Comebacks

Co-worker #1: You like nice today.
Co-worker #2: No I don’t, I look like a big slut! Can’t you see my cleavage falling out of this shirt?
Co-worker #1: Oh, I didn’t notice.

240 Princeton Avenue
Hamilton, New Jersey

Supervisor: Are these numbers right?
Employee: Yeah, I double-checked.
Supervisor: The sales manager said that they were under budget!
Employee: Well, numbers don’t lie. Salespeople do.

17777 Center Court Drive
Cerritos, California

Worker: Lemon cod, please. With pasta and–
Server: Pasta’s an entree. Not a side.
Worker: Oh, I didn’t see it on the entree sign.
Server: That’s because it’s a side.

9000 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, Maryland

Overheard by: Barb

Ladder-climber to boss: If you don't have a good enough argument for why I'm wrong, then I'm right.

Ohio

Assistant: I went to the grocery store this past weekend. Do you know my kids drank five two-liters of Pepsi since then? Three and a half kids drank five bottles of Pepsi.
Sales guy: What’d you do with the other half a kid? … That must have been awful!

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Employee: I’d like a minute to talk with you about my contribution here and my compensation.
Manager: No.

Falls Church, Virginia

Overheard by: GAMA Girl

Session Leader: I’ll leave this badge on the desk. If you need to use the facilities, just take it with you and swipe the reader on the bathroom door.
Participant #1: You need to swipe from the bottom up, right?
Participant #2: Not if you’re a girl!

One Chase Plaza
New York, NY

Underling: So when did you want this by, yesterday or an hour ago?

219 N. Milwaukee Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Customer: Man, you have a shitty fucking job.
Sales rep: Yeah.

Whitcoulls
Lower Hutt
New Zealand

Overheard by: You Bet I Did

Boss: And happy birthday to [Chris]. Today is his birthday
[Chris]: My birthday isn’t today, it’s in May.
Boss: This [planner] thing is useless.
Employee #2: It’s only as good as what you put into it.

111 South Michigan Avenue
Saginaw, Michigan