Biggest scandal in your workplace (Mod Note in OP)

rob316 · 17-09-2019 8:56am

I worked in billing Dept of a electricity provider years ago, the head guy was putting credit on everyone's bills, all his family, his friends. 6 figure fraud apparently.
He went out on sick leave for a couple months, that's when they noticed there wasn't so much billing "errors" and his scam was uncovered.
I came in the morning he was due back and there was 2 gaurds waiting for him. 6 others were sacked aswell as he had credited their bills over the years to the tune of thousands.

Necro · 17-09-2019 8:58am

EmmetSpiceland wrote:

Another of the â€œBig 4â€ that was formatted in such a way that the girls pictures were randomly shuffled into a head to head â€œknockoutâ€ competition.

A lovely girls tournament. Someone should get onto Omackeral to set that up :pac:

No scandals my end weirdly. Someone had their handbag stolen in the office alright. It was found downstairs minus all cash and cards so was defo someone we work with but didn't hear anyone getting done for it.

RedRochey · 17-09-2019 9:02am

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Was very stupid to get caught. Those “types” of emails had been going around for years.

Another of the “Big 4” had one that was formatted in such a way that the girls pictures were randomly shuffled into a head to head “knockout” competition.

Think it only got caught when people started sending it outside of the office, he didn't get caught himself but was traced back to him I think

Gannicus · 17-09-2019 9:09am

1. I worked in a small newagents in Dublin City where there was only a handfull of staff. We noticed that there were some boxes of bars downstairs opened as we were never allowed to leave open boxes of goods downstairs they had to be packed onto the shelves. We then noticed that one of the much heavier set staff would do 12 ghour shifts but never ate a lick of brekky or lunch etc.
The boss noticed the bars were all being taken and eaten where there was a blindspot on the CCTV downstairs he put in a hidden camera on the blindspot and saw your man over the course of a week ate a box of snickers and a box of twixes (about 50 separate bars). Needless to say he was sacked that week.

2. Friend got me a temp job years ago in a small tech manufacturers. The direct line manager was an epic stoner and when we were at the xmas party we the 3 of us went out for some happy chill time cigarettes.
I had gone to the jax and on my way back out I noticed my friend standing there surrounded by the direct line manager and 2 managing driectors being berrated for smoking a spliff and "tarnishing the pristeen name of **** Ltd"
Turns out the direct line manager saw them coming and decided to save his own skin and throw my friend under the bus and pretended he'd caught him doing this. My friends entire life in the place was then constantly under the microscope until he felt he had to leave. His direct line manager felt so guilty he admitted what had happened to his boss after my friend left the company.

mondeo · 17-09-2019 9:10am

Girl I worked with in a Bank slept her way to the top. She started working in the bank the same day as me, she threw herself at management staff at a work party and then started dating one of the management staff. 5 months passed and she was a supervisor, then she moved to a team leader 6 months after that. At this stage I was still a customer service jockey at the bottom of the pile. Obvious as a heart attack what went on here. Blond girl, nice body.. It was a case of WHO SHE KNEW and not what she knew...
Believe me, this sort of thing still goes on in big companies. It's not the first time I seen a young pretty girl jumping up the ranks.

Wayne Jarvis · 17-09-2019 9:14am

mondeo wrote: »

Girl I worked with in a Bank slept her way to the top. She started working in the bank the same day as me, she threw herself at management staff at a work party and then started dating one of the management staff. 5 months passed and she was a supervisor, then she moved to a team leader 6 months after that. At this stage I was still a customer service jockey at the bottom of the pile. Obvious as a heart attack what went on here. Blond girl, nice body.. It was a case of WHO SHE KNEW and not what she knew...
Believe me, this sort of thing still goes on in big companies. It's not the first time I seen a young pretty girl jumping up the ranks.

Maybe you should have done the same? If I could sleep my way to the top as a man I would.

Also I am too immature to resist this FYP....

mondeo wrote: »

It was a case of WHO SHE BLEW and not what she knew...

Gannicus · 17-09-2019 9:30am

mondeo wrote: »

... Obvious as a heart attack what went on here. Blond girl, nice body.. It was a case of WHO SHE KNEW and not what she knew...
Believe me, this sort of thing still goes on in big companies. It's not the first time I seen a young pretty girl jumping up the ranks.

Probably a big supporter of the #MeToo movement now

Guy Person wrote: »

Maybe you should have done the same? If I could sleep my way to the top as a man I would.

I would as well.

ToxicPaddy · 17-09-2019 9:38am

I was standing in the reception area of a company I worked in one morning when 2 plain clothes gardai came in. Asked for the IT Manager. The receptionist was a temp and didn't know what to do, so I stepped in, introduced myself, called the IT and HR managers. Both arrived and disappeared off into a meeting room.

A few minutes later, I was instructed to go retrieve a PC from under a desk on the office floor and do it discreetly. I worked in desktop support so no one would suspect anything.

After I brought it back to the reception area, it was put in an evidence bag and the 2 gardai left.

Turned out, the user of the PC was a convicted paedophile from the UK and had "forgotten" to mention this in the interview and also forgot to mention to his parole officer in the UK that he was leaving the country.

The guy had been arrested at his home that morning and the Gardai were collecting evidence on his activities.

Didn't know the guy that well but he seemed like a fairly pleasant guy, friendly enough to chat to when I saw him in the office kitchen. I was truly shocked at it all tbh.

Hear of all sorts of nasty things happening to people I know at work but thankfully that's the only major nasty thing I ever came across at work.

Reviews and Books Galore · 17-09-2019 9:49am

Snotty wrote: »

I had a summer job years ago with a small drinks manufacturer, kind of a family business where some of the employees had been with them so long they were almost family. Years later I heard one of the main employees, really nice guy who had been working for them for 35 years, got sick with cancer. One of the other guys stepped into his shoes but after a few weeks realised something was very wrong and went to the owner.
He'd do some small delivery's to places and collect payments (usually cheques) at the end of the month, but when he was delivering the customer would always be correcting the documentation he had, he'd have this customer receiving 2 cases a week on average but they'd say they always got more, then sometimes the customer would pay in cash and he'd wonder why they didn't pay with cheque and the answer was always, the previous guy insisted on cash. They estimated he had stolen hundreds of thousands, but seen he was ill and his family were almost like their own family, the bosses just said to forget about it and it was never mentioned again.

Not my work but a relation of my mother's was a Guard in Galway and was caught shagging a married woman in a patrol car by the husband, it had been going on for awhile and this night he followed them, seemingly he did extensive damage to the patrol car and when the senior guards found out they gave this guard the option of retiring right now and no further disciplinary, he obviously took it. Was too large to keep quiet and his lost his wife and family.

I like the Gaurds in Ireland. I imagine if a patrol car was damaged in America, things would have ended quite differently.

TheBoyConor · 17-09-2019 10:11am

The Aer Lingus people smuggling case.....

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/criminal-court/aer-lingus-ground-handler-jailed-for-people-smuggling-1.3383376%3fmode=amp

He told investigators that the operation was linked to a man in China. He identified a number of Western Union transfers of cash, totalling around €6,000, from China and said he and his co-accused got up to €3,000 for each smuggling operation.

He told gardaí he spent the money on pints of Guinness.

What a legend. Paddy Losty would shake this man's hand for spending his proceeds of crime on Pints.

B.A._Baracus · 17-09-2019 10:46am

Said this before on here....
But about 10 years ago I worked in a well known cinema in Dublin. I would work along side another girl all day and we became friends. There was this big vibe from other employees towards her. Basically they were blanking her. Then same employees started acting weird to me. Also blanking me.

So I ask her whats going on and she tells me that the manager (whose wife had recently gave birth to their first child) and herself had an affair. She was 19yo at the time. He was mid to late 30s looking back. They were caught wearing the face off each other in a pub. IIRC a pub quite close to the job.

I only lasted about 2 months or so in the job but the wife didn't find out. I stopped talking to the girl too. Turned out to be bit of a backstabber. Shocker huh? Girl who sleeps with an attached bloke turns out to be not the nicest of people.

Looking back, always found it weird that they were blanking me too. I was johnny come lately who didn't know anything :pac: But according to the girl in question "everyone can tell we're friends in this job and you're guilty by association because you talk to me" - all a bunch of as*holes looking back.

