Time Management

Peon #1: Why is Laura gone already?
Peon #2: She had some medical stuff done today, I believe through the rectum, so she went home.

1441 West Long Lake Road
Troy, Michigan

Manager: The first deadline is April 31st and second deadline is May 31st.
Employee: There’s no 31st in April…So we have just one deadline.

Cyber Gateway building
HITEC City, Hyderabad
India

Manager: Why are you sending me comps at 1:30 in the morning?
Designer: Because I wanted to work on them at home, and then when I was home I couldn’t work on them until Loveline was on the air and I could listen to some relationship advice at the same time.
Manager: Oh, that makes perfect sense.

2001 Lind Avenue SW
Renton, Washington

Worker: If you see [Jen] or [Jake], can you tell them I need to talk to them?
Boss: What for?
Worker: I just need to ask them about this thing for Thursday.
Boss: Oh, I don’t know anything about that. You’ll have to ask [Jen] or [Jen] about it.

120 West First Avenue
Mesa, Arizona

Attorney on phone: I’m good, [Jeff]. I’m riding my bike with a glass of wine in my hand on my way to a strip club…No sorry, I don’t know anything about that. I’m too busy mismanaging my files and harrassing my staff to get to that.

999 3rd Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Receptionist: And how are we feeling this morning?
Patient: Yeah, yeah! Here’s my co-payment.

15 West 39th Street
New York, NY

Cubicle #1: I just realized Monday is your birthday. You’ll be…28?
Cubicle #2: Yeah. You know, ten years ago I thought I’d be all married with kids by now. Living in Red Bank or Cheesequake or something.
Cubicle #1: Wow, thank god none of that came true.
Cubicle #2: I know.

350 Madison Avenue
New York, NY

Clerk: I’m startin’ the day with two “ah, shits” and not an “atta boy” in sight.

1400 Douglas Street
Omaha, Nebraska

Editor: We don’t have time to review the files. Have the vendors send their files directly to the printer. At this point, we’re approving crap.

8787 Orion Place
Columbus, Ohio

Co-worker on phone: Hello?…Do I have a minute to come up for a second?

385 Benedict Street
Port Townsend, Washington