Dumb Bosses

Director: It’s one of those chicken-before-the-horse things.

925 4th Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Blaque Mackintosh

Co-worker: We had Burger King breakfast in Mexico and it had refried beans and peppers in the eggs.
Manager: They were probably goat’s eggs, not chicken eggs.

9353 Jefferson Highway
Maple Grove, Minnesota

Manager: How do you tell the client that they’re an idiot? What’s the wording I should use for that?

1 South Road
Harrison, Ohio

Boss: Maybe I’m suffering from a case of magnesia…uh, uh, you know, like I forget things.

75 Union Avenue
Rutherford, New Jersey

Boss: All signs point to them being assfucks.

Horsham, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Picture Drawer

Boss in team meeting: I know these conversations are going nowhere, but we’re on a deadline so we need to get nowhere faster!

Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Boss: I’m just going to stop taking notes and just use yours after the meeting, because I have no idea what’s going on.

545 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York

Boss: That’s what I hate about these people who take the Bible literally: it’s so pick and choose! What about all the parts where you get stoned for looking at bread the wrong way?

Print shop
Sunset Park, Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: milu

White executive to black employee wearing brown suit: You're extra brown today.

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Manager: So, we should totally take a consensuous on that with the entire team.
Employee: Consensus.
Manager: What?
Employee: Consensus.
Manager, laughing: I should totally carry around a thesaurius with me! [Employee walks away.]

Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: BeeMonstre