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When you look back on the most meaningful things you ever did in your life, you’ll likely think about the relationships you had, the goals you accomplished, the children you raised, the partner you cherished, and all of the happy memories. But don’t forget that you also spent a third of your lifetime working! (Perhaps for a job you didn’t even like!)
If you need to let off some steam and bond with others who feel overworked and underpaid, we’ve got the perfect list down below, pandas. We took a trip to the Work Memes Facebook page and gathered some of their funniest posts, including some hilarious Friday memes. So enjoy scrolling through these pics that you might fight painfully relatable, and be sure to upvote the ones that you wish you could send to your boss!
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Igor914624 1 year ago
I would have left off the olive oil, and had him print it on 60 girt sandpaper.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Some of the questions asked on Quora make similar Reddit posts seem like Rhodes scholars. If they're fake, okay, you got us. But if they're authentic, I fear for our collective future.
Ginger Grumpybunny 1 year ago
Quora's monetisation program does tend to encourage intentionally ridiculous questions as clickbait. I hope that's what's happened here.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I've worked in offices and wanted drug dispensers in the bathrooms, you know like sanitary dispensers only for drugs that'll get you through the day without throttling a co-worker or idiot manager.
Russell Tilling 1 year ago
No. The best bit is in Beospin, when DV says to LC "Perhaps you think you are being treated unfairly?" Utterly frozen and timeless. LC takes a second or two, then replies "No...No." DC responds " Good. I ??? leave a garrison here. To keep things...in order." Thence hinges the whole dynamic of the first three films. The key question is, does DV say "I _might_ leave a garrison here." Or does he say "I _will_ leave a garrison here."? If the former, then why would the governor shut down the whole city and run away? If the latter, then LC's actions are completely understandable. I believe that GL deliberately kept it vague. Utter genius.
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Pie 1 year ago
I worked at a hotel restaurant and for Halloween I wore a bright pink wig. I worked my shift and everything was normal. Next day I come in and one of my regulars starts telling me about the girl who waited on him yesterday and how crazy she looked and I was all yeah, dude, it was me. How did you not figure that one out? And hes a regular. Which means I knew all his likes and dislikes. Did he just think he'd fallen into the twilight zone? That we'd hired some new girl that magically knows he likes ketchup with his eggs and decaf coffee? He lives rent free in my brain.
Pie 1 year ago
I worked two jobs. One as a waitress for breakfast at a hotel. The other was a hostess at a restaurant. A couple came in for breakfast and asked if I had a sister. I said yes. They said they met her last night. Thats unlikely since she lives on the other side of the country. They explain to me who they met and it was me. At my other job. I was dumb founded. I'd changed my top and put my hair down but I had the same huge gaudy earrings on and, you know, I'm the same person...
ScarletRos 1 year ago
One of my former coworkers actually did have a twin that she didn’t tell anyone about, so confusion ensued when her twin was spotted in public.
Ah, work. It’s something that very few of us actually want to do. (I mean, who dreams of labor?) And unless you manage to land your “dream job,” you probably don’t feel like heading to the office or clocking in each morning. Yet the experience of working unites us all. Because for the most part, between the ages of 18 to 65, our daily routine requires hours and hours of labor!
That’s why the Work Memes Facebook page is so relatable. This account has amassed an impressive 179k followers since its creation in 2012, and it has a very simple goal: sharing “some humor for the working chum.” From memes about the exhaustion that hits after a day of work to posts about the pain of receiving a measly paycheck, Work Memes hits the nail on the head detailing experiences most of us know all too well, especially on Fridays when Friday memes capture that end-of-the-week feeling perfectly.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I never outright lied on a resume, but I did embellish the living daylights out of my responses.
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Amina Wijntje 1 year ago
No, you're missing the point, Lov. There's always an I, because You matter! Anyone that comes at you saying things like this, ITA (is the a-hole).
