There’s no perfect job. Every single occupation, no matter how fascinating, glamorous or well-paying, has certain downsides. But sometimes, that downside is rather unexpected — humor!
Whatever job you might have, you’re bound to have heard at least one incredibly bad dad joke related to your occupation. Maybe the first time you heard one of these jokes, you actually rolled on the floor laughing. The second time, you laughed out loud but no more than that. The third time, you chuckled. The fourth time, you smiled. But after hearing the same joke for the fifth time, all the joy and wonder was most likely gone from you by that point. And the same jokes just keep on coming.
So here is a list of the best silly jokes that people in different professions are absolutely sick of hearing. Upvotes your faves, share with your friends, and keep on scrolling. Oh, and we’d be delighted to know if you’ve heard any corny, cheesy or dad-like jokes related to your job — so share your experience with everyone somewhere in the comments!
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I recently went through US Customs and the officer asked me the standard "do you have cash more than $10,000 on you?" question. I responded: "I wish! HURHURHUR" Her response: "If I had a penny for everyone who cracked that joke in front of me, I'd have the $10,000 by now" ...I totally deserved that.
Lmao I need to pretend I work at customs to make some good old juicy c a s h
You are absolutely right. But by asking and looking for the small fry, I guess that the whole charade is basically to make it seem as though the government is taking the issue seriously
Load More Replies...I'm a veterinarian. Some clients do actually say "if you really loved animals, you'll treat them for free right?"
NOT doing it for free lets them do it at a high quality for the entirety of their career.
Load More Replies...“if you really loved your dog, you will pay for their treatment right?"
If you really loved your animal you'd pay for their damn treatment.
If I was a vet, I would respond with, "If you really loved your pets you'd want to be sure your vet stays in business to care for them so you'll pay double, right?"
Selling lottery tickets. Im like what numbers would you like? Everyone be like “the winning ones”. Bruh
I usually say "OK, but I get half the winnings, no guarantees, no refunds."
When I was a kid, my mom bought scratch-offs and would always tell the cashier that she wanted winners. I bought my first ticket (I think I was only about 12) and thought I had to tell that to the cashier, to have any chance of winning. I has teh dum.
I would say that because these touts would come and bother you at eateries.
Bored Panda talked to HaiKarateAquaVelva, who asked Redditors worldwide for their annoying job joke stories. Their thread was so popular, it got over 69,200 upvotes and more than 26,600 comments in just over a day.
“I made the post because at my job, I regularly get a lot of the same types of comments over and over from folks who surely think they're being witty, funny, original, and oh-so-clever… not!”
“This is all harmless of course, and I don't mind it one bit. Even after hearing the same couple jokes/comments for the 823rd time. I've been guilty of doing the same thing more times than I can remember, I'm sure,” HaiKarateAquaVelva noted.
“But I figured there are other job positions that get the same kinda deal. Since my job is a bit unconventional and probably wouldn't resonate with a lot of people if I cited my own experiences, I chose to go with another, more relatable profession, thus the "It didn't scan..." scenario.”
HaikarateAquaVelva, who mentioned that they are a Bored Panda fan, said that they didn’t expect their thread would get so much attention: “But the post I made came from nothing more than a fleeting thought, and I never expected such attention from what was only a whimsical curiosity. It was cool to read through so many responses and having a laugh or two.”
Mail carrier here. "You can keep the bills !" hur hur hur
Yeah I can keep the bills, but I'm not going to pay them and then you'll just get overdue reminders
mail carrier myself here. One day, I was so sick of this joke, I said to him (with a poker face): "ooh don't worry, I always throw those in the river". The look on his face is unforgettable
A friend of mine was working on the outside water spigot a few years back and got a scare. When he went to open the main pit he noticed something moving inside. It was a copperhead who had babies. He called me to see if I could come relocate them but his joke was "I may just leave them in there...I bet I wouldn't have to pay my water bill for awhile."
Cake decorator here- people would come pick up their orders and jokingly tell me I spelled the name on the cake incorrectly. They would watch me get upset with myself and offer to fix it, then tell me they were just kidding.
As a graphic designer, I concur. I've had the misfortune of working with a "funny" co-worker once, who would constantly imply I wrote something wrong on a finished and printed product. Even if you knew it was a joke at some point, there were always these 3 seconds of horror, dread and selfdoubt...
Load More Replies...Not funny people. I'd loose my job as quickly as the cake hit them in the face.
In a task like that, I've always been very strict about the have the person check the spelling and sign off on it because I'm scared of getting things wrong.
You should call the customer after the cake has been served, and tell them you put cyanide in it. Then meet them at the hospital and tell then it was a joke.
I was a signwriter and there were always two jokes, repeated every day. The first was when painting the backdrop, "You've missed a bit!" and then the, "You've spelt it wrong!" while doing the lettering. Some years later, having moved on, I was passing a signwriter and felt bad to tell him that he had got it wrong... he had painted 'Stationary' on the office supplies shop!
“I just want a BLACK. COFFEE. None of this crap-u-she-no chocolate unicorn frap-aye glitter [crap]. Just a medium black COFFEE. I don’t care what size you call it but whatever’s MEDIUM I want THAT” Like ok u could also try “medium black coffee please”...
Seriously, do these customers only think the baristas speak and understand 'Starbuck-ese'?
I have been corrected SO MANY TIMES by baristas for ordering a "small black coffee". That's no excuse for an attitude like that right out of the gate, but it is absolutely real. When corrected I just say "If you wanna call it that".
Load More Replies...I usually avoid Starbucks. Once I did go in and I asked for a Large Black Coffee, please. The person asked me, "Do you mean Venti?" I just said, "You know what I mean"...
When Starbucks first opened the baristas would correct you if you ordered a small to a tall, then they would ask you which brewed coffee you wanted: Blond Roast, Dark Roast, Pike Place, etc. which is why people order like the above.
I've asked for a medium and they said you mean "Grande" so it's not so crazy
I say: "small coffee please." They say: "would you like a tall?" I say: "small coffee please."
