so i was sitting there shredding paper for kicks and before i knew it the shredder was full, then this guy walks in to shred some documents. I was about to tell him that the shredder was full and would probably jam but he was too quick, as soon as i opened my mouth to caution him, he shoved his documents in there like he was stuffing a turkey. It jammed. I let off a chuckle; inaudable. He then proceeded to attempt to free the jam by inserting a pair of scissors into the shredder and rummaging around. He didn't turn the power off. The scissors were pulled into the shredder and with them, his finger......he pulled it out before it got cut at all. I chuckled again, more loudly this time, but still not loud enough. Then he tried to free the scissors with a pencil, and whaddya know, it got sucked in as well. By this time i was turning red and about to burst. He opened the shredder's receptacle and it was so full all the shreddings burst out, like baby snakes from the mother snake at the feast on Indiana Jones: Temple of Doom. He was slightly covered with shreddings, the pencil was mangled, the scissors were disfigured, and the shredder, all but destroyed. I swiftly left the room and entered a vacant one, and released my built up inner tension. I laughed for around 5 minutes constantly. The only way this could have been funnier was if his tie was pulled in as well, but alas, he wasn't wearing one. Sorry for wasting your time, but thanks for listening.[/list]

Do you work with idiots? What a nimrod! It's apparent that you need to use a RULER not scissors to unjam shredders.

Thai is so 'Haiku Tunnel'

this did not happen.
it was a very bad, old movie that you saw.
right?

Quit this job now!!!! If this guy is so blatantly dumb imagine how subtly stupid everyone else is bound to be.

"ooohh, i know an office comedy that isnt office space..."



ha, just kidding

That must be some powerful shredder to be able to mess up some scissors. Ours can barely handle 4 sheets of paper at a time. Bravo!

[play on screenname]Sometimes you can be such a jerk!!! [/play on screenname]

i'm just a temp there.......im still a student

Awesome story.

I haven't laughed that hard at a post in awhile

I think I could possibly top it.. I have such characters in my office. To call em 'f*ckin idiots' would be an insult to f*ckin idots everywhere. How we stay in business sometimes baffles me.....

No, stay! Theres got to be a high turnover rate with people this dumb. You'll be calling the shots in no time!

Well, it's a delicate balance between 'growth' (in which one would need smarter people than yourself around you) and 'job security' (in which one would need dumber people than yourself around you). I think you've erred on the side of job security.

Amazing. I can't believe that actually happened. That's like America's Funniest Home Video that's not on video.

No way! stay, you can do a mediocre job and rocket to the top!

One time I got sacked it had a shreading theme.

I worked at an insurance company and I'd been there a couple of weeks. Obviously they get a lot of mail, claims and stuff, and I had to carry that weeks mail up to the office from the mail/filing room so the claims could be processed. There was three piles all about 2ft tall so I could only carry one at a time. This is what I did, dumping the first and second bundles in the office....AT THE EXACT SPOT WHERE EVERYTHING THAT NEEDS TO BE SHREADED IS PLACED AND AT THE EXACT TIME THE SHREADER MAN CAME TO TAKE WHAT NEEDED TO BE SHREADED AWAY. What are the odds of that? He only came once a week!

Anyway, when I came back up with the pile three, piles one and two were gone and when they found out what happened (not from me I hasten to add, some one grassed me up!) I was gone too,

classic

Jesus, this made me laugh so hard I started crying. I only wish I could have seen this in person.