Bosses and Underlings

Service Manager: Really, you have to stop bring these back to me.
Office chick: No, you just need to do them right in the first place.

215 US Route 1
Falmouth, Maine

Office Manager: There’s a time and a place for shoulder massages and it’s not here and now.
Employee: It’s not a massage. I was rubbing my hands up her.

Aldine House, New Bailey Street
Salford, Manchester
UK

Employee: I figured out a good way to make our guests happy.
Manager: How’s that?
Employee: Remorseless lying.

1939 Dixie Highway
Fort Wright, Kentucky

Supervisor: You can’t be doing stuff wrong all the time.
Waitress: I’m not the only one doing stuff wrong. You do a lot wrong, too.
Supervisor: I can do more wrong because I do more right. It evens out.

1770 Mill Street
Wailuku, Hawaii

Interviewer: When I was visiting the Culinary Institute in Hyde Park, the chefs created a lobster sorbet that was really interesting. Did you have to make it when you went to school there?
Candidate: Yeah, that shit is the cat’s litter.
Interviewer, confused: Really?

3350 Las Vegas Boulevard
Las Vegas, Nevada

Manager: Hey there! How are you feeling about your second day?
Intern: Whelmed.
Manager: I’m sorry, what was that?
Intern: Whelmed. You know, you can be “overwhelmed” and “underwhelmed,” but I’m just “whelmed.”
Manager: I see. Well, maybe some coffee would help?

1400 16th Street NW
Washington, DC

Employee #1: Did you smell that?
Employee #2: Why would he call us in there after doing that?
Employee #1: I don’t think he knows; my grandma would fart all the time and nobody said a word. We figured she did not know.
Supervisor: I am going to White Castle, anybody want some sliders?

4501 West Mitchell Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio

Managing director: Did you meet Daron* yesterday?
HR recruiter: Daron?
Managing director: I introduced him to you yesterday.
HR recruiter: Who?
Managing director: I did.
HR recruiter: No, you didn’t.
Managing director: … Maybe I’m going crazy. You know — Daron, with the dreads.
HR recruiter: With what?
Managing director: Dreads. You know — dreadlocks.
HR recruiter: Oh, I hate those.
Managing director: What? Dreadlocks have been around since the Bible.
HR recruiter: What?
Managing director: Since Samson and Delilah. Samson had dreads.
HR recruiter: Who did?
Managing director: Samson!
HR recruiter: You mean Daron?
Managing director: Who?

6105 Oakleaf Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Ren

Supervisor: I smelled bad today so I sprayed myself with a lot of deodorant.
Co-worker: You know what we call doing that back home?
Supervisor: Normal?

3350 Pine Avenue
Long Beach, California

Employee: I have a few questions about wrapping up this project.
Supervisor: Great. Set up a meeting, I’m free all day.
Employee: How’s 11AM this morning?
Supervisor: I can’t make it then.

1111 Chester Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio