Boss: I don't mean to piss on your snow cone, but taking a vacation day the Friday before Labor Day weekend is a no-go!
Portland, Oregon
Boss: I don't mean to piss on your snow cone, but taking a vacation day the Friday before Labor Day weekend is a no-go!
Portland, Oregon
Manager: What time is my meeting with you?
Employee: I don't know. I got your e-mail, but didn't know you were talking about, so I deleted it.
Broadway & Walker
New York City
Overheard by: office peon hates meetings
Office peon: Dammit, I couldn’t get this done… even if I did work.
Arizona
Coworker #1: Hey, they're stupid, this is already the third time they are sending me the same bill.
Coworker #2: You know what, it's called a “reminder.”
Vancouver
Canadia
Overheard by: Bächli
Guy #1: What has been happening lately, you’re coming to work earlier and earlier.
Guy #2: No, I’m not.
Guy #1: Hmmm…then maybe it’s me that’s coming in later.
Place Jean-Paul Riopelle
Montreal, Quebec
Canadia
Cube dweller: Wow, look what I learned today!
Senior VP: What?
Cube dweller: I made a pulldown list in Excel!
Senior VP: So you have a lot of free time?…If you have free time, you need to see me right away. I told you I have projects for you.
101 California Street
San Francisco, California
Boss: We never decided to postpone this issue. We just agreed that we would deal with other issues first.
Brouwersvliet, Antwerp, Belgium
Clerk #1: Why is she leaving now?
Clerk #2: She had to leave early to go get her brakes fixed. She was going on and on how they weren’t working this morning.
Clerk #1: So they’re going to start suddenly working now or is she just going to pray for green lights the whole way?
2121 Main Street
Buffalo, New York
Analyst: Another full day of work wasted…again.
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Boss: Have you fixed that invoice?
Minion: Yeah! It was totally magical — Mary* thinks I’m awesome, and she’s going to do some stuff in the system and the invoice will be fixed!
Boss: So, we’re getting paid?
Minion: Yeah! Magical Mary will fix it, I’ll send it out, and we’ll get paid! Hooray for everyone!
200 Harry S. Truman Parkway
Annapolis, Maryland
Overheard by: Rica
