Boss: You sent me that attachment on e-mail but I need the paper version.
Underling: So print out the attachment.
Redmond, Washington
Overheard by: Really?
Boss: You sent me that attachment on e-mail but I need the paper version.
Underling: So print out the attachment.
Redmond, Washington
Overheard by: Really?
Girl, during meeting: Meeting adjourned!
Boss: Actually, that's at the end of the meeting.
Girl: Oh, I thought it was like “aloha.”
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: bryan b
Employee: I have a problem.
Boss: Did they put a cork up your ass?
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Kelly
Boss entering office, to coworker: Are you hiding any knives up here?
New York City, New York
Company owner: Everyone who works here, stand up! Who are you kidding, Mary? Sit down.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overly talkative manager: So, to lighten the mood a little on this call, what did you do on your day off yesterday, Steve? Did you get some mini-golf in?
Steve: I was at my uncle's funeral.
Minnesota
Overheard by: HungryHungryHippy
Assistant to boss: I need to leave early today for a dentist's appointment. Would that be okay?
Boss: Sure, is at 2:30?
Assistant: 2:30?? No, it's at 3.
Boss: Well, it should be at 2:30.
Assistant: Why?
Boss (chuckling): Because you're tooth hurty. Get it? Two thirty, tooth hurty.
Assistant: Are you kidding me?
Dallas, Texas
Boss: Do you want to hear about what trouble my toddler got up to this morning?
Lackey: Honestly? No.
Boss: I control your paycheck.
Lackey: Nnnnnothing would make me happier.
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: That was smooth.
Boss to underling: You owe me for taking that call.
Underling: No problem, I'll buy you lunch tomorrow.
Boss: I'll just take a tea bag.
Lenexa, Kansas
Overheard by: Alicia
Peon: I will lay pipe to get clients.
Boss: We will lose business if you do that. They'll be like “woah, they're inadequate. We're not working with those clowns again.”
International Place
Boston, Massachusetts
