6 EMBARRASSING Work Stories That Will Make You Laugh

We’ve all had embarrassing moments at work. Funny little things that happened and made you turn red.
These moments are all part and parcel of working life. But here, in this video, we break down 6 of the most hilariously embarrassing things that have ever happened to anyone while at work. Enjoy!
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[@lemontangs]

One of my more embarrassing work stories was during lockdown. I was presenting to a team of 20+ legal representatives. Mid meeting my 4 year old daughter who'd just stopped using nappies, in full view of the camera, comes bursting into the room, turns around, drops her pants and spreads her cheeks proudly asking "Is my butt clean?". The silence was as you could guess... deafening. Since then, whenever I drop by the teams office they always bring it up as one of the funniest lockdown meetings ever.

[@chrisdonnellyofficial]

I think the people should hear YOUR most embarrassing work stories...

[@phaedrapage4217]

Yeah, this is what we really want!

[@Gangasudhan]

The people have spoken, Ben.

[@missflowerpower8724]

YESSSS!! YESSS!! YEESSSSS!!! (Hi Chris)

[@kategallagher3033]

Don’t push people to do things they don’t want to do. Alcohol, food allergies-honor the decisions they make in their lives.

[@stbmunky]

My favourite online meeting blunder was our CEO trying to do an all-hands for everyone during Covid but got photobombed by the family cat. We could hear him talking but all we could see was a close up of a cat’s bumhole. There used to be an annual “Quotes of the year” email that went round, which was a list of all the hilarious things people had accidentally said or done during work meetings. Sadly nobody took over compiling it when the person who used to run it got a new position somewhere else, but it was a thing of beauty that we all looked forward to for years.

[@AbblittAbroad]

When I was in my early 20s I worked for a large Australian government department. I was asked to relieve at a one-person rural office while that staff member was on annual leave. I’d been in that office quite often so I wasn’t given any orientation. My manager just gave me the keys and wished me luck. On the first morning I’d only been at work for 1-2 hours when all of a sudden three police officers throw open the front door, with guns drawn. “What’s the problem?” One of them asks me, while the other two scan the room. Fortunately there were no members of the public there at the time. What I was unaware of was the silent distress alarm that was on the underside of the front counter. I’d accidentally hit it with my knee. The local police officers all thought it was hilarious, and for the duration of my stay they’d drop by “just making sure everything is OK here”.

[@pjschmid2251]

Everything about that woman in #2 was just so cringe. From trying to force someone to eat something they had clearly stated they did not want to the obnoxious Cali vocal fry 😖

[@lauraburk8112]

I emailed all 40 of my clients concerning eggnog production, ending the email with, “there’s no hope for the holidays.” I have no clue how Happy Holidays turned into that.

[@chameleonstrikes]

I worked in a school office and was in charge of typing up the student daily bulletin for homeroom teachers to read to the students every morning before classes started. We had been including parts of the bullying and harassment policy of the school each day. This particular day I made an error, which, because of the fast turnaround time for the bulletin, I couldn't fix before it went to the staff morning briefing. So, not only did I make an error thousands of staff and students would know about, I had to be in the staffroom when the vice principal told the teachers to make sure the students understood one of the steps to resolving bullying is 'mediation', not 'medication' 😳🤦‍♀️

[@opheliaspuppyloverchannel9683]

I have told customers multiple times I loved them lol

[@TheHumanVoiceBox]

I came so close when I used to take calls

[@opheliaspuppyloverchannel9683]

Hahahah I still do it lol 😝

[@garethaskew-hargreaves6549]

The “I’m beautiful” story is similar to my most embarrassing work story. I was working in a call centre, and just finishing up a call in which I got on really well with the caller (this is relevant). Simultaneously, near me, two colleagues were finishing up a story at which one of them said, “That’s horrible.” The caller that I got on with thanked me, and I went to say “You’re welcome.” But what came out was “You’re horrible.” 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@vongola11thboss67]

#2 is the best one 😂

[@JGS123WRPTP]

