Office manager to room full of new hires: I like to reach out and touch everyone. We have lots of different ways to do that.
L'Enfant Plaza
Washington, DC
Office manager to room full of new hires: I like to reach out and touch everyone. We have lots of different ways to do that.
L'Enfant Plaza
Washington, DC
Secretary: She asked me to file these but I'm not quite sure how she wants them.
Lazy old receptionist: Just do it wrong and she'll quit asking you to do stuff. That's what I do.
Crown Point, Indiana
Overheard by: the one that usually asks
Coworker #1: Yeah, we just got some lame intern for the department, just because he is friends with the president's daughter.
Coworker #2: Huh? He really is? Isn't she like 13?
Coworker #1: Not Obama, you stoner! The president of the company.
Stonybrook University
Long Island, New York
Overheard by: Kevin
Boss: You sent me that attachment on e-mail but I need the paper version.
Underling: So print out the attachment.
Redmond, Washington
Overheard by: Really?
New project manager: Make it more…sciency.
Chemist: Sciency?
Project manager: You know, truthier.
Chemist: Did you have a stroke?
Project manager: This is just my project management style.
Mississauga
Ontario
Canadia
Boss to another, on phone: I'm telling you, if we start letting them think for themselves, we're screwed!
Dallas, Texas
Overheard by: Apparently Screwed
Boss describing an assistant who scheduled all the engineers in team: Kim has worked horizontally through the team.
Uxbridge
England
Overheard by: I'll get fired for this
Boss to group of serious underlings: $10 for each business card or carnal knowledge of our target group.
Masters Tournament
Augusta, Georgia
Overheard by: glad i've got business cards
Department manager to two employees in their 9th month of pregnancies: I simply cannot allow you two to take maternity leave at the same time.
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Lynn
Intern: What do we do if there's a fire? Meet somewhere outside…or…
Quasi-supervisor: Hide under your desk.
Cleveland, Ohio