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According to Gallup’s 2023 State of the Global Workplace Report, employee stress is at an all-time high, and over half of the world’s workers are actively or passively looking for other job opportunities. 6 in 10 employees are quiet quitting due to feeling disengaged at work, and the top three things quiet quitters would like to see improved are engagement or culture, pay and benefits and wellbeing.
Managers also play a critical role in determining how satisfied employees are in the workplace. “The things that tend to drive employee engagement and wellbeing tend to be a bit situational, and managers are in the best position to understand each person’s situation and to coach them in the right kind of way,” Jim Harter, chief scientist of workplace management and wellbeing at Gallup, told CNBC.
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Captain McSmoot 1 year ago (edited)
That's one MASSIVE bunion that coworker is rocking. Sweet baby Moses! It's worn out his shoe!
I’ll have a treble thanks. 1 year ago
Hope you are joking, that’s cheap shoes
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Danielle 1 year ago
I've worked in lots of offices doing temp work in the past and I've never seen one with cubicles like this.UK people : Is it just me or do we not really do it in the UK?
Auntriarch 1 year ago
We used to have them, but if you remove them you can squeeze more people into the same room, so now we don't.
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I heart Boo-BI-es 1 year ago
He isn't dead, someone came up with a fake story that this guy actually suffered a heart attack and died. This pic is of an intern from Canada and was taken in 2016.
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Ottawa 1 year ago
No but he had to bring donuts the next day (for real lollll).
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David Roughton 1 year ago
How hard do you have to work your interns, that after just 1 day in the job, they're exhausted? 🤔🤣🤣🤣
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John Smith (he/him/xy/️) 1 year ago
The ergonomic position is also the most uncomfortable one...
Gozer LeGozerian 1 year ago
I'll stick to changing positions often than sit stiff in a cOrReCt ergonomically position
While many of us have been conditioned to believe that working is a painful experience that we all have to bite the bullet and accept, it really doesn’t have to be that way. Companies can provide decent salaries, flexible working conditions, pet-friendly offices, ample vacation time, great benefits and comfortable working spaces. Many of them just don’t care to.
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Kim Lorton 1 year ago
When I worked 2 minutes after being home and the bra came off as well as the clothes an PJ’s went on!
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Paul Scheermeijer 1 year ago
Damn our emergency number is 112......... you lucky basted....(I know. Deliberate typo)
BrownTabby 1 year ago
New Zealand’s new prime minister is doing his best to make ours look like a phone number too. https://www.police.govt.nz/contact-us/calling-emergency-111?nondesktop
One of the biggest motivators that I have found in my job is having colleagues that I love. Being friends with others in the office can make the commute absolutely worth it, and I feel more connected to the company when I know there are people there that I care about. We laugh and exchange stories with one another, take mental health walks during the lunch break and bond over our shared experiences. And without having colleagues that are friends, I wouldn’t smile nearly as much during the workday.
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sbj 1 year ago
But the funny thing about that person at my workplace is they take a lot of sick days obviously it must take a lot out of them
Jacqui Dunn 1 year ago
In fact, I wouldn't mind betting that is exactly the problem. They do their best, but occasionally fall and have to take a mental health day to recover.
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Kevin the Manager 1 year ago
This is also my face because I am 1. about to tell a dad joke, 2. I am telling a dad joke, or 3. I just told a dad joke. This never ever ends...
martymcmatrix 1 year ago
I'm probably the right AND the left one, but I'm gonna ask my colleagues tomorrow...🙋🏽
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RuffianLivesOn 1 year ago
I remember in college people coming in and saying that if we weren't willing to do unpaid internships, skip meals, sleep in our cars, etc., then we weren't dedicated enough to follow our dreams. Sacrifices are necessary blah blah blah. 18 year old me was just like, "sounds like ya'll were exploited but okay."
Mickie Shea 1 year ago
Yes, as your slave I shall fight . . . for or against slavery. Which one?
