Wackiest reasons Aussies lost their jobs

"Whilst unfit to work" - “Whilst unfit to work you were well enough to travel to Australia and, according to recent news footage of yourself in Queensland, you allegedly grabbed a shark by the tail and narrowly missed being bitten by quickly jumping out of the way,” the letter from his employer said, according the BBC.

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Shark wrestler: sick leave was real - But the man insisted his doctor advised him to go down under for some rest.

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Primary school teacher assaulted, fired - A Perth primary school teacher was assaulted by a male student on two occasions.

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"He hit me on the arm twice" - "He hit me on the arm twice...left a red welt on my arm," the teacher told the Perth Now. "Then he got a chair and tried throwing a chair at me."

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"Second assault worse" - "The second assault was worse, certainly in terms of its affect on me," she said. "He tried to stab me with a broken off pen."

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Medically retired - The teacher was subsequently "medically retired" by the Education Department.

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"Gutted. Betrayed" - When asked how she felt, the teacher said "Gutted. Betrayed. Certainly worried about my future earning capacity."

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Waitress said she was Taiwanese, then fired - It was only her second week at a Sydney BBQ restaurant when Yating Yang was asked if she was Chinese.

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“No, I’m Taiwanese” - “No, I’m Taiwanese,” she responded to the personal question.

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Boss from mainland China - Her boss was from mainland China and didn't like the response.

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Never got another shift - According to the New York Times, she never got another shift at that restaurant due to her national identity.

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More than one incident - Taiwanese servers have reported other incidents of being fired for not saying they're Chinese in Australia, pointing to a bigger problem.

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Chief Whip media adviser fired after email - A media adviser from the Chief Government Whip's office sent an email to journalists with a peculiar image in it.

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Children - The adviser sent off an email comparing Tony Abbott and Barnaby Joyce to children.

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Tony Abbott - The picture showed Barnaby Joyce sitting next to Tony Abbott.

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"The kid nobody likes" - "When you get in trouble in class and get sat next to the kid nobody likes" read the caption of Barnaby Joce sitting next to Tony Abbott.

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Fired - The adviser was fired, but not before the press corps get their hands on the image.

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Australia isn't a country: Prof before getting fired - Though she's clearly not Aussie, this professor who failed a student for saying Australia wasn't a country deserves to make the list.

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Southern New Hampshire University - The prof at Southern New Hampshire University assigned a project to compare the U.S. with another country.

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Australia: Continent, country or both? - When one student chose Australia, the professor failed the student because Australia was, in the professor's mind, a continent not a country.

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What? - This proved surprising to not only the student, but the rest of the world when it made international headlines.

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Fired - The professor was subsequently fired for lack of Aussie awareness.

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Poo jogger - Someone was leaving human feces all over Brisbane and their identity has finally been revealed.

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Defecated on repeatedly - A walkway running through an apartment complex in Greenslopes, a suburb of Brisbane, was defecated on repeatedly.

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30 times - The person was pooed on that one walkway 30 times in the span of one year.

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National quality manager - The national quality manager for the retirement home village company, Aveo Group, is alleged to be the infamous Brisbane poo jogger and resigned from his role.

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Fired for saving a shark - A man wrestled a shark away from children and back into the ocean in Bulcock Beach in Queensland in 2013.

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Worldwide attention - The man received global acclaim for his feat of saving the children and the shark.

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On sick leave - But it turns out this hero had told his company he was sick and needed to go on vacation.

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