What's the weirdest thing that has ever happened to you at work?

[DoctorChicken]

I was filming a wedding one day and when I got there the bride ran out and hugged me.

Completely naked.

Now, normally the bride is too distracted to mess with us cinematographers. But this one certainly wasn't. And let's just say she was no Beyonce either.

So what's the weirdest thing that has ever happened to you at your place of work?

 

[Sarge]

I was doing a trial in workers compensation court and the judge dropped dead right in front of me.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

had a customer so thankful that we moved their home theater install up a day that they said if they didnt have a bf they would do some vacuuming if you get my drift.

needless to say, we hurried out of there quickly.

 

[Bizwah]

I used to teach fifth grade. I once had a girl show me a "hand massager" she got from her mother's room. I had to explain to the principal what the girl had...because I thought it needed to be away from students...for obvious reasons. Needless to say, the principal had to call the mother and have her come get "the massager".

I always dreaded the conferences with that mother after this incident. I had a hard time looking her in the eye.

 

[JDSmith]

I set tile, I was on a construction site and my helper was loading the material up in the bathroom. He goes up the stairs and a minute or so later I hear a sound and see a racoon run by the trailer where I was bringing material out. Another minute or so later he comes down white faced. When he bent down put the boxes in front of the tub the mother racoon screeched and jumped out of the tub liner over his shoulder and ran out of the bathroom. She was obviously trying to draw him away from her young, because she had 4 babies in the tub liner. He looked scared enough to cry. I can't imagine how loud and scary it must have been to hear that racoon screech in that confined echo chamber and see it lunging out over his shoulder.

We ended up putting the kits in a box and taking them to a place where they rehab and release wild animals.

 

[CashMan]

had a customer so thankful that we moved their home theater install up a day that they said if they didnt have a bf they would do some vacuuming if you get my drift.

needless to say, we hurried out of there quickly.

I just pictured the movie BIG, when Jon Lovitz tells Tom Hanks about a woman in the office.

 

[punchnjudy]

I was doing a trial in workers compensation court and the judge dropped dead right in front of me.

Was the employer a casino or shipping yard by any chance?

 

[daschoo]

I used to work in a bar and refused to serve an elderly lady as she was very drunk. As revenge she stood in the middle of the bar glaring at me, was wondering what she was doing until I noticed the pee running down her leg and soaking into the carpet. It wasn't the classiest of joints.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

I used to work in a bar and refused to serve an elderly lady as she was very drunk. As revenge she stood in the middle of the bar glaring at me, was wondering what she was doing until I noticed the pee running down her leg and soaking into the carpet. It wasn't the classiest of joints.

 

[Longboysfan]

I used to work in a bar and refused to serve an elderly lady as she was very drunk. As revenge she stood in the middle of the bar glaring at me, was wondering what she was doing until I noticed the pee running down her leg and soaking into the carpet. It wasn't the classiest of joints.

You worked in Philadelphia????

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

You worked in Philadelphia????

Oh I know that place... It's inside the eagles stadium lol

 

[JDSmith]

Oh I know that place... It's inside the eagles stadium lol

Is it by the jail?

 

[Fletch]

I was filming a wedding one day and when I got there the bride ran out and hugged me.

Completely naked.

Now, normally the bride is too distracted to mess with us cinematographers. But this one certainly wasn't. And let's just say she was no Beyonce either.

So what's the weirdest thing that has ever happened to you at your place of work?

There has got to be more to this story. Did you ever find out the reasoning for her running to you naked and giving out hugs? Did anyone else see this event go down?

 

[Fletch]

had a customer so thankful that we moved their home theater install up a day that they said if they didnt have a bf they would do some vacuuming if you get my drift.

needless to say, we hurried out of there quickly.

Yeah. Yeah. You personally went back the next week for another "install".

 

[65fastback2plus2]

Yeah. Yeah. You personally went back the next week for another "install".

any freak that offers that first step in their house...i want no part of

 

[Fletch]

any freak that offers that first step in their house...i want no part of

She didn't even wait before putting that out there? Gewww!

 

[Roadtrip635]

Weird is kinda relative. I've worked in restaurants, bars and music venues and there have been plenty of strange, crazy and funny things so it's hard to say which was weirder. There was one that left me perplexed.

I was managing a club in Austin and we had legendary folk singer/songwriter Arlo Guthrie scheduled. We were checking the contract riders, getting the green room ready that afternoon and noticed a burn ed out lightbulb. I had the staff replace all the bulbs in the green room, guest bathroom, and guest office. Arlo shows up, has dinner, hangs out in the green room, plays that night, stayed at least an hour hanging out with fans on the floor after the show. He was a really nice guy, spoke with him before and after the show, if he needs something let me know.

Before I left for the night, I checked the green room and noticed all the lights were out. All the lightbulbs were gone, all gone in the guest office and only 1 bulb left in the guest bathroom. It was at least a dozen new lightbulbs. Arlo Guthrie stole all our lightbulbs. Why would he do that and why didn't he just ask if we had any?

Maybe not the weirdest thing ever, but it always bugged me. If I ever see Arlo again, I gotta ask him why.

 

[DoctorChicken]

There has got to be more to this story. Did you ever find out the reasoning for her running to you naked and giving out hugs? Did anyone else see this event go down?

Nope. No explanation. Apparently she was really, really excited for her wedding photographers to show up. The only other person who saw it was the dude who was with me.

Plenty of weird things happen behind the scenes at weddings, especially when you've been to an absurd amount of them like I have.

Another one was when a creepy drunk lady made inappropriate comments towards me, but at least she had clothes on.

 

[65fastback2plus2]

She didn't even wait before putting that out there? Gewww!

not 30 seconds and 5 feet through the door

 

[JIMMYBUFFETT]

When I was a golf pro working in the Pro Shop I had a guy step in the front door one day with a pistol in his hand. He pulled the door shut quickly and stared frantically looking back out the door like he was being followed. I flipped out and could think of nothing better than to scream/squeak "What the hell are you doing"? He turned and looked at me all crazy eyed and asked me if he could hide there. I said no and he walked back out the door and left. I immediately called 911 and they picked him up a couple of blocks down the street. Apparently the gun wasn't loaded and the cops thought he was on PCP. He told the cops somebody had broke into his house and and he ran out and to the golf course for help. The cop told me the guy didn't live anywhere near there and was delusional. Scared me to say the least.

I also had a hot air balloon make an emergency landing on one of the fairways in front of the shop one day. Nobody was hurt but it was a pretty interesting scene.

I also spent a couple summers when I was younger helping capture and move animals off big game ranches. My boss owned a helicopter and both tranquilized and netted animals out of it for transport. We mainly caught Blackbuck antelope, Fallow, and Axis deer, but on one trip we were moving zebras. My boss warned me how mean a zebra was and told me over and over to watch their mouths because they like to bite. So we fly up on the very first one, I net it, we jump out of the helicopter to grab it, and he turns and bites my bosses pinkie finger off. We're completely alone on this huge ranch and I can't fly. We had to climb back in the chopper and my boss had to fly us back with his bloody nub sticking out all the way to the truck and trailer where we left the chopper and I drove him to the hospital.