There are a few things companies can do to make work a bit less painful as well. According to CBS News, some key factors that make employees dread going into work are exhausting commutes through rush hour traffic, inflexible hours and toxic coworkers. Not every company is going to be willing to make changes like allowing working from home and more flexible hours, but many of them definitely can. And if these changes increase employee satisfaction, they’re definitely worth it!
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Jackson 1 year ago
Part of my job was to predict airborne concentrations of hazardous chemicals during maintenance work at nuclear stations, specify protective equipment, put restrictions on where people could be during the work and, when necessary, design ventilation to keep the concentrations down. I was at a planning meeting with senior management to tell them what information I needed for my calculations. One of the managers shouted that was BS. He could do the work just by looking at the job site. I explained the health and safety inspector needed a written report and, since you could not predict exact temperature or air flow, the report had to justify which statistical distribution was used for each parameter. Since he had volunteered to do the work, I would leave because another station needed me for their next planned outage.
tori Ohno 1 year ago
Been there. Had a 6 foot part to silkscreen. Told the boss not possible. He said we'll just buy a 6 foot screen. I said okay, are you aware that the exposure units to make screens aren't manufactured that big, and our darkroom (a MUST for a silkscreen), only holds a 3 foot exposure unit, the room is too small. He argued about it until he finally went to prove me wrong by looking it up. It was never mentioned again. Just believe me when I tell you how my job works!
Jenna Kay 1 year ago
If I have to teach my supervisor how to do their job, then I should be the supervisor!
Michael Largey 1 year ago
I have trained supervisors precisely so I would not have to be the supervisor. I preferred accomplishing things.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Several of us working in the kitchen had a lifetime of experience between us, yet the manager was some fresh out of college kid who didn't know squat. Kinda hard to put your back into a job that shows that level of disrespect.
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A pug with bananas 1 year ago (edited)
Potato chip quiz https://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/story.php?title=mtc3ndy5mqj68i
Slay Queen 1 year ago
Um.... That was me like two hours ago... but with ice cream... and cake... and lip gloss... and couture... and fashion brands... and celebrity crushes... and...
Danish Susanne 1 year ago
I find this picture to be one of the very best of cat pictures. The cat looks so concentrated on what he is doing.
One of the top ways companies can make their employees happier is to listen to their opinions, Workleap notes. This may sound incredibly obvious, but you would be surprised how little changes after employees fill out surveys (or how many employees are never given surveys at all!). So it’s important to not only hear employee feedback but to also make changes that they want to see. If workers feel valued and listened to, they’ll be more likely to stick around.
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Peppy 1 year ago (edited)
Surely Kermie could just get lessons from Miss Piggy on that ; Hiiiiiijaaaa
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Donna P Sisk 1 year ago
I have a shirt that says “ I may look calm but in my head I’ve slapped you 3 times’ I get compliments all the time. It is from lookinthebox
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Ozymandias73 1 year ago
Start small for the initial proposal then go for the upgrades later. ; )
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I did a stint in a factory for a while, and the other employees schooled me on my first day. Find a slow, steady pace and don't deviate from it because if you make the rest of look bad, well...
Micromanaging is another annoying habit many bosses have that isn’t doing them any favors. It frustrates employees, leads to higher turnover rates and kills productivity. Plus, it can lead to burnout in managers who feel the need to keep their eyes on everyone all at once. And it’s hard to keep an eye on the big picture if you’re too focused on tiny details all the time. Resist the urge to micromanage, and your employees will thank you!
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AMaureen Dance 1 year ago
It's even better when you're retiring, and don't need the former employer's goodwill.
Robert Larson, LPN, JD 1 year ago
At my last job, this was me. Don't ask me for anything. You couldn't treat me with respect for what I did when I was an employee, don't ask me to do anything now.
Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago
Remember if you are in a right-to-work state in the USA you are in no way required to give a 2 week, so just do what the corps do be really nice and sociable foe the 2 weeks before you quit and then drop the bomb.
