Wow! Thank you so much everyone for the nice comments. And thanks for the experience Ben, it was great to chat with you. 😁

I'm dying here!! You only have to say 'rural Ireland' and 'office' in the same sentence to know it's going down a rabbit hole 😂😂😂

6 months !!!!!!! He definitely has to put “up for any challenge and has great staying power” on his cv 😂

Am I the only one who spat their tea across the room when he answered, six months! I'm amazed you got past six days. Hilarious, that job sounds insane 😂😂😂

The guy responded to the situation with a sense of humor, which is a good trait.😅

Adam is so likeable as a person! I am sure he will go far in life.

Love how this guy doesn't realise that as Ops Mgr, *he* was HR! 😂😂😂 great (bizzarre) story.

My man you should be a comedian. Your timing and story telling ability is naturally perfectly.

This guy should do an open mic! I fell off my chair because I was laughing so hard! On a serious note, WTH!!!! And he lasted 6 months?!!!

This is hilarious but the way he tells the story makes it even funnier, this guy would have a very successful career as a stand up comedian. Ben's laugh is contagious too 😂

Hilarious! Thank you. I once worked temp accounting jobs &was sent to a house in a neighborhood of wealthy homes tucked back in a forest on winding roads. When I arrived I met a hyper man in his 40's arguing with two screaming, whining, back-talking kids, ages 9 and 12. I waited in a living room chair for the dad to finish getting them fed and off to school. Mom was off to a religious conference. The girl, 9, whined that he hadn't given her a fork. He told her to get one but she refused so he got her one, which she hurled violently at him. Next the girl gave him grief dressing. She whined, cried and yelled, not liking anything he suggested. Finally they were late for the school bus so dad, who worked from a home office, had to drive them. He left me sitting for another 25 minutes in his living room. When he returned he ushered me to a nook off the kitchen, with a shelf about 30 inches long by 15 inches deep, laden with junk mail, some bills and a small computer at one end. I was to sit on a high barstool. Beneath my feet was the cat's litterbox. He handed me a pile of bank statements, said there were three separate accounts, but he didn't know which was which and I needed to update all the income and expenses for each account into each proper account and breakdown as to what they were for and match those to the bank statements. Elementary bookkeeping, except that all the related paperwork was stuffed into a cardboard box with no separation as to which bill had been paid for which account. There was almost a year's worth and he commented it should take only a couple of days. He was in his home office not far away making high pressure calls, which I could clearly hear. He was not available to answer any questions so I had to guess what expense accounts to use. He was so hyper I really started to consider he was on cocaine or something. Periodically he would turn up music really loud. The way he was pressuring people I wondered if his business was legal. When the kids came home, they played in the dining room, right behind me. They brought two other boys about 12 years old. The racket was awful. The boys started giving the girl a bad time and she was screaming for dad, who did not come out of his office. In spite of religious decor signs all over the house, there was lots of profanity. The girl (9 year's old) became upset with the boys and got a butcher knife out of the kitchen. I had to intervene, forgetting the litter box and sticking my foot in it getting off the stool, since dad was not tuning in. The house was built on a hill so that a window across the room from my "desk" was high from the ground. A heavy rope had been attached somewhere so that the boys opened the window , stood on the sill and grabbing that rope were leaping Tarzan style out the window. There was so much yelling and screaming I could not concentrate, with dad's loud voice and music coming from the other direction as well. At five o'clock he did not come out to speak to me so I said bye to the kids, left the house and called the agency to tell them I was never going back and why.

This made me laugh so hard, "who are the lads??" hahaha

This guy is hilarious. He knows how to tell a story and make it funny

My mother used to pick up extra money picking beans for an old Irish bloke named Quin. As a bush girl, she was pretty good at telling the time from where the sun was in the sky, so around ten a.m. she would call out to Quin, picking in another bean row that she thought it was time to have a cup of tea. The old bloke always wanted her to keep picking, so he would check his old fob watch and say to her, "I t'ink the sun is running a bit fast today - keep picking!"

Can’t believe he lasted 6 months, I don’t think I would of lasted the first day! 😂😂

I enjoyed the story tenfold because of the accent!

