Stop putting your foot in it

SexyGreyFox

SexyGreyFox

SexyGreyFox

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This is about people who say things that they don't realise the implications of what they say and we should all have examples -

I now work with a 19 year old girl and she was my Apprentice 12 months ago.
When she knew she had got a better paid job she obviously wanted to go as soon as possible so she told the upper manager that she had nothing to do in our office.
This caused my immediate manager so much stress when she found out because the upper manager told her off and of course it wasn't true.

On tuesday in a meeting the same girl was asked how long it took to start a Claims Pathway and she replied with 5 minutes.
Everybody in the room knew this couldn't be the case and she still replied with 5 minutes.
Our manager then asked her to work out from the very start to the very end of exactly what she had to do and it then came out at 1 hour.
Outside the meeting the Manager tried to explain the implications of what she had said in front of the heirarchy.

Yesterday in a meeting she suggested that when she goes and gets Medical records/X-ray cards/A&E cards etc from the respective buildings that staff there should do it freeing her up to do other things.
Once again eyebrows were raised on outside the meeting the Manager explained that if that happened she would be redundant because it was a big part of her job.

So OCUK, what foot in mouth stories have you got?
 
A couple of years ago I was on a business trip with my boss and three others (2 my age and 1 a bit older and the same age as the boss) and we'd just finished dinner at a restaurant and split into two cabs.

For some reason (probably due to lack of sleep) I thought I was in the car with the two younger chaps and started discussing going for a few drinks whilst my boss and the other older bloke headed back to the hotel. I then made the clanger "Well at least we can get away from the two old boring ********!" only to look over and see my boss in the front passenger seat :eek:

Fortunately he saw the funny side but it was made even worse as he'd bought us all dinner that night! Needless to say he reminds me of it at every available opportunity...
 
I was sitting on a bench in town when my mates Sister came & sat next to me.

Hi Malc.

Hi Wendy.

What you doing at the weekend then Malc ?

Clubbing getting wasted the Usual, What about you Wendy ?

Off up to Thetford Forest to see my Mum.

WTF is she doing there is she a Witch Lols.

No Malc, That's where we Scattered her Ashes after she Killed herself !!! :eek: + :(


I found out later that Wendy blamed herself as well. :(
 
I made a "bet on your mums life" comment to a mate of mine, the week after his mum died, i wanted the ground to swallow me up.
 
Another one from work.

Polish Manager Dude comes up to me.

Hey Malc I hear you are really good at Produce.

Well I like to think so mate. :D

I heard you are Very good very fast, Can you do me a Favour ?

Was that then ?

Can you do me some Over time.

Lolololololololololololololol ooooo lololololololololol

(I saw the other Two managers at the end of the aisle)

O mate they are taking the **** & having a Laugh getting you to ask Me to do Over time. Lol

No Malc, Nobody asked me. :(

(I walks down to the other two managers)

Good one Guys getting Mr Poland to ask me to do over time. :p

Both Managers looked at me Poker face & said

We didn't !!! :eek: + :D + :p:p:p

Malc don't do over time !!! :p
 
Short but Sweet one.


Local Pug garage.

I go to pay.

Hello Love I didn't know you was Pregnant. :)

I'm Not !!! :mad:


:p:p:p
 
dmpoole said:
So OCUK, what foot in mouth stories have you got?
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In my first month of working I slagged off the state of the network without realising the person I was talking to was head of IT on campus.

Telling an academic that I didn't care if students passed or not my only concern was making sure lab PCs were running so they could do their work. Got a good glare from the head of department that was walking past. :eek:
 
My housemate made a mahoosive faux par the other night.

He was telling us about this quadruple chocolate cake that his wife make, or 'hear-attack cake' as he calls it, and then instantly realised that my gf's grandad died from a heart attack on Friday.

He was so apologetic, but she was ok and saw the funny side of it.
 
Antar Bolaeisk said:
If she's going to convince the people in charge that the majority of her job is trivial and can be performed easily by others what's the point of having the position filled?
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Yea I understand that, but when I first read it I thought she was being offered a promotion or a new job somewhere else, so she was trying to get herself forced out faster O_o
 
hmm, well, at my last job I went into the toilets, said hi to a friend washing his hands as I walked in but as I turned round the corner to the urinals there was the CEO taking a wizz. Now, I hate urinals at the best of times, and for some reason instead of just turning and using a cubicle, I had a moment of tourettes and shouted 'HELL NO', realised I said it out loud, and quickly walked out >.<
 
there's been numerous

when my credit card was used frauduently. all the monies were refunded to me, i however, didn't notice th cr in front of the amount on my statement and rang barclaycard up, gave them a lot of abuse and then had things explained to me
 
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