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June 29, 2022
Work/Businesses

“These weekends are starting to feel like 30 min lunch breaks”

"These weekends are starting to feel like a 30 minute lunch break" is a saying that has been printed on many images. For many people who work weekdays, the weekend seems to go by too…

June 29, 2022
Work/Businesses

“These weekends are starting to feel like a 30 minute lunch break”

"These weekends are starting to feel like a 30 minute lunch break" is a saying that has been printed on many images. For many people who work weekdays, the weekend seems to go by too…

January 6, 2021
Work/Businesses

“They are giving away free money!! At a place called ‘work’”

"They are giving away free money!! At a place called 'work.' Just go there & follow simple instructions & get your own!!" is a jocular saying that has been printed on…

September 6, 2018
Work/Businesses

“They aren’t making yardsticks any longer”

A yardstick joke was printed in The Evening Star (Washington, DC) on December 11, 1922: Sambo -- Ah sees where dey ain't making yardsticks any longer.Snowball -- Why am dat?Sambo -- Dey's…

May 30, 2018
Work/Businesses

“They call it ‘take-home pay’ because it’s too little to go home by itself”

"I have to take my paycheck to the bank. It's too little to go by itself" is a jocular saying that has been printed on several images. The paycheck joke started with jokes about…

June 30, 2018
Work/Businesses

“They call us dreamers, but we’re the ones who don’t sleep”

"They call us dreamers, but we're the ones who don't sleep" is a saying that has been printed on many images. TwitterDroneBoy@droneboyThey call us dreamers but we're the…

July 19, 2015
Work/Businesses

“They don’t make things like they used to—and they never did”

"They don't make things like they used to" is an old lament that has had been said about many things. "They don't make plays or do anything now like they used to" was…

January 29, 2024
Work/Businesses

“They keep saying that nobody wants to work anymore but really…  nobody wants to be overworked & underpaid anymore”

"They keep saying that 'Nobody wants to work anymore' but really just nobody wants to be overworked and underpaid anymore" is a work saying that has been printed on many images.…

May 10, 2016
Work/Businesses

“They picked me for my motivational skills. Everyone else works twice as hard”

"I think they picked me for my motivational skills. Everyone always says they have to work twice as hard when I'm around!" is a jocular line. The saying originated on the American…

November 29, 2014
Work/Businesses

“They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work” (Soviet joke)

"They pretend to pay us and we pretend to work" was a popular joke with workers in the Soviet Union. The salary was always small, so workers didn't have an incentive to work hard.…

September 20, 2025
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“They said, ‘Do what you love.’ So here I am, drinking coffee and avoiding humans”

"They said, 'Do what you love.' So here I am, drinking coffee and avoiding humans" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. "They said, “Do what you…

November 20, 2017
Work/Businesses

“They say a woman’s work is never done. Maybe that’s why they get paid less”

“Man works from sun to sun, but woman’s work is never done” is a popular saying from the 19th century. A jocular, male-oriented twist on the saying is: "They say a woman's work is…

February 22, 2025
Food/DrinkWork/Businesses

“They say you’re only as old as you feel. Well I feel like I’ve been exhumed from the tombs of Egypt, given a cup of coffee and been sent to work”

"They say you’re only as old as you feel. Well I feel like I’ve been exhumed from the tombs of Egypt, given a cup of coffee and been sent to work" is a jocular saying that has been…

February 20, 2023
Work/Businesses

“They should let everyone on hold with customer service talk to one another”

People on hold with customer service need someone to talk to. This was posted on Twitter by John Mayer on October 4, 2017, and received over 314,500 likes: "They should let everyone on hold…

January 10, 2026
Work/Businesses

“They’re making me take sexual harassment training at work even though I already know how do it”

Sexual harassment training at a workplace is training to prevent sexual harassment. It is not training on how to sexually harass, but there are jokes. "Sexual Harassment class at work... What…

April 27, 2024
Work/Businesses

“Things I hate about work: 1. Getting out of bed 2. People 3. Working”

A jocular statement about work has been printed on many imagea: “Things I hate about work: 1. Getting out of bed 2. People 3. Working” The list was posted on Facebook by Memes of Langara on…

August 25, 2016
Work/Businesses

“Things I hate about work: 1. Waking up 2. Humans 3. Working”

A jocular statement about work has been printed on many images: "Things I hate about work:1. Waking up2. Humans3. Working" The list of three work complaints was first cited on Twitter on…

December 19, 2024
Food/DrinkGovernment/Law/Military/Religion /HealthRestaurants/Bars/Coffeehouses/Food StoresWork/Businesses

“Things I trust more than government #10382: Dollar Tree Lobster”

"I trust gas station sushi move than I trust the government" is a saying that has been printed on many images. Sushi is a high-priced item that must be served fresh, and these are…

December 12, 2012
Work/Businesses

“Things may come to those who wait, but only the things left by those who hustle”

"All things come to him who waits" was a popular proverb in the 19th century and is now popularly written as "good things come to those who wait." "All things come to him…

June 8, 2015
Work/Businesses

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out”

"Things turn/work out best for those who make the best of how things turn/work out" is a saying that has been printed on many posters. "Things turn out for the best for those who…

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