For The Flip, I need to write both an employee handbook and a volunteer handbook. I need your stories of That One Guy.
My theory is that an awful lot of those manuals exist because of incidents where somebody did something stupid but not covered, so the boss rolled their eyes and said, "Ok, Terry, I'll write it down for next time."
So please give me your best dumbass-colleague stories. Think of them as handbook test cases. I'll open source the results!
@williampietri this one is from the gambling industry. But is relevant to any industry where everything is tracked and audited.
We worked in the backend for player loyalty cards and the points tracking system. For pubs, clubs and casinos.
My colleague decided to manually grant himself extra points to his wife’s card at their local pub. When the pub ran their manual adjustment report and noticed an operator name they didn’t recognise. She called into our help line to figure out what was going on. The helpline staff recognised the operator name straight away.
So my colleague lost his job and got instantly walked out of the office. All for enough points that you could have redeemed on a $30 toaster.
William Pietri
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