ralphmcclure
19.05.2021 6:30:07
By hearing what others experience, you can know too that you're going to make it through okay. That you're not the only one experiencing this, and in knowing that, you have the courage to take bold steps out. more
See full version: Real Work Horror Stories: From Around the Globe
By hearing what others experience, you can know too that you're going to make it through okay. That you're not the only one experiencing this, and in knowing that, you have the courage to take bold steps out. more
"I've also seen employees torpedo bosses right before big meetings. I once overheard a woman tell her boss (also a woman), right before she presented to top management, that "I don't think anybody has heard the rumor that you're having an affair. So go in there and knock 'em dead!"
The first step in dealing with a crisis you're in is to acknowledge it's happening. Denial will not help you heal or get out of that situation - which you have no business being in if you care about yourself, your mental sanity, and your career well-being in any way.
"You have to knock 3 times and call her name," a Code Switch reader named Jessica tweeted at us. "When you open the stall door, a little girl in a red skirt will be there."
And among those who suffer from it across many cultures, there is one, unsettling common experience — a sense that a malevolent force is hovering over them in their immobile state. here
They went on. "Ugh, I need to stop trying to remember these things. I'm getting chills." [links]
Credit: Phoebe Boswell for NPR [links]
I spent four years like that, walking alone at night, and never once had a reason to feel afraid. I always used to joke with my roommate that even the drug dealers in the city were polite. But all of that changed in just a few minutes of one evening.
“A few years ago my boss went on holiday for a couple of weeks to Spain. Mid-way through the holiday he got a phone call from the police informing him that his sister had died in a fire in her flat. So he rushes back home early, deals with the police and the death and everything. more
I always had bad feelings in her house, with things like cabinets opening and one really creepy time where it sounding like footsteps coming down the hallway which really scared me. I’m honestly glad I will never have to go into that house again.” – winglamo here
To be honest, I don’t believe in ghosts nor anything of that kind but that event was a complete horror.” – Anonymous [links]
Regardless of whether or not humans can smell fear, they can certainly hear it. I heard it in my own voice, and that only made me more afraid. But he didn’t react to it at all. He just stood there, smiling.
At the back of the tank the top hatch had been opened, the bolt and chain had been removed and a telltale brown smudge seemed to suggest someone had slid down the back of the tank and taken off into the bush.” – joffreysworld [links]
There are many different versions of the origins of Corpo Seco (also known as Unhudo or Big Nails), but it is consensus that he was once human, and was a very cruel man when he was alive, with some stories calming that he even beat his own mother. When he died, the ground rejected his buried body, and his corpse kept returning to the surface. After having his eternal rest denied, he turned into the Corpo Seco.
Curiously, many of the stories have their own versions in each country, such as the US's tale of Bloody Mary, who in Brazil is known as "Loira do Banheiro" (The Bathroom's Blond Woman).
Depending on the region, people also believe that Atsybal doesn't have any eyes, and that he can mimic any animal sound, such as ducks and birds, drawing in local hunters. [links]