I think this is the other way around. Normal people wanting normal coffee are treated as if they are idiots because they don't understand all the coffee dialects out there. So people get fed up. Might take good hard look at your co-workers for being the cause of this "joke".
A barista at a cafe once asked me if I really knew what I wanted, since I had the audacity to order a cappuccino after noon. It was 12:30. I said, "Yes, one cappuccino. And, with extra thought, an extra shot on the side." The nostril flares in that guy made my day. I have no taste and no taste buds, but I love foam, espresso, and getting what I pay for.
Load More Replies...This reminds me of the Nate Bargatze "Tennessee Kid" special on Netflix where he talks about trouble at Starbucks: "Uh, I’ll take an iced coffee with cream.” She goes, “With cream?” I go, “With cream.” She goes, “Iced coffee with cream?” I go, “Iced coffee with cream.” She goes, “With cream?” I go, “With cream.” And she said it one more time, “So, iced coffee with cream?” And at that point I should have said, “What’s going on right now? Where are you at in your head? Because I… I feel like we’re in two different places.” But I was nervous, and there was people behind me, and I was like, “Cream or no cream, honestly. I’ll give you $20 if you let me leave right now. I cannot… This is the most I can talk about this. I don’t even know what’s happening anymore.”
That's not a joke, that's a person with esteem issues. Okay, no one cares how you take your coffee.
They’re secretly embarrassed. I have so many Starbucks gift cards and don’t go bc I don’t know the fancy lingo.
Also Subway is one of those places where expecially the elderly people have difficulties ordering anything. Too many choices. There should be some easier options for them, like at least three different subs (like ham, chicken and veggie) that always have the exactly same ingredients so they could just order one of them.
Since starting my job as a writer at Bored Panda, I’ve heard variations of three dad jokes related to my occupation. People tend to ask me if I write about pandas all day. Furthermore, they ask me if I’m bored at my job. And lastly, they wonder if we have any pet pandas at the office. The answers to those, in order, are: No, but I write about cats and dogs a lot; I’m having too much fun to be bored; and we don’t have any pandas (yet), but we’ve got doggos! In fact, there’s a huge dog right next to me at the time of writing, and it’s awesome.
Now, I actually enjoy hearing corny jokes like these. But I appreciate that people working different jobs eventually run out of patience. Like customs workers who keep on hearing ‘I wish’ when they ask people if they have more than 10,000 dollars cash on them. Or repairmen who hear ‘do I get a new one’ when they can’t fix a small problem on a client’s computer. And we can’t forget about nurses who take your blood and are absolutely exasperated after being called a ‘vampire’ for the thousandth time.
the lady that draws my blood said that she was tired of people calling her a "Vampire"
When I had my blood taken recently, the man who drew it pointed to the Keurig & said that's where he'll put my blood. He also pointed out that there were no windows because he'd turn to dust. A very friendly vampire who totally embraced the joke!
One of the phlebotomy nurses at a hospital I attended had a strap/band thing with little vampire bats on it. No one enjoys having their blood taken, and it was a nice little ice breaker.
When I drew blood for a living that all would call myself, I was a proud vampire. It WAS the middle of the night!
That lady should realize that people that need to have their blood drawn are usually not there because they just felt like it. Usually people are sick. So lightening the mood with a silly joke is very much excused for them and they are not obliged to take care of you at that point. To me that's true for all these repetitive jokes, but especially if the other party has no choice.
I'm obligated to ask those visiting my work place if they have any weapons to declare. "Just these guns!" flex
I work in a call center. I have to ask "was there anything else I could help you with" at the end of the call. -"Yes bring me a coffee with that" -"make the sun shine again" -"got the winning lottery numbers?" -"yeah. What's your number you have a sexy voice" I just ignore them now and wish them a good day
"You have a sexy voice." Well, actually, I'm 60 and overweight. Still want my number?
I would gonna call you to ask you how you doing 😁😁
Load More Replies...ok, the sexy voice thing is a bit creepy... let's not be creepers people
I have also gotten all of the above. *facepalm* it's creepy and so annoying because for our "monitoring and training purposes" we have to ask over & over until you say "no"
Worked in phone support line for a US-based company, and one client that knew that our Support team were located in Russia asked for a million dollars and Russian citizenship in response to the same question. Happened the next week after Russia granted the citizenship to Gerard Depardieu
The amount of guys who's response after a perfectly boring and civil tech support call who would respond with "How about you come over and suck my d**k" was insane. Of course with the idiots you could respond, "thank you for that, now you are banned from support bc I have your ACCOUNT OPEN and the call is recorded. Have fun with your new system you cant access anymore"
Humor is one of the best things in the entire world because it helps us relax, increases our lifespan, helps us bond with other people, allows us to see the world in a different light, and helps us stop taking both ourselves and life far too seriously.
I’m in the military. “Thank you for my freedom.” While I appreciate the sentiment, I guarantee I have done literally nothing to protect your freedom. You do that all by yourself by voting. If you want to thank me for your safety, I’ll accept that. Safety and freedom are not the same thing.
Where I live (a military town) most people say "Thank you for your service."
As I firefighter I get that a lot. It makes me feel a little uncomfortable. I do it because I like helping people (as cliche as it sounds). I certainly don't do it for the money. Lol
Load More Replies...As a European I don't understand this at all. Since WWII all wars that America has fought didn't have anything to do with America's freedom, but were solely to protect rich people's investments in oil industries.
Yup. It's just about hero worship. Except that fades obviously (look at their homeless vet population)
Load More Replies...Never ever ever heard anyone say that s**t ever it's always service. Either way entire thing is a joke cause no one says that... well I'm assuming that this is an american quote so I could be wrong. Though continuing under that assumption if it is, the safety is in an even worse joke because the american military does jack f*****g s**t for safety. The ocean does all the work while we out there bullying others
Yes, please, let's discourage people from appreciating the courage it takes to serve your country and actually say something nice in this world...in whatever capacity. Smh jeez.
