Dumb Bosses

Manager: What’s this? Everyone acts stupid all of a sudden.

2300 Plano Parkway
Plano, Texas

Overheard by: Lauren

Boss: You know, if you’re behind the train, then you’re probably driving on the tracks again.

200 West Oak Street
Fort Collins, Colorado

Office manager: Have you ever seen the images from an MRI? It’s amazing the beautiful colors that are inside of our bodies!

Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: glorified gopher

Manager: Earlier today my dad almost got eaten alive by our chickens.

7th Street NW
Washington, DC

Boss on phone with client: So, what’s been going on? In a new company? You spreading your legs and taking it all in?

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: only female in the office

Quality manager: Well, why doesn’t it work?
Software manager: Because we didn’t write it that way.

Redmond, Washington

Boss: Your code no longer doesn’t not fail.

Howell, Michigan

Overheard by: Eric

Boss on phone: Yeah, I’ll bring the bottle of wine tomorrow… No, the plan is you make fun of my gout and then tease me with the bottle… Okay, great, see you then.

2694 Peachtree Road
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: Covert Kitten

Boss: I was going to ask you to come in on Saturday, but then I realized what day it was and who you are, so never mind.

Mineola, New York

Hiring manager to IT guy: We have an applicant who says he has some python under his belt, and I was wondering if there were any questions I should ask him.

6475 SW Fallbrook Place
Beaverton, Oregon

Overheard by: IT guy