Bewitched One 1 year ago
Yea, atleast bring a nice blanket to cover up with
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Bec 1 year ago
I have a stack of thank you cards and when I need a birthday card, I just write, "Thank you for being born!" On them
Michele Evans 1 year ago
This is brilliant! I wish I would have had seen this when I needed to quit my extremely toxic corporate job. Cheers, to you Todd!
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Nannychachi 1 year ago (edited)
I worked midnight and dozed off at the nurses station at the end of my shift. The ADON patted my shoulder and said, "Charlotte, wake up." I said, "I'm awake. I was just praying." "Oh, I'm so sorry." "Now I really need to pray because I'm lying. I fell asleep." She smacked me on the shoulder. 😆
Dawnieangel76 1 year ago
I fell asleep at work once, and woke up hearing someone on the phone asking if anyone was there. Apparently I still answered the the phone in my sleep.
April Pickett 1 year ago
Won't work if you are identifying as any other religion as Christian.
If you don’t dream of labor, don’t worry, you’re not alone. But while you have to work a job to pay the bills and put food on the table, you might as well make the most of it. Try to find something you don’t hate, even if it’s impossible to find anything you love, and don’t settle for a workplace where you’re treated poorly or taken advantage of. Make friends with some of your colleagues and voice your opinions on what can make the workplace better. And of course, enjoy some work memes when you need to relax!
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Bec 1 year ago
Well, I am a 'recovering' alcoholic failed author who needs to leave the state I currently live in for undisclosed reasons. I think being stranded in an isolated hotel all winter will be great for my strained relationship with my wife and son.
martymcmatrix 1 year ago
Yeah, getting out of the big city maze and finally cool down as much as possible...❄️ ☃️ 🏨🛎️ 🪓 🚪 👭🏻
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Another Fool on the Hill 1 year ago
That's definitely the main aspect but it would be nice if my work would be appreciated...
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
You don't have the spine to hear my motivations, so let's talk salary and benefits, and I'll decide if I want to work here.
The Original Bruno 1 year ago
I never realized Jack Nicholson worked for a young Donald Trump.
Mickie Shea 1 year ago
I think this mostly true with most people. I’ve been blessed with so many fun jobs and still the money was important.
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Jackson 1 year ago
My employer would send a bus and a couple of snow plows to pick up essential personnel (nuclear generating station in an area that frequently got heavy snow and high winds).
Silvan_gold 1 year ago
Don't take this the wrong way, but I'd prefer you never take a day off work. And possibly live there, just to be sure.
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Fussy1 1 year ago
I'll probably have to work until noon on the day of my funeral and be expected to serve the luncheon after!
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The abyss stared back 11 months ago
;*says no* job: Great because we needed more personel this weekend and could use the extra hands.
Are you feeling inspired to quit your job after seeing these memes, pandas? Or perhaps you’re feeling less alone, as now you know how many people hate their jobs? We hope you get a kick out of some of these pics, and please keep upvoting the ones you find most relatable. Then, if you’re interested in checking out even more work memes from Bored Panda, we recommend reading this article next!
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Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago
Who here has had a job where a vacation means work twice as hard for two weeks to make up for lost productivity?
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Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
I don't care what age, or what sleep pattern you use, midnights are exhausting
2x4b523p 1 year ago
That’s how I ended up feeling once and it wasn’t even night shift job. Worked 6am-6pm in a factory without windows. Did not see daylight at all for 14 days. It was just seasonal job to earn some extra money during uni break. Good to know I could never mentally handle living anywhere experiencing polar nights, should the opportunity arise.
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detective miller's hat 1 year ago
Sometimes I sleep from Friday night until Sunday morning. I call it a Full Recharge.
martin734 1 year ago (edited)
Thankfully the company I work for has very strict working hours, no work outside contracted hours. You work your contracted hours, typically 40 hrs/week and that is it. Unless in exceptional circumstances, there is no overtime, and where there is overtime available it is 100% voluntary.
