Unprofessional Behavior

[Pugilistic]

A girl I know told me that a couple days ago, the vice president of her company held a meeting and he showed softcore porn before the meeting started to help them "relax." A lot of people were shocked and disgusted, and the girl herself was livid. I was cracking up when she told me because it sounds like something out of a comedy skit. I couldn't believe that would happen in a professional setting. Sounds like an HR nightmare, but the VP apparently isn't in any trouble because he's related to the founder and can't get fired.

It makes me think I haven't seen anything particularly bad in my working experience. One incident that comes to my mind is when I was in the army. There were two officers in my unit who were engaged (Male captain and female lieutenant) and during an exercise, they got in a quarrel, inside of an crowded armored command vehicle, while other people were right there, including myself. The LT got incredibly mad and started crying and then stormed out. All in the middle of a military exercise. I was a private at the time and all I could think was, WTF. It was one of the many incidents that destroyed my sense of romanticism of the military.

I guess it's only fair to share something I'm guilty of. A while back I worked temporarily at an institute that teaches English to little kids. On my last day I decided to ask out one of the female employees there, in front of the kids. We got drunk and made out at a party once so I thought I had a chance, and I thought the kids would be too young to understand or care. I asked her for number and she just looked at me, then at the kids, and back at me again. I look at the kids and they were attentively watching us. She says, "Uh...maybe later..."
I say, "What, do you think they understand what's going on?"
She says, "Yeah...they do."
I'm like, "Oh..." and she says maybe "next time."

What is the most unprofessional behavior you have seen, or been guilty of, in a professional setting?

 

[Medulla Omoplata]

 

[I Am Legion]

I can’t believe that’s true. We just had a guy get fired for excessive cursing. Who does she work for Dunder and Mifflin?

 

[ens189]

Grown men refusing to submit to piss tests for 8 hours, stating they didn’t have to go and knowing full well they can’t leave the station until they do so. Only doing it so they could technically “work a double” and get that next night off.

 

[SRN]

Are they hiring? Sounds like a fun place

 

[horc00]

Harassment and lawsuits aside, the founder should just fire the VP for being a complete idiot.

How the fuck does he expect anyone to relax while watching porn? The pants are gonna be so fucking uncomfortable.

 

[all caps]

Grown men refusing to submit to piss tests for 8 hours, stating they didn’t have to go and knowing full well they can’t leave the station until they do so. Only doing it so they could technically “work a double” and get that next night off.

I wouldnt call that unprofessional. I think treating me like an inmate testing my piss is unprofessional.

 

[Pugilistic]

I can’t believe that’s true. We just had a guy get fired for excessive cursing. Who does she work for Dunder and Mifflin?

I should mention that I don't live in the US and the rules are seemingly more lax here, for better or for worse.

Another girl I know said one of her superiors during a company outing grabbed her by the collar and threatened to punch her as a "joke" once. Granted it wasn't at work but it was still messed up. I told her she should report it HR and she says, "that lady is HR!"

 

[Oblivian]

I've heard a lot of discrimination talk when it comes to the hiring process.

 

[Dolomite]

The other day I was hosting a meeting, and as usual showed a few hi-light clips from the 1974 classic "Emmanuell" before hand, ya know, to get everyone in the mood to talk about Safety (the subject of the meeting) - and this one chick just kept staring at the floor the whole time...

 

[BisexualMMA]

There comes a point where you just have to fire your idiot nephew. That or...

 

[MikeMcMann]

or better yet that the situation in the OP happened. Not in this day and age.

 

[ens189]

I wouldnt call that unprofessional. I think treating me like an inmate testing my piss is unprofessional.

I’m in law enforcement. It’s a little different.

 

[SMillard]

At one place I worked we had a couple guys that would come onto girls in a creepy way. One of the guys was department head for a reef impact study team I was on. There were three of us doing one job where a fishing boat had run aground on a reef, the guy, a girl and me. The girl was a VERY attractive filipina she looked like a prime Kobe Thai and she was very feminist so if you mentioned the similarity she got really pissed. The dept head came up with the idea that we meet at her apartment to car pool to the marina. At first he says to meet at 7:00 am, I show up and the girl pulls me aside and asks me to come to her place at 6:30 because the guy was creeping her out by showing up at 6:30. So I show up to her place at 6:30 the next couple days. Then a couple days after that she asks me to show up at 6:00 because he was showing up at 6:00 am. Finally I told the two of them that we are meeting at the office, it was a little longer drive but I wasn't playing that game anymore.

