Bosses and Underlings

Clerk: Why is there a wet floor sign on the carpet?
Supervisor: Sometimes I get excited.
Clerk: I miss working with you. You always know just what to say.

1201 Market Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Jessica Kalup

CTO: My interview article is in USA Today!
Programer: Can you send me the link? Never mind, I’ll just Google “USA Today”.

600 Newport Center Drive
Newport Beach, California

Supervisor: The contact name is “Ding Ding”?
Co-worker: Yes.
Supervisor: And he lives in his car behind K-mart?

1001 Roeder Avenue
Bellingham, Washington

Overheard by: Chris Shard

Manager: The first deadline is April 31st and second deadline is May 31st.
Employee: There’s no 31st in April…So we have just one deadline.

Cyber Gateway building
HITEC City, Hyderabad
India

Manager: Why are you sending me comps at 1:30 in the morning?
Designer: Because I wanted to work on them at home, and then when I was home I couldn’t work on them until Loveline was on the air and I could listen to some relationship advice at the same time.
Manager: Oh, that makes perfect sense.

2001 Lind Avenue SW
Renton, Washington

Exec: Who made a mess over here by the shredder?
Assistant: I was throwing confetti at myself.

640 5th Avenue
New York, NY

Worker: If you see [Jen] or [Jake], can you tell them I need to talk to them?
Boss: What for?
Worker: I just need to ask them about this thing for Thursday.
Boss: Oh, I don’t know anything about that. You’ll have to ask [Jen] or [Jen] about it.

120 West First Avenue
Mesa, Arizona

Manager: [Ben], just go ahead and reserve two spots for me.
Assistant #1: Did you just say [Jeffrey]?
Manager: What? No, I said [Ben].
Assistant #1: Well, I heard my name.
Manager: ‘Cause youre a narcissist! [Ben], don’t you think he’s a
narcissist?
Assistant #2: I plead the Fifth.
Manager: C’mon [Ben], don’t be a pussy!
Assistant #2: I’m going to be a pussy! I’m new!

270 Lafayette Street
New York, NY

Boss: We’re having communication problems.
Underling: We are?
Boss: What?

18115 Campus Way NE
Bothell, Washington

Overheard by: cogalicious

Secretary: I can write memos like it’s my job.
Boss: That is your job.

100 East Rivercenter Boulevard
Covington, Kentucky