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Which of these is the world's laziest employee?

Which of these is the world's laziest employee?

The sampler

If you fancy some of the products you stock, why not help yourself to a few? Redditor blahblahrasputan had to deal with a colleague who preferred to consume alcohol rather than sell it – which is a big problem when you work in a liquor store.

“One guy didn't show up for 3 days and had his mum come in and apologise,” they wrote. “A month later we started finding empty beer cans throughout the fridge at the end of each shift. He would also leave at random for 15 minutes without telling anyone. For pints at the adjoining bar or to ask for cigarettes in the alley, or probably to drink more of our booze...”

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