Dumb Bosses

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

Boss: Please stop reading up on our client. I need you to be able to do your job… It’s a moral grey area.

1320 South Val Vista Drive
Mesa, Arizona

Former military guy: Yeah, back when I was enlisted we used to joke that if we ever won the lottery that we would take off all our military owned equipment and walk out the front gate of the base in nothing but our underwear.
Senior admin: Oh my gosh! Wouldn’t that mean you would be considered AOL?

North MacArthur Boulevard
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Boss: I hate rubbing my hands on that while I’m banging away, so I cover all of the crevices with tape.

Portland, Oregon

Boss: We need to be the blind kids with the M16s playing soccer.
Suit: [Silence.]Boss: You understand what I’m saying?

64th Street
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Election board office manager: I don’t know if you’re aware, but every election you need to contact all the local funeral homes about absentee voting.
Worker: Ummm, funeral homes? Don’t you mean nursing homes?
Election board office manager: Oh, yeah. Whatever.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Overheard by: Xanadu

Boss to another: Do not look up Care Bear porn!

1440 South Clearview Avenue
Mesa, Arizona