Iseedeadpixels · 17-09-2019 11:24am

mondeo wrote: »

Girl I worked with in a Bank slept her way to the top. She started working in the bank the same day as me, she threw herself at management staff at a work party and then started dating one of the management staff. 5 months passed and she was a supervisor, then she moved to a team leader 6 months after that. At this stage I was still a customer service jockey at the bottom of the pile. Obvious as a heart attack what went on here. Blond girl, nice body.. It was a case of WHO SHE KNEW and not what she knew...
Believe me, this sort of thing still goes on in big companies. It's not the first time I seen a young pretty girl jumping up the ranks.

Happened a lot in one of the big utility providers here, one girl had all the male higher ups drooling over her, she wasnt even in the place a year and got promoted, pissed a lot of people off.

Hector Savage · 17-09-2019 11:57am

everlast75 wrote: »

Place my mate used to work in.

One bloke was the guy who collected the lotto syndicate money from the rest of the staff and was to do the same numbers each week.

A few of years later, one of the members of staff suspected her set came up and when she came into work on the Monday, checked and sure enough, her set of numbers came up.

Much elation in the office ensued until the bloke who did the lotto...... admitted that he didn't do the lotto, and hadn't been doing it for some time - he pocketed the money instead.

Frankly, I would have been done for murder, but for some reason this guy kept his job.

I've heard this before, it's a myth..

Hector Savage · 17-09-2019 11:59am

StockTwat29 wrote: »

Know the guy that did it, he's getting on fine now work wise! There was 13 girls on the list, always says it was a voting process to make the top 10

Why do finance guys get away with this sh*t ?

If that were an IT guy his life would be over by now.

Sleepy · 17-09-2019 12:01pm

Slightly O/T but as shown by a few of these: often fraud comes to light as soon as someone isn't there to keep a lid on it. As such, most banks have it as a policy that all senior staff must take a minimum 2 week holiday during the year (to give someone else a chance to discover if they're running a scam).

I had an interesting experience in college when a new lecturer casually mentioned during a lecture that he used to work for he same bank as my father. Asked my dad if he knew the chap to be told not to let him know who my dad was. While on an internal audit team early in his career, my dad had caught your man on the take and indirectly fired him!

blackwhite · 17-09-2019 12:01pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Why do finance guys get away with this sh*t ?

If that were an IT guy his life would be over by now.

One of the emails in previous years originated from the IT department (they're the one's who put the photos into the staff directory after all!). Never a peep about it until the year the papers got their hands on it

EmmetSpiceland · 17-09-2019 12:04pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Why do finance guys get away with this sh*t ?

If that were an IT guy his life would be over by now.

I’d say that’s largely down to a “discrimination” based on appearance, H.

Stevieluvsye · 17-09-2019 12:11pm

Sleepy wrote: »

Slightly O/T but as shown by a few of these: often fraud comes to light as soon as someone isn't there to keep a lid on it. As such, most banks have it as a policy that all senior staff must take a minimum 2 week holiday during the year (to give someone else a chance to discover if they're running a scam).

I had an interesting experience in college when a new lecturer casually mentioned during a lecture that he used to work for he same bank as my father. Asked my dad if he knew the chap to be told not to let him know who my dad was. While on an internal audit team early in his career, my dad had caught your man on the take and indirectly fired him!

I think you are wrong here.

The two week rule is for Employee welfare & health

Sleepy · 17-09-2019 12:13pm

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I think you are wrong here.

The two week rule is for Employee welfare & health

You're very trusting in the altruism of capitalists!

blackwhite · 17-09-2019 12:15pm

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I think you are wrong here.

The two week rule is for Employee welfare & health

The welfare & health regulations are that employees must be allowed to take 2 weeks' continuous leave.

Banks and financial institutions have anti-fraud guidelines that employees in certain roles must take a minimum 2 continuous weeks' leave every year.

Tomw86 · 17-09-2019 12:18pm

blackwhite wrote: »

The welfare & health regulations are that employees must be allowed to take 2 weeks' continuous leave.

