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Someone on the security team signed off that a fake bomb had been recovered at Old Trafford when it hadn't. Cue one controlled explosion and a postponed soccer game. Tell us your tales of workplace screw ups and the consequences of your mistakes.

(, Tue 17 May 2016, 8:59)
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If your friend was carrying out the task she was assigned,
surely the mistake lay with someone further up the chain?
(, Wed 18 May 2016, 11:12, 1 reply)
Yep - her immediate supervisor got a bollocking and a half
It was more down to her supervisor who had set her sailing off but didn't actually think to stop her when the deal aborted. Don't think the powers that be were too concerned in the early stages to work out what had gone wrong - just that it had.

To be fair, it's a pretty major thing. Bit like a junior doctor told to turn off the life support. You would perhaps think to double check before actually doing that: "still OK boss?"

And then the post-mortem...
(, Wed 18 May 2016, 14:57, closed)

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