11AM Ergonomics Seminar

HR clerk: Maureen* broke another chair. Should I order her another chair designed for a person over three hundred pounds, or should I order an even stronger chair?
Manager: No! I am going to tell the maintenance guys to put her desk up on blocks! Then, I am going to tell Maureen that her job description has changed! She is now required to stand up to do her job!
[manager leaves] HR clerk: Well, it is not going to be me that tells him that one of the toilets in the women’s restroom is broken.

5760 Highway 80
Pearl, Mississippi

Overheard by: Brain Dancing

Posted on October 12, 2014
Bosses, Diet & Weight, Gripes, Human Resources, Mississippi, Questions, Restroom, Southeast

9AM Back to Work

Employee: Welcome back. Are you feeling better?
Supervisor: Well, I am fully clothed.

1930 Bishop Lane
Louisville, Kentucky

Overheard by: Eve’s Dropper

Posted on October 4, 2014
Bosses and Underlings, Comebacks, Health & Hygiene, Kentucky, Questions, Southeast

In the Future, Black People Will Get to Do Things While Whitey Pays to Watch

Black co-worker: Hey, how are you doing today?
Redneck co-worker: If I were you, I wouldn’t speak to me today.
Black co-worker: Why is that? What’s wrong with you?
Redneck co-worker: I’m not too fond of you black people today. That damn Tiger Woods has won another Major.
Black co-worker: Oh, that’s all? Well, what are you going to do when we take over NASCAR?
Redneck co-worker: [Bewildered silence]

1000 Jerry St. Pe Highway
Gulf Coast, Mississippi

Overheard by: The Guy sitting next to the idiot

Posted on August 15, 2014
Coworkers, Gripes, Mississippi, Questions, Race, Southeast

When the Men of the Firm Proved Incapable of Satisfying Her, Stephanie Turned to the Animal Kingdom

Office manager: What is this book on my desk? Who left this here? Kiss of the Wolf?
Sales guy: I have no idea, do you want to speculate here?
Office manager: Didn’t this use to be in the girl’s bathroom?

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina