Secretary to photocopier, lovingly: I spend more time with you than I do my husband.
Copy Room
Brisbane
Australia
Archive for the ‘Time Management’ Category
10AM Catch Up!
Office worker #1: My goodness, I have so much work that even if I stayed at work 24 hours it still wouldn’t even put a dent in my workload.
Office worker #2: Wow, you have that much work?
Office worker #1: No…it’s just that I’m always too busy farting around to get any work done.
475 Anton Boulevard
Costa Mesa, California
Overheard by: Remy Rawrs
Make Her Come up with a Better Slogan Than ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’
Young ad executive #1: Anybody want a Jamba Juice? Sam the intern is going to make a run.
Young ad executive #2: Yeah, but why are you getting a Jamba Juice? You just ate lunch.
Young ad executive #1: I don’t really want one, I just feel bad the intern has nothing to do.
7th Avenue and 23rd Street
New York, New York
Overheard by: Corn Mash Whiskey
What if Your Kid’s Hungover?
Co-Worker #1: Kids are just a built in excuse to call in sick. If Carl* can call in because his kid is sick, I should be able to call in sick because I’m hungover.
Co-Worker #2: Wouldn’t that be every day then?
Co-Worker #1: No, I mean too hungover to work.
Highways 7 and 78
Independence, Missouri
Overheard by: steak of life
4PM Department Meeting
Area Manager: We will need to open an investigation into this and see what happened.
Superintendent: I’ll tell you what happened: he fucked up!
Area Manager: Well, I didn’t say it needed to be a long investigation.
128 Spring Street
Ypsilanti, Michigan
11AM Work on Project
Co-worker #1: Well, it’s not going to be ready now…
Co-worker #2: I don’t think it’s due to be done until the due date.
1 Penn Plaza
New York, NY
Poor Senator McCain
Manager: I can’t take any time off between jobs, with what my wife spends. I have to jump on the next job before she empties out our bank account.
Raritan, New Jersey
Mom and Dad Like to Keep Busy
Coworker #1: You’re so lucky you get to go home early!
Coworker #2: Nah, I have to go to my mom and dad’s house. I just hope I don’t get MRSA… Or crabs.
Everett, Washington
Then I Realize I’m Married, and Reading Them
Woman smoking on loading dock: I get e‑mails from him at 3 and 4 am on Saturdays and I think to myself, “if he’s married, he must hate his wife.”
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: fly on the wall
The Government’s Alternative to Medicare
Middle-aged woman #1: I didn’t get any vacation time this year because I was so busy with my mother.
Middle-aged woman #2: How is your mother doing? Does she have anyone to talk to? Like friends or anyone?
Middle-aged woman #1: Well, yes, but the problem is that all the 85-year-old men want is phone sex.
20-something girl: Well, there’s something to look forward to.
Midtown Building
New York City, New York
