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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/firebugg333 on 2026-02-14 04:34:38+00:00.
TIFU on my last day at my job as a dental assistant.
I walked into a mess to begin with this morning. The other assistant had accidentally left the water running in our lab, and caused a huge flood. Everything was just freshly remodeled, and they still hadn't put up the kick boards under the counters yet, leaving the particle board at the bottom exposed.
Doctor came in right as I did and was BIG MAD, worried that the water would soak into the particle board and cause expansion/warping. He and I quickly set to work cleaning up the mess. Water was EVERY WHERE; dripping from the counters, down the fronts of the cabinets, on the floor, under the space beneath, and even INSIDE the cupboards.
i moved the supplies from inside the cupboards, grabbed a towel and dropped to the floor next to him to mop up as much water as possible. I was mopping off the cabinets while he was painstakingly slipping paper towel into the cracks between the floor and cabinets to get the water from underneath. The seething irritation from him was palpable.
I noticed some water on the cabinet door and quickly went to wipe it away without thinking about the direction that the doors swing... and hit the doctor directly in the head with the cabinet door. He froze, (I swear I saw steam come out of his ears) and I did what any mature, professional, sophisticated adult would: burst into laughter while apologizing profusely.
Needless to say, he did NOT find any humor in this. Nor could he have any appreciation for the perfect "BONK!" noise the door made as it made contact with the side of his head. I attempted a joke by saying, "Well, at least it's the last time you'll ever have to deal with my clumsiness. Aren't you going to miss me?!"
His grunt in reply told me I made the right choice in quitting.
TL;DR: On my last day at my job, I hit my boss in the head with a cupboard door when he was already irritated. The perfect "bonk!" noise it made will forever live rent-free in my mind.