“Bringing A Date To The Office”: 20 Shockingly Unprofessional Work Moments

The workplace is supposed to be a place of professionalism, but let’s be real—things don’t always go that way. From bizarre behavior to downright shocking incidents, people have seen all kinds of unprofessional antics on the job. When someone asked on Threads, “What’s the most unprofessional thing you’ve seen at work?”, the responses did not disappoint. Here are some of the wildest answers that prove office life can be just as dramatic as reality TV.

#1

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An anaesthetist picking his nose and eating it.

#2

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When my creepy senior citizen coworker said in his best Austin Powers voice “Do I make you horny?”

#3

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My manager calling a fake team meeting to discuss convincing me to date the only other Black person in the office.

#4

Had a supervisor twice my age at my first job (i was 16) throw metal equipment at me while TRAINING me for not moving “fast enough”. Also had an assistant manager (also almost twice my age) at a wireless store i worked at steal $4000 from the store (for dr*g money) in only MY deposits and tried to frame me. Cameras proved her wrong but…yeah. pretty unprofessional.

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#5

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Being yelled at as a new employee for not being trained on something. Like homie YOU GUYS are the one training me.

#6

Cranking up Trumps inauguration speech on 100% volume on your PC….like multiple people.

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#7

When I was working in a restaurant when I was about 18/19, my manager got pissed we were talking during a downtime. He threw a bottle of aspirin at me. Then he got pissed when I called the owner and told him what his manager did. The manager was made to apologize to me and he was salty AF afterwards.

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#8

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So many ppl blatantly cheating on their spouses with other employees.

#9

One of my bosses who hadn’t seen in a long while greeted me and went for a hug then loudly said “come closer, you hadn’t been hugged by a man in a long time”. I was so shocked I said nothing.
I saw him again 5 months later and confronted him about it, he laughed and said “was I lying?”
I don’t know this man at all outside of work.

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#10

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The manager shaving his face over the pizza cutting table.

#11

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Had a manager tell me to hire people like her.. she’s caucasian… I’m hispanic.. Quit a month after that.

#12

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My boss storing his urine sample in the work refrigerator. He had a lab test later that day and figured it would be fine to put the sample in the communal fridge.

#13

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A girl who would rope in every new young male coworker to promote her onlyfans.

#14

Working in hospitality for pretty much my whole life soooo many but the craziest thing was a chef (male) grabbing the assistant manager (female) by the neck

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#15

My coworker sleeps everyday. Not on lunch or break. Just at her desk. Falls asleep while scrolling fb

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#16

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It feels like a high school. Always somebody loud, or an argument, or a misunderstanding.

#17

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Gossip, not taking accountability, & scapegoating

#18

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I received a literal death threat from a coworker — i would say that was unprofesh.

#19

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A girl twerking on the showroom floor at a luxury car dealership. And she was the receptionist.

#20

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My boss farting while standing next to my desk.