Bosses and Underlings

Supervisor, shouting to employee: Did you remember your penis?

Overland Park, Kansas

Peon: I think she’s Indian.
Boss: American Indian? We don’t have a lot of those!
Peon: No, Asian Indian.
Boss: They have Indians in Asia?!

5th and Market Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Underling to manager, during video conference: You pay me for my brain, but all you use me for is my fingers.

Seattle, Washington

Boss: I hate these burritos. The ingredients aren’t mixed up at all. It’s like a fetus they mangled into a tortilla.

North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Developer

Boss to underling: That's a direct quote. Not word for word, but the gist of it.

Cleveland, Ohio

Overheard by: eric

Boss : What is that red thing on top of a rooster’s head called? I can’t find a description anywhere on the Internet.
Employee: Just Google ‘cock’ and ‘diagram.’

Bloomington, Indiana

Overheard by: Sailorette

Production manager: All I’m saying, Betty*, is do something, even if it’s wrong!

8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Nikki

HR manager: How long do you plan to be with the company?
Girl interviewee: Until I find something better.
HR manager: Okay, I think that about does it. Thank you for coming in.

Brentwood, Tennessee

Employee: I just sent you that email with the summary of all the outstanding issues on the project.
Boss: Thanks. Could you write a summary of that email?

111 3rd Avenue S
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Manager: Look at this, this lady put “dictaphone” under skills on their resume.
Worker: What? A dickaphone? Was she a phone sex operator?

1402 Harborside Drive
Galveston, Texas

Overheard by: ladyinthemidst