People are sharing the worst mistake they made at work – 21 for the archives

12.

I wrote some packaging copy that described the product as having a "sweat taste". Didn't spot the typo until it was on shelves.

— Stu Royall (@stu_bot3000) May 13, 2021

13.

Perhaps not the *worst* but certainly the most bizarre was finding out I'd taken, folded, and put up for sale the trousers of a customer in John Lewis' menswear department while they tried something on. They still had his wallet in the pocket.

He also turned out to be a Lord.

— Joe Skrebels (@2plus2isjoe) May 13, 2021

14.

A harmless one I did once was calling IT because my computer was making a screeching noise and wouldn’t stop. They couldn’t figure out the issue and drove 20 miles to come and look at it. My handbag was resting on the Esc key. https://t.co/GtZyhAyBW9

— Sex blog (of sorts) (@sexblogofsorts) May 13, 2021

15.

https://t.co/7sZ0KtPGJr I don't know about worst but I did once forget to bring my trousers/shirt/tie to work with me and had to spend the whole day sat at my desk answering calls in lycra cycling shorts

— jan 🇵🇸 (@latgalia) May 13, 2021

16.

Not the worst, because I've made some shockers- seriously, I was so bad at my last job in so many ways- but accidentally tying up every printer on my floor by printing 700 lifesize copies of Ryan Gosling's face stands out as an absolutely classic example of workplace haplessness https://t.co/a39BQY1VNY

— always show me sensitive media (@BeStillMyBeaten) May 13, 2021

17.

Inadvertently changed every single button on the till to a pint of bitter. Want to pay for your stay in the hotel? Hang on whilst I woke out how many pints that is. Thankfully the till repair man was only an hour away 😭

— Mary McGuckin 💙 (@fairymarymary) May 13, 2021

18.

opened a door with slightly too much gusto on the set of dragons’ den and nearly took deborah meaden’s head off https://t.co/qxhADpisTc

— cue action enthusiast ★ (@jcresuk) May 13, 2021

19.

aged 16 working the early shift at somerfield (rip) I for some reason didn't twig that when a customer asks for cash back, you charge it to their card

I gave away £200 on a Saturday morning https://t.co/PyBXwpa1Oy

— george fletcher (@saagifletch) May 13, 2021

20.

while leaning down to collect a plate from a table i poured almost the whole of the jug of water i had in my other hand down a woman’s back https://t.co/lPvm2NH5cf

— @CraigWeekend stan account (@mmiatime) May 13, 2021

21.

Not the worst mistake but my first bar job I was told to put a half pint of lager ‘in the lift’. Not knowing about dumb-waiters, I popped it on a tray in the main people-carrying lift, pressed the button & jumped out, sending it to be greeted by some surprised diners upstairs. https://t.co/CmE7W5loyp

— Georgina Burrows (@GeorginaBurrows) May 13, 2021

Ben Machell f-ed up so badly that he didn’t even make it to work.

Accidentally got on a direct train from Leeds to London, rather than one that stopped in Doncaster, which is where my job was https://t.co/O9rwgcpUUA

— Ben Machell (@ben_machell) May 13, 2021

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