Earlier this week, Reddit user @dancit28 asked, “Employers of reddit, how did the job candidate instantly lose the job?”

Spoiler alert — don’t be like these applicants:

“Kid shows up in an interview for a sales job in a Metallica raglan with a dagger coming out of a toilet. His shirt says, ‘Metal up your ass!'”

— punkwalrus

“Applicant said, ‘So are any of the guys here single?’ during the interview.”

— BeautifulFartCarrot

“Applicant said, ‘Does this place have a policy on drugs, because I have fun at the weekends?'”

— BeautifulFartCarrot

“A young lad comes in for a production role. Goes through the niceties and rigmarole. Does OK. As we’re wrapping up, I ask if he has any questions and he says, ‘Can I have the the blonde babe’s number?’ about a team member.”

— AnnualAntics

“I had a guy nearly flip a forklift during his working interview.”

— idrawstone

“He assumed he had the job during the interview, so he was very relaxed. Leaned back in the chair, showed up late, and texted the whole time.”

— lfslshlps

“Listen, I get it, I smoke plenty of pot — in my off time. But don’t come in to work smelling like you just finished smoking a blunt in the parking lot.”

— reusethisname

“I’m a manager at a popular 24-hour restaurant chain in the South. I had a younger guy come in for an interview, who had some decent experience and was very polite over the phone, but when he showed up I immediately knew we wouldn’t be hiring him. He came in to the restaurant with no shoes or shirt on.”

— Vesuvious_Boi

“Work starts at 8 a.m. Guy asks, ‘How about you make an exception for me and let me start around 10?'”

— gdguy666

“He placed his unlit half-smoked cigarette on my desk at the start of the interview.”

— sregormot

“The candidate hit my car in the parking lot.”

— oldzoomie

“It was a handwritten resume that was just a list of the 10 places this gentleman had worked at over the last two years. Next to each one he wrote ‘fired’ or ‘quit.’”

— mattheww19

You can read the full thread and all responses here!

Responses were edited for length/clarity.