Dumb Bosses

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

Manager: We should prepare drawings for the real building instead of the fake building.

Midtown
New York, New York

Overheard by: Drewster

Coworker on phone: You’d be an amazing human being if you brought me some nibbles on your way here. If not, then you’re clearly the mongoloid I always suspected you to be.

401 West Clarendon Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona

HR manager: God, I hate it when you bring me that junk!
Admin: These are people’s resumes.
HR manager: Fine, shove your junk in my box.
Admin: Excuse me?
HR manager: Just leave it in my box. I’ll throw it away in the morning.

80 Grasslands Road
Elmsford, New York

Overheard by: Bored Beyond Belief

Cube dweller on phone: Hi, boss, we just got robbed!
Manager: Oh my god! Where?

Parade
Suva
Fiji

Overheard by: Siti

Boss: I would totally be in a movie about farting!

Lincoln Park
Chicago, Illinois

Manager: They really need to pay this month’s rent ’cause I lost their money order last month and that makes them 2 months behind.

108 North Belvedere Boulevard
Memphis, Tennessee

Boss: …and I need a costume. I need to go dressed like a king and then I am going to a concert afterwards. I can go as any old king, Old King Cole, Nat King Cole…that would be great! I just have to have enough time to get the make-up on my face.

444 Park Ave South
New York, NY