Reddit users recount the greatest workplace meltdowns they've ever seen By Katie Dowd on July 14, 2016 3:34 AM Edit: I forgot to add that he was a 6’3” 250lb...ish burly guy who wore eye liner and had blue hair. Next time that happens, let these tips collectively come together as your anti-cry armour. Ever try writing a virus to round off fractions of a penny on each transaction? Enjoy these tales from Reddit as users rehash the most epic work meltdowns they have ever witnessed. ). We’ve probably all heard that warning too many times to count. The whole time we notice that a girl isnt here anymore. He immediately started growling and roaring at her, and he walked back and forth behind the counter like a T-Rex. The worst thing is I can already imagine the posts on Girl A's Facebook about how unfair it was that she was packed and she has no idea why her workplace picks on her. 31.0m members in the AskReddit community. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. But keep it brief, and focus your energy on understanding what happened and how you can prevent further workplace meltdowns. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions. Her class was unsupervised for a while (apparently none of the kids had told anyone what happened) and when the principal found her, she was curled up on the floor of the cabinet, rocking back and forth and sobbing. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions. My co-worker showed up very, very high. The guys driving the snowplows went on strike one year in my city like 25 years ago because people were shovelling their driveway before the plow would come and then when it came they had a pile of snow at the end of their driveway now and some people started throwing their shovels at the passing plows. Clearly, she was fired soon after that. 30.5m members in the AskReddit community. One of my coworkers was this guy who was really friendly, but also really strange. There are major differences between a rant and a tantrum, as evidenced below. writing financial software in the 80s. My coworker asked who we were talking about and upon finding out, stood up from her desk, flung herself to the ground, and proceeded to roll back and forth crying as loud as she could. Go Outside. clearly you worked in hell. Everybody finishes, and she sits us down and calls us a multitude of bad words, and tells us that we should have finished 3 laps like they did instead of only 2, even though she told us to walk, not run, and they were running. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. In his very calm and polite voice he says "Oh, I am sorry ma'am, but I cannot." Office meltdowns come in all shapes and sizes. After about 3 hours he calmly turns to me and says "I can't do this anymore"...gently sets down his bag of chips, and walks out the door. Just too stupid to keep it going. The systems analyst sitting at her desk near me suddenly burst into tears and wailed "it's all so pointless - money doesn't mean anything!". And boy, are they juicy. Girl A is a fuckin annoying bitch and has been pushing everyone’s nerves since she started, and I wouldn’t want someone like that walking around treating co workers that way. My P.E. Also the GP office is too slow, and after a while I see a huge build-up at the GP office but don't have the money to expand because the game keeps running me at a loss. I don't know that this counts as a meltdown. Usually, there is a buildup of frustration that happens over time. He had a high pitched, but pleasant voice, and spoke in an overly polite manner. The whole time he had zero facial expression, think of the dull stare of a chewing dairy cow. Press J to jump to the feed. Usually, it is needed to unlock the previous department's missions to unlock the … Asshole. He did this until the GM who was back making food realized what was going on. Assuming she had gone to the funeral, we asked her how it was, she answered with, "Huh? Anyway, he came in for a 4 hour shift, stood in the middle of our bank of checkout registers...and just ate chips. 4. r/AskReddit is the place to ask and answer thought-provoking questions. She proceeds to push the whole class onto the track in 97 degree weather and makes us sprint a mile and says that anybody who gets below 7:30 has to run it again (it was a 90 minute period). Understanding the Three Stages of a Meltdown will make it easier to identify and apply strategies to prevent. The player receives the conditions to open the Core Suppression of the department after certain missions but can only be completed after certain days. Since tantrums and meltdowns are so different, you need to handle them in different ways. Best meltdown ever. This is a true lifesaver for me. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Here are scenarios to help you deal with them: Scenario 1. We agree that people can be horrible sometimes and that life, for all its wonders, is scary. He was also about 6'3" and 140 pounds, so he stood out in a crowd to begin with. This lady walks up to order and he just stares at her. We later found out she had to be taken away in an ambulance because she had asthma and our bitch of a teacher denied her of her inhaler, so she fainted and was taken to the nurses office immediately. Cops came and took our statements and the guy got arrested for assault. From Reddit: Some kids decided to run and managed to finish 3 laps by the time the rest of us finished like 2. A coworker was upset that I questioned his work product. And peacefully left. Because the students were throwing things at my head during break and I realised I was putting up with more than I should.