Banks and financial institutions have anti-fraud guidelines that employees in certain roles must take a minimum 2 continuous weeks' leave every year.

This exactly - I actually think it would be much healthier to employees mental wellbeing to do 10 4 day weeks rather than be forced to take 2 weeks off straight.

Never works like that and some people prefer the latter, just my opinion though.

RedRochey · 17-09-2019 12:18pm

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I think you are wrong here.

The two week rule is for Employee welfare & health

I worked for a company that did business in the states and the SEC I believed made us take two weeks to stop fraud, didn't say anything about welfare

ldy4mxonucwsq6 · 17-09-2019 12:21pm

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I think you are wrong here.

The two week rule is for Employee welfare & health

Sleepy is correct, min of two consecutive weeks must be taken in the leave year (whether you want it or not) and its not for employee welfare either.

Its exactly for the reasons Sleepy outlined, why else would other workplaces not stipulate a two week consecutive leave period if it was for employee welfare?

everlast75 · 17-09-2019 12:25pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

I've heard this before, it's a myth..

JFC :rolleyes:

mariaalice · 17-09-2019 12:29pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

Why do finance guys get away with this sh*t ?

If that were an IT guy his life would be over by now.

Because the close to the money you are the more you get paid and from that they get more leeway, but companies are more wary in today's climate.

IrishAlice · 17-09-2019 12:29pm

irish_goat wrote: »

We had one in our office. Someone was ****ting on the floor and on the walls. Cleaners complained twice and management called a meeting basically telling whoever it was "to get help". Everyone suspected the office weirdo who had dodgy personal hygiene, loved to scratch herself in front of people and would pick her hair and eat it. She failed to submit security documents during her probabtion so was turfed out and the toilets have been unsoiled since.

Hhhhmmm I think I worked in this company, was it all the ladies in the office called into the meeting?

partyguinness · 17-09-2019 12:32pm

This happened to me nearly ten years ago (not in Ireland). Oh God I have never written this down...not really a scandal but highly embarrassing and more suited to 'Horror work Christmas Parties'..:o

Basically Xmas party at my new work place (had only started in November). We knocked off at 2pm and straight to a bar/restaurant where we had sit down buffet and free drinks until 7pm. All staff were there and all the directors gone by 7. Notwithstanding the free drinks, we were on our best behaviour until the directors left. So then come 7pm the shackles came off completely.

(Background- there was really only 2 other staff I knew as we started together so there was a few others I just had not got to speak to. Turns out one of the guys was openly gay living with his partner etc- no issue there just nobody had told me that's all)

But anyway about 7-8 of us went off to hit the town. TBH...my memory from 7 onwards is very very sketchy plus it was a new city so not too familiar with the location.

To cut a long story short, we all ended up in a notorious gay bar/nightclub until 5am. I was so paralytic some gay guy...(oh God...this is hard) basically jumped on me and took me back to his place in a taxi..there was no 'action'. I have vague snippets of the taxi but that is it until the next morning.

I woke up the next morning bollock naked in bed next this complete random guy...TBH I believe I just passed out. Obviously could not get out of the place quick enough the next moring. Went for a shower, puked a few times and the guy was trying to get my number...:(

For the record I am not gay/bi/binary or whatever the term is these days.

I spent the next day in the absolute horrors..I was in some random strange housing estate 15 miles from home and asking for directions to the train station clutching a bottle of Lucozade...dry retching all the way home...in the dog house with my 8 mt pregnant wife who thankfully was out at work...:o I told her I ended up back at this house passed out on the couch after a party.

But Jaysus....it was embarrassing at work for next few weeks. Nobody said a word which was bloody worse. The gay guy with a knowing grin on his face sitting opposite me....I left that place the following June anyway (not related to that).

Gannicus · 17-09-2019 12:39pm

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

I think you are wrong here.

The two week rule is for Employee welfare & health

I think you are wrong here. We have been told directly by management its an anti-fraud measurement.

Sleepy wrote: »

You're very trusting in the altruism of capitalists!

