Office manager: Empty your bucket full of love right here in the garbage can.
Manhattan, New York
Office manager: Empty your bucket full of love right here in the garbage can.
Manhattan, New York
New boss to room full of employees: I want everyone to know I'm a friend. My door is always open… except for when it's closed. When it's closed I'm generally yelling at someone, so you won't want to come in.
Memphis, Tennessee
Overheard by: Not Surprised
Boss: Sue, I need you.
Sure: Aw, boss, I need you too.
Alpharetta, Georgia
Manager, walking past slouching intern: Bad posture ages you.
Intern: It's just I'm not used to this desk thing. Usually I do all my work in bed.
Manager: Don't put that on your resume.
Mt Vernon
Baltimore, Maryland
Boss to office: Listen up, everyone. Let's just pick a design and not circle-jerk around the issue anymore.
Manhattan, New York
Communications person: Do you think we need to tell the field?
Change manager: Well, it all depends on what level of confusion you want to communicate.
Columbus, Ohio
Assistant: A tree fell right on her house, so she said she won't be in today.
Supervisor: I wish a tree would fall on my house. I want a new kitchen so bad.
Hospital
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Coworker, about telecommuter: She was always nice to people, but not nice to the customers.
Horsham, Pennsylvania
Guy in charge of van duty: You're going to be the next… (next words muffled by van engines)
Girl assisting van duty: Did you just tell me I'm going to be in epic porn?
Guy: What? No! I said “admin coord.” You're not going to go to HR, are you?
Girl: No, I'm actually a little flattered.
Marginal Way
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: porn star
Supervisor: The problem is that we have some faculty who just will not leave. There's a guy who hasn't been paid since 1991 that still comes in every day.
Worcester, Massachusetts
