Recently, u/Sketch99 asked r/AskReddit, ‘What’s the dumbest thing you’ve been fired for?’, and we thought we’d share some of the most ridiculous responses.
1.
“Walmart – 2009. I was on my cell phone. In the break room. On my lunch break.”
–wet_sloppy_footsteps
2.
“Was supposed to send a rejection letter after a failed job interview to someone I knew, but waited a few days so he could have a good weekend.”
–fuzzykat72
3.
“Growing a beard… as a cashier at a gas station!”
–photonynikon
4.
“A coworker saw me injecting myself in the stomach with insulin and fired me for injecting drugs while at work.”
–bigbiemusic
5.
“I got fired for reporting the daycare I worked at to the state for blatant violations and providing photo evidence. That facility got shut down shortly after.”
–coloradomama111
6.
“Requesting to have my desk moved after the person who sat behind me shot me with a pellet gun.”
–Silly_Somewhere1791
7.
“I got fired once for having emergency gallbladder surgery. We had a phone deposition with HR and the unemployment judge. After they explained when I was fired, the judge asked them why they didn’t offer me FMLA. They said ‘he didn’t ask’. The judge said ‘it’s your job to offer him FMLA. You’re lucky he didn’t sue you. Unemployment approved.'”
–IndyRoadie
8.
“Got fired for being ‘too efficient’. Apparently, finishing my tasks quickly made my boss look bad… Lol”
–PinInternational217
9.
“I took a coffee mug home from the office kitchen on a Friday. Got a call from HR on Saturday asking me to come in for an emergency meeting and was fired on the spot. Turns out I was seen by security walking out with company property, the ‘coffee mug’ from the office kitchen. Later I was able to prove it was my personal mug and was offered my job back but I declined to return.”
–akoforever
10.
“Not being available to work during my approved vacation.”
–tealpeace
11.
“Worked at a bar and got fired for not IDing a clearly 60-year-old woman for a glass of wine during a holiday evening rush by myself.”
–guywhopaints
12.
“Was planning to go straight from work to camping on a Friday so I had my truck all packed up. Boss saw my sealed bottle of whiskey in the front seat and canned me for having alcohol at work. He had a grudge for some reason.”
–ThrowawayMod1989
13.
“I got fired for ‘stealing time’ because I clocked in three minutes early. Apparently, those extra 180 seconds were a real threat to company profits!”
–OldDistance3979
14.
“I refused to lie under oath in a deposition.”
–blahbabooey
15.
‘For going to work. I interviewed with the GM of a restaurant, did the walk around, accept the offer, and got the company apron. Showed up for my first day and the AM told me the GM never let him know anything. Took my apron. GM called me to fire me at the end of my first week for ‘no call/ no show.'”
–hp640us
16.
“Telling the owners’ son that I was pregnant, when offered an alcoholic beverage on shift.”
–dmstafford
17.
“High school history teacher with a history B.A., M.Ed. In history, advanced pedagogy Ed.S. (with ESOL endorsement), 10 years experience in teaching… They decided to not renew my contact because they wanted to hire a football coach who had no experience teaching.”
–hwanggeumnam
Any more to add? Let us know in the comments below!