Someone has to be otherwise the whole system will crumble

De Bhál · 17-09-2019 12:42pm

partyguinness wrote: »

This happened to me nearly ten years ago (not in Ireland). Oh God I have never written this down...not really a scandal but highly embarrassing and more suited to 'Horror work Christmas Parties'..:o

jaysus, some tale. You win

ohnonotgmail · 17-09-2019 12:43pm

StockTwat29 wrote: »

I worked for a company that did business in the states and the SEC I believed made us take two weeks to stop fraud, didn't say anything about welfare

you are doing well to get any paid leave at all in the states.

XsApollo · 17-09-2019 12:48pm

Lotto story , before my time there, probably 20-30 years ago now.
One guy a bit of an odd one , but everyone sort of looks after him , had a group lotto going I think, not many people in it.

Anyway same numbers every week, numbers come up, everyone thinks they won, turns out your man had changed the numbers ages before.

Dravokivich · 17-09-2019 1:04pm

Worked with a guy who had been investigated and chased down by Charlie bird himself, due to charges of pimping out disadvantaged young men.

Worked with another guy who had been charged with having child porn.

Worked with a guy who was fired for threatening to kill co workers.

Worked with a guy who stayed behind when the call centre closed and was caught by the cleaners watching porn. Rather tame compared to the others above.

All in the same job, they were all in the same team at different times also.

DeanAustin · 17-09-2019 1:04pm

MD at a well known utility company I worked for was fired for having kiddie pics on his computer. Was a massive scandal at the time – there were a lot of high ranking people implicated although he was never actually named in the press.

I got moved out of my job for knocking up one of my team. It’s a bit more complex than that but that’s essentially what happened.

ziedth · 17-09-2019 1:06pm

In what feels like a previous life I worked in retail for a relatively well known brand (Say 100+ stores in Ireland). Anyway, the role required me to travel a little bit and even though it seems like an exaggeration in the handful of years I was witness to the aftermath of six instances where managers (one female but all either marred, had kids or long term partner) went off and had an affair with a subordinate and in most cases ended up riding them in the shop to be later caught by CCTV or staff. There were all in different counties, age groups and it needs to be said levels of attractiveness. By the last time I found out it had happened again all I could really do is laugh

Captain_Crash · 17-09-2019 1:07pm

One bloke in my office murdered his Mrs a while back in some love triangle (explicit details are sketchy). By chance I was good friends with one of the firemen who attended the scene and he said it was the most gruesome thing he had ever seen.

banie01 · 17-09-2019 1:13pm

De Bhál wrote: »

jaysus, some tale. You win

That's what he said...
Well almost, it was actually some tail

B.A._Baracus · 17-09-2019 1:29pm

partyguinness wrote: »

This happened to me nearly ten years ago (not in Ireland). Oh God I have never written this down...not really a scandal but highly embarrassing and more suited to 'Horror work Christmas Parties'..:o

That's messed up. Not trying to freak you out but the chances that he did something to you is extremely high. Even if it was just a bj. Feck that. That's rape dude.

Reminds me when I was 20 and on a 'work do' one night. Coming out of the viper room at 5am in the morning. Absolutely drunk and some gay guy (much older) starts coming on to me and insisting i get into the taxi with him. Linking arms with me and going "come on" as he pulled me. I end up pushing him to the ground and a bouncer comes over and, of course in true bouncer fashion, says whats going on here in a hard voice. I say he is gay and trying to get me into the car. Bouncer walks away.

I've told that story before but I always softened things. Like, I felt I did something "bad" by shoving him to the ground. Looking back being more mature now? I'm glad I did it. He deserved it.
If I was any drunker I could have been like a baby and god knows what he would have done.

But you partyguinness, you shouldn't have been so silent

Dr. Bre · 17-09-2019 1:33pm

Biggest scandal in my workplace is me doing work

RedRochey · 17-09-2019 1:44pm

mariaalice wrote: »

Because the close to the money you are the more you get paid and from that they get more leeway, but companies are more wary in today's climate.

This was in the Big 4, probably first or second year there, wouldn't be on big money at all at that age since they pay for your exams and you get loads of study leave

Tomw86 · 17-09-2019 1:48pm

DeanAustin wrote: »

MD at a well known utility company I worked for was fired for having kiddie pics on his computer. Was a massive scandal at the time – there were a lot of high ranking people implicated although he was never actually named in the press.

