About this episode
The episode explores a hilarious workplace disaster involving a janitor at a research facility whose poor decisions lead to chaos.
On this classic episode of The Shallow End, we dive headfirst into one of the most absurd workplace disaster stories imaginable: the tale of a janitor inside a world-class research facility whose unbelievably bad decisions spiraled into total chaos. It’s a hilarious real-life reminder that sometimes the biggest threat to science isn’t a supervillain… It’s a guy with a mop and absolutely no common sense. Join us for bizarre true stories, catastrophic mistakes, workplace fails, and the kind of unbelievable human behavior that makes you question how civilization functions at all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Schnebly, Toth
Topics covered
- workplace disasters
- absurd stories
- human behavior
- comedy
- science
- chaos
Keywords
- vending machine
- janitor
- workplace fails
- true stories
- absurdity
- science
- comedy
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