Bosses and Underlings

Boss to employee: Can you google dead people?

Erie, Pennsylvania

Boss, looking at photograph: Geez, look at the smile on this guy!
Peon: That’s a mustache.

Middlemount, Queensland
Australia

Overheard by: Glad he shaves…

Secretary: Good morning, Mr. [Stirner].
Caseworker: Good morning. Oh shit! What happened to your hair?
Secretary: Nothing, why?
Caseworker: Everytime I see you, your hair is a different color. what color will it be tomorrow?
Secretary: I haven’t decided. What color do you suggest? Green, purple, gold?

815 Broadway
Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: BabyGirl

Boss: Sorry about being slow with the orders this summer. I was depressed and almost left my husband. Moving on, I have now ordered some new backpacks for us to sell.

North Washington
Scranton, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Becky

Receptionist on intercom: Can I go to the bathroom?
Supervisor: Uh…sure. Why would you ask me that?
Receptionist on intercom: Because you told me I should always ask you first if I was ever unsure of what to do in a situation.
Supervisor: Do you not know how to use the restroom?
Receptionist on intercom: Well, what if you tried to intercom me and I wasn’t around? What would–
Supervisor: Just go!

165 Nassau Boulevard
Garden City, New York

Male boss: Are those cupcakes handmade?
Female subordinate: We don't do hand jobs here!

Washington, DC

Overheard by: This isn't Starbucks

Drone #1: I am trying really hard to stay away from these cookies on my desk.
Drone #2: Oh my God, tell me about it. Those cookies are GOOD.
Drone #1: Maybe if I look at how many calories they have, it’ll be easier to stay away. One cookie, 120 calories.
Drone #3: Well, how many calories are you supposed to have?
Drone #1: I don’t know. I think 2000 calories is supposed to be average.
Drone #3: And the cookies are 120? Then you can eat all you want!

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Manager: It doesn't matter.
Clerk: Sorry, but my union guaranteed ass-covering requires that you specifically define “it.”

Pearl, Mississippi

Overheard by: Brain Dancing

New intern taking tour of company warehouse: So, you said that we have a lifetime guarantee on all the clothes that we send out?
Warehouse manager: Oh, yeah, we guarantee all our merchandise. We’ll even return underwear that’s been soiled.

Plainfield, Indiana

President: You can ask them for it, but technically, when it comes to that, we would no longer be partners, but competitors.
Intern: So it's like we're in a dysfunctional marriage with them? Like love/hate?
President: It's more like they're a bitch and it's the wrong time of the month.

Tampa, Florida