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The 4 Weirdest Reasons People Have Been Fired

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Have you ever been fired from a job?

If so, it was probably because your on-the-job performance was not up to par, or maybe because you were caught scrolling Facebook and Instagram instead of fulfilling your duties. Unauthorized computer use is one of the most common reasons to get fired. Fully one-quarter of employers have terminated a worker for using the Internet for non-job related reasons.

The folks we’re about to introduce you to, on the other hand, each received a pink slip for some truly unique reasons. Read on to read four bizarre reasons for getting fired — on your break, that is!

The Un-Christian Coach

Since the whole idea behind team sports is to win games, you’d think that girls’ basketball coach Micah Grimes would be lauded as a hero after his team shut out opponents with a score of 100-0. However, it turns out that not everyone was excited about this win.

In fact, higher-ups at The Covenant School, a Christian high school, promptly let Grimes go. The reason? The wide-margin victory, they stated, was “shameful and an embarrassment…[and] does not reflect a Christlike and honorable approach to competition.”

Refusing to apologize, Grimes responded that his high school athletes played “with honor and integrity.”

Termination That Turned On a Dime

Sometimes our youthful indiscretions catch up with us later in life. Such was the case with Richard Eggers, a 68-year-old bank employee in Des Moines, IA. He was fired from his position at Wells Fargo for a crime that occurred some 50 years prior, involving “dishonesty, breach of trust or money laundering.”

Had Eggers embezzled millions of dollars? Held up an armored car? Used a pay stub creator to fraudulently give himself a raise? Forged his name on checks? Nope. He used a fake dime, made from cardboard, to do a load of wash at his local laundromat.

Apparently, this decades-old financial misstep was considered so egregious that Eggers could no longer be trusted to work around real money.

What a “Wii” To Go

Radio stations often hold silly contests, but 10 Entercom employees at a Sacramento station found themselves in serious hot water after a 2007 water-drinking contest that took a woman’s life.

The competition, called “Hold Your Wee for a Wii,” tested contestants’ ability to hold their bladders after drinking copious amounts of water. The grand prize was a Nintendo Wii gaming system.

A 28-year-old woman who took part in the contest was found dead in her home, several hours after ingesting two gallons of water. The coroner determined that the cause of death was “water intoxication.”

Ashes to the Unemployment Office

People who aren’t Catholic can be understandably confused when Ash Wednesday rolls around, and suddenly the streets are filled with people bearing smudges on their foreheads. One NYC hotel manager let his ignorance get the better of him, and it ended up costing him his job.

Niklaus Leuenberger, Managing Director of the swanky Palace Hotel, became enraged when he thought a bell captain had shown up to work with a dirty forehead. “Wipe that f—–g s–t off your face,” Leuenberger yelled. The bell captain took the incident in stride.

Ironically, the Madison Avenue hotel sits directly across the street from St. Patrick’s Cathedral and actually leases the land from the Catholic Diocese of New York.

What Crazy Reasons for Getting Fired Have You Heard?

We hope these bizarre reasons for getting fired have helped bring a smile to your face. Do you have an unbelievable story about bad behavior that got an employee fired? Have you ever had to fire someone for their unprofessional antics? Let us know in the comments!

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