Drugs, porn, stolen delivery cars: Reddit users reveal their most outrageous firing stories

THEY say good help is hard to find — apparently it’s true. Employers have shared some of the craziest things their staff thought they could get away with.

You fired someone over that?!

THEY say good help is hard to find — apparently it’s true.

A recent post on social media site Reddit asked employers to name the stupidest thing they ever had to fire someone for.

We’ve selected some of the top responses. They range from hilarious to terrifying.

CactusR***: “I worked with a guy who was fired for regularly watching porn at his desk. They talked to him several times and he just never stopped.”

Tleb: “Receptionist who forgot to wear pants. I was at a satellite office and had four employees call me separately to let me know. There were some previous issues, plus they were pretty sure she was on something.”

Duffalpha: “One of my maintenance guys tried to stab a guy over a bag of dirt. Company dirt. DIRT.”

Deuce_Hobo: “A couple of co-workers decided to start dealing cocaine at the hospital we worked at, and thought using the internal email system was a good way to keep in touch with customers.”

MorallyDeplorable: “Manager at a delivery joint here, we had to let someone go because they decided to deliver pizzas in a stolen car.”

Selling drugs on work time is a sacking offence.

Kazador: “Worked at a nightclub. One of the workers called in sick, but he was actually going to some party instead. Could you guess where they went after the party? Yes, to our nightclub.”

Sicklyfun: “I had to fire this kid from a gas station I worked at, after he asked me if I ever poked holes in the condoms with a push pin (as he proceeded to punch holes in condoms). I have no idea how long he was doing it for [but] he worked there for over a year.”

Honest2GodGamer: “One of the lifeguards was really hung over so he took a s**t in the pool so we didn’t have to open up for the day.”

45MinutesOfRoadH***: “This guy always tried to hide at work to avoid working. One day I was looking for him and I stepped into the bathroom. I notice a shoe print on the back of the toilet, and I look up and one of the ceiling tiles is pushed a little to the side. I climb up there, and (he) is hiding in the ceiling.”

If you work at a nightclub, don’t call in sick to go to said nightclub.

FichTacos: “Forgot cheese on cheese pizza, twice.”

Djs9pd: “One of my cooks asked for a smoke break. Told him to go for it. He hadn’t come back after 10 minutes so I looked out the window. He was smoking a crack pipe.”

Pooping_Naked: “One of the security guys at my company was caught masturbating to porn, during the day, at the main reception desk, by a female PA. When we had his exit interview, we asked him why he did it, and he just said he felt really comfortable at work, and got carried away while browsing Reddit. He’d been with the company for years. The best part was a colleague of mine who came back from vacation a week later and asked what happened to ‘Ron’. Someone said, ‘He was fired’, and immediately the guy said, ‘Oh what, did he get caught jerking off?’”

What’s the craziest reason you’ve ever had to fire someone? Or were you ‘that guy’? Share your stories in the comments below.