I like how the lady think folding clothes is stressful 😂

[@bethbovey7566]

Worked for a timber and building supplies company in accounts. One day they were very busy in the shop and a woman asked me "did we have toilets?" I directed her to the back of the store where the bathroom fittings were stocked. She came back and said "no, I wanted to use a toilet". Okay, directed her to the staff loos , picked up the constantly ringing phone and answered it, "welcome to xxx toilet, how can I help you", it was the director of the company 😅

[@lilfizz1619]

I was training to become a carer and the manager was telling me about a client I'd meet when I shadowed the next day. She was explaining that he had some hoarding tendencies and said "he has aetalexis". I'd never heard of that disorder and so I asked what it was. Turns out she didn't say he had "aetalexis" she said he had "eight alexas" as in he kept buying and hoarding amazon echo products. Because of a mishearing, I ended up looking like I didn't know what an Alexa was.

[@slc1161]

Best wardrobe malfunction. I worked as a scrub nurse in the cardiac catheterization lab, where patients with chest pain, heart attack, and other heart problems have a test to see if they have blockages and need surgery. My job was to inject the dye, move the ray tube, and adjust the frame of the picture to block out what we didn’t need to see. So controls on my side. Doctor adjusts the catheter, I adjust tube and shutters and get ready to inject. Now, here’s the issue. I have a size F chest, not implants. I’m wearing a lead vest and skirt to protect from too much X-ray exposure. Just as I go to inject the dye, the shutter slowly close and no picture. All of us stop to see what happened. Turns out I was touching the control panel with the lead because my girls stuck out too far and the lead brushed the button shut. I turned beet red. Everyone else had a great laugh at my expense.

[@EikePilt]

I've been a passenger princess forever, even though I can drive. For the past 20 years, my husband has dropped me off at work, and I always kiss him before I leave the car. Once, my boss dropped me home after a work event that ended very late. Of course, I leaned in to kiss him but quickly realized my mistake. I had to make a face like I dropped something. 😅 Muscle memory, I swear!

[@jantutor8881]

oops!

[@tomarmstrong3800]

Actually such a good point that we should all agree on plug sockets and greetings

[@StillNotCancelled]

Won't happen cause the best plug design is the British one and all the other countries seem to believe that admitting that means the British Empire is back.

[@ThunderPrincess2500]

I would love to see "best wardrobe malfunctions" next. Where do we submit stories? I have some that will make you laugh so hard it might not be healthy

[@kibbiecreek]

Here’s mine. I was walking into the office and the company’s board was meeting in the large conference room just off the reception area at the entrance on the office floor. The conference room door was open. My young son called me when I was just outside the conference room. My phone volume was turned up all the way. My ring tone for my son was the SpongeBob SquarePants theme. It shocked me and I couldn’t turn it off. I look over to the conference room and EVERYONE was looking at me. I never lived that down.

[@Fast_Eddy_Magic]

This daddy likes strawberries. 😂

[@tracycornish7011]

I worked in cold meat deli section at Woolworths and this store had a strange layout for the cool room , it had a step up into it, in the 80’s this is 🤣🤣. So my manager was horrible old witch , I was 17 and fun 😊, she had been picking at me all morning and gave instructions to fill the salami counter, I loaded up my arms with said salami rolls and got to cool room door and thought how am I going to open door ? Arms full so I kicked the release button and the door opened with such force it hit my boss in the head who had come back and was bending down behind door and due to it hitting her as I continued to walk out it hit me as well as it bounced of her unconscious head !! 😂😂😂😂 Embarrased and moved to another department 🤣🤣

[@Kabul75]

I was on a try-out salesman on my first day. My job was to sell picture books and postcards to tourists in downtown Helsinki. I had a customer lady who at that point had not said anything. She was looking one book and for some reason I mentioned that you can get that book in other languages as well, e.g. russian and german. She looked a bit baffled and responded with perfect posh-english (the full Jeeves): Well english is just fine, thank you for asking. That was also the last day of work there.