Had a boss that I've mentioned before was probably the most socially awkward person I've ever met, I think I could write a book about this guy. The guy was obese and when he'd wear slacks or jeans to the office he'd always stand up, unbuckle his belt and unbutton his pants then sit down. No matter how long he'd been doing this he'd stand up and his pants would drop half way down his legs until he caught them. Sometimes if he was just running between offices he'd just hold his pants up while he walked around.

He did this in meetings with clients, he'd do it when he was driving, the guy would get out of his car and his pants would drop. He did this in front of female employees of his all the time.

Once he shit himself (he actually shit himself numerous times but this was one of the more memorable times), he was literally running down the hall with diarrhea dripping down his legs onto the carpet. He made it to the bathroom and had one of the girls grab him a "protective suit" which is basically a disposable white paper suit which he wore the rest of the day. Needless to say these things are practically see through. When I said something about being able to see through it his response was "then don't look". The next day he had people pulling the shit stained carpet up and they put down laminate flooring.

Another time after a hurricane the power was out, this building had no windows so it would heat up pretty bad quickly. I was there taking care of paperwork and trying not to sweat all over everything, which is impossible. Anyway, the two girls that worked in the office come in and they both come running into my office with a horrified look on their faces. This guy was walking around working in only his tidy whiteys and a pair of crocs.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

when I worked at the base PX in HS, this cat from the men's dpt used to walk in, clock in, and walk out and come back hours later to punch out (we had a literal time puncher thing)...

dude did this for months before he was caught, which is odd b/c there's security cameras EVERYWHERE

knew a guy in the army that would put his subordinate on duty, just so he could go smash the guy's wife while he was firewatch/CQ.......damn son

 

[Pugilistic]

At one place I worked we had a couple guys that would come onto girls in a creepy way. One of the guys was department head for a reef impact study team I was on. There were three of us doing one job where a fishing boat had run aground on a reef, the guy, a girl and me. The girl was a VERY attractive filipina she looked like a prime Kobe Thai and she was very feminist so if you mentioned the similarity she got really pissed. The dept head came up with the idea that we meet at her apartment to car pool to the marina. At first he says to meet at 7:00 am, I show up and the girl pulls me aside and asks me to come to her place at 6:30 because the guy was creeping her out by showing up at 6:30. So I show up to her place at 6:30 the next couple days. Then a couple days after that she asks me to show up at 6:00 because he was showing up at 6:00 am. Finally I told the two of them that we are meeting at the office, it was a little longer drive but I wasn't playing that game anymore.

Had a boss that I've mentioned before was probably the most socially awkward person I've ever met, I think I could write a book about this guy. The guy was obese and when he'd wear slacks or jeans to the office he'd always stand up, unbuckle his belt and unbutton his pants then sit down. No matter how long he'd been doing this he'd stand up and his pants would drop half way down his legs until he caught them. Sometimes if he was just running between offices he'd just hold his pants up while he walked around.

He did this in meetings with clients, he'd do it when he was driving, the guy would get out of his car and his pants would drop. He did this in front of female employees of his all the time.

Once he shit himself (he actually shit himself numerous times but this was one of the more memorable times), he was literally running down the hall with diarrhea dripping down his legs onto the carpet. He made it to the bathroom and had one of the girls grab him a "protective suit" which is basically a disposable white paper suit which he wore the rest of the day. Needless to say these things are practically see through. When I said something about being able to see through it his response was "then don't look". The next day he had people pulling the shit stained carpet up and they put down laminate flooring.

Another time after a hurricane the power was out, this building had no windows so it would heat up pretty bad quickly. I was there taking care of paperwork and trying not to sweat all over everything, which is impossible. Anyway, the two girls that worked in the office come in and they both come running into my office with a horrified look on their faces. This guy was walking around working in only his tidy whiteys and a pair of crocs.

