Boss to assistant: Well, we’re not going to fire you, because you’d like that too much.
Calgary, Alberta
Canadia
Overheard by: Sir Rugo
Boss to assistant: Well, we’re not going to fire you, because you’d like that too much.
Calgary, Alberta
Canadia
Overheard by: Sir Rugo
Coworker: Did you know Tom* was fired?
Boss: I guess he was bolivious to the the fact he just didn't have the education to keep up with the workload.
Louisville, Kentucky
Overheard by: stuckinacube
Applicant, explaining multi-year gap in employment history: I got sent to jail for stabbing a guy twelve times, but it was bullshit.
Manager: Oh yeah?
Applicant: Yeah. I only stabbed him six times; I just had two knives in my hand. It was bullshit.
Manager: Hmm. I see.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Shatmandu
Coworker #1, whispering: They’re firing Lily* on Friday!
Lily, standing behind coworker #1: Why!! What did I do!
8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Economist: It’s not my fault — I know how to circulate a memo.
Supervisor: Well, don’t think you’re putting that on your resume.
Government building
Washington, DC
Overheard by: highly qualified
Accountant: Who do you have to sleep with around here to get fired?
401 Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee
Boss: So what’s the going rate for hiring midgets these days?
Boss: Yeah, I’m sure you can just fire up Google and type in “Midget to hire tri-state” and somthin’s gonna pop up.
12 East 46th Street
New York, NY
Manager: We didn’t hire him because he wore Hush Puppies.
5th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Whitney
Executive director: Yeah, I liked that candidate.
Director: Yeah, me too.
Executive director: But she seems to me like she could be a potential serial killer, you know? It was just something about her eyes.
Madison Ave
New York City, New York
Co-worker #1: So who is this [Harold] guy?
Co-worker #2: He was hired for a job, but never showed up.
Co-worker #1: Why? Did you ever find out?
Co-worker #2: All he wanted to do was rape and pillage, but Jesus wouldn’t allow it in this establishment.
8042 South Grant Way
Littleton, Colorado