[@bcase5328]

That is why when you set up for Zoom you make your backdrop a blank (or near blank) wall. (Don't let people see much of your home.)

[@TheUnknownSpiderMan]

I wouldn’t hire someone who jumped up and down on the elevator either. I don’t want anybody breaking my stuff.

[@sanmasensei]

If the baby came now you’d have to call her Rica 😂

[@capt.bart.roberts4975]

"I'm beautiful!" "Did I just say that?

[@brucedk2181]

OMG number two was insufferable, like omg, like, like literally, like, like literally. Unnecessarily preceded by all the fabulous places they can afford to travel to for company off sites. 🙄🤮

[@sidrat2009]

Call Centre - The do's and don't from both management, client and front line staff and admin because they're human too (allegedly).

[@LotsofLisa]

I could no longer deny I was lactose intolerant after drinking my 8oz. morning bottle of milk…

[@Mandassina]

Number two doesn't realize she was actually embarrassing herself before she said the stupid line, "What does daddy like?" When someone says no I'm gluten free, you stop nagging them and leave them alone. Whether it's a personal choice or a necessity due to celiac disease or something like that, he didn't want the damn cake. She should have just left him alone. Of course, if a male boss had been pestering this b to eat a dessert that she didn't want, he would have been labeled as toxic or overbearing or creepy. Why isn't she?

[@Brandilio]

I had a moment that was embarrassing for the other person involved. I worked at a (frankly terrible) news station leading up to the 2020 election. It was New Years Eve, and since it was a holiday, I was the only video editor present for the bulk of my shift. Put simply, there was one editor (me) editing down videos and audio for about six different writers. I hop onto an in-house package, and for these, the writers are supposed to supply links to the relevant footage. The writer did a decent job, but she mentioned at the start of the package that several people had dropped out of the primary. She didn't supply a link to any footage of those people, so I call down over the speaker phone and ask to speak to the writer - we'll call her Emily. So I dial down, say "Hey, anyone there?" and the lead writer asks what's up. I ask to speak with "Emily" over the phone (privately) and the lead writer calls her over. As "Emily" is walking to the handset, she is unaware that it's still on speaker and says, "I swear he'd better not be asking for more ****ing b-roll. It's not that ****ing hard to find for ****'s sake". I can basically hear the lead writer trying to silently interject that it's still on speaker, but being the rascal I am, I say, "You know I can hear you, right?" Silence. I hear the sound of the handset being picked up with a very quiet and embarrassed, "...hello?" I say, "Hey, I *do* actually need more b-roll," and I go on to explain the situation. About 20 seconds later, she's in the edit bay and profusely apologizing. I honestly don't remember everything she said because I genuinely didn't care - I thought it was funny as hell. But I had a lot of stories to work on, so I basically said, "Hey, it's cool - I really don't care. I just need the footage since I'm getting swamped back here." She still thought I was mad at her and I don't think she ever got over it. Still a fun story to bring up from time to time though.

[@rosemaryjones5550]

I worked at a supermarket on my day off I went in with my 3y/o who innocently asked if my boss had eaten a baby (he looked a bit pregnant) he was in the next aisle my friend saw him react so I know he heard but never mentioned it There’s a zoom interview on bbc where she had a dildo on the shelf 2 was a dick leave him be

[@Gangasudhan]

How about coming in as an external trainer for a charitable organisation whose staff included a couple of learners who were pastors in their private life - and when discussing a workaround to a technical problem, nonchalantly remark "well, better the devil you know". #NotMyFinestMoment

[@strawberrykatnz]

Oh no😂😂😂😂

[@cjayjohnson8256]

Embarrassing dinner party stories ..

[@simonrouse5529]

It was funny and someone tell me a few years ago this person was working as a responist at a doctors surgery and was on the phone with someone and she ment to say that they was fully booked that day but it came out say that they r fully f#@k up and it was just embarrassing and she had no interest of saying it and they was behind her had a bit of a laugh and saw the funny side of it