Bosses and Underlings

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

Boss: Oh, one other thing. I didn’t think the Sunday [product] was very strong.
Worker: Well, what would you have done differently?
Boss: I’m not really sure…I just think we needed something different there.
Worker: Like what?
Boss: Well, that’s really the question, isn’t it?

120 West First Avenue
Mesa, Arizona

Manager: If it didn’t mean I would have to interview new people I would lobby to have half the staff here fired

2345 Crystal Drive
Arlington, Virginia

Boss: What are you still doing here? I told you to go home early.
Employee: I know. Have you ever seen Shawshank Redemption?
Boss: Yes.
Employee: Remember what happened to the prisoner that finally got his freedom? He ended up hanging himself because he didn’t know what to do with his free time.

440 9th Avenue
New York, NY

Boss: She’s gone? And you’re not going to be here tomorrow?
Secretary: Correct.
Boss: But I need counseling.
Designer: I agree!

175 South Third Street
Columbus, Ohio

Administrator: [Les], do you have any overdue surveys?
[Les]: No, I don’t.
Administrator: You don’t have any surveys due before the 26th?
[Les]: No, the only surveys I have were due on the 23rd and the 24th.

811 Russell Avenue
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Boss: Okay, it’s nearly 5, so we’re going to take a different approach to the voting this time. After the meeting minutes are completed, I’ll email all of our ideas to everyone tomorrow, and you can email me back your votes for the best one.
Underling: Are we voting today or tomorrow?

425 Park Avenue
New York, NY