Manager: There is a difference between playing with ourselves and playing with our customers.
8033 Lory Student Center, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado
Overheard by: Alli
Archive for the ‘Dumb Bosses’ Category
4PM Performance Reviews
Manager: She’s actually very bright, she just doesn’t speak or write.
200 West Oak
Fort Collins, Colorado
5PM That’s a Wrap
Boss: Oh you fucking idiot!
Pause
Boss: Why don’t you just go home, you wanker!
Boss walks out of the office.
Employee: Who are you yelling at?
Boss: Me, I’m going home!
301 Pirie Street
Adelaide, Australia
Overheard by: Jessica
11AM Prepare Mailer
Worker: Here’s the envelope.
Boss: Did you know that the envelope is in the cantaloope family?
Worker: …
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC
Aren’t You a Little Curious about the Monkey Pushing the Mail Cart?
Boss: I have no idea what goes on, and that’s the way I like it!
Balltown Road
Schenectady, New York
In Unrelated News, We Were Voted the Most Abusive Company of 2006
Company owner: Okay, so I haven’t heard a real definition of ‘bad touch’ yet…
111 Oak Street
Bonner Springs, Kansas
12PM Order 10 More “Gigabytes” (?)
Boss: Do you know where the gigabytes are? I need some more for my computer.
Employee #1: What are you talking about?
Boss: Are they in the closet?
He goes looking in the closet for about five minutes.
Boss: Seriously, do you know where more gigabytes are?
Employee #2: Maybe they’re in your pants.
N59W14909 Bobolink Avenue
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin
Overheard by: LeeAnn Michaud
Customer: Wouldya Look at This Bullshit?
Assistant manager, about e-mail to customer: Wow, that was so much bullshit I didn’t even know when to stop!
11150 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Are We Done Yet?
Boss: Do you have five minutes so I can talk to you for a sec?
Orlando, Florida
An Hour Later You’ll Want to Watch the News Again
Art director: Is it wrong that I saw something on the news about a triple homicide in Koreatown, now I’m craving Chinese food?
Los Angeles, California