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  • OwlHoot
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    There's one there from famous libertarian Old Holborn "Britain's Vilest Troll - Daily Mail. Send your death threats to 07977 094971" :

    I once hired a bank robber on day release from prison. To work in a bank.

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  • KentPhilip
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    Originally posted by NickFitz View Post
    My sister-in-law got the wrong visas for 6 directors of Warburgs investment bank and they spent the night in a Mexican jail.

    I don't think this should be categorised as a "screwup"
    Did she get a promotion?

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  • NickFitz
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    My sister-in-law got the wrong visas for 6 directors of Warburgs investment bank and they spent the night in a Mexican jail.

    I don't think this should be categorised as a "screwup"

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  • DaveB
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    I took a group of 18 5yo kids at a McDonalds birthday party behind the counter to make their own ice cream. There were injuries

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  • Anonimouse
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    a 6ft sign, in open access area, with instructions on how to connect to the wifi nerwork. a committee approved it.

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  • eek
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    Originally posted by yasockie View Post
    My kind of person, I'd totally hire the woman to herd my lazy devs.
    FTFY as you clearly didn't read all the sentence

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  • yasockie
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    someone at my work last summer made a man carry his wheelchair down a flight of stairs cos she didn't know there was a lift
    My kind of person, I'd totally hire the guy to herd my lazy devs.

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  • vetran
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    Found Suity!

    Sent an important work related email from my phone. Forgot I'd changed 'Sent from my iPhone' to 'Sent from My Little Pony'

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  • CheeseSlice
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    As an intern a mate was given a £50 note to get a Chairman of a bank some lunch, told to get himself something...he bought a shirt.
    How was that a screw up? Serves the f**ker right

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  • SimonMac
    started a topic Work Screwups

    Work Screwups

    Work screwups (with tweets) · rhodri · Storify

    Once sent out 10,000 "how to use our system" leaflets, which proudly had a screenshot saying "Logged in as: Testy Mc****nuts"
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