Bosses

Boss: Why do you have a new BlackBerry?
Salesperson: Because I am awesome.
Boss: You don't even know how to use it, do you?
Salesperson: Uh… No.

Augusta, Georgia

President and CEO: That's what “underwater” means.

Cleveland, Ohio

Director: We simply can’t idiot-proof everything. Sometimes the idiots just have to suffer and die.
Co-worker: I think that’s called “evolution”.

2100 I-70 Drive SW
Columbia, Missouri

Overheard by: Amy Zing

Boss: Hey, Joan*.
Admin: Hey, Darren*.
Boss: How's the new pooter?

Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Big boss, telling off peon: You need to look around for work yourself when you're done and the supervisors are busy.
Male manager: Look on desks, in drawers.
Big boss: You might not be comfortable with going through others' drawers, but…
Female manager: You can go through my drawers any time.
Peon: That terrifies me.

Hindmarsh
Adelaide
Australia

Boss: You've gotta stay on your balls.

Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: tim

Programmer to manager: It's not wrong. It may not be in the format they were expecting, but it's not wrong.

Halifax
Nova Scotia
Canadia

Old woman: How dare you pick me up in a truck? I drive a Cadillac and you pick me up in a truck?! This is the last Cadillac I ever buy from you!
Manager: That’s not much of a threat, now, is it? Seriously, look at you. I mean, there’s not a lot of Cadillacs left in you, is there?

Car dealership
Ohio

Foreman: Today is Shadow Day.
A/P: What’s that?
Foreman: They let the kids off school to go with a parent to see what they actually do at work.
A/P: And she picked you?

3559 Belgium Lane
San Antonio, texas

Umm

Boss: No, kangaroo rats are not rodents! They're just mini kangaroos!

Maine

Overheard by: amused employee