Screwing up at workSomeone on the security team signed off that a fake bomb had been recovered at Old Trafford when it hadn't. Cue one controlled explosion and a postponed soccer game. Tell us your tales of workplace screw ups and the consequences of your mistakes.
(, Tue 17 May 2016, 8:59)
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urrrrrrgh so easily doneafter working 2 days without going home or sleeping, I once transposed 2 digits in a sort code and very nearly missed the transfer deadline for a £30,000,000 acquisition. when I clocked it I felt as if i had swallowed an ice cube. I rushed off and told accounts; they said it might be too late to fix it that day. I had the meanest supervisor in the world, so I just asked him all casual and trembling, what would happen if we couldn't complete that day.
he said nothing legal, as the contractual deadline wasn't until the next day. then added, "but the client has its celebration party at [top swanky nightspot] tonight, so if it didn't complete, I would find out why, and I personally would make that person's life a living hell."
nice.
anyway, accounts fixed it, and it went through and all was fine, but fucking hell, such a tiny easy blurry eyed mistake can have such big consequences!
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rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 18 May 2016, 9:34,
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