15 Weird Work Stories

2007 sure has brought us a lot of weird news stories. Some of the best have been about stupid criminals, stupid cops, fast food craziness and just idiocy in general. Yep, it sure has been fun.

Here we have 15 examples of some weird and bizarre news stories from this year, and they all have something to do with the workplace. So enjoy this workplace roundup from the 2007 strange news bin.

1. "Employee eats 32 vending machine items for charity"

At a county courthouse, a juvenile probation officer ate one of every item in a vending machine in one day. She gorged herself with beef sticks, potato chips, pastries and candy bars. All in all, she consumed more than 7,000 calories and more than 300 grams of fat that day. She apparently stuffed herself with the junk food to win a bet with co-workers and raise $300 for charity.

2. "Cola wars get physical as Pepsi worker attacks Coke employee"

Coke or Pepsi – does it really matter? I guess it does to these guys. At a Wal-Mart in Indiana, a Pepsi guy and a Coke guy got inot a fight over shelf space. The Coke guy was reportedly knocked around by the Pepso guy and ended up with a black eye and a broken nose. The cops say that the two men also tried to run over each other with full pallets of cola.

3. "Alleged robber asks victim out for date"

After robbing a Domino's Pizza delivery woman, one of the two robbers actually called the woman from his cell phone. He wanted to say he was sorry and ask her to go out with him.

4. "Four women fired for gossiping"

Actually, this should probably happen more often. In a small town in New Hampshire, four women who worked for the town were fired from their jobs because they gossiped about the town administrator, who was having a relationship with a fellow co-worker. The official reason for their dismissal? "Gossip, whispering and an unfriendly environment are causing poor morale and interfering with the efficient performance of town business."

5. "Eau de Lawsuit: Woman sues over scent"

A very sensitive employee in the Detroit planning department sued the city, claiming that a female co-worker's strong fragrance prohibited her from working. The woman said in her lawsuit that she is severely sensitive to perfumes and her co-worker not only wore a strong scent, but also plugged in a scented room deodorizer. Oh, the humanity!

6. "Salt lands McDonald's employee in jail"

After a cop got sick from eating a McDonald's hamburger that was too salty, the McDonald's employee who prepared the burger was arrested, jailed and is facing criminal charges. The girl had accidentally spilled salt on some hamburger meat. She told her supervisor and co-worker about the spilled salt, and they "tried to thump the salt off." She was arrested and charged because she served the burger "without regards to the well-being of anyone who might consume it."

7. "Carpenter free to ply trade in the nude"

After being arrested and charged with indecent exposure, a carpenter caught hammering nails and sawing wood in the nude says he prefers working naked because it's more comfortable and helps keep his clothes clean. He was found not guilty.

8. "Southwest Airlines employee tells passenger her outfit won't fly"

Remember this idiot? A girl in a shirt skirt and low cut top was asked to leave a Southwest airplane because they said she was dressed too provocatively for the family airline. She was eventually allowed to fly on the aircraft after covering up with a blanket. On her return trip, she wore the same trashy outfit without any problems. She later posed for Playboy after becoming a media whore.

9. "Employee accused of faking being cop"

At a Taco Bell restaurant, an employee was arrested for impersonating a law enforcement officer and attempting to arrest his managers and co-worker. He claimed to be an undercover narcotics investigator, and even went as far as typing a fake criminal histories about the general manager, two shift managers and an employee. He told them all they were going to jail.

10. "Employee took 1 million screws home from factory"

Wanna screw? At an assembly plant, a worker devised a hiding place for screws so that he could take up to 7,000 of hem home with him every day. He stole screws for 2 years and got away with about 1.1 million of them – and get this – they were valued at $155,000! Apparently he had set up an online business to sell the screws at discounted prices.

11. " Deputy nabbed twice for DUI — by husband"

An off-duty deputy was driving drunk and got pulled over by her husband, who is also a deputy. She drove off before taking a breath test. He pulled her over again and this time, called for backup so that she could be arrested and charged with DUI. Bet that was a fun night at home.

12. "Workers killed after seeking raises"

The owner of a car dealership couldn't handle the fact that two of his employees kept asking for more pay, so he killed them. When he was arrested for the murders he told police that he was under a lot of stress due to financial problems.

13. "Man demands coupons from radio station employee"

A man who was angry about some promotional bumper stickers he recieved from a radio station went down to the statation and demanded some McDonald's coupons instead. When the employee at the radio station told him she didn't have any McDonald's coupons, he flashed what looked like a gun. The employee went down and searched her car and eventually came up with a coupon for a free cheeseburger. The guy grabbed the coupon and took off on his bike after making a derogatory comment about the radio station.

14. "Wienermobile gets cop roasted"

When a 27-foot-long, 11-foot-tall vehicle, known to most as the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, was slowing traffic in a construction zone in Arizona, an officer ran its "YUMMY" license plate to make sure it was street legal. A bad computer entry erroneously showed the Wienermobile as having stolen plates, so the cop pulled it over. After further investigation, the officer learned that the entry should have read that if the license plate was seen on any vehicle other than the Weinermoblie, then it should be considered stolen.

15. " Drive-through dispute gets suspect jail food"

When a customer at a Burger King drive-thru in New York refused to turn down his music while he was ordering, he and the BK employees got into an argument about it. The loud customer grabbed the restaurant's manager and tried to pull her through the window, then attempted to run over a worker who came to help the manager.