Dumb Bosses

Marketing manager: Uh-oh. I just totally blogged.

4th Avenue and Clarendon Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona

Overheard by: embarrassed for you

VP: Yeah, and if we go over there, we could get all our stuff back. We have a whole bunch of equipment in China stuck in escargot.
Director: Um…You mean escrow?
VP: What did I say? Escargot? Well that works, too, since it’s so slow in getting back to us.
Director: Sure it does.

45th Street and 9th Avenue
New York, New York

Overheard by: melissa

Manager: Could you make this a lighter red?
Designer: You mean pink?
Manager: No, not pink. A lighter red.
Designer: Uh…
Manager: And this part here — do you have a darker black?
Designer: No, black is pretty much black.
Manager: Well, it needs to be darker than black.

Scottsdale, Arizona

Overheard by: bobby

Coworker #1: I love Ben Franklin!
Coworker #2: Me too. He's my favorite scientist!
Coworker #1: You should have a poster of him, and it could say something like “Monsters of Science.”
Boss: What?
Coworker #2: Oh, Ben Franklin is our favorite scientist.
Boss: Oh, I thought you were talking about some hunk.

Collegeville, Pennsylvania

Boss: It’s been a great week, except for the rash.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Boss: I need you to bust out that postcard ASAP! It’s priority number six!
Designer: Um, does it have to be done now or do five other things have to be done first?
Boss: Six is the new one!
Designer: I didn’t get that memo.

15335 Morrison Street
Sherman Oaks, California

Boss: Why didn’t you have a cover letter on the copy to the client?
New employee: I didn’t know I was supposed to have one. I didn’t think to ask if I needed it.
Boss: From now on, if you don’t know the question, you should ask it.

1700 66th Street
St. Petersburg, Florida

Office manager: I’m going to Google time travel!

Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canadia

Overheard by: The Office Bitch

Cube dweller: So I came in today, and my phone is blank, and my computer is disconnected from the network. And there's nobody over in it to help me.
Boss: Call the help desk.
Cube dweller: With what? My phone? It's broken.
Boss: So e-mail it!

San Carlos, California

Overheard by: The Punvert

Suit: On days other than Fridays, slacks are preferred. If you must wear jeans, black jeans are permitted, because they can look like, uh, a slacks process…is…happening.

490 S. Center Street
Reno, Nevada

Overheard by: Good Guy