Dumb Bosses

Manager: Sounds good. I asked Roger* for his unsolicited feedback on this, so that will be helpful.

42 South Street
Hopkinton, Massachusetts

Manager: There is a difference between playing with ourselves and playing with our customers.

8033 Lory Student Center, Colorado State University
Fort Collins, Colorado

Overheard by: Alli

Manager: She’s actually very bright, she just doesn’t speak or write.

200 West Oak
Fort Collins, Colorado

Worker: Here’s the envelope.
Boss: Did you know that the envelope is in the cantaloope family?
Worker: …

4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
Washington, DC

Boss: I have no idea what goes on, and that’s the way I like it!

Balltown Road
Schenectady, New York

Company owner: Okay, so I haven’t heard a real definition of ‘bad touch’ yet…

111 Oak Street
Bonner Springs, Kansas

Boss: Do you know where the gigabytes are? I need some more for my computer.
Employee #1: What are you talking about?
Boss: Are they in the closet?

He goes looking in the closet for about five minutes.

Boss: Seriously, do you know where more gigabytes are?
Employee #2: Maybe they’re in your pants.

N59W14909 Bobolink Avenue
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

Overheard by: LeeAnn Michaud

Assistant manager, about e-mail to customer: Wow, that was so much bullshit I didn’t even know when to stop!

11150 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, California

Boss: Do you have five minutes so I can talk to you for a sec?

Orlando, Florida

Art director: Is it wrong that I saw something on the news about a triple homicide in Koreatown, now I’m craving Chinese food?

Los Angeles, California