Alright, folks, grab your coffee and settle in, 'cause we're diving into some real tear-jerking topics today! Did you know that a whopping two in five peeps have shed a tear at work? Yup, that’s right! We’re talking about the good ol' work sob story, with 39% of us breaking down on the job (and 14% doing it more than once—yikes!). But don’t worry, we’re here to lighten the mood with a super funny "Morning 6-Pack" of the top six things that can make you cry at your 9 to 5. From the horror of hitting "reply all" on that cringe-worthy email to discovering all the K Cups are decaf, we’ve got the giggles and the gripes covered! So, come on in for a chuckle and let’s turn those tears into laughter together!
Takeaways:
Did you know that 39% of people have cried at work? Talk about a tearful Tuesday!
One out of seven folks cry multiple times on the job. Now that's some serious feels!
A whopping 2/3 of us either cried or almost cried at work. No more lunch breaks, just sob fests!
We ranked the top six reasons to cry at work, and yes, decaf coffee made the list!
Hitting 'reply all' on that cringe email? Immediate tears, folks!
Spending big bucks on a degree only to work at Applebee's? Now that's a real tear-jerker!
Transcripts
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Good morning.
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It's Haystack.
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And there is a new survey that finds two in five people have cried at work before.
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Wow.
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So two and five people have worked at a restaurant.
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Now 39% said they have broken down in tears while on the job.
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And 14% of us, or one out of seven have cried multiple times on the job.
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Another 25% said, man, once or twice some of us admit to being close to crying at work.
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About a fifth of us, so basically almost 2/3 of us have cried or wanted to cry while at work.
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Now, a lot of people openly vent or complain about their job to family or friends at least occasionally.
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And a third of us say every day we vent.
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But just over 10% of us, let's see, 12%, that's one out of eight, roughly.
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Never ever complain about our job.
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One out of eight of us never complain about our jobs.
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I guess that means we've never experienced anything from today's list of the top six things that should make us cry at work.
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Well, gather round folks.
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It's the time of day when we laugh and smile in a light hearted way.
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Tune in for the giggles and let's kick back.
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Here comes the fun.
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It's the morning six pack.
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The top six things that make us cry at work.
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Number six, all the K Cups are decaf.
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Oh no.
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5, Nobody noticed my new bangs.
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Number four, realizing that we just hit reply all on that very uncouth joke.
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Oh no.
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3, Our paycheck after taxes.
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Yeah, that's enough to make me cry for sure.
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Number two, being replaced by a robot just because it doesn't whine or surf porn or call in sick when it's hungover.
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And the number one thing that makes me cry, it makes us cry at work is of course spending $200,000 on a humanities degree only to wind up working at Applebee's.