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April 6, 2018
Work/Businesses

“My boss said he’ll fire the employee with the worst posture. I’ve got a hunch it might be me”

An employment joke was posted on Twitter by sickipediabot on September 14, 2010: "My boss said he's going to fire the employee with the worst posture. I've got a hunch it might be…

February 3, 2026
Work/Businesses

“My boss said I intimidate my coworkers, so I stared at him until he apologized”

"My boss said I intimidate (my) coworkers. (So) I stared at him until he apologized" is a jocular work saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker is even intimidating the…

February 3, 2026
Work/Businesses

“My boss says I intimidate the other employees, so I just stared at him until he apologized”

"My boss said I intimidate (my) coworkers. (So) I stared at him until he apologized" is a jocular work saying that has been printed on many images. The speaker is even intimidating the…

March 5, 2018
Work/Businesses

“My boss told me time is money. I don’t buy that for a second”

"Time is money" is a proverb that was popularized by Benjamin Franklin (1705-1790). A joke was posted by Steven W Skinner on Twitter on January 18, 2016: "People say time is money-…

August 25, 2016
Work/Businesses

“My boss told me to have a great day. So I went home”

"My boss told me to have a good/great/nice day. So I went home" is a jocular line that has been printed on many images. "This morning my boss told me to have a good day... so I went…

October 4, 2022
Work/Businesses

“My boss touched me inappropriately at work today. But it’s okay, I’m self-employed”

A sexual harassment at work joke was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on November 14, 2017: "My boss touched me inappropriately at work today. But it's okay, i'm self-employed." Reddit…

July 30, 2017
Work/Businesses

“My boss yelled, ‘You’ve been late 3 times this week, Do you know what that means?’”(Wednesday joke)

"My boss yelled, 'You've been late 3 times this week, Do you know what that means?' Apparently, 'It's Wednesday' wasn't the correct answer" is a jocular…

July 25, 2017
Work/Businesses

“My boss yelled, ‘You’ve been late 5 times this week, Do you know what that means?’” (Friday joke)

"My boss yelled, 'You've been late 5 times this week, Do you know what that means?' Apparently, 'It's Friday' wasn't the correct answer" is a jocular…

November 14, 2017
Work/Businesses

“My brain has too many tabs open”

"My brain has too many tabs open" -- that is, a person (like a computer) is too busy with too much work -- is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many images. "I feel…

October 13, 2025
Work/Businesses

“My buddy lost his job to AI. It was his job to chug thousands of gallons of water at a data center”

It's often said that AI is coming for people's jobs, but AI requires a lot of water. A joke about this was posted on X/Twitter by Benny Feldman 🪸🫧🐠 on October 12, 2025, and this…

October 24, 2024
Work/Businesses

“My candle store got robbed. They took every scent I had”

"Scent" shouldn't be confused with "cent," but there are jokes. "My candle store got robbed. They took every scent I had" was posted on Reddit -- Dadjokes on…

July 8, 2018
Work/Businesses

“My colleague can no longer attend next week’s Innuendo Seminar, so I have to fill her slot”

"My colleague can no longer attend next weeks Innuendo Seminar so I have to fill her slot instead. http://sickipedia.org/joke/1562991" was posted on Twitter on April 14, 2014. The…

April 10, 2023
Work/Businesses

“My colleague is playing heavy metal at work. He’s totally office rocker”

"Off his rocker" (meaning a crazy person) sounds like "office rocker." "My boss traded in his desk chair for a recliner & became addicted to playing 'Guitar…

July 14, 2019
Work/Businesses

“My colleagues at work have given me the nickname ‘Mr. Compromise’” (joke)

"My nickname is Mr. Compromise. Thats what all my friends call me. Though it's not the name I would have picked for myself...it's alright, I guess" is a joke that was posted on…

February 2, 2026
Work/Businesses

“My coworker and I were talking about capitalism and he said this: ‘the earth is a resort for like 500 rich people and the rest of us are just the staff’”

Many people feel that the rich own the world and everyone else seems to be just there to serve them. "My coworker and I were talking about capitalism and he said this: 'the earth is a…

May 5, 2019
Work/Businesses

“My dad always said, ‘Work until your bank account looks like a phone number.’ Balance: $9.11”

"Work until your bank account looks like a phone number” is a popular saying that went viral in September 2014. A popular joke is that the phone number is "911" -- the emergency…

March 17, 2019
Work/Businesses

“My dad was a workaholic. Every time someone mentioned work, he got drunk”

"My dad was a workaholic. Every time someone mentioned work, he got drunk" is a joke that has been printed on many images. The word "workaholic" is not an exact portmanteau of…

November 25, 2020
Work/Businesses

“My deer cloning operation has succeeded! I can finally make a quick buck”

Making a "quick buck" has nothing to do with deer, but there are jokes. "I think I've perfected a speedy way of cloning deer. I should make a quick buck" was posted on…

July 7, 2022
Work/Businesses

“My dream job is no job. I just want to get paid for breathing”

"My dream job is no job. I just want to get paid for breathing" was posted on Facebook by Jakiera Davis Conner on May 31, 2012. The post had over 67,000 shares. Facebook Jakiera Davis…

September 16, 2021
Work/Businesses

“My dream job is to work for a manufacturer of lamps because of the light workload”

A "light workload doesn't usually involve lights, but there are jokes. This was posted on Reddit -- Oneliners on October 29, 2017: "My dream job is to work for a manufacturer of…

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