Supervisor: Why do you want to do this?
Mid-level worker: Because no one else is, and it needs to be done.
Supervisor: No one cares how hard you work! This isn’t that kind of place!
State government building
Connecticut
Supervisor: Why do you want to do this?
Mid-level worker: Because no one else is, and it needs to be done.
Supervisor: No one cares how hard you work! This isn’t that kind of place!
State government building
Connecticut
Employee #1: How’s your burger?
Asian manager, with messy burger: Good, but it’s hard to eat…
Employee #2: It would be harder to eat with chopsticks!
Boston, Massachusetts
Boss: Anyone want a croissant? I have some leftovers!
New hire: I don't eat croissants. I did once, I was nine, and I got a really bad headache.
Advertising Agency
Richmond, Virginia
Boss: You close that deal yet?
Sales guy: No, but I just got a verbal faxed.
60 Main Street
Waltham, Massachusetts
Manager: Why are your eyes so red?
Waiter: I’m just really tired. Also, when I don’t get a lot of sleep, sometimes I smell like pot.
Haynes Bridge Road
Alpharetta, Georgia
Supervisor: He was just so big. I mean, they were married for five years, and they didn’t even consummate the marriage!
Subordinate: Wow…but did they have sex?
260 5th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Marian
Coworker: Oooh, look at that microwave. It’s all ’50s and industrial and stuff.
Boss: Yeah, look how big it is. You could cook a whole baby in there!
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Glad I’m not her baby
Manager: Did you give up anything for lent?
Underling: Yeah. Stealing office supplies from your company. It may not be much, but I think it’s pretty good considering I’m not even Catholic.
Meacham Boulevard
Haltom, Texas
Peon #1: Isn't that just going to make the situation worse? Man, that's going to mess everything up over there!
Commander: Well, you can't just stand in the rain and yell!
Peon #2: Ha-ha! rrrghh! I hate the rain!
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, DC
Overheard by: El Monsoon
Manager: [Elayne], sloppy seconds?
Co-worker: Sure. It’s not what it sounds like. She’s asking if I
want the second half of her teabag.
740 Dundas Street East
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
