Crazy Work Encounters!

Same As · 15-07-2009 12:35AM #1

I'm not too sure if there is a thread about this already but over the last two weeks I've had two of the craziest experiences I've ever had in any of the jobs I've done over the years.At the moment I do a key holding job in Cork - basically if somebody gets locked out of their accomodation they ring me and I let them in; simple as that!

In the past two weeks though, I've had a fella chase a crowd of young lads out of our complex with a Meat Cleaver, resulting in a 12 man brawl on the main road outside the complex and then tonight a girl was assaulted with a screwdriver in our car park!??

Anyone else got crazy experiences they'd like to share?

Jesus Wept · 15-07-2009 12:36AM

Sounds like a handy job.

Same As · 15-07-2009 12:42AM

I thought so too when I took it, and it was for the first 9 months! I've heard of people being/going mad as March Hares but no such phrase/analogy for mentalists emerging in July?

Jesus Wept · 15-07-2009 12:46AM

As jumpy as a July Jackrabbit?

stepbar · 15-07-2009 12:47AM

Ah, shur you're lucky to have a job at all.....

<gets me coat>.............

Joe Cool · 15-07-2009 12:47AM

Recently during a film shoot where I was to chase a bunch of lads with a meat cleaver and end up in a 12 man brawl this bloke got into, and subsequently ruined, the shot. He was trying to open doors or something.

Was just crazy.

naasface · 15-07-2009 12:48AM

so do you hold the key to the city?

cool job

Same As · 15-07-2009 12:52AM

Joe Cool wrote: »

Recently during a film shoot where I was to chase a bunch of lads with a meat cleaver and end up in a 12 man brawl this bloke got into, and subsequently ruined, the shot. He was trying to open doors or something.

Was just crazy.

Lol, ya don't believe me?

I could barely believe it myself when I saw it, and No I was not on some crazy trippy Class A drugs at the time!

.... they were Class B's! :P

Super-Rush · 15-07-2009 12:54AM

Was gigging one night when someone threw a CS grenade into the pub.

Wurly · 15-07-2009 12:56AM

Same As wrote: »

Lol, ya don't believe me?

I could barely believe it myself when I saw it, and No I was not on some crazy trippy Class A drugs at the time!

.... they were Class B's! :P

Same As · 15-07-2009 12:59AM

naasface wrote: »

so do you hold the key to the city?

cool job

Yep, Im actually Bono.

Senna · 15-07-2009 01:13AM

Ok so you witnessed a brawl and heard about an stabbing, but still thats got to be the handiest job ever.

Same As · 15-07-2009 01:17AM

Yup, it's pretty handy to be fair!

Just wondering if any other AH peeps have had crazy experiences at work, I'm sure most will have had, would love to hear them!

Note: Job requires me to be up til all hours so just looking for a bit of "light"(hearted) reading! ( As if AH isn't enough in itself!

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Calibos · 15-07-2009 01:22AM

Same As wrote: »

I'm not too sure if there is a thread about this already but over the last two weeks I've had two of the craziest experiences I've ever had in any of the jobs I've done over the years.At the moment I do a key holding job in Cork - basically if somebody gets locked out of their accomodation they ring me and I let them in; simple as that!

In the past two weeks though, I've had a fella chase a crowd of young lads out of our complex with a Meat Cleaver, resulting in a 12 man brawl on the main road outside the complex and then tonight a girl was assaulted with a screwdriver in our car park!??

Anyone else got crazy experiences they'd like to share?

Chinese Fella or Traveller tbh

oisinmc14 · 15-07-2009 01:22AM

crazy encounters - once a dude made a dump in the veg shop that i work in

tasty

Same As · 15-07-2009 01:22AM

Yep, he was Oriental alright!

oisinmc14 wrote: »

crazy encounters - once a dude made a dump in the veg shop that i work in

tasty

Mank!

ejmaztec · 15-07-2009 01:25AM

Calibos wrote: »

Chinese Fella or Traveller tbh

Sounds more like Gordon Ramsay.

