Boss: I’m going to get wrinkles from making the sympathy face.
101 Avenue A
Conroe, Texas
Boss: I’m going to get wrinkles from making the sympathy face.
101 Avenue A
Conroe, Texas
Hiring manager: I think I need to go have some fun.
Training manager: If you want to have a good time, you need to come into my office! … If you want to have some fun… [Face turns red and she walks into her office.]
2835 Decker Lake Boulevard
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overheard by: Cubicle spud
Male boss: It was uncomfortable how far up there she was.
Ellicott City, Maryland
Boss to statistician entering the room: We were just wondering if it was even possible to be overlay-ed?
Arnett Avenue
Lambertville, New Jersey
Overheard by: Overjoyed
Male boss, after female employee leaves room after argument: Now I know why men beat their wives.
465 Democrat Road
Memphis, Tennessee
Boss: The body bags take up a lot of room.
West 26th Street
New York, New York
Overheard by: P
Manager: Okay, creatives, since [creative director] is away this week, I’ve decided to make you comfortable: Motherfucker, cunt, snatch, bitch, motherfucker!
Adelaide Street
West Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: just passing through
Mid-level manager: I didn’t know ham could smell fear.
Highland Hills, Ohio
Employee: I really like the new floor tiles you picked for the office!
Boss: Good thing, too. These old tiles were put in in the 1950s, and I just found out they were made with cobalt.
Employee: Ah.
Boss: Yeah, they’re actually radioactive.
Employee: Huh?
Boss: A Geiger counter would totally pick up on the radiation in here!
Employee: Ummm…
Boss: But it’s not really a problem — it would take decades of exposure to effect you, really.
Employee: I’ve been here 18 years.
Music agency
Vienna
Austria
Boss: You shouldn’t throw glass stones at a house!
155 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
