Supervisor to staff member: Leave me alone or I will spit my nastiness on you.
Mclean, Virginia
Supervisor to staff member: Leave me alone or I will spit my nastiness on you.
Mclean, Virginia
Elderly boss to receptionist: Where's my coffee?
Receptionist: Are your legs broken?
Elderly boss: My third one is! Now get my coffee!
Southfield, Michigan
Employer: I don't like open packages lying around, it creates bugs.
Employee: That's why I always roll and tape back my nuts.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Nathalie
Boss: Have a great Christmas, everyone. I’m going to go see my new grandkid.
Secretary: Aw. You have a new grandchild? Is this the first time
you’ll see it?
Boss: Yeah, they’re delivering by C-section on Wednesday.
2320 West Highway 76
Branson, Missouri
Boss (giving papers to peon) Would you please fax these for me ASAP?
Peon (taking papers) Sure thing.
Peon (faxes, brings back papers) Here you go.
Boss: I thought I told you to fax these!
San Diego, California
Manager: What does the word “nugatory” mean?
Employee: I don’t know but it sounds important.
Manager: I’ll see if I can slip it into my next talk to staff, they won’t know the difference.
North Terrace
Adelaide, South Australia
Coworker: What’s the deal with these lot loans?
Manager: Your mom’s a lot loan.
San Ramon, California
Overheard by: cracking up
Employee: Why can’t you just install that for me?
Supervisor: Because I’m not going to spend an hour out of my day installing this on your crappy computer only to find out that it still doesn’t work and end up spending even more of my precious time trying to fix something that isn’t fixable and wind up making my life hell by hearing you bitch about this all the time. Only to make you happy.
Employee: So, is that a no?
Supervisor: You’re damn right it is.
Employee: Well, then can I just get a new computer so I won’t have this problem?
Supervisor: Fine. Anything to get you off my back.
Employee: Can I get a raise?
Supervisor: Don’t push it.
Employee: I think you need to take a nap.
1801 E. 9th Street
Cleveland, Ohio
Employee: Are you yanking my chain?
Boss: Oh, you’ll feel it when I’m yanking your chain.
111 E Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Hear No Evil
Assistant: I heard you told someone in the office that we're all on medication here. I take offense to that. I'm not on medication.
Boss: You should be. It gets you through the day so much easier.
Connecticut
