Your costliest errors at work

Oops , sorry bout that boss

I have just fu**ed up a piece of stone worth about a grand by reading the plan wrong and machining the undermount sink in the wrong place .

So over to you lot , can anyone beat $1000 dollars Australian for a monumental stuff up  

Potentially millions but I'm legally barred from talking about it. So I guess you're still winning! 

Potentially millions but I'm legally barred from talking about it. So I guess you're still winning! 

Sounds good.

I'm relatively good on this front. Might have fu**ed up the odd few things but I don't think it has had any real bearing. Possibly a mistake or two during audits that may have led to extra fines bit nothing substantial enough that I've been told about it.

I'd imagine I lost McDonalds a fair bit through dropped food and general doziness.

I'd imagine I lost McDonalds a fair bit through dropped food and general doziness.

Nah !! I can't believe for one minute Ross 

Hi, My name's Tom and me and my pal George have made a serious number of major F**k ups in our work.

Doesn't matter though. We just dump it on the company and all the little people suffer so, no problem for us

Threw a watermelon into the box crusher thingy when I worked at woolies does that count?

My motto in my former job was I don't make mistakes.

The boss used to say you have to break a few eggs to make an omelette.  I thought that was a typical excuse from somebody as F***ing useless as they were.

I had a colleague who worked in the same hospital department as me that made an error that led to the death of a patient.

^^^^

Jeez JD , put's my little $1000 F**k up into perspective

Not a good thing on your conscience.

Fortunately, not my conscience.

Was going to put something in here about work but after reading JDs I hate to think what could be more costly. Glad its not you that has to carry that burden

Hmm I did place an order for an additional 120 HP Desktops ( a truck full) by mistake.

They did cause a rumpus at the start as they had to sit in the warehouse for 6 weeks but were eventually offloaded.

Going the bog was mine.

Came back out an somebody had nicked the phone off the front desk. Was quite chuffed to be honest as I hated the sound of that thing.

Funny though since considering there was a computer, a radio, me phone (fair enough that is sh*t) and two charity donation boxes containing money that somebody should decide to nick an ordinary phone. That still can't even make outgoing calls. Turned out though that it was one me work "mates" trying to teach me a lesson. I was too busy laughing at the incident to take in what was being said to me by me boss when she had a go.

Hmm I did place an order for an additional 120 HP Desktops ( a truck full) by mistake.

They did cause a rumpus at the start as they had to sit in the warehouse for 6 weeks but were eventually offloaded.

Damn it, could have chucked one my way. My retro 90's pc is really struggling.

Not an error but its going to be costly, going to change all the passwords on the works computers on my last day in work. So when they open up on Thursday, no tills.     

Jan. 1995: Computing error at Fidelity's Magellan fund
"There was a big flap recently over Fidelity's Magellan fund estimating in November that they would make a $4.32/share distribution at the end of year, and then not doing so. A letter of explanation was sent to the shareholders (including me) from J. Gary Burkhead, the President of Fidelity, including the following pertinent items: "During the estimating process, a tax accountant is required to transcribe the net realized gain or loss from the fund's financial records (which were correct at all times) to a separate spreadsheet, where additional calculations are performed. The error occurred when the accountant omitted the minus sign on a net capital loss of $1.3 billion and incorrectly treated it as a net capital gain on this separate spreadsheet. This meant that the dividend estimate spreadsheet was off by $2.6 billion....

Not an error but its going to be costly, going to change all the passwords on the works computers on my last day in work. So when they open up on Thursday, no tills.     

That sounds brilliant.

Not an error but its going to be costly, going to change all the passwords on the works computers on my last day in work. So when they open up on Thursday, no tills.     

Will it not be obvious its you Gareth ? or are other workers finishing on the same day that also have access to the computers, grest idea though ! 

Will it not be obvious its you Gareth ? or are other workers finishing on the same day that also have access to the computers, grest idea though ! 

There are other people finishing on the same day Steve, so they can't pin point whoever done it. And no cameras in the office, and I will change them with the managers password, which he left in the draw.

You naughty boy Gareth 

Just found out no tills for an hour today, I love it when a plan comes together.     

Technically playing online poker is my current job/income. I lost almost 600 euros in one hand once, the b***ard got a fullhouse on the river. It's worse when it's your own money

Let us know how you get on with that Gareth!!