Expensive Mistakescoopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"
No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".
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chthonic, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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More costly than expensiveOnce worked with a guy in a kitchen who was making bread so had a machine kneading dough for him. I've tried Googling to get an image of one but they've all got fancy-schmancy safety devices on 'em now so don't resemble what was effectively a bowl about a yard deep & in diameter with a huge whisk attachment.
So, yeah. Glasses fell in, he instinctively reached to grab 'em, broke his arm in four places.
Boss/owner/head chef, being a really pleasant guy and not at all a violent, paranoid speed-addict, sacks him and tells him to sign on the dole until his arm is healed and then he'll "consider" employing him again.
As far as I know (he left town soon after), he never worked again. Last I heard, he was stacking shelves in Our Price. Shame, as he was a bloody good chef and a top bloke into the bargain.
Come to think of it, I'm off to check Facebook
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four styx, Mon 29 Oct 2007, 21:17,
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