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June 11, 2023
Work/Businesses

“I go to work, I make my coworkers wonder what is wrong with me, and then I clock out”

"I go to work, I make my coworkers wonder what is wrong with me, and then I clock out" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "I go to work, I make my coworkers wonder…

September 13, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I got a job at a paperless office. Everything was great until I needed to use the bathroom”

Entry in progress -- BP “Their plan for a paperless office looked good, on paper” is a related joke. Google Groups: rec.humor oxymorons Henry Troup Jul 11, 1991, 6:17:30 PM (...) "a…

March 31, 2025
Food/DrinkRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“I got a job for the summer filling salt and pepper pots. It’s only seasonal work”

A food joke involves the terms "seasoning" (salt and pepper, in the joke) and "seasonal work." "Why didn't the server want a job filling salt and pepper shakers?...…

March 13, 2019
Work/Businesses

“I got a new job at the guillotine factory. I’ll beheading there soon”

"beheading" sounds like "be heading." "Going to an interview at a guillotine factory. I'll beheading there soon, maybe!" was posted on Twitter by Jay Gonzales on…

October 5, 2018
Work/Businesses

“I got an invite to a wedding that said ‘black tie only’” (joke)

An invitation stating "black tie only" means that men must wear a black tie, but not only a black tie. "I got an invite to a wedding that said 'black tie only'. But when I…

July 29, 2024
Work/Businesses

“I got fired because I couldn’t make a thousand tubes of glue an hour. I guess I couldn’t handle a fast paste working environment”

A "fast paced working environment" shouldn't be written as "fast paste working environment," but there are jokes. "Fast paste environment" was printed in a…

June 22, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I got fired from my job at the clock factory today. After all those extra hours I put in!”

Putting in extra hours at work -- is that a good or a bad thing? "I can't believe they fired me from the clock factory after all the extra hours I put in" is a joke that was posted…

November 10, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I got fired from the bomb squad yesterday. It’s too bad really… I had a blast working there!”

"I got fired from the bomb squad yesterday. It's too bad really... I had a blast working there" was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on July 7, 2021. The "blast" pun was more…

June 22, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off”

"I can't believe I got fired from the calendar factory. All I did was take a day off" went viral on Twitter on November 19, 2010. The one-liner has been included on many jokes…

July 8, 2018
Work/Businesses

“I got fired from the candle factory because I refused to work wick ends”

"Wick ends" can sound a little like "weekends." "Does a trimmer in a candle factory ever work wick ends?" was published in a syndicated joke column in February 1953. A…

December 28, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I got hired at the thermometer factory. It’s just a temp job”

"Temp" work means "temporary" work. "Temp" has nothing to do with taking "temperature," but there are jokes. "I thought I'd finally got my dream…

December 28, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I got hired at the thermometer factory. It’s just temp work”

"Temp" work means "temporary" work. "Temp" has nothing to do with taking "temperature," but there are jokes. "I thought I'd finally got my dream…

March 15, 2024
Work/Businesses

“I got hired today at the comb factory. It’s just part time”

The following joke about working part-time was posted on Facebook by Katy Haseley to Home Groan Puns on February 24, 2023: "I got hired today at the comb factory. It’s just part time."…

February 28, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I got kicked out of the hospital after telling the coronavirus infected patients to stay positive”

"Stay positive" usually means to stay optimistic, but for a Covid test to "stay positive" means that the person still has the disease. The original authorship of a popular…

June 15, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I got mood poisoning at work. It must be something I hate”

"I got mood poisoning. Must have been something I hate" (or "I got mood poisoning at work. It must be something I hate") -- a pun on "food poisoning" and…

May 27, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I got mood poisoning. Must have been something I hate”

"I got mood poisoning. Must have been something I hate" (or "I got mood poisoning at work. It must be something I hate") -- a pun on "food poisoning" and…

October 8, 2019
Work/Businesses

“I got so much procrastinating done today”

"I got so much procrastinating done today" is a jocular work saying that has been printed on many images. "Got up early so I could get more procrastinating done today. Only managed…

February 22, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I had a dream that I was a mechanic who fixed wrecked cars. It was an auto body experience”

"Auto body experience" is a pun on "out-of-body-experience," and there are many jokes. "Did you hear about the clairvoyant who repaired his fender bender? He had an auto…

November 6, 2016
Work/Businesses

“I had a life…but my job ate it”

"I had a life...but my job ate it" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many bumper stickers. "Bumper sticker of the day: I had a life but my job ate it" was posted to…

January 16, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I had a lot of stuff to do today. Now I have a lot of stuff to do tomorrow”

"I had a lot of stuff to do today. Now I have a lot of stuff to do tomorrow" is a jocular saying about procrastination that has been printed on many images. "I had a lot of stuff to…

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