held up sugar packets in front of my face saying, "What color is this? And this? And this?" Unintentionally, I cried in front of him and put in my weeks notice.

Here's one more story. It's ridiculous. I worked at a bed and breakfeast; I knew fast food was NOT my strong suit, so I thought cleaning rooms would be perfect. I worked only one day there and got fired on the very first day. That's because I cleaned every single part of the room but forgot to take out the used towels and glasses. My boss inspected it unhappily and fired me.

 

[MollyBeGood]

^Yuck Shy Angel! I have been called "Wednesday" (from the munsters?) once by some rude biotch in a restaurant I worked at, and she made me feel like crapola for being shy all the time. She was an obnoxious **** though but still it bugged me a lot.

I spilled ice water on some guys lap at this four star inn I worked at busing tables in middle school-that sucked!

 

[Iluv]

I have so many from work. Bad experiences galore, here's my first encounter:

So, I was working the cash register at my part-time job and this very prude & stuck up lady walks in. She was trying to order something but had a heavy British accent. I have a difficult time understanding heavy accents because I get scared I will mess up so she was trying to order a bagel with cheese. But she kept rephrasing it (Sometimes I think she just did this on purpose because my tag said 'in-training'')
So our convo went like this, she walked up with her nose in the air like she owned the joint and said:
"I want a Bagel"
"Ok, with what on it?"
"Toasted with *Not sure what she said*"
"Cream cheese?"
"No, I said *had no idea again*"
"Bagel with cheese? What sort of cheese would you like?"
"I shouldn't have to repeat myself, you know we speak English in Canada!" (Rude tone)
Her husband was standing beside her and I could tell he was embarrassed for both of them because she was being rude. And then she made him complain to my co-worker about me. I went in the back and cried. It's either cry or go out and punch her in the face.

 

[WeirdyMcGee]

My first real payroll job when I was 15-- my sister had me take over for her at a jewelry store when she left for university.
my boss hated me from the first day and would force me to polish silver for 5 hours at a time-- without bathroom breaks.
He would leave to get drunk and come back at the end of my shift to yell at me for not having done a huge list of things that he didn't even hint he wanted me to do.
Whenever anything went missing, he would accuse me of stealing it-- we even had security cameras, but of course... there was no proof because he was just making it up.

He would say that I was stupid and not as good of a worker as my sister-- and not allow me any time to eat lunch.

...yeah... well, lots happened in the 8 months I worked there, then he fired me one morning for 'being 5 minutes late every day' and for 'stealing'.
I cried for days.
Being accused of stealing isn't nice-- neither is getting fired.
I did get another job the same day, though...

Then he hired 2 teenagers to do the work I was doing on my own and they would show up at school with stolen jewelry and boast about how they took it without him even noticing but THEY worked there for years.

 

[theslowesthand]

The first "bad experience" was this: I "had the hots" for this older woman. It SEEMED like she at time was flirting with me (but wasn't). So one day i squirted her with a water bottle, and right at the same time a guy called me over, to say he enjoyed my music tape i'd lent him, so i said 'super, man' (couldn't think of anything else to say). But of course the lady i squirted heard this. So next day i was called into manager's office, and sacked.

The next one (in chronological order), was when i had been "obsessing" about a teenaged girl at a job, for a week or so. It SEEMED she was flirting with another guy at work (actually she was just being friendly). I reached a point where i couldn't "contain myself" any more, so blurted out to her some stuff (about her "flirting", her attractive looks (~'you're too good-loooking, you look even more manly than i do!', etc)). I "meant well", but it just wasn't thought-out well at all. I acted on impulse, speaking without thinking. So the damage was done, and she walked off the job. But i dont think i could avoid this, as the employers were away, and i had nobody to talk to about it (i had been "holding it all in " for several days, and was now getting too hard to deal with). A week later (after i was warned by employer), i said sth like 'have you forgiven me yet?', which resulted in me finally getting dismissed.

