Life r/AskReddit ‘What’s the dumbest thing you’ve been fired for?’ – 23 jaw-dropping miscarriages of justice Karen Dickinson . Updated November 20th, 2024 Share Tweet Being sacked is bad, what with the loss of money, status and security. But have you ever been sacked for a reason which felt utterly unfair, and added a big fat dollop of injustice on top of all the other negatives? Over on Reddit, user Sketch99 asked: ‘What’s the dumbest thing you’ve been fired for?’ And there were plenty of people with tales to tell about getting fired for very shabby reasons indeed.
1. ‘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 2.
‘I refused to lie under oath in a deposition.’ – blahbabooey 3. ‘I was 91 days away from qualifying for pension through my work, and was fired with 90 days severance so they wouldn’t have to pay.
’ – simsational84 4. ‘A coworker saw me injecting myself in the stomach with insulin and fired me for injecting drugs while at work.’ – bigbiemusic 5.
‘Requesting to have my desk moved after the person who sat behind me shot me with a pellet gun.’ – Silly_Somewhere1791 6. ‘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 co.