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martin734 1 year ago
I actually have had to sack someone for turning up to work intoxicated. It may be semi acceptable in some workplaces but in a healthcare setting, turning up for work under the influence of alcohol or drugs will get you sacked immediately. The company I work for now is the only one I have worked for that does random drug testing on all its employees, even senior managers.
SPQRBob 1 year ago
Next you'll be telling us not to wear loose clothing around rotating machinery or something.
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Keep quit and look enthusiastic at who's ever talking.Nod occasionally.
Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago
Also the 1hr meeting at 7am when you got up at 6:30am and you're just trying not to fall asleep during it.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago (edited)
Job interviewers must either hate their job or they're narcissists. Does it ever enter their clown heads that this place is #14 on the job seeking list and that's not even the half-way point?
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A. Starhawk Hunt 1 year ago
Well, dunno about you,. They’re creepy… and that’s a job too, I guess?
Heather Evans 1 year ago
Come on .. they raised the army of the dead!! Granted, it only took a few seconds ..
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
The horses ridden by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse were stronger and healthier than these bedraggled horses, and they were carrying spirits.
keyboardtek 1 year ago
Dress up in costumes. Ride horses. Get paid millions. Nice work if you can get it.
Mónica Elisabeth Sacco 1 year ago
Sad example of a writer who doesn't have a clue about the end of his own books.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 1 year ago
Those frames are from the opening of the first episode of Aeon Flux on MTV's Liquid Television.
Michael Largey 1 year ago
Family - a group of people you didn't choose and are very hard to detach from.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
As someone who had been estranged from their bio-family at a young age, this sounded threatening. You'll work your butt off, for the family's honor, but we ain't paying you a dime over minimum, you know, because we're family.
Slay Queen 1 year ago
Me: Um, boss? Boss: WHAT? Me: If we're related... How come you're so ugly and dumb while im so cute and smart?
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sbj 1 year ago
During the Pandemic where I live essential shops opened 1h earlier exclusively for people 65+ and yet they still went at the peak times with the rest us
Cathy Mcgee 1 year ago
Hey you, why do i have to get out of bed early just because I'm old!
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Carmen Vallejo 1 year ago
I've been to the mall pre pandemic first thing in the AM. I did see many older folks speed walking. I get it, I'd do it too, you get your steps in and some good views.
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Another Fool on the Hill 1 year ago
Or Wednesday morning, if you work four days a week... Sadly I've to work today because this week Monday was off... :/
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Morgan Edwards 1 year ago
I'm at the after work tomorrow part of my day 🥳 and getting ready for 2 more days of work to come.
Trisec Tebeakesse 1 year ago
I work in a seasonal business. The Season hasn't even started yet, but I just added "Last Day of the Season" to my countdown timer app on my phone.
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River wolf (she/her) 1 year ago
My battery keeps saying less than 10 and then 3 minutes later it’s at 93
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I shudder whenever I see those Payday Loan ads. People are living hand to mouth, and now they're paying interest on a future pay check.
Felix Quinones 1 year ago
I see payday as Mother's Day, because the bills keep on coming like babies.
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Paul Scheermeijer 1 year ago
Ik looking for a job from 12:00 till 13:00 hrs with a 1 hr lunchbreak
HeavyMetalHeart 1 year ago
“Jobby” means “sh*t” here in Scotland… which I guess is appropriate
Surenu 1 year ago
May I recommend a career in politics? Not local politics, those people usually have to actually do something, more on a national level. In between accepting briberies and attending totally not bribery-dinners, all you have to do is run your mouth!
Auntriarch 1 year ago
And it totally doesn't matter how much shite you talk, or even crimes you commit
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Ms.GB 1 year ago
This is me, I'm gonna call myself a stay at home daughter from now on.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I'm, ah, taking my gap year. Yeah. Didn't get to take it after high school, so, yeah. My gap year.
