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Some people just have a talent for getting themselves fired in the most spectacular ways possible. Join us as we count down the most boneheaded blunders made by everyday people that cost them their jobs! From viral social media posts to catastrophic email mishaps, these jaw-dropping stories prove that sometimes people are their own worst enemies in the workplace.
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00:00You didn't feel that you needed to apologize for the game. Why?
00:05Because we did everything the right way.
00:06Welcome to WatchMojo.
00:08And today, we're exploring the most foolish, dumbest, and bizarre errors that non-famous people have made.
00:15Either through poor judgment, carelessness, or thoughtless behavior, which resulted in them being fired.
00:22Now many people on social media agree with her, and they have been blasting the company, urging them to fire
00:27everyone involved.
00:30Asking Students for Dating Advice
00:33Alongside juggling multiple jobs, such as being an actor and a substitute teacher, Cassandra Firing also had two potential boyfriends
00:42in 2013.
00:43However, rather than speak to her friends about the dilemma, she told her fourth grade students at the East Chester
00:50New York School where she worked.
00:52Weirdly, the kids actually gave Firing solid advice and even offered to role-play with them portraying Firing and her
01:00pretending to be each of her prospective boyfriends.
01:03While Firing described the conversation as G-rating, she allegedly suggested to the kids to toilet paper the boyfriends' houses
01:11and dress up as demons to scare the men.
01:14Following an investigation by the school, Firing was fired for the inappropriate lesson in 2014.
01:22Admitting Crimes Online
01:25It's pretty much common sense that if you commit a crime, it's not a good plan to brag about it
01:30online.
01:31Police officers know this, well, except Catherine Lafitte, apparently.
01:35In 2011, the Dallas, Texas cop bragged on her Facebook account about injuring a Plano hospital worker by throwing a
01:42boot at them, Jerry Springer-style.
01:44While the employee didn't press criminal charges, Lafitte was suspended by the police and eventually fired for the attack.
01:51In response, Lafitte issued a complaint with the Ethics Advisory Commission that her bosses had ignored her mental health struggles.
01:58In 2022, life got worse for Lafitte when she was charged with murdering her neighbor, who had been feuding with
02:05the former cop about a necklace.
02:08Letting Celebrities Fly
02:09Back in the day, kids could go and hang out in a plane's cockpit with the pilots.
02:15However, nowadays it's well understood that it's no longer possible to visit, unless you're famous, apparently.
02:22Flying from Cancun to Mexico City on a passenger plane in 2014, Mexican celebrities Esmeralda Ugalde and Samadhi Zendejas were
02:32able to get inside the cockpit, where the pilot's at, and sit at the controls.
02:37The famous duo uploaded photos of the experience online, only to quickly delete them when the backlash came.
02:44Ugalde and Zendejas tried to claim they only went into the cockpit when the plane was grounded.
02:49However, the pilot admitted they were flying at the time.
02:54Unsurprisingly, he was fired for allowing this to happen.
02:58Photographing a kitchen haircut.
03:00If you worked at a restaurant and saw a ridiculous health violation, would you choose
03:05A. Inform the local health department, or B. Send photos of it to your friends on social media?
03:12It's two things that aren't supposed to go together. Haircuts and fast food.
03:16If you selected the latter, then you'd be in the same boat as Jennifer Laguerre.
03:21While working at a Taco Bell in Kokomo, Indiana, she found her shift manager giving the general
03:26manager a haircut in the kitchen, three feet from where the food is made.
03:31I took it out of sheer shock, you know, and showed it to a few friends via Snapchat.
03:36Laguerre took a photo and sent it to friends on Snapchat, where one recipient uploaded the image
03:42on Facebook, making it go viral. Due to sharing the photo, Laguerre was fired.
03:47However, the health department was informed about the incident and investigated the restaurant.
03:52Is it a critical violation? No, but it certainly is an ideal, and it creates that potential
03:58pore contamination.
03:59The secret blog.
04:01For several months, an anonymous person was running a blog called Queen of the Sky, where
04:06the writer provided a semi-fictional account of their life as a cabin crew member.
04:10Several months later, the creator posted images of herself, and Ellen Simonetti's identity
04:16was easily discovered.
04:18After all, not only was she wearing Delta Airlines attire, but her face was also clearly in the
04:24shot. In response, the company fired Simonetti for the photos in her uniform. However, the former
04:31Sky Queen issued a lawsuit against Delta for discrimination, claiming male bloggers hadn't
04:35received the same treatment. In the end, the case was settled out of courts. Simonetti went on to be
04:42an activist for blogging rights.
