Dumb Bosses

Boss: It’s not so much fast-paced as it is boring.

2700 Westchester Avenue
Purchase, New York

Coworker: Is that a copy of Ted Nugent’s new book?
Boss: It is. He and his wife wrote it. Grill It and Kill It.
Coworker: Is that him on the cover? With his wife?
Boss: Yeah. She’s hot, isn’t she?
Coworker: She really is. Way to go, Nuge.
Boss: He must have started seeing her when he was in Damn Yankees. What was their song?
Coworker: “Can you take me high enough…”
Boss: Yeah. Those really were the days.

249 West 17th Street
New York, NY

Overheard by: Will Leitch

Manager: So you’re saying that evolution works different for hobos? Okay, so as hobos get further away from the equator they become more evolved.

15 LC
Iowa City, Iowa

Overheard by: TheChris

Boss: From now on, people, we’re going to make Perfection our baseline.

The development team laughs.

Developer: Dude, whatever the fuck you’ve been reading, stop it.

1 Madison Avenue
New York, NY

Overheard by: Mad William Flint

Assistant: Is this poster going to be mandatory?
Manager: We’re going to treat this as being required, but not mandatory.

227 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Caleb Yarian

Boss: This is not an interactive meeting, so no feedback of any kind. Every customer who gives a commitment today will get a $350 Home Depot giftcard. This is only until the end of business today.
Loan Officer: But I got a customer commitment yesterday. Can I tell her that we will send her one?
Boss: Didn’t I just say that this meeting is not interactive? I won’t answer your stupid questions.
Loan Office: …So what’s the answer?

The boss storms out.

Loan Officer: I’ll just ask him later.

2700 Westchester Avenue
Purchase, New York

Marketing manager: I made it up based on logic…or something.

1 Prudential Plaza
Chicago, Illinois

Manager: It starts on the first half, and all of a sudden we’re on the next-to-last half.

100 Broadway
New York, New York

VP: What's the name of the company I'm thinking of? We've got a job with them.
Engineer: Starts with…?
VP: A. A something. Aaaaaaa…
Engineer: Ass-fuckers anonymous?
VP, quietly: Ass-fuckers anonymous… Ass…
Engineer: Yeah, AFA, but trust me, it's not that. I just made that up.
VP, very loudly: Ass-fuckers anonymous!?
Engineer: Dude, can you not yell “ass-fuckers anonymous” when I'm in your office?

Paterson, New Jersey

Boss: Me and my wife would drive a hundred miles for a jar of good pickles!

10749 West 84th Terrace
Lenexa, Kansas

Overheard by: PeaveyMan