Overheard In The Office

Archive for 2020

9AM Back to Work

Sweaty, mid­dle-aged man in run­ning shorts: Hey,wait! Hey, wait! How old are you two?
Young busi­ness woman #1: Why?
Sweaty, mid­dle-aged man in run­ning shorts: I just want­ed ask one of you out, but I can’t tell how old you are un­der your sun­glass­es.
Young busi­ness woman #2: Umm…no. We’re work­ing.
Sweaty, mid­dle-aged man: Oh, nev­er mind.

2825 East­lake Av­enue East
Seat­tle, Wash­ing­ton

Man­age­ment Would Be Fun If It Weren’t for the Em­ploy­ees

Of­fice drone to VP: Hey Bob*, Bill* asked me to ask you to e‑mail to me the e‑mail that he e‑mailed to you that you made changes to, and then e‑mailed back to him be­cause he can’t e‑mail it to me, and he wants me to e‑mail it to Mary* from his e‑mail ad­dress, so that it looks like Bill* e‑mailed Mary* di­rect­ly from his e‑mail in­stead of my e‑mail. Okay?
VP: Are you ef­fin kid­ding me?

Du­ran­go, Col­orado

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So is He Bruce Spring­steen or Tony Dan­za?

Speak­er­phone: So, we’re fill­ing out nametags for next week’s meet­ing. What’s Randy’s ti­tle?
Re­cep­tion­ist: Well, he’s The Boss.
Speak­er­phone: Okay, but what’s his ti­tle?
Re­cep­tion­ist: “The Boss”. He’s The Boss.
Speak­er­phone: All right, he’s your boss, but what’s his ti­tle?
Re­cep­tion­ist: He’s “The Boss”!
Speak­er­phone: Oh, well then…um, okay that’s great. Thanks for your help.

35555 Garfield Road
Clin­ton Town­ship, Michi­gan

Over­heard by: Stephanie Saf­fold