HR BESTIES HR Besties: HR Horror Stories... The Unhinged Files
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Dec 3, 2025 Get ready for some jaw-dropping HR horror stories! From a toe-sucking incident in the break room to a supervisor licking an employee's ear at happy hour, the cringe factor is off the charts. Learn about the chaos of a workplace love square and a staffer who used bovine urine to pass a drug test. Hear about a wild meeting interrupted by thrown dentures and the unexpected side of HR saving a marriage. These tales will leave you shaking your head and laughing out loud!
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Breakroom Toe-Sucking Incident
- Leigh recounts a break-room incident where a male employee hid under a table and put a female coworker’s foot in his mouth without consent.
- The behavior was reported and treated as misconduct, highlighting how sexual acts on company time are reportable and unacceptable.
Drunk Employee Throws Dentures
- Ashley shares a hotel HR story where a maintenance worker smelled of alcohol and produced false teeth during the meeting.
- The employee flung his dentures across the table and was terminated after the confrontation solidified the misconduct.
Laid Off While On Maternity Leave
- Jamie recounts being laid off while on maternity leave after offering to return to help with announced layoffs.
- The company gave no severance or insurance continuation and later praised eradicating “toxic cancers” while firing high performers.