Bosses and Underlings

CEO: I think we should name [the product] SINBAD after [Janet].
Underling: “SINBAD”?
CEO: Single Income, No Boyfriend, and Desperate.

27 Gillies Avenue
Newmarket, Auckland
New Zealand

Assistant: Yeah, we need one of those industrial-sized–
Director: Oh, I know, you can shred a baby in one of those things!

1050 Thomas Jefferson Street NW
Washington, DC

Cube #1: You know what? I wish I was drinking like…some King Cobra right now.
Cube #2: Oh, I know.
Cube #1: Or like a log of chocolate.
Cube #2: Yeah. Chocolate. In the shape of an actual log.
Cube #1: Yeah.

350 Madison Avenue
New York, NY

Manager: It’s just our department in this meeting, [the other department] isn’t coming.
Supervisor: How do you know?
Manager: I went to [Brenda] and asked where her meeting is, and she said she doesn’t have a meeting.
Employee: So if this is our meeting, where are we supposed to be?
Supervisor: I reserved the conference room for my meeting, but the door is closed. Is this my meeting?
Manager: I think so. It’s nobody else’s.
Supervisor: So then, where are we going?

535 Routes 6 & 209
Milford, Pennsyvlania

Office Worker: This file won’t unzip! Unzip, you! Dammit, unzip!
Supervisor: You should try sweet talking it a little bit. Maybe you should buy it dinner first.

105 North Hudson Avenue
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Manager: Have a good weekend.
Underling: You’re leaving?
Manager: You’re not.

452 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY

Overheard by: Bob

Director: Thanks for all your help on that project.
Peon: No problem…It’s not like I had a choice.

473 Ridge Road
Dayton, New Jersey

VP Sales: I’m big on giving it all up to the client. You know, easy access.
Peon: I’ve heard that about you.

716 Main Street
Boonton, New Jersey

Assistant: If you want to see how dusty the floor is, just look at the heels on my shoes.
Project Manager: Oh, I thought you were telling me to look at your knees.

1100 West Anderson Court
Oak Creek, Wisconsin

Manager: Did you just hear that catfight? Everyone is stressed. We need to go do something fun.
Co-worker: Yeah. We need to go drinking and then they need to take off their clothes and have a pillow fight.

3755 Mansell Road
Alpharetta, Georgia