Reddit users reveal the grossest things they’ve seen at work — and it’s worse than you think

Let’s beryllium real, everyone’s had a spot of a questionable colleague at 1 constituent aliases another. But, there’s a immense quality betwixt personification being a small annoying and personification being hardcore gross.

Aussies person shared immoderate of nan grossest things they’ve witnessed astatine work, and immoderate you deliberation it is, I committedness it’s 10 times worse.

“Grossest point you’ve witnessed?”

An Aussie Reddit personification has taken to nan level successful the r/auscorp subreddit, asking for nan grossest things firm labor person seen astatine activity — and kicking it disconnected pinch a banger.

“Grossest point you’ve witnessed successful nan office?” they wrote.

“I’ll spell first… personification cutting their toenails successful a pod.”

And so, nan floodgates were opened.

“Whole agency stank for illustration poop for [the] adjacent hour”

Some things came down to communal sense, pinch 1 personification sharing 2 instances that taught them a lesson.

“Old workplace had a squad of 2 that were our telephone switchboard operators… They virtually had nary different duties, and 1 of them utilized to beryllium location and watch room and pimple popping videos connected YouTube each day. Full screen. Their table was correct adjacent nan kitchen, and you couldn’t travel aliases spell from nan room without seeing their screen. They sewage truthful galore warnings for it but kept doing it,” they wrote.

“At a different workplace, I saw personification usage a teaspoon, operation their tea, lick nan spoon, and past put it backmost successful nan drawer. It was my first firm job, and that was erstwhile I bought myself a plate, bowl, and cutlery group to support astatine my table because I didn’t recognize group were that gross successful reality. I was young and naive.”

And this was conscionable nan opening of nan room faux pas, pinch foul smells a immense issue.

“Someone cleaned their week-old macromolecule shaker successful nan room area. Whole agency stank for illustration poop for [the] adjacent hr aliases truthful and everyone [was] trying to fig retired what happened,” said 1 commenter.

“Reheating tuna successful nan communal microwave. Diabolical!” different added.

“They were eating a Woolies basking chook pinch their bare hands”

But if this has group you off, possibly extremity reference here, arsenic nan offences only get much obscure.

Odd — and disgusting — table habits were a immense constituent of contention.

“We person to hot-desk, and astatine each table there’s a monitor, keyboard, and rodent for group to use. This happened recently. One time I saw personification beryllium astatine their table and they were eating a Woolies basking chook [Woolworths roasted afloat chicken] pinch their bare hands, alongside a container of spinach. They were moving arsenic well, truthful they utilized nan keyboard and rodent successful betwixt eating,” 1 personification said.

“Someone poking their nail clippings into nan cloth pinboard divider betwixt desks successful an unfastened scheme office. He had rather nan collection. He besides kept a nutrient scrap vessel connected his table to return location for compost,” said another.

Then, location was nan astir horrifying spot of them each — nan toilets.

“Walked successful connected personification brushing their teeth whilst pissing successful nan urinal. I said successful astonishment… ‘wow, I’ve ne'er seen personification doing some of those tasks simultaneously’… they replied ‘yeah, saves time’. I thought to myself… this feline intelligibly doesn’t get it,” 1 commenter said.

“Guy finishes taking a dump, leaves nan cubicle, proceeds to nan basin, doesn’t lavation his hands but many times slurps h2o retired of his hands alternatively and past washes his look by rubbing it each over,” different added.