Lol jesus christ. Shitting yourself at work probably takes the cake. How was he still employed? He must've been incredibly good at his job for people to deal with that shit, no pun intended.

when I worked at the base PX in HS, this cat from the men's dpt used to walk in, clock in, and walk out and come back hours later to punch out (we had a literal time puncher thing)...

dude did this for months before he was caught, which is odd b/c there's security cameras EVERYWHERE

knew a guy in the army that would put his subordinate on duty, just so he could go smash the guy's wife while he was firewatch/CQ.......damn son

I saw a lot of unprofessional behavior in my time in the army although it was nothing like that. There was one captain who would make a private do all his paperwork (wasn't the private's job) while he sat there and played with his phone. Dude was pretty much going to work to play with his phone while someone else did his job.

Had a warrant officer in my unit who made me sign him in on the overtime system so he'd get paid overtime while he was at home. He would call me from his phone to remind me and shit. Fucking tax dollars at work. I "forgot" to sign him in a few times though.

 

[HunterSdVa29]

Lol jesus christ. Shitting yourself at work probably takes the cake. How was he still employed? He must've been incredibly good at his job for people to deal with that shit, no pun intended.



I saw a lot of unprofessional behavior in my time in the army although it was nothing like that. There was one captain who would make a private do all his paperwork (wasn't the private's job) while he sat there and played with his phone. Dude was pretty much going to work to play with his phone while someone else did his job.

Had a warrant officer in my unit who made me sign him in on the overtime system so he'd get paid overtime while he was at home. He would call me from his phone to remind me and shit. Fucking tax dollars at work. I "forgot" to sign him in a few times though.

when I was Training NCO, my 1SG used to watch Luta Livre dvds all day in his office haha

except his remote broke so anytime the TV/Player needed changing he'd yell for me to come in and change it......his desk was 5' away tops

same guy also adopted a donkey in Iraq and had a SPC duty to clean/groom/feed this 'pet' that only he cared about, good times

 

[Horse Style]

I once asked a prostitute I was with for a dinner date afterwards. She felt I was being very creepy unprofessional by my request and I had a very unpleasant meeting with her pimp HR the next day

 

[Amerikuracana]

Ready?

The only thing I hate is useless drama unrelated to production. I can handle GOOD drama, like when something interesting actually happens.. But when the girl (or guy, these days) who was an ugly nerd in school creates some pathetic manufactured drama, and a couple other ugly girls try to take control of the office by consoling her and trying to make their pathetic lives look somehow interesting, and then the gay guy joins in and the boss has to pretend to care and all of a sudden you have to find them interesting or be outcast as the only person that still has an ounce of cool left in their body, when you really just want to focus on work, get it done, and get out of the place where the pathetic losers have their entire social life... Well... Those unprofessional (now considered professional) complete dorks are why Asians and AI are definitely the future.

 

[SMillard]

Lol jesus christ. Shitting yourself at work probably takes the cake. How was he still employed? He must've been incredibly good at his job for people to deal with that shit, no pun intended.

He was one of the owners, see the "awkward person" thread for more stories about the guy. I know of at least three times he shit himself at work or doing something work related. He and the other owner basically inherited the company from the original owner. The guy decided to retire and asked them if they wanted to company. Basically all they had to do was pay him from the profits. Talk about falling into shit and coming out smelling like roses. I joined the company about three years after they got the company.

The other owner was a really nice guy but had a real drinking problem. One day one of the girls calls me and says "I think David is dead! He's just sitting there slumped in his chair" I told her to check if he's breathing, hold a mirror under his nose or something. She went to check his breathing and he threw up all over her. I told her to just call the paramedics. They get there and tell the girls that basically the guy had been drinking all day on an empty stomach. No one knew where he had the alcohol. Finally someone checked his supply of "Fiji water" turned out it was all Vodka. Guy had about a dozen Fiji water bottles filled with Vodka. Despite all that he was a good guy, sadly he died recently from complications from Alzheimer's.