That would win any pub story

I had a horror of a boss at a lingerie store in Australia called either Bras n All or Bras and Things in Sydney. It was years ago so I can't remember. They had an absolute skank of a manager named Angela at the time who called a meeting with the entire staff across all stores before work. Angela was pretty short, so everyone put her horrible and mean attitude down to SPS. Out of the more than 30 women at the meeting she chose me to tell everyone my bra size which I tried to refuse but she bullied me into doing so then proceeded to tell me (and everyone there) I was obviously smaller than that and ended the meeting. The meeting was only a few minutes long and after speaking to some colleagues, we all agreed that she was: out of line, picking on me and held the meeting just to embarrass me. I have never forgot that and wish I had been able to stand up for myself back then. There are some pretty rank bosses in Sydney, but I think I can honestly say that she was the worst. I also answered an ad for a receptionist at a garage during the same period of my life. The owner told me that having sox with him in his office during work was a job 'requirement'. I didn't take the job but even he was better than Angela.

Adam: "These three things, and that was the first week." Me: What? Ben: "And how long were you there for?" Adam: "Six months." Me: *What?!*

Having lived and worked various jobs in rural Ireland for the past 22 years, I can relate. But that was some funny delivery of your experience 😂

Great story 👏🏼 😂 and lots of laughs 😂😂

God this is just like a job I had once. I was hired as a 'studio manager' for a design agency. It turned out to be one woman designing speedboat engine promo stuff in a barn. It was absolutely filthy and freezing cold. The toilet was in the stables so at least I got to say hello to the horses several times a day.

I like how we have a disastrous but hilarious story. I don't think I stopped laughing all the way through 😂

😂 I haven’t laughed this hard in a long time. I love your videos. No doubt Adam missed his calling, he could be a comedian hands down fantastic. Thank you so much for sharing this. Beautiful, simply beautiful. ♥️🇨🇦

This was just too funny. I laughed until I cried watching Ben laughing until HE was crying. Brilliant, both of you. Thanks Ben and thanks Adam for sharing your experience, much appreciated. 🙂🐿🌈❤️ Ps Adam’s story reminded me of that Seinfeld episode, when George is hired for a job but he doesn’t know what the job is or what he’s meant to be doing and asking seems to only make things worse.😂

I literally spat my beer out watching this!!

Im watching this for the second time and I'll watch it a hundred more times because this video is just so funny 🤣🤣🤣

Sounds like one guy and a bucket of funky mushrooms 😂

There are bosses, (a surprising lot actually) who use employees to keep their mind together, when they really should be in intensive therapy, and in some cases, committed to an institution.

Dude is clearly employee of the year just for putting up w/that for 6 months. And as someone who also works on the supply side of the construction industry, these sorta operations are not really uncommon. Plenty of crews being operated outta a shed or a basement. Not always a bad thing either...everyone has to start somewhere and there are plenty of players in any construction project that don't necessarily need a formal brick and mortar location to operate.

Adam your patience was astounding.

His story telling and Scottish accent makes this all the more funny.

I could listen to the guest ALL DAY

Billy Connolly Junior there. Great Story :)

I literally would've thought that this was my end. Like the door closes behind you and it's over type situation 😭💀

"Mupe, go for a mupe." "I'm going, s*** how do I spell that? And I'm going, but there's like 10 different sizes, do you want a big mupe or a wee mupe?" 😂😂

This was hilarious 😂

It sounds to me like the guy had someone who’d been doing all the stuff and they’d left. So he knew he needed to fill the role, but didn’t really have a good enough understanding of what that person actually did. I think we’ve all worked somewhere where your boss has no clue and wouldn’t be able to do your job. But luckily you have people there to show you the ropes.

This made me laugh so hard…I’m crying! 😂😂😂😂

I need this as a sitcom.

I laughed so hard I started to cry 😂 what an amazing first week. Wonderful story telling

This was absolutely hilarious, sounds like the job from hell but glad he sees the funny side!

BEN HAS ABSOLUTELY GONE LOL 😂😂😂😂

Really enjoyed listening to that!

I caught the short version on FB Reels, and it sounded ridiculous, but this full-length version 😂

Who are the lads? And are there more sheds?

This story has only one flaw: its too short :) So funny !