JONJO THE MISER · 15-07-2009 01:38AM

How the hell did you get such a cushy job? Im always looking for a night time job as i hate getting outta bed before 3 in the afternoon, im awake at 2 but wait until joe duffy is over to get up:D

Same As · 15-07-2009 01:51AM

Got Lucky I guess! Handy out because my days are free!

CallMeMiss · 15-07-2009 11:33AM

I used to work in a large retail store. Once we had a bomb scare, had to evacuate the shop and then we, the managers were made look for the bomb along with the bomb squad. That was great fun!

Also had some guy do a sh1t in the dressing room another day. Lovely

drunkymonkey · 15-07-2009 11:40AM

Calibos wrote: »

Chinese Fella or Traveller tbh

why are you saying 'tbh' it doesn't make sense!?

generalmiaow · 15-07-2009 12:44PM

Years ago I worked in a well known supermarket in Dublin, and one day the head of "loss prevention" seemed over the moon about something. He told me that he had finally caught the two old fellows (65+) who occasionally come in and masturbate eachother onto the melons in the fruit section.

I didn't work in the grocery so I was shocked when everyone in there had already heard of the "melon men". There were a ton of garda cars that day. All the managers were trying to get everyone to keep quiet about it for obvious reasons. I don't know if it ended up in the papers or anything.

He always promised to show us the security footage but I left that job before he did. (for different reasons). Some of other the stuff he did show us (he was always saying he would make a DVD of it someday if he left) would make you never shop again, so I'm not surprised.

I guess they're gone, but I'm still not buying any melons from there.

**Timbuk2** · 15-07-2009 01:25PM

I'm a pilot. One person checked in as normal in the airport, but then in waiting for his plane got drunk and forgot about it. The flight was delayed 20 minutes looking for him - he seemed to not have a lot of knowledge about the fact he was going on a flight. In the end he was refused entry to the flight as he was drunk :rolleyes:

Apart from that nothing, my life is boring.

blue-army · 15-07-2009 01:41PM

generalmiaow wrote: »

Years ago I worked in a well known supermarket in Dublin, and one day the head of "loss prevention" seemed over the moon about something. He told me that he had finally caught the two old fellows (65+) who occasionally come in and masturbate eachother onto the melons in the fruit section.

I didn't work in the grocery so I was shocked when everyone in there had already heard of the "melon men". There were a ton of garda cars that day. All the managers were trying to get everyone to keep quiet about it for obvious reasons. I don't know if it ended up in the papers or anything.

He always promised to show us the security footage but I left that job before he did. (for different reasons). Some of other the stuff he did show us (he was always saying he would make a DVD of it someday if he left) would make you never shop again, so I'm not surprised.

I guess they're gone, but I'm still not buying any melons from there.

WTF!?! :eek:

shenanigans1982 · 15-07-2009 01:45PM

Same As wrote: »

Got Lucky I guess! Handy out because my days are free!

When did people start doing this?

Dublin_Gunner · 15-07-2009 01:46PM

blue-army wrote: »

WTF!?! :eek:

And why the hell would you want to look at a video of two 'oul lads **** each other over melons (the fruit, not female appendages)?

Same As · 15-07-2009 01:47PM

shenanigans1982 wrote: »

When did people start doing this?

That's culchie speak I'm afraid, sorry if it offended you, those inside the Pale sometimes don't understand our dialect!

Mahou · 15-07-2009 01:50PM

oisinmc14 wrote: »

crazy encounters - once a dude made a dump in the veg shop that i work in
tasty

Someone started throwing peoples rubbish into your shop?

Einstein · 15-07-2009 02:01PM

i work in a shop...this old woman constantly keeps coming in and coming up to the counter and seems surprised that she's not in the chemist. "Ohh...Did the chemist move luv..?"
Happens at least 3 times a month..the chemist is next door.

Old people rock.

genericguy · 15-07-2009 02:44PM

Same As wrote: »

Yep, Im actually Bono.

key to the city isn't worth a **** then, cos you can't reach the keyhole.

Biggins · 15-07-2009 03:00PM

Same As wrote: »

...Anyone else got crazy experiences they'd like to share?

Once had a female workmate leave her office desk, go outside, jump into her car and then drive to our local river and threw herself in. True story.
Does that count as a crazy experience?

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