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coopsweb asks "What's the most expensive mistake you've ever made? Should I mention a certain employee who caused 4 hours worth of delays in Central London and got his company fined £500k?"

No points for stories about the time you had a few and thought it'd be a good idea to wrap your car around a bollard. Or replies consisting of "my wife".

(, Thu 25 Oct 2007, 11:26)
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This is a QotW answer not me but my employer, the government
booked my mate and me to work the entire weekend (62 hours total) with a very "violent" patient, all at overtime rates in the penthouse suite, (the entire 14th floor)of a 4 star hotel at the beach - the only room available who would accept us.

$9520.72 in wages
$ 855.00 for the room
$ 420.00 for car hire (which we never actually used)
$ 372.00 in food drinks etc

Total
$11167.72

When we picked up the patient, turned out to be a 76 year old woman who swore at her carer.
(, Fri 26 Oct 2007, 12:25, closed)
This is a QotW comment bloody hell,
any jobs going?
(, Fri 26 Oct 2007, 12:27, closed)

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