Bosses and Underlings

Jamaican contractor: Hey, have some coconut.
White employee: No, man, I'm full.
Jamaican contractor: Dude, this is a coconut. It doesn't matter how full you are.

Edmonton
Canadia

Secretary: Oh, come on. You can do more than you can do.
Boss: I try… It just won’t work.

Cumming, Georgia

Sales VP on speakerphone to assistant: Can I find a word in an Excel file?
Assistant: Yes, use control + f.
Sales VP: Okay, so control and then hold the f key?
Assistant: Yes.
Sales VP: Oh, okay, that worked!

Manhattan, New York

Female boss: We need to add more scrotum!
Male designer: … Are you serious?
Female boss: Yeah, apparently we’re missing a few.
Male designer: Got it. Where’s the scrotum?

Alpharetta, Georgia

Overheard by: The Other Designer

Manager: You know butadiene is a reproductive toxin, right?
Peon: A what?
Manager: Reproductive toxin — it causes sterility.
Peon: Okay… You know, maybe we should sterilize that town… Wait, was that out loud?
Manager, laughing: Yeah.

Houston, Texas

What about a Carrot? I Could Do a Carrot, I Think

Employee: I got pulled over for speeding last week, but somehow I got out of the ticket. What is the best way to do that, really?
Boss who’s an ex-cop: I once had a guy tell me he had a cucumber shoved up his ass, so I took him to the hospital and found out it was true.
Employee: Did you give him the ticket?
Boss who’s an ex-cop: Hell no.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: I’ll take the ticket, thanks

Manager: Wow! I guess if we don’t have a receptionist, we don’t get any coffee.
Peon: I could make some if you want…
Manager: Really? You know how to do that?

Miami, Florida

Overheard by: I can cook too

Manager to employee: Your head looks like a perfect number seven.

Aurora, Illinois

Overheard by: Ace

Supervisor #1: Did one of you guys grab my obituary off the printer?
Employee: You’re dead?
Supervisor #2: Let’s go see if she has anything good on her desk.

19th Street and Douglas Street
Iowa

Overheard by: Lloyd

Employee: I’d like a minute to talk with you about my contribution here and my compensation.
Manager: No.

Falls Church, Virginia

Overheard by: GAMA Girl