I've heard a lot of veterans say they're sick of hearing that. I would be too.
I usually say that I just did it to stay out of jail. (Vietnam era, semi true.)
Load More Replies...I guess that's an American thing. I'm Canadian with relatives in the Forces and they usually get thanked "for their service" or "for protecting us" during natural disaster (cause no want want to invade Canada. We have 8 months of winter).
I’ve been out of the military for about 15 yrs also while serving I have never Once been told “Thank you for my freedom “. I asked my Husband he’s a Veteran as well he hasn’t either. I’m not saying this story is true , I’m also not saying it’s not” 🤷🏻♀️
The military are great at indiscriminately bombing innocents and in turn creating terrorists. If anything they are undermining your safety.
it's funny because it's true. Butthurt BPers can't handle the truth :(
Load More Replies..."Giving out any free samples today?" Sir, if I did that, it's a bank robbery.
i used to hand them some Monopoly money. You can buy packs of refills or if you are really cheap you can glue the bills to a sheet of paper and scan a few sheets, cut them up and hand them out. Stopped the same people who asked the same thing every time they came in. After a while, hardly got any requests for free samples. Another bank I worked in frowned on my fake money so when asked for free samples, I would point to the coffee bar and say "Today we have free coffee samples. Too bad you missed yesterday, it was hundred dollar bills".
Some banks have breath mints on the counter. Could offer one of those I suppose?
I do commissions. “Can you draw a headshot of my dog in color” “Yeah sure it’ll be 6$ (I do really cheap commissions because it’s my hobby)” “Oh you want me to pay!? I thought you liked to draw?” “I do like to draw but it’s no different than buying a cake from a bakery, the shop owner likes to bake but the materials cost them money and we’d like to get some of that money back” “Ugh never mind I don’t want to pay to get a drawing of my dog” It’s happened at least 6 times in the two years I’ve been doing this
6 bux is an absolute bargain. I would pay that and maybe even a bit extra if it was good work.
same. My sister is an artist and I have seen how much work it takes to be good. If you want something to look nice, it won't be free. Why would anyone even think it would be?
Load More Replies...You seriously charge only $6??? That is a STEAL. Also - I'm appalled that anyone would ask you to do that for FREE. I mean... it's not a simple "I broke my hand. Could you write something really quick, like CLOSED or OPEN on the sign, please?" - it's asking for actual artwork.
Charge more money. People tend to associate that more money for an artist’s work implies greater skill. As well, future customers will just assume that previous buyers paid decent money because you are talented. Most people have no idea how to price art.
I speak English and Spanish. Many times, I've been asked to translate "a couple of lines", which end up being a whole chapter... When I say how much I charge many people look at me in amazement and say: but it will only take you five minutes!"
Omg I get this ALL THE TIME. Along with "I don't know what I want but you're the artist. You'll figure it out."
If you are only charging $6 and someone can't (or won't) pay that small of an amount for personalized artwork - they should be ashamed. I am an artist and that is practically free. I get tired of the people who ask me to work for "Exposure". I say if my bank took exposure for me living in my house - I may consider it.
"Exposure? Nope, nobody's going to expose themselves."
Load More Replies...However, humor in modern times is no longer free from intense scrutiny, as some individuals believe that the freedom of expression doesn’t extend to stand-up comedy, for fear of somebody being insulted. Louis CK, Dave Chappelle, and Bill Burr are examples of legendary comedians who have spent their entire lives poking fun at society, injustice, and hypocrisy, wherever these might be found. And yet, they have received a large amount of criticism for some of the jokes they made recently because they drew attention to some uncomfortable details about living in the 21st century. Whether you enjoy these comedians or think that their humor is crass, wouldn’t you say that the freedom to express your thoughts on stage is important to protect?
As a church musician, I've heard things like: "How does it feel to have the largest organ in town?"
If a church organ is sold to another church, is it an organ transplant?
"So, what's the matter with you?" "You tell me, you're the doctor!"
Or, as my GP said many years ago, after I'd told him what I thought was wrong, 'you nurses! Always self diagnosing'. If I didn't know, he'd say, 'come on, you're a nurse, you must have some idea'. Soon learned he didn't like nurses much, and changed GP!
My answer would be: "Yeah, visiting a stupid jerk when you're not feeling well isn't the brightest idea, is it?"
They don't ask it like that at my GPs, they just say 'how can i help you?'
I've never had a doctor start an appointment by saying "What's the matter with you?"
I'm a psychologist, not a mind reader. You can relax when you talk to me when I'm off duty : I don't want to figure you out. Quite frankly I don't care. You do have a problem with your mother tough.
I like that way better than someone who takes one psychology course and deems themself an expert. So tempting to say, "I'm so glad you can help me -- I feel inadequate about the size of my penis."
Wait. Is that, "you do have a problem with your mother, tough." Or "you do have a problem with your mother. Tough." Or "you do have a problem with your mother, though." I'm spending way too much time thinking about this. Thanks, Bored Panda.
Stand-up comedy on stage is one thing, but offensive jokes at the office can be a big no-no, depending on company rules. If you’re ever in a situation where a colleague tells a completely inappropriate joke, then there are several things that you can do.
Well my child is only failing Because you are a bad teacher. Not Because he refuses to study and does not pay attention in school
But where do studying and HOMEwork happen? And a child who regularly doesn’t pay attention is either tired, which is another home issue, or needs an evaluation to figure out why, something else requiring effort from parents. Do not rely on the institution to 100% raise your child.
And because I as a parent am too lame to check if he's doing his homework or to spend any time with the child to help it with the homework.
Well, maybe the child is failing because you are teaching improper grammar?
My aunt is a teacher and a big problem seems to be that some parents don't want to accept that their kid is less than perfect or that they need to change their parenting strategies. And some kids are totally fine at school, but the parents are awful.
... or "How dare you STIFLE my child's mental growth? Are you telling me how to raise my kid?"... aka: "mental growth" = letting the kid f**k around all day.
Can you elaborate, please? I’m a science teacher - how are my ‘cookie cutter ways’?
Load More Replies...Not a profession, but it kind of relates to this.When people who don't need glasses ask to try out my glasses and ask how I can see with them.
How do you see through these coke bottles? Um, well enough to punch you in the throat for being a d**k about me not being able to see very well without them.
Load More Replies...And I say, yes, I am legally blind without them. Please give a blind man back his glasses.
Oh they don’t know how to safely handle them. Either yank them off like a bandaid or hold them fingers on the lenses. Like don’t worry just a couple hundred dollars of something I use to see
I do work with glasses- and it drives me freaking crazy when people with either tiny prescriptions or people who waited until the last possible minute freak out about needing their glasses NOW when we have to order their lenses in. Then you'll have people walking around with taped up glasses that are a -8.00 who wait patiently because they know there's not a lot we can do past asking the lens manufacturer if they can get it out as soon as possible. That person literally cannot function without their glasses, but it's people who have near perfect vision who will call twice a day waiting the week for their new glasses. None of that is a joke- it just drives me crazy. Always keep your last pair of glasses when you get a new pair, so you have something if your current pair gets lost/ broken beyond repair. Also always take your glasses in to an optical BEFORE using superglue. So many pairs ruined because an easily replaced screw goes missing and they glue everything together.
As a cop, I’d say the most common one I get is: I didn’t do it man! Bro chill, I’m just trying to buy a red bull and some donuts..
I still want to visit the doughnut shop owned/run BY a cop... expecting some GOOD doughnuts there...
Load More Replies...Firefighter here. We get the same thing, even tho we wear red shirts, no gun belts, or have powered sugar down the front of our uniforms.
I went to university with some police officers. The thing they hated most, they said, was how everybody on the road slowed down way below the speed limit whenever they were around. They said as long as you're not being overly obnoxious with your driving, you don't have a lot to worry about.
According to Small Business, you can ask your co-worker to explain the joke to you, so that they understand why it might be inappropriate. Then, if your colleague doesn’t get it, straight-up tell them in a calm, collected manner that you think what they said was offensive. You can also refuse to laugh at similar jokes.
Vet tech here. Whenever I take a patient’s temperature: “Aren’t you going to at least buy her dinner first?”
I think you should look up the definition of "original"...
Load More Replies...I'm in ultrasound. We do a hell of a lot more than just scanning pregnant people, but we get a lot of people who ask, "Is it a boy or a girl? HAHAHA" during abdominal and vascular studies.
I've got an ultrasound coming up for an abdominal issue. Literally my first thought was NOT to say this. I really, really hope I don't say this.
pregnant "people". just f*****g say women. there's no other type of pregnant person.
Well... now I'm ashamed that once, during an EKG, I asked the nurse if she was receiving a fax from my heart...
I had to get my s*****m ultrasounded and this did cross my mind a number of times. But it was awkward for everyone so I just kept quiet
I had an ultrasound for a cyst I had earlier this year. Luckily the language barrier prevented this awkwardness XD
I work in IT. Any time something breaks on the computer it's "Hehe, oh no, guess I have to go home!" Every. Single. Time.
IT Techs are saints. They have come to my rescue more times than I can remember.
I didn't get it either, but I think the assumption is that they're in like, an office setting, so the person whose computer doesn't work says they get to go home because they can't work on the computer.
Load More Replies...people underestimate the desire of folks to just go home. they joke, but it's a real desire, lol.
Always start with: Hello, this is IT. Have you tried turning it off, then on again? EDIT: I just realised that was another clich'e. Sorry.
As a last resort, if your co-worker keeps on throwing out incredibly offensive jokes left and right, consider reporting them to human resources or to a manager. Just make sure you’re not reporting someone for an innocent dad joke that you’ve heard a hundred times before.
Synthetic chemist. "can you make me drugs?" or other Breaking Bad related comments. And yes. Yes I can. But I wont.
Yes I can, but I'm going to have to call the police first and ask if it's okay.
Pizza delivery. If you happen to pass by anyone else at all on your way to the customer, they will say "You can just leave that right here ha ha ha."
When I worked as a waitress, a customer asked if I could get him a $12 meal for free. "Yes, if you leave me a $12 tip."
Load More Replies...Administrative worker here, not from customers, but from literally anyone that doesn't work in an office, "so you get paid to do nothing? '
How absolutely unfair and untrue! You get paid to drink coffee and play solitaire!
I'm an Exec Admin. I babysit the every need of 68 people on a daily basis. I would throat-punch anyone who said that to me.
I work with someone who went from working on the floor of a plant to working in the office. He swears he never worked as hard on the floor as he does in the office.
I used to work in Admin. I would get this from literally every other department of the companies I worked in. Plus, people treat you as if you're only working in admin because you're too stupid to do anything else. Nothing could be further from the truth! These would be the same people that would crumble in a day if they had to do/deal with what I had to in a day. It's a massively underrated profession.
Web developer. "Come on, [deceptively complicated change that looks simple] shouldn't take you so long!" B**ch. You are not a web developer. You have no idea how long writing code takes. You don't get to tell me how long it should take. Only I get to do that. Also, just because something looks simple doesn't mean it won't take hours to implement.
Oh yeah try to explain to them how you look through thousands of lines to find a missing semi colon or comma
It looks simple when someone who doesn't know what to do, watches someone else work out a problem. They completely dismiss schooling, classes and experience when a repair or correction looks easy. A pencil is just a pencil in anyone else's hand, but a pencil in Leonardo's hand . . .
I need just a small button here, it shall be simple... :D Reality 28 - 40 manhours
Maybe you first educate yourself on what web development actually is before making stupid comments?
Load More Replies...I work in IT. "Should I just... tUrN iT oFf AnD oN aGaIn?!". Yes, yes you should.
it actually works most of the time! the second option is hit it xD
Load More Replies...My great-uncle's an IT guy and he wears a T-shirt with the things he ends up having to say a lot, which includes "Have you tried turning it off and on again?" and "No, it's a scam! Delete it!".
Gotta admit, when I first started working with computers (yes, I’m that old) it would tick me off to no end that our IT guys told us to do that. Then I started doing minor troubleshooting for different offices I’ve worked in, and damn if it doesn’t almost always work. Well played, 90s IT guys. Well played.
I am an Exec Admin, and the IT people bought me lunch one day to thank me for the number of helpdesk issues I intercepted (by overhearing people griping about computer problems) and fixed by telling my people that very thing.
Travel Money Bureau. every time im checking if some notes are legit or not, its "they should be fine I printed them this morning" har de har har
Plot twist that one guy who was too nice... suspiciously nice did print them that morning
Omg. Me when I worked at a gas station and someone would hand me a $100. They always said this. It was so annoying.
I used to get this when working behind bars or in retail. I usually replied "I can tell, the ink's still wet". Yes, it gets wearing, but it's going to happen so might as well go with it.
I work in an office, and the boss often leaves me in charge if he’s away. I have one co-worker who, every time I’m covering, will arrive in the morning and say “Hi boss! Since you’re in charge— can we all go home now? Hurr hurr” That, and “are you working hard? Or hardly working?”
How many people work at your factory? Umm, I don't know exactly, but I think at least half of them!
every time my team leader has stand in we totally ask for all vacations to be approved and have home office all the time. not even ashamed :D
So you can give me the good stuff eh? Wink wink nudge nudge eh? Im a nurse not a cocaine dealer, also yes.
Is she a goer? He askd him knowingly. Nudge nudge, wink wink. Know what I mean?
Load More Replies...I work in the meteo (not a scientist, just an IT guy) and as soon as people know this, it's all "Hey can you fix me some good weather for the bbq this weekend?"
Well I wish (s)he'd stop taking so many showers!
Load More Replies...So meteorologists are in charge of the weather now? Guess I know who to complain to about the heat and humidity...
"No, my garden really needs watering" or "Sorry, I've already had an order from a farmer"
I'm a researcher working for the Government of Canada. Them: "Hey, did you know my tax dollars pay your salary?" Me: eye roll.
"Oh, that reminds me, I was told to start collecting my salary directly from YOU."
I hear that all the time. I've also been told I should "get a job that doesn't suck Americas teet"... That was when the government was shut down and I mentioned I was struggling with out pay to get back and forth to work bc gas is expensive, this was the gas station attendant that said that to me. how rude.
Working in the Australian tax office, I was once told "I pay you" - from someone who hadn't actually paid.
Well, government workers are also known as public servants, and do get paid from tax revenue, so people who say that are not really all that wrong. Though, as tax payers themselves, they’re also a little self-employed too (I used to work for TSA, and got this comment a lot too, but used the self-employed statement as a relatively well-received comeback).
And they use that wage earned to pay your wages, literally everybody can say they pay each other’s wages, indirectly.
Load More Replies...When someone tells me their tax dollars pay my salary, I love to respond that my agency is a self-supporting state agency that receives no tax dollars and offer to send them our informational brochure that also describes our contributions to the state fund. Shuts them up super fast.
Groomer. "I brush him everyday!" The dog is matted from chest through back legs, and behind ears and tail.
Owners like this probably think 'brush' is another word for petting
Considering that matting prevents airflow to the skin, allowing your pet to be matted from head to toe is actually extreme neglect, which is cruel. Some people should never have pets.
"But can't you just brush it out? " No. I cannot undo six months of your ignorance in 3 hours. Beautician not a magician!
Sometimes it can be neglectful, but I have a dog who is part Puli. We brush her twice a week and gives her baths twice a month and she still gets matted sometimes.
Load More Replies...In IT; No, you don’t get a new phone/laptop/iPad if you throw it out the window / run it over, etc. You get fired you psycho.
I work in the Deaf community and people always see the name of the charity I work for and say "Pardon?" then laugh like they're the funniest person in the world. Little bit of my soul dies every frickin' time
That’s actually incredibly insensitive. It’s one thing to joke about a disability if you have it yourself. That’s laughing with. But when you joke about a disability you don’t have, it’s not OK. It’s laughing at. It’s also singling out and poking fun at people who have disabilities. Some people who think they’re comedians should definitely not quit their day jobs.
I'm deaf and this is true. Seriously people are SO f*****g unoriginal.
I'm hearing impaired (not deaf, just impaired). Whenever I mention this, the first word out of anyone's mouth is "What?" **cold stare of judgement**
I serve banquets. I’ve had many middle aged men say the same exact joke to me when serving their Cream of Chicken with Wild Rice “How do you tame wild rice?” I usually play along but the last time it happened I told him the answer and he was [frikkin] bewildered.
It's a long and arduous regimen, which requires patience and understanding between you and your rice. Bonding with rice is much more difficult than with dogs or cats because rice are very small and don't have much in terms of logical thought process. However, once you've trained your rice you will never regret it. The friendship will last a lifetime.
Load More Replies..."Just do this one thing [for a new/prospective client]. It will lead to more work." How 'bout just pay me for this one thing and we'll talk about future work too. This is not a hobby.
Nope. It will actually cost you work. If you do it for them once for free, you’ll create a Frankenstein who will forever insist on you doing it for free from now on. And will probably be enough of a cheapskate to never give you any more work anyway.
They always promise future big orders but not once have they ever delivered on that promise. I used to say as sweetly and kindly as possible: "Yes, of course you can have a discount, on your next order. 15% off when it is delivered to you. Just so you know, our company policy on discounted orders is no returns, no refunds. Now, what credit card would you like to use?" This was followed by "Forget it! I will take my business elsewhere, I will never buy from you!" To which I feign a sad voice and sad face ... "Awww, we are going to miss you!".
Ahhh yes... the ultimate: "This will show that you're interested in GROWTH in this company. If we can LEVERAGE your skills, you could definitely MOVE UP GOING FORWARD" - reality: "oh, you're doing more work more efficiently ... let's give you more work then tell you that you weren't a team player, so no raise. Oh and you haven't 'earned the right' to talk about job movement in the company"
"So you can make my photo look great and not look like I was running in a poorly-lit hallway using a crummy camera?" Graphic Design (user of Photoshop). I can create some nice stuff, but what I can't do is turn back time and make you take an good photo.
To doctor digital photos, I always say, "I'm so good, I can make ANYTHING look like ANYTHING. . . how much do you want to PAY for it?"
Policeman here. The old,"He/she is here, i've got him, he's the one you've been looking for", as they grip their relative/friend/nearest person to them and look at you manically....
I did the opposite once as a kid. My father was out of town for work-related reasons so it was just my mother and I at home. The police showed up as they got the wrong address and I was worried they'd arrest her, but I got my wording a bit funny and said, "Please don't arrest my mother; she hasn't broken any laws today!".
I did something similar as a kid when we were on vacation. My parents were fishing and I was in the car. I saw a police officer pull up and talk to them...so I started BARKING to scare him away...! (He just wanted to check their fishing licenses).
Load More Replies...I work with a lot of graphic designers. It's not that I want the logo bigger, it's the two idiots above me making me insist upon it. I am so sorry.
There are times I simply sat on the artwork, doing nothing to it, turned in the SAME ART right before the deadline, and they told me I did a great job the second time around!
We understand it needs to be seen clearly but it doesn't have to shout.
Receptionist here. I previously answered calls with, "Company Name, how may I help you?" and 50% of the time (or so it felt like) the response I'd get was, "Well, I don't know how YOU can help me". I switched it up to "how may I assist/direct you" but I still get the ol' "Well, I don't know..." It's not cute. Just tell why the eff you're calling so we can both move on with our days!
When I was in high school, I worked at Burger King and in conjunction with some ad campaign, we had to say "Welcome to Burger King, we do it for you." You should have heard some of the vulgar comments and suggestions us teenage girls got from grown @$$ men who should have known better. I spent most of my shift being embarrassed until the manager relented and told us we didn't have to say it anymore.
I answered the phone one day while in dispatch and said, "_____ Fire Department. Can I hold you?" As opposed to, "Can I help you/can you hold for a minute?" This was the non-emergency line, I assure you.
Years ago I was a receptionist. I answered the phone and the man on the other end went into a five-minute explanation of all kinds of things that I couldn't care less about and then ended the diatribe with, "is Dave there?" Uh... one moment please.
My pet peeve is people who call and want to know why you called them. Our office has about 40 people, and when they call from the office, the Caller ID shows the main number. So, I answer it and someone on the other end says, “I got a call from this number.” Yeah, I’m not gonna go ask all 40 people in this office if they called you, my dude. 🙄
Even worse, you clearly state the company name and your name, and the person who called you says “Who?” Or “What?” (I mean, you called us! Don’t you remember whose number you dialed? How about listening when I answer?)
More often, these days, people answer the phone by saying, "Hello, how can I help you?", to which the answer almost invariably has to be, "I don't know, how CAN you help me?”
I worked at a branch campus library for my alma mater: "What do you mean you haven't read this book to tell me what it's about? What do you even do it here all day?" Not read obscure textbooks about topics I'm not required to study, that's for sure. When I worked at a winery: "This must be the best job in the world! (read: you get to sit and drink wine all day)" Yeah because I'm totally allowed to guzzle half the stock while I'm on duty. /s When I worked as housekeeping in a hospital: "Can you come do that at my house?" I don't even do this at my house, so no. When I worked for the post office: "You can keep the bills!"/"Bring me anything good today?"/"Is there a check for a million dollars in there?" No thanks./I don't know, I didn't open it./How tf should I know that? And my husband the teacher gets a lot of "Summers off must be nice, huh?" or "Must be nice to only have to work nine months out of the year, right?"
Nice to have summers off to be able to go to school. I was never able to finish my master's degree because I had to go to work year round and trying to get a degree studying at night while working 70 hours a week just didn't work out.
Load More Replies...I'm not a teacher but I actually get a bit annoyed when people presume teachers just lounge around during the school holidays. Its like no, the teachers grade papers, do reports, organise class schedules and lesson plans, do extra training, do admin work that is required by the school and education department and more. Being a teacher is often a thankless and overworked job, no wonder the rate of teachers leaving the profession is at an all time high.
Not fun fact! It's a felony to open someone else's mail and can come with jail time or huge fine
I’m a singer! I went to college for music and have been doing it professionally for sometime now. I usually get, “Omg my granddaughter’s cousin’s niece is a singer! You guys should meet up!” Or, “sing something for us!!” And then if I don’t feel up to it they say “how can you be a singer if you don’t want to sing in front of people?” I love it 🙃
Anything in the "arts and entertainment" category - people (generally) don't seem to realize that it actually requires work and effort... like you can't just bust out into an operatic masterpiece on a dime... there's warmup, there's prep, and also... they're KINDA asking you to work for free in a way... I've seen it with friends/acquaintances... and I cringe. To an Actor: "Oh yeah? Then act/do an impression of, like [celebrity]", Voice Actor: "Oh? What impressions can you do (note: Voice Actors don't USUALLY make their whole living on impressions... especially if the person who does the original is still alive and working. What exactly is the point? That voice already exists and is being used)... Artists: "Oh, you're good? Draw me [anything] right now. For free. You should be good, right?" etc. etc.
Just tell them this: Because it’s my job. Why won’t you program my computer/clean my teeth/landscape my yard for me—-right now, on demand and for FREE? Yeah, I thought so.
As a rock vocalist, I hear a lot of "Can you sing like Stevie Nicks?" or whoever the popular voice is that week . . . and I answer, "Yes, I can. Can you PAY ME like Stevie Nicks?"
My mom is a very talented musician. She teaches piano and plays for her church. She spends HOURS practicing. I asked her one day why she didn't listen to music while in the car, cleaning house, etc. She just looked at me as if to say, "Oh, you silly child. I don't remember dropping you on your head as a child...."
Not a singer but I hate it when people find out I can sing. Stressful times. And if you can play the guitar... requests for songs you've never heard :0
Not a profession but: I'm a guy with long hair (to the middle of my back). I hear stuff like "Did your hairdresser die?" or "When are you gonna cut it off?" or any hAhA uR gRiL jokes all the time. It's not funny guys and you're not the first to come up with it.
My husband has dreads and he has people saying how come his hair doesn’t smell because you can’t wash dreads. Well my husband washes his hair twice a day he just doesn’t use conditioner. Just because someone has dreads does not mean they are dirty. Thankfully after 5 years he is having them shaved on November 17th. He has been growing them for 5 years but he is raising money for the Childhood Cancer Association. I don’t like his dreads simply coz I don’t like the feeling and can’t run my fingers through his hair lol.
Kudos to Hubby. I've always wanted to do that, but they won't take processed hair.
Load More Replies...I feel for you, I have the opposite problem. Female and short hair- "ew did you get that done at a salon, or a barber??" I like it short. Highlights my cheekbones and less hot in the summer.
LONG HAIR IS GLAM(unless you have dummy thiqqqqq hair like me then it's a burden)
I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or just trolling. Welcome to Bored Panda.
Load More Replies...When I worked at a ski shop setting up snowboard rentals I’d ask how they wanted their stance, regular or goofy, so I could set the bindings up. At least 3 times a week, for the 6 months a year we did rentals, for the 4 years I worked there, I heard from dads “well he rides regular, but he’s pretty goofy hahaha.” By the end of my time there I never even bothered with a fake chuckle anymore, I just didn’t have it in me.
I'm sorry that jobs can get tedious but a lot of these people are just trying to be friendly.
Goofy has your right foot forward, where regular has your left foot forward on a snowboard or skateboard.
Load More Replies...Of course they don't usually mean anything by it, but just because they're trying to be nice, doesn't mean it isn't annoying when literally everyone says it.
Bike (bicycle) messenger. 'You're on a bike ? This should be delivered before next week, hurr hurr'. Also every year during the Tour De France : "You're lost buddy ?" All f*cking day long.
There are a number of bike couriers in the downtown area in my city. Trust me, they can get there quicker.
Is it because they can easily weave through traffic and pedestrians?
Load More Replies...This sooo beats having liquid squirted at me from moving car. Rape threats, and other threats from stopped cars at lights. Driving up slowly behind and to the side of me, then slamming the passenger door shut to scare me. ... and having my bike stolen - it was locked.
ctd: sorry just wanted to get that off my chest. * and I was 40 years old plus when that all happened. fat and ugly.
Load More Replies...As a graphic designer I hear from non professionals "Come on, it's just 2 button clicks." Also from clients "Make the logo bigger."
I don't see the "2 button clicks" comment coming form a non professional, but I use it all the time with my interns :D cause I know they are lazy and it takes just 2 button clicks to make something look a bit better. And I agree, the client pays, so you gotta make the logo bigger sometimes ... but not so big it ruins the aesthetic :D
I used to work for a Web designing company, not actually designing but worked closely with clients. We get that you can't just "Make the logo bigger" but when you are paying money to advertise your business, you do want it to look as perfect as what is possible. The same way you're paying your bills by charging for your work, we make money to pay our bills by ensuring our website is to our standard. Websites are usually the first thing a potential customer/client will see about your business, first impressions really do matter!
I used to be in the beer industry (selling to supermarkets) and I’d get “you can just load that pallet into my truck” every day. Now I’m in the elevator industry and about once a week I get “I bet that has its ups and downs.”
Wow... super impressive. Two birds with one stone. Hove an up-vote.
Load More Replies...To be fair, I feel like the elevator companies are almost asking for it (at least in my country). One of the elevators in my university has a sign advertising the manufacturer with the slogan "elevating people". The other company (which I hope is just a very unfortunate coincidence) is "Schindler's Lifts".
Stocked shelves at a grocery store for a few months in college and some guy was angry because he had been in line for a few minutes and no one was there to ring him up. He found me and asked what was going on and I kindly told him I’d go grab a cashier to check him out and he goes, “No it’s fine, I can just leave with my stuff. I mean, I don’t have to pay if no ones gonna wait on me,” or something like that. I laughed sarcastically with a deadpan face and told a cashier there were customers waiting. They didn’t pay me enough to stop him if he tried.
when I worked in retail and an item wouldn't scan I would often get "It must be free then".
I still get the if it doesn't scan, it must be free... I also work in a dollar store, where everything is the same price ($1) so I get "How much is this?" And "is this really a dollar?
"So can you come look at my car?" -Mechanical Engineer. I know nothing about cars.
As an Ex-software developer/IT Project manager, I can feel your "please check my mouse" pain! :)
I work in a nursing home and sometimes we have a resident that is constantly trying to leave and go home, because they don't remember that they live there. The on going joke is someone asking, "Can't we just tie them to a chair?" (No, we cant. Just for those of you who actually think that's an option.)
The nursing home my parents were in DID actually tie my dad into a chair...... we found many problems with this place and reported them but nothing changed, in the end we moved them to another home
Awe the poor senior citizens, I feel bad not only for them, but the nurses and aids whom try to help them out and get back lashed
Ask them if they'd do that to their own elderly family member, or would like it if someone did.
That would be a surefire way to get shut down fo elder abuse—-and quickly.
I work in the music scene making beats and tracks for rap artists Everyone always asks "Can I sample this track?" or "Use it for one of my songs?" and they say "imagine the exposure it will get you."
You should create Headphones. Apparently, that pays a lot more. Even if you're already successful.
Ultrasound tech. Male patients: am I pregnant HAHAHA
Tell them "Yes" with a straight face. Offer to call the National Enquirer to break the story.
