Workplace personas can be harmless quirks — until they turn into full-blown performances.

So when one employee spent years presenting himself as the office’s resident British guy, his coworkers had no reason to question it.

That illusion shattered the moment his accent disappeared mid-sentence.

You’ll want to keep reading for this one!

My coworker pretended to be British for 3 years… then forgot which accent they were using

This is one of those things I wouldn’t believe if I didn’t witness it myself.

We hired this guy a few years ago, let’s call him “Dan.” On his first day, he came in with this very proper London accent.

At first, his act was very convincing.

Like, textbook BBC newsreader vibes. People asked where he was from, and he casually said, “Oh, just outside of London.”

Cool, whatever.

Fast forward three years.

Dan has built a whole personality around being the “British guy.” He’d say things like “fancy a cuppa?” and “cheerio” unironically.

People asked him British stuff all the time, and he’d always have answers.

Some of it felt off, but nothing too wild.

But one day, the act finally came crashing down..

Then last week, in the middle of a completely normal conversation, he just… switched.

Not even slightly. Fully American accent.

Someone goes, “Wait… what happened to your accent?”

And Dan just froze like he got hit with the blue screen of death.

He tried to backpedal with, “Oh, I’ve been here so long, it slips sometimes,” but it was too late.

The jig was up.

The truth finally came out.

Turns out, another coworker found his old Facebook, and he’s from freaking Indiana.

Never even BEEN to the UK.

Now HR is involved because apparently someone complained he was “falsifying identity.”

I don’t even know what to make of this.

Who commits to an accent for three years at a corporate job?

What this guy really needs is to just be himself.

What did Reddit think?

Some coworkers end up revealing just how little common sense they actually have.

Some people take method acting a little too far.

Pathological liars’ need to constantly stretch the truth is just fascinating.

If you’re going to fake an accent, you have to commit!

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