Office Politics

Office worker: Wow, I almost finished something today!

San Rafael, California

Underling: So do I submit my yearly review to you or Robert?
Boss: Why are you being so anal about the reviews? They don't matter anyway.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Coworker: I need to order some more super sticky notes. This is how much they cost. Okay to order?
Boss lady: What do we use these for?
Coworker: Labeling crates. We need super sticky notes because regular post-its don't stay.
Boss lady: How much for regular post-its and tape?
Coworker: (silence)

Cincinnati, Ohio

Boss: I really want us to go the whole 11 yards on this.
Employees: [Silence.]Boss: Oh, sorry! Twelve. We need to go the whole 12 yards.

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: LabCat

Salesperson: They don’t have to know what they want. They just have to tell me what they want.

2299 Ridge Road
Greenville, South Carolina

Overheard by: dying a slow death

Project manager: So, when Janet* gets it from both sides next week… Do you think that is what Craig* and Barbara* really want?

Dallas, Texas

Overheard by: The Quiet Consultant

Student: Hi! I need to get a list of course requirements so I can fill out this form, please.
Receptionist: Okay, we’ll just need a copy of the form first.
Student: But I need the requirements to fill out the form…
Receptionist: I’m sorry, we don’t work in hypotheticals.
Student: Um… okay… What was it in the past?
Receptionist: We don’t file them that way. We’ll need a copy of the form.
Student: So you need this form filled out so you can give me the list that I need to fill out the form?
Receptionist: Yes!

Dunster Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Executive: Our new company motto is “Fuck it!” Can we put it on our website?

1777 North California Boulevard
Walnut Creek, California

Supervisor #1: I mean, humans are the only ones that are supposed to be having interspecies sex, and even then, I don’t think that we should be.
Supervisor #2: Ew.
Supervisor #3: But that’d probably get you promoted here.

473 Ridge Road
Dayton, New Jersey

Overheard by: office peon

Consultant on phone: No, Sandy*, you are not allowed to take your pet chicken on the domestic flights.
Other line: [Muffled yelling.]Consultant: Sandy, I have already told you — even if it is in a cage, we do not allow pets in the cabin. Only guide dogs or police dogs. You will have to send it as cargo. [Other line hangs up.] Good God! Who the fuck wants to take a chicken away for summer vacation with them?!

Auckland
New Zealand