Bosses and Underlings

Employee, returning after a month away: Hey, you've lost weight!
Manager: Thanks! I've been…
Employee: No, wait, you just got your hair cut. Nevermind.

Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indianapolis

Overheard by: Shatmandu

Employee looking at a catalogue: What's the difference between a guy and a man?
Perplexed boss: Is this a trick question?

Post Street
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: I still can't tell the difference

Crazy female VP: So, who are you voting for in the election?
Unassuming employee: Obama.
Crazy female VP: Oh, really? I'm voting McCain.
Unassuming employee: Uh huh.
Crazy female VP: But, you know…I don't even see Obama as a black man.

Rockefeller Plaza
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Blonde Leading The Blind

Boss: This tastes like ass.
Worker: How do you know what ass tastes like?
Boss: Because I was drunk and missed.

Albuquerque, New Mexico

Black boss: I just found out I'm white!
White employee: Is there any way for me to properly respond to that?

Clearwater, Florida

Overheard by: Cube Dweller

Manager of maintenance staff, yelling to distant peons: Have you seen a bag with two turkey basters and a jar of vaseline?

Apartment Complex
Kansas City, Missouri

Employee: So how'd the meeting go?
Boss: Sharon touches me a lot. I tried not to sit near her.

Washington, DC

Manager: We need a picture of the tiger playing with his ball.
Peon: Yea, that would be great.
Manager: People would say this is the best webcast ever.
Peon: People would say, “That's cool, look at the tiger playing with his ball.”

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Overheard by: WaitingForWork

Young waitress, dreamily: My friends and I just love that Joran Van Der Sloot.
Manager: The fact that he's accused of murder doesn't phase you?
Waitress: Only makes him hotter! (sighs)
Waiter: The next time I say women are stupid and you argue with me, I'm bringing this up, you know.

Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Shatmandu

Male coworker: It smells like poop in here.
Male boss: It's my pants!
Male coworker: Uhh…
Male boss: It's not my fault! You don't believe me? Smell them!
Female coworker: Um, okay. (smells pants) Ewww, sick.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: not smelling