I got moved out of my job for knocking up one of my team. It’s a bit more complex than that but that’s essentially what happened.

We're gonna need more details on the second part of your story for this post to pass forum standards!

Iseedeadpixels · 17-09-2019 1:52pm

Hector Savage wrote: »

I've heard this before, it's a myth..

Not a workplace scandal but a mate of mine done this to a few of the lads with placing bets.

Stevieluvsye · 17-09-2019 1:52pm

partyguinness wrote: »

This happened to me nearly ten years ago (not in Ireland). Oh God I have never written this down...not really a scandal but highly embarrassing and more suited to 'Horror work Christmas Parties'..:o

Basically Xmas party at my new work place (had only started in November). We knocked off at 2pm and straight to a bar/restaurant where we had sit down buffet and free drinks until 7pm. All staff were there and all the directors gone by 7. Notwithstanding the free drinks, we were on our best behaviour until the directors left. So then come 7pm the shackles came off completely.

(Background- there was really only 2 other staff I knew as we started together so there was a few others I just had not got to speak to. Turns out one of the guys was openly gay living with his partner etc- no issue there just nobody had told me that's all)

But anyway about 7-8 of us went off to hit the town. TBH...my memory from 7 onwards is very very sketchy plus it was a new city so not too familiar with the location.

To cut a long story short, we all ended up in a notorious gay bar/nightclub until 5am. I was so paralytic some gay guy...(oh God...this is hard) basically jumped on me and took me back to his place in a taxi..there was no 'action'. I have vague snippets of the taxi but that is it until the next morning.

I woke up the next morning bollock naked in bed next this complete random guy...TBH I believe I just passed out. Obviously could not get out of the place quick enough the next moring. Went for a shower, puked a few times and the guy was trying to get my number...:(

For the record I am not gay/bi/binary or whatever the term is these days.

I spent the next day in the absolute horrors..I was in some random strange housing estate 15 miles from home and asking for directions to the train station clutching a bottle of Lucozade...dry retching all the way home...in the dog house with my 8 mt pregnant wife who thankfully was out at work...:o I told her I ended up back at this house passed out on the couch after a party.

But Jaysus....it was embarrassing at work for next few weeks. Nobody said a word which was bloody worse. The gay guy with a knowing grin on his face sitting opposite me....I left that place the following June anyway (not related to that).

Did yis bang? :eek:

I'll be honest, that would be my worst nightmare, even thinking about it happening to you, i feel horrified

randd1 · 17-09-2019 1:54pm

Manager in a Supermarket got fired for taking backhanders from reps. The fact our warehouse was full up with stuff we couldn't sell but we were still placing massive orders for was a bit of a give away. Got himself a large and nice Merc though. His replacement began an affair with two married women at the same time that led to a cat-fight at a Christmas do, but I missed that row.

A young couple split after he found she was with another young wan in the work toilets at a call centre.

A mystery sh**ter that struck twice in an office job. Actually saw one of the offending movements, had to be a man, it was massive.

blackwhite · 17-09-2019 1:54pm

StockTwat29 wrote: »

This was in the Big 4, probably first or second year there, wouldn't be on big money at all at that age since they pay for your exams and you get loads of study leave

Lad who compiled it was a 2nd year at the time - would have been on €27-29k depending on what exams he had done up to that point.

Stevieluvsye · 17-09-2019 1:54pm

Iseedeadpixels wrote: »

Not a workplace scandal but a mate of mine done this to a few of the lads with placing bets.

Similar happened to a mate of mine when we went to Harolds X one night. He was asked to put a score on a particular dog, to which he forgot and spent. Dog won at 4/1.

Turned out to be an expensive night

partyguinness · 17-09-2019 1:56pm

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

Did yis bang? :eek:

I'll be honest, that would be my worst nightmare, even thinking about it happening to you, i feel horrified

Physically I checked out fine the next day so your worst thoughts can be banished....:o

I take full responsibility for my actions and the situation I put myself in- I was not man handled or physically coerced in any manner.

He was a young skinny fella seemed like a pleasant chap- 'typical' gay demeanour. It was not some old fat pervert.

