Marketing exec: If we didn’t have to spend so much time telling you our requirements, you could be done with the code already!
228 East 86th Street
New York, NY
Marketing exec: If we didn’t have to spend so much time telling you our requirements, you could be done with the code already!
228 East 86th Street
New York, NY
Boss on phone: So take a Sudafed, wash it down with a glass of whiskey. You'll sleep for twelve hours. It says “don't take with alcohol,” which means you should definitely take it with alcohol.
Highland Park, Illinois
Overheard by: Office Peon
Supervisor: How was the soup the clients brought?
Worker: Didn't you get any?
Supervisor: I had a lot of work and by the time I got there it was sublimed.
Worker: “Sublimed”?
Supervisor: Yeah, I used the wrong word. That happens a lot when I'm stressed off.
Culver City, California
Boss on phone with tech support: Wait… What is a colon? (pause) The dot and the squiggle line or the dot and the dot? (pause) Hello? Are you listening to me? (pause) No, I'm not stupid, I'm German.
Ocala, Florida
Overheard by: Mystique
Boss: Then Megan* and Elizabeth* can review it.
Lisa: Don't you mean Courtney*?
Boss: Oops! Excuse me. You're right.
Lisa: I know; We Americans all sound alike.
Boss: No, not really. I do the same thing with my kids.
Lisa: Are they all the same gender?
Boss: Not at all. I've got three of them–one of each.
Lisa: Okay. One's male and one's female. What's the third one?
Boss: (silence)
Redwood City, California
Douche boss: Hey *Jennifer, what are you working on?
Overworked secretary: An expense report for John, why?
Douche boss: Oh man, you have to do John’s expense reports too?
Overworked secretary: Yes, you asked me to start doing them last month.
Douche boss: Oh, yeah, right. I didn’t want to mention this but, you haven’t done my time sheet yet today.
Overworked secretary: Oh, I’m sorry, I’ll do it right after this.
Douche boss: Uhh, is there any way we can get it done a little sooner?
Overworked secretary: Sure, I’ll do it now, then.
Douche boss: Thanks, I just don’t want to have to stay as late as you do tonight.
9th Street
Washington, DC
VP: I can’t understand some people. I emailed *Karen with a specific question and she just replied, “I am currently out of the office and will return in one week”. Why didn’t she answer my question?
Beachwood, Ohio
Finance director: Is Halloween on the 28th this year?
E 9th & Lyon Street
Des Moines, Iowa
Overheard by: Receptionist
Manager: If man were meant to wear pants, then dogs would wear pants, too.
Kane Hall, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington
Manager: Oh, oh! Are you coughing?
Gagging cube rat: No… I’m… Choking…
Manager, walking on: Oh, good, I thought you were getting sick, too.
4th Street
Louisville, Kentucky
