HR gal: …we’re looking to see if he killed anybody, that’s all. If he killed anybody, the deal’s off.
5900 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, California
HR gal: …we’re looking to see if he killed anybody, that’s all. If he killed anybody, the deal’s off.
5900 Wilshire Blvd
Los Angeles, California
HR rep to coworker: I could, like, totally get a raise if I slept with him.
Coworker: Haven’t you already?
Leavenworth, Kansas
HR employee to another: Does she look like she’s been hanging out with Bob Dylan?
Dunmore, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Can’t imagine what this could entail
HR: So maybe I can do all three of you in the morning.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Boss: Why hasn’t the mail come in yet?
HR: We have a new postal carrier and she hasn’t come in yet.
Boss: Is she nice looking?
HR: Well, she’s inconsistent. Sometimes she delivers at 2:30, sometimes it’s 1:00.
Boss: What has that got to do with how she looks?
HR: It doesn’t. Welcome to HR.
81 Apsley Street
Hudson, Massachusetts
New hire: How many people work here?
HR clerk: About half of them.
5760 Highway 80
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Case worker: Deb*, where can I find the new intake forms?
Deb*: You know, I’ve always wondered about that.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
HR rep #1, in HR team meeting: We’re having a compliance visit tomorrow. Harry is bringing some HQ reports we don’t have access to.
HR rep #2, loudly: Oh, fabulous. That’s like someone going through your underwear drawer (begins to fade) and pulling out the granny panties (almost inaudible) with all the stuff… (trails off, then loudly) What?
Fontana, California
Male employee, angry about benefits: So my live-in girlfriend is not a domestic partner but Steve’s* boyfriend is?
HR generalist: Yes, that’s right. Domestic partners are same sex partners, that is the policy.
Male employee: So if my girlfriend became my boyfriend I could put her on my insurance?
HR generalist: Yes, if she grows a penis and discovers a deep abiding love for Cher, she can be on your insurance.
Male employee: Really?
HR generalist: (sighs)
Skokie, Illinois
Clueless HR rep: These are all in order, I’m a little anal when it comes to sorting…
Perky HR rep: Thanks. (pause) Yay! I love anal!
Overland Park, Kansas
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