 

[MsBuzzkillington]

I have had a lot of bad work experiences but Weirdy's mention of being accused of stealing reminded me of a doosey of an experience.

I worked at a department store and I was working in the junior's section. I went in to clean out the fitting rooms and there was an open room with a purse in it. I just walked passed that one and went to the others. I went into the second and grabbed all the clothes and some girl came in and cornered me in the room. She was like "give it back, just give it back." I was like, what in the world are you talking about? She kept saying how she needed that money and she would give me half if I just gave it back. I was SOOO confused.

It was really horrible too because the fitting room set up was basically the rooms in a long line on the left and then small walkway to get out/walk to other rooms, so she had me trapped back there. She kept trying to bargain with me trying to get me to give her the money back that "I stole". She kept telling me how she just cashed her check and she needed the money for rent and just on and on. I finally managed to get out of the fitting rooms. When I went out to the register area she was still harassing me about it. She called her mom over and they both started harassing me about it. They called my manager over and they asked to talk to security and they made security look at the tapes. Everyone was backing me up. They were saying that I would never do anything like that.

Keep in mind I am wearing a pair of black slacks with no pockets and a shirt with no pockets. I am not sure what she thought I did with the money in the 30 seconds I was in the fitting room, swallow it? I kept patting my shirt and pants saying where would it be?! I have no where to put it! The security lady finally told her to just leave and that if she wanted to file something with the police in the mall she could but they were done. So they did! A few minutes later they had come back with a police officer to talk to me. He asked to see my purse and I just opened it up and threw it on the counter. He could tell I was angry and I think he could tell that I was annoyed because I didn't do anything. He talked to us a bit longer and asked me some more questions, asked the security lady some questions and then he said there was nothing more he could do. So he left. The girl and her mom were so angry with me and they looked at me with disgust in their faces, telling me that I would get what was coming to me or whatever. It was the most insane experience!

I definitely did NOT steal the money. I wouldn't have had time. I literally walked into the fitting rooms, turned the corner, picked up some clothes and BAM she was in my face. It was like she was waiting to pounce. Who leaves their purse FULL OF MONEY in an open dressing room anyway?

 

[AGR]

rumors about me,rumors about me being gay then later sabotaging my work,I could beat up the main antagonizer,but he was only with a group, everybody liked him because he was really good looking,charismatic and a "bad boy",if he wanted he would gossip and suddenly people would stop talking with you,he did this with other people too,not saying that I am an angel, looking back I could have done some things better,this made me a better man overall,but it lowered my self esteem more.

 

[Gaucho]

my first job was at one of the biggest textiles fairs in the world. It was my first working day ever and there were waiting lines of 10 people, i was selling the tickets. It wasn't just printing tickets, but had to register all these guys company in the computer\system(name,address,company name, post code...) and many were from asia !! lol were it was impossible to read the different things on the buisenes card. And on that very first day i even forgot to return the master card of 1 client, he also didn't notice, and i found out after 5 mins that i still had it nd he already was over all hills LOL. i was damned scared,coplete shocked how i screwed up already up. luckily at the end of the day i returned the Visa to secretary/boss place were forgotten thing belong and they weren't mad at me.

all in all I can't complain about my working time there

 

[coyote]

after working my way up through the ranks into supervision and then into management, i moved across country and secured a position as the county department head in charge of the agency i worked for

first off - it turned out to be more of a political position than i had understood. i was expected to schmooze and liaise with other officials and politicians about policy rather than actually manage my department

secondly - there were some existing office politics that i was not prepared for. i ended up being betrayed by my own staff - stabbed in the back and forced to defend the very decisions that i had been encouraged to make

i failed miserably - the whole experience really did alot of emotional damage

 

[Silatuyok]

My very worst work experience was about six weeks in an office. I will never work in an office again.

 

[coyote]

My very worst work experience was about six weeks in an office. I will never work in an office again.

i believe that being stuck in an office doing paper work is one of the nine levels of hell