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30 Times Memes Summed Up The 9-To-5 Grind So Well, They Ended Up Being Shared On This Instagram Account
No matter if you work in a tiny cubicle in a faceless megacorporation, a hipsterish open-plan office, a fast-food restaurant, or a warehouse, there are certain shared experiences that unite everyone. Getting coffee with your favorite work pal, gossiping at the watercooler, being so bored that you actually put in effort into your job, and becoming jaded as the years tick by are just some of these.
The ‘9-5 Life’ social media project captures these funny and relatable work moments in meme format. We’ve collected some of the most hilarious ones to entertain you during your coffee break (or, let’s be honest here, while you’re pretending to work while counting down the hours till the weekend).
Scroll down, upvote your fave memes, and don’t forget to tell us about the funniest things that happened to you at work recently, in the comments.
Bored Panda reached out to financial expert Sam Dogen, the author of 'Buy This, Not That: How to Spend Your Way to Wealth and Freedom' and the founder of 'Financial Samurai,' for a chat about the 9-5 work model, how to motivate employees, and how they, in turn, can learn to manage their managers.
"The 9-5 work model still has a place for necessity businesses in the services space. We're talking physical therapy, medicine, restaurants, flooring, and so forth. Customers need reliable businesses with reliable hours. However, for the technology and creator economy, the 9-5 work model is outdated. Having a regimented 9-5 schedule creates a lot of wasted time.
Let's be honest. Most people who go to work on a set schedule spend a good amount of hours surfing the net, chatting with colleagues, and taking lots of breaks. Instead, work hours should be more flexible to suit the modern-day needs of 'knowledge' workers today," Sam was candid about how things really are. Read on for our full interview with him about being professional, bold, and working with purpose in mind.
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The lesbian knitting panda 4 years ago
Damn it Ricky! they discovered our secret, set course for Mars there might be some gulliable aliens there
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LagoonaBlueColleen 4 years ago
LOL Just got an email from work acknowledging our hard work while having shifts cut drastically over the past 4 months. I've been trying to find a better job,
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Analyn Lahr 4 years ago
I want a t-shirt with the Sophia (Golden Girls) quote "Have I given you any indication at all that I care?"
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MacKenzie Moore 4 years ago (edited)
there's always one person at work with enough energy for the whole staff, so I'm covered.👍. modern problems require modern solutions.
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Mike Crow 4 years ago
Long ago when I was in the navy my friend and I were brought before our supervisor and told that he only needed one of us and the other can leave. He asked why should we be allowed to go early. My friend said he had admin work to do (usual excuse for this situation), I said I should go home early for psychiatric reasons as I actually wanted to stay. Our supervisor let me go early and kept my friend at work.
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Karri Berkowitz 4 years ago
I say 'ok so far but we still have time', that's usually when my boss sighs and hangs up lol she's a good sport
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MacKenzie Moore 4 years ago
pro tip for fellow procrastinators: if you have one large task you need to complete, break it into smaller tasks. that way it's easier to ignore
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NsG 4 years ago (edited)
Ah, but when dealing with customers you can fantasise about their lives - maybe they're in the same pay bracket as you. Maybe they have an even crappier job. And you can feel better about yourself compared to their level of stupid. When it's your boss - who you know gets paid at least twice as much as you - and you're wondering who helps them tie their shoelaces in the morning, and how they actually managed to *find* the door to the office, you realise there are levels of stupid that are offset by money, and that's a bit depressing.
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Somewhat-Guilty 4 years ago
And from my experience, very dirty minded lol. They're ton of fun 😊.
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Alex Hallam 4 years ago
You guys get pizza parties? Best we get is an email saying they appreciate our work
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iblowsheep 4 years ago
pie charts. Pie charts everywhere. oh yeah and f*****g flowcharts and Venn diagrams.
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iblowsheep 4 years ago
what are you taking about? I'm already fed up with the week by about dinner time Sunday night.
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SelkieBlackfysh 4 years ago
Tbh if you're in a "customer is always right" workplace always call your management the moment a customer gets unpleasant and walk away to do other work. That's their job to deal with not abuse for you to take.
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Somewhat-Guilty 4 years ago
That was one of the benefits of wearing masks these pasts years lol
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SelkieBlackfysh 4 years ago
Dude people would still talk AT me then get offended I didn't reply. Insane.
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Karen Lyon 4 years ago
That is so true. I worked at a (small) private school where the parents were pretty supportive, the kids were sometimes tough but not god-awful, but the principal was a p***k. Three of us quit the same year. We all agreed that we were so glad we got out when we did, we were all turning into people we didn't like much. I've been in a public district for 22 years now, same school site the whole time, it's been the best experience of my life. I count my blessings every day. Even if you think you've got nowhere else to go, get out. Staying isn't worth it.
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Roe Rainrunner 4 years ago
I told my manager that "You'll be fine" doesn't solve my problems, and he looked me dead in the eyes and said "You'll be finde" oO
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Somewhat-Guilty 4 years ago
Unless it's someone you don't like... It becomes extremely annoying.
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Dav Carro-Ripalda 4 years ago
No need for extra hours or to leave early. I just work my hours, no more, no less. And that gives me enough wages to live, and pay my s**t. But I am european, not USA... Sad.
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Spartakiss 4 years ago
Not all union jobs are good. I had one for years and tried to switch positions they union kept helping the boss hold me back
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CRPerformance 4 years ago
I'm so glad that I'm self-employed and have no employees. I don't have to deal with people like this.
Spartakiss 4 years ago
Not all union jobs are good. I had one for years and tried to switch positions they union kept helping the boss hold me back
Load More Replies... CRPerformance 4 years ago
I'm so glad that I'm self-employed and have no employees. I don't have to deal with people like this.
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