What's your craziest "hardo" story?

Curious what everyone's most unhinged hardo story is. Every school, internship, and recruiting cycle has that one absolute psychopath who makes IB their entire personality. What's the most insane shit you've personally seen?

Fire away.

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a few years ago, co-intern never stopped asking for extra work. at some point the MD crashed out and gave him literally all his personal stuff. The intern ended up doing the MD's tax filings and calling architects & craftsmen to oversee his vacation home construction in the south of france

 
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