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Ever made/covered up a huge mistake at work?

  • 20-01-2011 8:18pm
    #1
    Dr conrad murray
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭


    and get away with it?


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  • #2
    Donal Og O Baelach
    Closed Accounts Posts: 534 ✭✭✭Donal Og O Baelach


    I wonder if Nick Leeson is on boards...


  • #3
    endurodave
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 67 ✭✭endurodave


    yes and i would have gotten away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids


  • #4
    galwayrush
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,815 ✭✭✭✭galwayrush


    Yes, i became self employed.:(


  • #5
    TeddyTedson
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,758 ✭✭✭✭TeddyTedson


    Dr conrad murray wrote: »
    and get away with it?
    Made a real big mistake last year alright!
    Got away with it though :cool:


  • #6
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    are you a doctor op? i feel a bit uneasy


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  • #7
    Kimono-Girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Kimono-Girl


    eh no...i've owned up to all my mistakes...


  • #8
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    i'm the guy that deals with the crap others try to cover up...


  • #9
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    It's how I got my username!


  • #10
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    i'm the guy that deals with the crap others try to cover up...

    Reminded me of the film Michael Clayton. That wasn't the quote but similar

    Check it out, excellent film


  • #11
    AckwelFoley
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,555 ✭✭✭✭AckwelFoley


    No, yes, no, maybe


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  • #12
    Kimono-Girl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,160 ✭✭✭Kimono-Girl


    Dravokivich wrote: »
    i'm the guy that deals with the crap others try to cover up...

    yeah that was me too, like when i was roped into going through 10 years of invoices in a big multinational. my most painful task to date, there were millions of the things from the us and europe...:(


    although there was then when i was just back from maternity leave having to go over everything my replacement had done because she had done all the bank recs wrong. and she never did the intrastats either....pain in the arse if you know what im on about! i had to do her 6 months of work on a 3 day week along with all the other stuff i usually do and prepare as much as i could for when i finished up in 2 months time! :mad:


  • #13
    jprboy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,357 ✭✭✭jprboy


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    are you a doctor op? i feel a bit uneasy

    Yes, he is.

    Read all about him here:

    www.newstalk.ie/tag/dr-conrad-murray/

    :rolleyes:


  • #14
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Was doing work experience for transition year in a hotel when i was 16, I was on my own stacking away chairs into a corner, when one stack unbalanced and fell forward straight through a huge glass window. I just walked away and started doing something else, never heard anything more about it:D.


  • #15
    Dr conrad murray
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Dr conrad murray


    Senna wrote: »
    Was doing work experience for transition year in a hotel when i was 16, I was on my own stacking away chairs into a corner, when one stack unbalanced and fell forward straight through a huge glass window. I just walked away and started doing something else, never heard anything more about it:D.

    how do you sleep at night:mad:


  • #16
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Senna wrote: »
    Was doing work experience for transition year in a hotel when i was 16, I was on my own stacking away chairs into a corner, when one stack unbalanced and fell forward straight through a huge glass window. I just walked away and started doing something else, never heard anything more about it:D.

    The guy who doesn't speak English probably got fired for your mistake!


  • #17
    Floodric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭Floodric


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    The guy who doesn't speak English probably got fired for your mistake!
    And rightly so! They took are jurbs!


  • #18
    Dr conrad murray
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭Dr conrad murray


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    The guy who doesn't speak English probably got fired for your mistake!
    yes you could say i dealt with him :D


  • #19
    Gingersnaps
    Closed Accounts Posts: 303 ✭✭Gingersnaps


    "That money was just resting in my account"


  • #20
    Floodric
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 255 ✭✭Floodric


    I left the Bulmers tap on for about 30 seconds my first night behind a bar. Panicked and spilled the contents of the splash tray down the sink so I didn't get caught. Worked a charm B)


  • #21
    some_dose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 587 ✭✭✭some_dose


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    The guy who doesn't speak English probably got fired for your mistake!

    Ah Zutroy - how many times have you saved my ass?


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  • #22
    Blondini
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭Blondini


    Senna wrote: »
    Was doing work experience for transition year in a hotel when i was 16, I was on my own stacking away chairs into a corner, when one stack unbalanced and fell forward straight through a huge glass window. I just walked away and started doing something else, never heard anything more about it:D.

    That's a smashing story.
    A real cracker.


  • #23
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,902 ✭✭✭✭mfceiling


    Knocked an angle grinder down and it smashed a brand new €500 philippe stark sink...covered it with plywood and strolled on


  • #24
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    Dr conrad murray wrote: »
    how do you sleep at night:mad:

    Trust me i have more to keep me awake at night than costing a hotel a few hundred quid.
    feelingstressed wrote: »
    The guy who doesn't speak English probably got fired for your mistake!

    This was before the time of Yarek, Petre, Aurek etc


  • #25
    Mrmoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭Mrmoe


    some_dose wrote: »
    Ah Zutroy - how many times have you saved my ass?

    Not a patch on that idiot Tibor.:D


  • #26
    Copper23
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 525 ✭✭✭Copper23


    Can't say I have, I don't f**k up in work, I am good at my job.
    Nor would I work for a company that covers up finances or makes huge mistakes, I am better qualified than having to work for such a low grade company.

    Having said that, if I DID know of huge mistakes being being made or covered up in my workplace, I wouldn't think it's a good move to be posting it here about it. But some have no common sense.


  • #27
    policarp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,667 ✭✭✭policarp


    Just once, never again.


  • #28
    El Horseboxo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,341 ✭✭✭El Horseboxo


    Had training in Scotland from Friday till Sunday for a new job i had just started. Ended up going the Aran islands instead for the weekend with a bunch of mates and pretended i had done the training on Monday. Didn't last long in the job as i eventually got the one i wanted elsewhere. But the flights and hotel that was paid for went to waste and they never seemed to notice.


  • #29
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 93,562 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    The decimal point on a petrol pump wasn't clear, so I reset the pump and a customer got 36p more petrol than she paid for. :eek:

    True story.


  • #30
    pushki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭pushki


    Undercooked fish and gave 4 people food poisoning!


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  • #31
    plasmaguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,683 ✭✭✭plasmaguy


    Hell yeh...but no-one died...well ok one person died...but no-one liked him anyhow, so no big deal...

    only kidding...

    I've covered up small mistakes but nothing too major...Friday evening is a great time for covering up mistakes.


  • #32
    fontanalis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,619 ✭✭✭fontanalis


    feelingstressed wrote: »
    The guy who doesn't speak English probably got fired for your mistake!

    Tibor?


  • #33
    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,110 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    Left taps running in a nightclub i was working in...over the floor. Musta cost em 10k to fix :pac:


  • #34
    pushki
    Closed Accounts Posts: 287 ✭✭pushki


    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    Left taps running in a nightclub i was working in...over the floor. Musta cost em 10k to fix :pac:
    Nice! :-D


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