Bosses and Underlings

Coworker #1, distraught: I’m leaving now. I probably won’t be back till tomorrow.
Clueless manager: Okay, have fun! [Distraught coworker sobs and runs out.]Coworker #2: Um… You know she’s having her dog put to sleep, right?

111 Madisonville Street
Crofton, Kentucky

Overheard by: will1966

Employee: Did you hear, there was another bombing on the subway in London?
Boss: I don’t care how balmy it is in London, I wouldn’t go over there right now.

217 10th Street
Brandon, Manitoba
Canadia

Office drone #1: What’s a funnier prank — if I tape the the receiver to the boss’s phone, or if I fix it so she can’t open the drawer?
Office drone #2: Um, maybe you should… [looks pointedly at returning boss behind drone #1].
Office drone #1: I know! I’ll glue her coffee mug to her desk. Bitch’ll be spewing!
Boss, standing right behind drone #1: Bitch is behind you.

Harris Street
Pyrmont, Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: get back to work!

Manager: Why do they send so much of this stock? It’s never gonna sell. What bunch of arseholes thought this up at head office?
Peon: This is really getting to you, isn’t it? I get the feeling you applied for a job there, and they turned you down.
Manager: A job at head office? No thanks, I’ve no desire to be an arsehole for a living.
Peon: But you’d be so good at it.

4 The Sidings
Lincoln, United Kingdom

30-year old accounting manager to 23-year old employee: So, my mom has a crush on you after seeing your picture on my Facebook profile.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overheard by: Cougar Bait

Boss to underling: I'd better go take my banana skin elsewhere.

Bakersfield, California

Law Firm Partner: How do you log on to our website?
Secretary: We don’t have a website.
Law Firm Partner: Can make one up real quick? There’s a girl who’s trying to sell us a website and I told her we already have one.

329 18th Street
Rock Island, Illinois

Manager: Did you get a response back from that email you sent to the buyer yet?
Co-worker: No; I didn’t ask her for one. She knew what action I took and if she didn’t agree with me, she can call me.
Manager: No, no. You should always include “please advise” in the email, in case they don’t receive the email.

8000 Bent Branch Drive
Irving, Texas

Boss: You're not making up this crap about your grandmother dying, are you?
Analyst: No, do I have to prove it to you?

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Overheard by: Steve

Regional director to underling: I can almost see up your ass and read your mind.
Underling: I don’t know what to do with that.

Midway Road
Addison, Texas

Overheard by: covering my ass from now on