Office Politics

Employee: Nice skirt, boss!
Boss: I'm wearing pants.

Anchorage, Alaska

Trader: If you’re drunk or high come over and share, but if you’re retarded I can’t help you.

1801 East 9th Street
Cleveland, Ohio

Overheard by: her boss

VP: I don’t necessarily want you to improve one thing by 100%, but if you improve 100 things by 1% you will still have made 100% improvement. That’s all I ask.

5720 Peachtree Parkway
Norcross, Georgia

Suit to a group of coworkers who just crowded into elevator: Do you think we’ll get to talk about Matt’s nuggets at this morning’s meeting?

SoMa
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Green

Mailroom girl #1: Ugh! No speaking in French while I’m counting mail!
Mailroom girl #2: Sweet Jesus, every day there’s a new rule!

Ft. Lowell and Alvernon
Tucson, Arizona

Overheard by: dances with wolverines

Senior sales VP: I need to set apart a set amount of time every day so I'm not bothered. That's the time I need to be strategical.

Fort Myers, Florida

CSR #1, complaining about trainee: All this guy keeps saying is “I'm a senior engineer; I already know what I'm doing,” and flat out refuses to listen to what I'm telling him. I mean, it's just a title, guy. Stop being a dick.
CSR #2: Oh, yeah? Well I'm a customer service representative. I don't represent shit!

Chesapeake, Virginia

Designer: We can’t afford naked people. All of those photos are rights managed. So tomorrow I’m bringing in my digital camera.

2001 Lind Avenue SW
Renton, Washington

CEO to new sales rep: Use your judgment when it comes to payment schedules. If they sound like good people — you know, like normal Americans on the phone — we’ll bill them. But Ay-rabs and Orientals pay COD. You have to watch those bastards, ’cause they’ll all fuck you.

1190 North Del Rio Place
Ontario, California

Overheard by: Really glad I gave notice yesterday

Female VP: I have about three nanoseconds to get to the washroom before everything goes very wrong down there. (later, walking back into the office, announces loudly) I made it!

Toronto
Canadia