Iseedeadpixels · 17-09-2019 1:57pm

ziedth wrote: »

In what feels like a previous life I worked in retail for a relatively well known brand (Say 100+ stores in Ireland). Anyway, the role required me to travel a little bit and even though it seems like an exaggeration in the handful of years I was witness to the aftermath of six instances where managers (one female but all either marred, had kids or long term partner) went off and had an affair with a subordinate and in most cases ended up riding them in the shop to be later caught by CCTV or staff. There were all in different counties, age groups and it needs to be said levels of attractiveness. By the last time I found out it had happened again all I could really do is laugh

I worked for them too seen all the CCTV footage :pac: tip for anyone in retail do not get on the bad side of security managers they see all and often hide it for future use

randd1 · 17-09-2019 1:57pm

partyguinness wrote: »

This happened to me nearly ten years ago (not in Ireland). Oh God I have never written this down...not really a scandal but highly embarrassing and more suited to 'Horror work Christmas Parties'..:o

Basically Xmas party at my new work place (had only started in November). We knocked off at 2pm and straight to a bar/restaurant where we had sit down buffet and free drinks until 7pm. All staff were there and all the directors gone by 7. Notwithstanding the free drinks, we were on our best behaviour until the directors left. So then come 7pm the shackles came off completely.

(Background- there was really only 2 other staff I knew as we started together so there was a few others I just had not got to speak to. Turns out one of the guys was openly gay living with his partner etc- no issue there just nobody had told me that's all)

But anyway about 7-8 of us went off to hit the town. TBH...my memory from 7 onwards is very very sketchy plus it was a new city so not too familiar with the location.

To cut a long story short, we all ended up in a notorious gay bar/nightclub until 5am. I was so paralytic some gay guy...(oh God...this is hard) basically jumped on me and took me back to his place in a taxi..there was no 'action'. I have vague snippets of the taxi but that is it until the next morning.

I woke up the next morning bollock naked in bed next this complete random guy...TBH I believe I just passed out. Obviously could not get out of the place quick enough the next moring. Went for a shower, puked a few times and the guy was trying to get my number...:(

For the record I am not gay/bi/binary or whatever the term is these days.

I spent the next day in the absolute horrors..I was in some random strange housing estate 15 miles from home and asking for directions to the train station clutching a bottle of Lucozade...dry retching all the way home...in the dog house with my 8 mt pregnant wife who thankfully was out at work...:o I told her I ended up back at this house passed out on the couch after a party.

But Jaysus....it was embarrassing at work for next few weeks. Nobody said a word which was bloody worse. The gay guy with a knowing grin on his face sitting opposite me....I left that place the following June anyway (not related to that).

Not to be belittling your horror experience or saying it didn't happen, but it reminds me of a Scousers sketch on Harry Enfield in which the same thing happened, and it was a very funny sketch.

17-09-2019 2:00pm

I was working on a site and a lad fell off a ladder and broke his leg.
One of the lads organised a collection for him ,a few 100 quid.
Someone met the chap and asked if he got the money but he didnt have a clue what he was talking about.
The absolute scummer had gambled it.
Same lad reported his van stolen but turned out he was so drunk he didnt remember driving it from the pub,he also didnt remember going to his gaa coaches house (where the van was found) and trying to punch the head off the coach (who was almost 70).
Absolute scummer he was,
last time i seen him he was going into the bookies with his 5 year old kid on a saturday morning .

Stevieluvsye · 17-09-2019 2:08pm

partyguinness wrote: »

Physically I checked out fine the next day so your worst thoughts can be banished....:o

I take full responsibility for my actions and the situation I put myself in- I was not man handled or physically coerced in any manner.

He was a young skinny fella seemed like a pleasant chap- 'typical' gay demeanour. It was not some old fat pervert.

Jesus, that tale left me shaken if i'm being honest.

I can't even imagine the level of fear you had waking up.

I remember i woke up in a strangers bed in leeds one morning after a monster piss up. She was fcuking enormous.

I asked her what we got up to and she said i passed out after a kiss.

Biggest scandal in your workplace (Mod Note in OP)

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