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March 17, 2018
Work/Businesses

“My job at the concrete plant seems to get harder and harder”

A joke about having a hard job is: "My job at the concrete plant seems to get harder and harder." The concrete job pun was posted on the website Pun of the Day on December 30, 2011. Pun…

December 3, 2025
Work/Businesses

“My job can be stressful, but at least it pays pretty bad and the hours are also pretty bad”

People rationalize having a stressful job with the comfort that at least the pay is good, but often the pay isn't good. This sarcasm was posted on X/Twitter by Crying Orc on May 2, 2025, and…

October 30, 2021
Work/Businesses

“My job does this cool thing where if you do your work well, you get to do someone else’s work, too”

"My job does this cool thing where if you do your work well, you get to do someone else's work, too" (or "My job has this cool thing where if you do your job well, you get to do…

October 30, 2021
Work/Businesses

“My job has this cool thing where if you do your job well, you get to do other people’s jobs, too”

"My job does this cool thing where if you do your work well, you get to do someone else's work, too" (or "My job has this cool thing where if you do your job well, you get to do…

August 24, 2022
Work/Businesses

“My job has this fun habit of adding responsibilities to your job role without adding any money…”

"My job has this fun habit of adding responsibilities to your job role without adding any money to your salary..." was posted on Facebook by The Life Network on January 10, 2020. The post…

August 24, 2022
Work/Businesses

“My job has this really fun habit of adding more responsibilities to my job role…”

"My job has this fun habit of adding responsibilities to your job role without adding any money to your salary..." was posted on Facebook by The Life Network on January 10, 2020. The post…

January 31, 2020
Work/Businesses

“My job is more than just a paycheck. It’s a place I go and cry in the bathroom”

"A job is more than a paycheck. It's also a place where you cry in the bathroom" is a work saying that has been printed on many images. The perhaps all-too-realistic saying was…

December 3, 2025
Work/Businesses

“My job is really stressful, but at least the pay is bad”

People rationalize having a stressful job with the comfort that at least the pay is good, but often the pay isn't good. This sarcasm was posted on X/Twitter by Crying Orc on May 2, 2025, and…

September 13, 2015
Work/Businesses

“My job is secure. No one else wants it”

"My job is secure. No one else wants it" is a jocular line that has been printed on T-shirts and bumper stickers. "Certainly your job issecure, Argyle -- no one else wants it!"…

December 8, 2016
Work/Businesses

“My job is so top secret even I don’t know what I’m doing”

"My job is so top secret even I don't know what I'm doing" is a jocular one-line saying that has been printed on many T-shirts and coffee mugs. The saying has been popular both…

November 11, 2020
Work/Businesses

“My job testing fizzy drinks is really getting to me. It’s soda grading”

"Soda grading" is a pun for "so degrading." "My job testing fizzy drinks is really getting to me... It's soda grading" was posted on Reddit -- Jokes on November…

November 2, 2017
Work/Businesses

“My last boss was a dwarf. He was a real micromanager”

A "micromanager" is someone who pays attention to the smallest ("micro") details. The term doesn't mean a "small manager," but there have been several jokes.…

June 15, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“My life coach just informed me I didn’t make the team”

"My life coach just informed me (that) I didn't make the team" or "My life coach (just) told me I didn't make the team" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

June 15, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“My life coach just informed me that I didn’t make the team”

"My life coach just informed me (that) I didn't make the team" or "My life coach (just) told me I didn't make the team" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

June 15, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“My life coach just told me I didn’t make the team”

"My life coach just informed me (that) I didn't make the team" or "My life coach (just) told me I didn't make the team" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

June 15, 2024
Exercise/Running/Health ClubsWork/Businesses

“My life coach told me I didn’t make the team”

"My life coach just informed me (that) I didn't make the team" or "My life coach (just) told me I didn't make the team" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

May 9, 2018
Work/Businesses

“My life. My choices. My mistakes. My lessons. Not your business”

"My life. My choices. My mistakes. My lessons. Not your business" is an inspirational saying that has been printed on many images. "It's my life, my choices, my mistakes"…

July 18, 2024
Work/Businesses

“My local shop is now selling transparent insects. They’re having a clear ants sale”

A "clearance" sale shouldn't be confused with a "clear ants" sale, but there are jokes. "My local shop are now selling transparent insects! There having a clear ants…

September 20, 2018
Work/Businesses

“My mailman got a sex change. I guess you’d call him a post-man now”

A "postman" shouldn't be confused with a "post-man." but there are jokes. "Isn't a post-man someone who has just had a sex change to a woman?" was posted on…

November 23, 2020
Work/Businesses

“My mask broke at the store. I felt like Janet Jackson at the Super Bowl”

The 2020 COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic made face masks mandatory in many stores. "My mask broke in the store and it felt like my titty popped out..." is a saying that has been printed…

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