Sounds more like a clueless boss than a bad one

If you are ever bored of your current job, you can work in this special office haha - Sounds like pure entertainment. 😄

This is absolutely hilarious

I would've actually fitted in really well there by the sounds of it. 🤣

You make me laugh, thanks. We always think we’ve got it bad, then there is your videos! 😏

Glad this guys in a stable job now, sure is a step up from all the sheds.

This is hilarious 🤣🤣

haha good man Adam, great video

There’s another shed 😂

You're making my job look better and better. And making me laugh 🤣🤣🤣

I've had 2 jobs where there was a lot of down time, so I had to create some "busy work" for myself just so I could look like I was doing something and feel productive. This story reminded me of those jobs, although sorry to say I find no humor in my experiences.

I once had a terrible job - bouncing pay cheques, bosses popping valium and having screaming matches with each other, creditors on the phone all the time, bailiffs arriving to seize goods from the previous bankruptcy, salesman stealing contacts and running a company of his own on the side, me expected to lie to creditors, dissatisfied customers, bailiffs. Fortunately I had a decent lock up to work in, and also, they sacked me six weeks in, after paying me cash in hand and not paying any national insurance stuff as I later discovered. I'd gone from working for the Prudential, to this firm of cowboy kitchen builders and had no clue how bad it can get. It was nowhere near so much fun as a filthy hovel with a dangerous boiler, though.

The boss was just lonely, I think.

Bahhahaha, if that was the first week or so I just wonder how much he went through in 6 months and that's a decent amount of material for a stand up routine lol.

Speechless...I'm just speechless. 😶

I guess you can't have too many sheds.

You dodged a serial killer!

I love your channel! Here in the United States I stuff I have suffered so many toxic bosses so many toxic bosses they have to be they have to be shown the door! Every single one of the toxic bosses I had have been shown the door and when I get my money I will get money and show them the door and put them on display!

Oh my living god. Honestly IM LAUGHING SO HARD I SPLIT MY LIP OPEN!!! AS AN AMERICAN...THE ACCENTS MAKE IT BETTER. 😂😂😂😂😂 Was this guy from the Bates motel? Serial killer Keen? Buffalo Bill? (Silence of the lambs). I have never laughed so hard at a situation that could have been a dangerous one. THANK YOU for starting my day this way😂😂😂😂😂

😅😂😅Frigging hilarious! 😂

The greatest funny story teller since the "Racist field trip" guy

I'm American, so the Scottish accent just makes the whole story funnier. My worst boss was the owner of a hat and tee shirt shop who turned out to be a literal Nazi. (This was a part time job, back when I was a college student.)

This is so funny🤣

This is exactly why Ireland is such a world respected industrial powerhouse.

This sounds like a volunteer position I had in Ireland. Became operations and a therapist. So understand the trajectory here. FFS

Hahahaha how many sheds did this guy have lol

Love the channel. Hate that you're making my job seem ok. 😅

How would you guys put it? Completely mental... 😅😂

I hope the clothing company where he now works has no sheds on site.

Heartbreaking that they fucked Dublin up so badly. 10 years ago I had a comfortable but small room in a Victorian redbrick houseshare on South Circular Rd, it was €250 a month! Fun times, it's fucking shite now from what I hear

Sheds! I hate to say this I am in rural Ireland and I can see these sheds, oh how I can see them. How did you last 6 months?

He's a right bloke.

That was hilarious, I dont know how he lasted 6 months

Ok, how are there no comments that the video’s title sounds like the start of an ethnic joke

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK LOL

*_Am I bein' punk'd?_*

I want to share my story but not sure how?!

Be honest. Are you actually Chris Donnelly after a shave and hair dye?

Anyone know how you share a story...think I've got a good one

Why did you edit it so much?

Ok, this should be a good lesson no matter which side of the pond you work on. This business owner was obviously great at construction and not so good at business. He needed help. So rather than Adam making the job his own and being a valuable employee, he sat around doing nothing waiting for someone to tell him what to do. Some workers are like that if someone doesn't tell them exactly what to do, then they are lost.

This dude is int eh wrong profession......needs to be a comedian. First I have listened to a Ben Show and I am laughing, not at the stupidity of management (although the owner seemed quite daft), but laughing instead at the story itself.

I had to put on subtitles for this one

Im not finding this as funny as others....sounds like exploitation.

first comment!