04:44Reply All Blunder
04:45In 2024, San Francisco's District Attorney, Brooke Jenkins, sent an office-wide invitation
04:52about an anti-discrimination meeting. Rather than getting a typical response from employee
04:57Javon Thomas, he was seemingly asking her what color underwear she was wearing, which was sent
05:03to everyone receiving the invitation after he clicked Reply All. Despite sending an apology
05:09moments later once he saw what he'd done, he was understandably fired. However, Thomas then issued a
05:15lawsuit against the DA's office for defamation, and he'd struggled to find work since. He claimed that he
05:21was meant to email that weird message to a friend as a joke between them, but accidentally sent it in
05:27response to the invitation. Dangerous dancing. Every so often, an Internet
05:33trend oozes into the mainstream, and for a brief time takes over everything for better or worse.
05:39Love it or hate it, you've probably seen it. The convulsive dance move setting the Internet ablaze
05:45called the Harlem Shake, and it's inspired thousands of YouTube videos. In 2013, it was
05:52the Harlem Shake dance craze, causing people to film themselves dancing, even at work and school.
05:58While most videos were fine and caused no issues, it was a different story when workers at Agnew Mine
06:04in Australia took part. This rendition, performed underground by workers in an Australian gold mine,
06:09allegedly breached company safety standards, according to a dismissal letter by mining company Barminco.
06:15Recording the clip underground, a group of miners wearing safety gear danced in front of a camera.
06:21However, Barminco, the company that owned the mine, was livid, deeming this dance stunt a health and safety issue.
06:29Up to 15 people were fired, which included the dancers and those who watched them record.
06:34A Facebook page has since been set up, calling on the company to rehire the miners.
06:39Aggressive emailing. We've all poured over emails before sending, wondering if the tone or the
06:45paragraph of exclamation points might make us appear too hostile to our colleagues. Well, in 2007,
06:52Vicki Walker, an accountant in New Zealand, had no such worries. After her two years of employment at
06:58ProCare Health, she reportedly expressed her point by writing in all caps BOLD and RED text when sending an
07:04email about a claim deadline to other workers. However, due to the other workers finding the
07:10message confrontational and for causing disharmony in the workplace, Walker was fired. However,
07:16she took the company to court for unfair dismissal. In 2009, Walker won her case, earning her 17,000 New
07:23Zealand dollars. Around 11,600 USD at the time. Patient mocking. 99.99% of the time, medical staff are
07:33a
07:33treasure and make the scary experience of getting treatment so much nicer.
07:37A Santa Barbara health clinic is investigating a controversial social media post that has been
07:42called disturbing on many levels. Yet then there are some of the workers at Sansom Clinic in Santa
07:49Barbara, California, who fell into that .01%. In 2025, a group of employees uploaded a video of
07:56themselves on TikTok, appearing to mock a patient for leaving bodily fluids on a paper towel that was
08:02covering a treatment room's exam table. The video jokingly referred to the soiled items as,
08:08quotes, gifts from patients. The clinic's owner, Sutter Health, was livid as the video spread across
08:14the internet, leading to backlash from viewers. Deeming the post as disrespectful and violating their
08:21policies, the company fired those involved in the video, which was around eight employees. We are deeply
08:28concerned about a disrespectful social media post made on a personal account by a former employee and
08:35we are conducting a full review in line with our policies.
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09:13Winning remorselessly. When coaching a sports team, you, of course, want to win. Yet there comes a
09:20point when a score gets so lopsided that it's embarrassing for everyone involved and those
09:24watching. To us, it was just another game. I think to mainstream media, everyone looked at it as
09:32a team that just decided to run up a score. In 2009, that happened. When the girls basketball
09:39team at Covenant School in Dallas, Texas destroyed Dallas Academy, a school for students with learning
09:44difficulties, 100 to zero. The higher ups at the Covenant School called the win shameful as they
09:51believed it went against the facility's Christian policies. Suddenly, the winning team no longer felt
09:56like winners. Covenant issued an apology saying their actions were shameful and an embarrassment
10:01and that they seek the forgiveness of Dallas Academy. When the winning coach, Micah Grimes,
10:05was contacted by reporters, he sent them an email stating that he disagreed with his boss's assessment
10:11and refused to apologize for the absurd scoreline. Shortly after, he was fired. Despite losing his job,
10:18Micah Grimes says he has no regrets and that he and his team did nothing wrong. Have you ever been
10:24fired for a dumb mistake or know someone who was? Let us know in the comments below.
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