BPisaddictive 🇮🇹 🤌 1 year ago
My 55 yo BIL is a stay at home husband. My sister is the breadwinner and pays for his cigarettes, his full Sky tv package, his car insurance and fuel, his food, his clothes, and of course house bills and so on. He doesn't even try to get a job, isn't handsome, has never read a book, is also stupid and not so friendly. Why my smart sister chose him and keeps him and loves him I don't know. Maybe OT, but I hate him!
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Dawnieangel76 1 year ago
We didn't used to have one of these. We have TWO now, and I have to smile & respond congenially twice every morning. But then I can be my usual scowling self the rest of the day.
Riley Quinn 1 year ago
I've worked with a couple of Sally and Stan Serotonins. If they only knew what heinous thoughts I had for them. Ah, who am I kidding. These people would buy the rope and duct tape, humming a little happy tune.
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Rick Seiden 1 year ago
When I was in high school my friend and I worked at Friendly's. I had the least overage/underage on the register, and he had second lowest, so they decided to put us on together. We were incredibly off that day, like more than twice as much as the worst person normally is. They never put us on together again.
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Riley Quinn 1 year ago
Let's be honest. How many of you are photocopying this post to leave on *that* coworkers desk?
Marilyn Holt 1 year ago
When i worked in retail, employees were not supposed to talk to each other. So we treated it like prison--became experts at standing right beside each other having lengthy conversations about tv, the managers, the weekend, and more without ever moving our lips.
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Sue User 1 year ago
I find that while working from home, my dressing follows a similar pattern. By friday i am in pjs ( top and bottoms) and slippers
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Happy Homemaker 1 year ago (edited)
This is Donald Glover from the show “Community”. He also records music under the name Childish Gambino. On the show, his character’s name was Troy Barnes.
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Crystal Kelley 1 year ago
He could just fake the broke fingers like he faked the resume lol lol
Surenu 1 year ago
He could make up another story: At the age of 17, his aunt passed away. He was asked to play at her funeral, but was so struck with grief he messed up the melody into a cacaphony that may have been an expression of his feelings but held no artistic value to outsiders. Scarred by the experience, he vowed to never touch the keys again. OR he could simply ask where "playing the piano" is written in the job description.
keyboardtek 1 year ago
I love playing the piano. Been asked to leave many a hotel lobby for playing those pianos with the "Do Not Play" signs on them.
Moosy Girl 1 year ago
Just play whatever and say you composed it especially for them, and if they ask for a specific piece say „ I’m afraid that piece wouldn’t do justice to my skills. I prefer pieces that truly showcase my virtuosity and talent.” EASY.
Another Fool on the Hill 1 year ago
Well, how often will he have to break his fingers before the directors will stop asking?
HTakeover 1 year ago
Just once, 'cause even if they heal correctly he can claim they didn't.
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Another Fool on the Hill 1 year ago
Well, that would be 40% extra for Saturday and 100% for Sunday, beside the 30% for overtime. Lots of my colleagues love to work on weekends.
Geoffrey Scott 1 year ago
Tell them automotive. In 18 years... roughly 5 years worth 7 days/wk, 12 years 6 days/wk.
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James Hall 1 year ago
Or a random person in the street that you've seen a few times and don't want to appear rude, but also don't know them well enough to say hello.
CORGI QUEEN 1 year ago
If I was you I would help them out of the street if you've seen them a couple times.
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keyboardtek 1 year ago
In high school when you go back to school after Christmas break and you don't even remember what grade you are in.
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François Carré 1 year ago
You can write some funny things with these book shelfmarks. Librarian humour.
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Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
What the actual H E double hockey sticks is the above Poll Question going on about?!?!
Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago (edited)
It's so they can train thier pet AI every news site needs one? 🤖
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Captain McSmoot 1 year ago
What the actual H E double hockey sticks is the above Poll Question going on about?!?!
Dillon Sizemore 1 year ago (edited)
It's so they can train thier pet AI every news site needs one? 🤖
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