Mini Fail: The Unfortunate Catheter Incident

2012-05-11 05:52 PMEpic Fails

Picture the scene: You’ve recently finished your medical degree and it’s your first day of foundation training. You’ve got your scrubs on. You look like a doctor, but you’re a little bit nervous. You want to get stuck in and prove yourself, but, most importantly, you want to get through the day without making any mistakes or any of your patients dying…

Mini Fail: When Office Pranks Go Wrong

2012-05-08 04:50 PMEpic Fails

Hot off the viral grapevine is this little gem of a formal complaint. It reads like something out of Stephen Merchant and Ricky Gervais’ The Office; a beautiful marriage of inter-office pranking and company bureaucracy. David Thorne, we salute...

Words of Warning from a Call Centre Veteran

2012-04-26 11:33 AMEpic Fails

If you need a job to fund yourself through university, you might consider working in a call centre. Why not? There’s certainly nothing wrong with working in a call centre, right? Hot Rant, a blog for angry people, has a slightly different opinion...

The Tale of the Misguided Book Shirt

2012-03-22 05:17 PMEpic Fails

Britain, as Julian Barnes famously said, is “the land of embarrassment and breakfast.” Embarrassment is embedded in the British psyche, although some people do have reason to be more red-faced than most. Editorial and marketing assistant...

The Perils of Being an Enthusiastic Temp

2012-03-13 05:39 PMEpic Fails

Many students get temp jobs during the university holidays. It’s a great idea. Temping is a fantastic way to earn some money and get some much-needed work experience on your CV. A word of warning though: don’t be overly enthusiastic. Hot...