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January 20, 2026
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“I’m not saying we should skip work today and drink margaritas and eat chips and salsa all day, but I’m not, not saying that either”

"I’m not saying we should skip work today and drink margaritas and eat chips and salsa all day, but I’m not, not saying that either" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many…

February 19, 2024
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“I’m not super useful until I’ve had coffee, then I get jittery followed by a caffeine crash…”

A joke about work was posted on X/Twitter by @dad_hard on February 15, 2023: "I’m not super useful until I’ve had coffee, then I get jittery followed by a caffeine crash. At 11 I’m too…

March 6, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I’m offended by bills, can we cancel them!? Isn’t that how it works now?”

A jocular statement on cancel culture was posted on Facebook by Chewy Smalls on March 2, 2021: "I’m offended by bills, can we cancel them!?Isn’t that how it works now?" Wikipedia:…

March 12, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I’m planning on starting a jewellery business. If you want to help, give me a ring”

"Give me a ring" usually means a telephone ring and not a diamond ring, but there are jokes. "Planning to start a jewellery business. If you want to help, give me a ring" was…

October 12, 2021
Work/Businesses

“I’m proud of my job as a podium salesman. It’s a product I can stand behind”

Several jokes state that a podium is a product that a salesman can stand behind. However, you stand on a podium, and you stand behind a lectern. "It must really suck to be a podium salesman.…

February 3, 2024
Work/Businesses

“I’m really into writing short fiction, mainly to-do lists”

For some people, a "to-do list" is a short list of things that they wish to do, but will not. "I’m really into writing short fiction, mainly to-do lists" was posted on…

February 14, 2025
Work/Businesses

“I’m so fake at work I say things like, ‘hi, how are you?’”

Many people act fake at work, pretending to be pleasant and agreeable with co-workers. "I'm so fake at work. I honestly don't give two fucks about how your days been going smh"…

September 20, 2024
Education/SchoolsWork/Businesses

“I’m sorry but the scholastic book fair did not inspire a love of reading it created my love of shopping”

Schools often sponsor a scholastic book fair. This comment was posted on X/Twitter by Adam on September 15, 2024, and it received over 313,000 likes: "i’m sorry but the scholastic book fair…

April 8, 2026
Work/Businesses

“I’ve got a new job writing instruction booklets. It’s mainly manual labor”

"Manual labor" (physical work) doesn't involve writing instruction manuals, but there are jokes. "Does writing an instruction book count as manual labor?" was posted on…

February 3, 2026
Work/Businesses

“I’ve tasted unemployment and I’ve tasted the 9-5 life. I would recommend not being born”

"I've tasted unemployment and I've tasted 9-5. I recomment not being born" is a saying that has been printed on many images. The choices between not working at all and…

August 14, 2016
Work/Businesses

“Ideas pull the trigger, but instinct loads the gun”

Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Don MarquisDonald Robert Perry Marquis (/ˈmɑːrkwɪs/ mar-kwis; July 29, 1878 in Walnut, Illinois – December 29, 1937 in New York City) was a humorist,…

April 10, 2015
Work/Businesses

“If ‘Plan A’ doesn’t work, the alphabet has 25 more letters”

If "Plan A" (the first option) doesn't work, people either quit or move on to "Plan B" (the second option). "If 'Plan A' didn't/doesn't work,…

September 6, 2013
Work/Businesses

“If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign”

"A cluttered up desk is the sign of a cluttered up mind" has been cited in print since at least 1947. "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty…

November 2, 2014
Work/Businesses

“If a listener nods his head when you’re explaining your program, wake him up”

"If a listener nods his head when you're explaining your program, wake him up" is a jocular one-line saying written by American computer scientist Alan Jay Perlis (1922-1990) in his…

August 10, 2020
Work/Businesses

“If a manager at work gets the covid, do the people who kiss that ass need to be tested?”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic affected workplaces -- even butt-kissers. "If a supervisor at work gets COVID, do the people who kiss that ass need to be tested? Asking for a friend"…

March 13, 2020
Work/Businesses

“If a morgue worker dies they’d still need to come in to work one more time”

a joke about the job of a morgue worker was posted on Reddit -- Showerthoughts on March 11, 2020: "If a morgue worker dies they'd still need to come in to work one more time." Reddit…

August 10, 2020
Work/Businesses

“If a supervisor at work gets the covid, do the people who kiss that ass need to be tested?”

The 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic affected workplaces -- even butt-kissers. "If a supervisor at work gets COVID, do the people who kiss that ass need to be tested? Asking for a friend"…

April 25, 2012
Work/Businesses

“If a train station is where a train stops, then what’s a workstation?” (joke)

"A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station." This joke (a work station is where work stops?) has been cited in print…

September 8, 2017
Work/Businesses

“If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears, my illegal logging business is a success”

"If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, does it make a sound?" is a classic question. "If a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, then my…

November 28, 2012
Work/Businesses

“If all is not lost, where is it?”

"If all is not lost, (then) where is it?" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many gift items, such as posters, buttons and T-shirts. The saying has been cited in print…

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