VP of development in grant meeting: Shooting the bird is not a process.
Cedar Street
Austin, Texas
VP of development in grant meeting: Shooting the bird is not a process.
Cedar Street
Austin, Texas
Boss: I stuck this in your box.
Employee: You just stay out of my box!
Durham, North Carolina
Overheard by: BWC
Mentor: You really shouldn't wear shorts to work.
Intern: I know, but I had to.
Mentor: Why?
Intern: It was raining.
Oil Company
Houston, Texas
Admin, poking head into boss' office: What's that smell?!
Boss: You can smell that?!
Admin: Yes, and it's definitely coming from here.
Boss: I got a sub and they put onions on it! I finally figured it out and moved my trash can outside the office!
Admin: Thanks a lot! It reeks.
Boss: Better you than me!
Admin: The perks of having a closed office.
Ottawa
Canadia
Manager on phone with customer service: If they shit on me, I'll piss on them.
Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: Cue
Boss to underling: Logistically, the cheese is more complicated for us.
Prince Frederick, Maryland
Manager: Now why are we being sued on this one?
Employee: Because our client was at fault for the accident.
Manager: We have such idiots for clients! Where the hell do we find such morons to buy insurance from us in the first place?!
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Attorney: It's already been filed with the court! It has a file-mark on it. You can't un-file something!
Austin, Texas
Employee #1: I am very observational.
Employee #2: You mean “observant.”
Employee #1: No, I mean I notice everything that goes on in this office.
Rochester, New York
Overheard by: Stephanie Wells
Coworker, about performance reviews: That's where the managers are. In the conference room with their people, doing it.
Tacoma, Washington
Overheard by: Wish I was a manager
