Dumb Bosses

Boss: Yeah, he was into doing drugs — and not in the good way.

San Francisco, California

Communications manager: Conclusion is, don’t eat your sex toys!

Sex toy factory
Las Vegas, Nevada

Overheard by: TinkMom

COO: I don’t want to lie to him, but I don’t want to tell him the truth.

24 New England Executive Park
Burlington, Massachusetts

Overheard by: John Locke

Manager: Excuse me, sir, do you have me on speakerphone?
Guy: No, you have me on speakerphone!
Manager: Oh, look at that. Sorry, this is a bad connection — are you on a cell phone?
Guy: Yes, you called my cell phone.
Manager: Oh, right. Do you have a desk phone I can call?
Guy: No, you called my cell because I am not in the office. Now, what do you want?!

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Is He Serious?

Boss: Take me as a critic, but then also look at it with a hypocritical eye yourself.

25 Broadway,
New York, NY

Manager: How could you let this happen?
Clerk: I forgot.
Manager: You forgot? How could you forget? It’s so hard to forget! It’s easy to remember and hard to forget! Remember that! Haven’t you ever forgotten something and you tried to remember it? That’s how easy it is to remember!

1618 Main St.
Dallas, Texas

Overheard by: Ydnas

Supervisor: Marlene*, I’m stuck in my chair again.

10105 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street North
St. Petersburg, Florida

Overheard by: Michael John

Corporate boss on phone: Do you know where I am? Do you know where I am? I’m on Roosevelt-fucking-Island… Roosevelt-fucking-Island! In a fucking trailer! This is my life, okay? I was nauseous this morning ’cause I’m a schmuck. I’m on Roosevelt-fucking-Island… So tell me, does it get any worse?

Roosevelt Island, New York

Overheard by: Officetemp

Manager: Where is the post office? Who even goes to the post office? That’s just stupid!

Canal Street and 6th Avenue
New York, New York

Boss: You know those people from Saudi Arabia?
Assistant: Yes.
Boss: Are they Iranians?

Franklin Avenue
New York, New York