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April 27, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I sometimes wonder if my phone call has ever been used for quality or training purposes”

A business often states that a phone conversation with a customer may be recorded and used for training or quality purposes. "Sometimes I wonder if my recorded call has ever been used for…

February 22, 2020
Work/Businesses

“I start my new job as an apprentice bell ringer. Someone will be showing me the ropes”

To "show someone the ropes" is an expression that began on sailing ships. The literal ropes are usually a metaphor in this common work expression, but there are bell ringer jokes.…

September 18, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I started a business that sells fertilizer. You could say I’m an entre-manure”

An "entremanure" (entrepreneur + manure) is someone who makes money from manure -- usually from its use as fertilizer. "Entremanure" has been cited in print since at least 1985,…

September 26, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I started a cold air balloon business, but I’m having trouble getting it off the ground”

Start-up businesses try to get "off the ground," but usually not literally. A joke was posted on AnimalJokes.co.uk in 2003: "Did you hear about the pig who tried to start a hot-air…

August 20, 2017
Work/Businesses

“I stole the car because I had to get to work” (joke)

A joke about a man who steals a car to get to work is: JUDGE: Why did you steal the car? MAN: I had to get to work.JUDGE: Why didn't you take the bus? MAN: I don't have a driver's…

September 1, 2018
Work/Businesses

“I stopped living paycheck to paycheck. Now I live direct deposit to direct deposit”

"I grew up living paycheck to paycheck, but through hard work and perseverance, I now live direct deposit to direct deposit" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.…

October 26, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I survived a Monday, and for what? Tuesday? Disgusting”

"I survived a Tuesday, and for what? Wednesday? Disgusting" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Both Tuesday and Wednesday are usually work days. "i survived a…

October 26, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I survived a Monday, and for what? Tuesday? When does it end?”

"I survived a Tuesday, and for what? Wednesday? Disgusting" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Both Tuesday and Wednesday are usually work days. "i survived a…

October 26, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I survived a Tuesday, and for what? Wednesday? Disgusting”

"I survived a Tuesday, and for what? Wednesday? Disgusting" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Both Tuesday and Wednesday are usually work days. "i survived a…

October 26, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I survived a Tuesday, and for what? Wednesday? When does it end?”

"I survived a Tuesday, and for what? Wednesday? Disgusting" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Both Tuesday and Wednesday are usually work days. "i survived a…

October 26, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I survived a Wednesday, and for what? Thursday? Disgusting”

"I survived a Tuesday, and for what? Wednesday? Disgusting" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Both Tuesday and Wednesday are usually work days. "i survived a…

October 26, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I survived a Wednesday, and for what? Thursday? When does it end?”

"I survived a Tuesday, and for what? Wednesday? Disgusting" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Both Tuesday and Wednesday are usually work days. "i survived a…

July 28, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I talk a lot of shit about Mondays, but Tuesdays can go fuck themselves, too”

"I talk a lot of shit about Mondays, but Tuesdays can go fuck themselves, too" is a saying that has been printed on many images Many people hate Monday, the start of the traditional work…

July 28, 2025
Time/WeatherWork/Businesses

“I talk a lot of trash about Mondays, but Tuesdays can go fuck themselves, too”

"I talk a lot of shit about Mondays, but Tuesdays can go fuck themselves, too" is a saying that has been printed on many images Many people hate Monday, the start of the traditional work…

April 8, 2019
Work/Businesses

“I taught my daughter what the word ‘bargain’ meant” (joke)

"I'd like to thank the person who taught me the meaning of the word 'bargain', it means a great deal" was posted on Twitter by Spocksgoat on December 17, 2014. A form of…

June 24, 2016
Work/Businesses

“I tell new hires, ‘Don’t think of me as your boss, think of me as a friend who can fire you’”

A popular work one-liner is: "I tell new hires, 'Don’t think of me as your boss, think of me as a friend who can fire you.'" "Boss = a friend who can fire you" was…

October 21, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I think ‘noted’ is the corporate version of ‘whatever’”

"'Noted' is the corporate version of 'whatever'" is a saying that has been printed on many images. "Whatever" is often used to express indifference,…

January 20, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I think I aced my drug test at work yesterday. Nobody got higher than me”

Getting high on a test might be good, but getting high on a drug test might be bad. "I think I aced my drug test at work yesterday. Nobody got higher than me" was posted on Reddit --…

October 27, 2024
Work/Businesses

“I think I need to quit my job to focus on my laundry”

Having a job interferes with many other life tasks, like putting away laundry. "might quit my job to focus on actually putting away my laundry" was posted on X/Twitter by ely kreimendahl…

January 26, 2020
Work/Businesses

“I think I still have some unfinished procrastinating to do from yesterday”

"I think I still have some unfinished procrastinating to do from yesterday" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "I think I still have some unfinished…

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