Play stupid games, get stupid prizes

[GregRocks]

I've heard this phrase thrown around a lot recently. What's a recent example of this you've experienced? It can be in game or IRL. I'll go first.

 

Background: I work in a shop that remakes and repairs induction furnaces. I'm a TIG welder. We have a large (10x15 foot) sand blasting booth that pretty much everyone in the shop uses. Every month, we have a list of who is going to clean the sand booth at the end of each day. Everyone has the same amount of days each month. Some days no one uses it, so it doesn't need cleaned. Some days, half the shop uses it, and it's a menace to clean.

 

Story: So today, a co-worker walked up to me while I was sand blasting some rails that I needed to repair. We'll call him Rob. Rob walks up to me and says "You need to tell Dennis (the welder I apprentice to)  to teach you how to sand blast, because clearly you don't know how!", And starts giving me all kinds of shit for how I'm wasting sand, and that I'm making a huge mess.

I mention this to my co-worker about an hour later, and he checks the sand blasting list. It's Rob's day to clean the sand booth. He tells me he was just being a dick, and I shouldn't take him seriously. He goes to tell a few other co-workers.

Suddenly, half the shop has things that they need to sand blast today, and for the next 3 hours the sand booth is being run non-stop. By the end of it, the booth has piles of sand and dirt and other junk all over the place.

I guess this co-worker has a history of being a dick (I'm fairly new here, so I didn't know this), and everyone decided that being a dick to the new guy for doing her job was too far. I wasn't actually improperly using the sand blaster, he was just angry that he'd have to clean it now.

Play stupid games, get stupid prizes.

Edited July 22, 2022 by Lovestruck

[Guac]

I remember during 6th grade recess, some dumbass horse girl thought she was the main character, and could tame this wild dog that ran onto the soccer field. When she tried to pet it, the dog bit her, almost through her hand. Went straight to the hospital, treated for rabies and got stitches. 

[Mystic]

When i thought throwing rocks at a wasps nest would scare them away

Edited July 23, 2022 by Mystic