I said to the nurse when she was giving me an ultrasound for my first child, "You must love this job! How neat it must be to tell a parent (especially new mommies) what sex their baby is." To which she replied, "Are you kidding me? I'm in therapy because of this job! Do you know how parents I have to tell that their child is missing a limb or has no nose?!" Pregnancy hormones kicked in and I bawled.
I worked at a bank for 4 years. The amount of idiots that go "gimme all your money. Just kidding I'm not here to rob you." Or "I guess all this cash makes it look like I sell drugs. I don't though!" is staggering. And in the future, if anyone wants to make the second joke just know that they usually end up having to flag your account to check for money laundering activities so hopefully you aren't actually selling drugs. Edit: I also just want to add how many people would come in on Halloween and be pissed and shocked that we would have the audacity to ask them not to wear masks. That being said it was a hunting town so people constantly came in with knives and for some reason we were ok with that.
That's why I always take off my motorcycle helmet before entering the bank....or any other shop
How rude, like quit being stupid and take the damn mask off. It’s not like the bank teller is asking much of you.
I work at a car dealership. I’ll get customers come inside upon finding the keys accidentally left in a vehicle. They almost always say, “Found your keys out there, you know I could have just driven away.” It’s like they want a reward for not stealing our vehicle.
In the UK, an insurance company would be unlikely to pay out if the keys were left unattended in a vehicle.
No I think they are reminding you to not leave your keys around because the next guy might not be nice enough to return them, they are more chastising you for being so careless as to leave 10ks of dollars in a vulnerable position because your lazy or incompetent, if one of my employees did that I’d fire them on the spot
I work in a pre-school. Multiple times a week parents say "I don't know how you guys do it!" Referring to taking care of multiple toddlers all day. It's always the parents who leave their toddlers with us for 9-11 hours who say this.
Anyone who can stand a toddler for that long straight and multiple ones at that has to be mostly insane
What's the problem? I literally don't know how they do it, I couldn't!
As a nurse, almost any time I give anything remotely close to a painkiller/sedative to patient, the family says something along the lines of "CAN I haVE One tOo HyUcK HYUCK HYucK"
The husband to the midwife, immediately after the birth of his child, while they stitch his unfortunate wife's 'tear', "You couldn't put a couple of extra stitches in for me?" Hurr, hurr...
What is this word salad you just puked up all over my screen?
Load More Replies..."Who is walking who?" - whenever I am taking a big dog to the back... hur hur
With my dog this is kind of a valid assumption :D he almost weighs as much as me! And I'm small
My dad had someone say that to him while he was just walking the family dog and was really confused. I would be too. Like, why make a comment? Do you really think that's a funny joke?
I had the sweetest little pug/beagle stray. She was my "take everywhere dawg." Anytime I'd tell them her name I'd get, "STELLA!" (From a Streetcar Named Desire). And then a sheepish grin followed by, "Everyone does that, don't they?" NEVER got tired of it.... Man I miss her!
Dairy farmer: brown cows give chocolate milk. I milk brown cows. They don’t give chocolate milk.
What I find scary is that there are likely adults who still believe this
I thought that. But, I was only 6 years old at the time. Well, to me it was logical.
“Do you know what all those knobs do? hur hur hur” I’m a soundguy.
Give him an explanation using all these technological stuff that he'd know nothing about.
Work in payroll and people like to joke with me to add a 0 at the end of their pay. I say I'll do it, but put one of their middle numbers onto mine and it's funny to see their gears turning.
I also work in payroll and yes at least one person will say it each month. My response is "Yes that is what we agreed, but I didn't say which end?"
Yeah, baby! I'll take multiples! Do you get it? Do you get it? Ah, I crack myself up.
Load More Replies..."Oh you're a mechanical engineer? You must know a lot about cars."
My medium rare steak has blood in it. I'll take that for free please
We need steak education! What do they teach in schools? My mother in law has been guilty of this. She ordered a medium rare steak and sent it back until it was well done. She complained that they never cook her steaks right. I told her she needs to order it well done in the future. She had no idea that was the term she needed. Now she's happier, the wait staff is happier, and I sleep well at night knowing I've made a difference in the world.
Waiting staff the world over thank you for this service. One customer at a time.
Load More Replies...I'm not sure if this is the relevant point, but I think a lot of people think that the red liquid that comes out of steak when it's not cooked a lot is blood. It's not. It's myoglobin, it's a protein.
And this is our accounting department. "Lol, put some extra money in my check, lololololololol."
You’d only have to pay it all back anyway when the mistake is found, sooooo...
One particular person kept saying, "I wouldn't mind swapping with your paycheck". Was tempted to do it for just one week and see how much he liked being paid less than half than normal.
I work for a major spirit company and at least once everyday the pubs I'm calling on will say "got any free bottles?" and then when I say "no, unfortunately not" in the nicest possible way, they will make the rest of the call really sh**ty.
"Oh! You're offering to do the recycling? - Well, there are a few pallets full in the back..."
I don’t have one like that exactly... What I get a lot of is: “Wow, that’s like... professional!” Which is a massively backhanded compliment. I’m a fabricator. Professionally.
I can assure you, it is NOT a backhanded compliment. It is genuinely sincere. Most people simply don't understand all of the training that goes into your field of work.
It's being surprised that a professional can make something that looks like a professional made it, like they didn't think your work was quality.
Load More Replies...Paramedic: After we've dropped a patient off (think interfacility transfer) and heading back to the elevator with an empty stretcher, someone always asks, "hey, can I get a ride to my car?" I usually reply: "Sure, $300, cash up front, but if you want me to clean it first, $500, oh, and you probably want me to clean it." When we're washing the rig at the end of shift, people actually ask what we charge to do their vehicle. Har dee [frikkin] har. Also, my contract fee for automotive washing is $100/hr, minimum 1hr charge. A totally had one guy tell me to learn to take a joke for that! "Nice park job, assh*le!" Hmmm, big white truck, blinky lights, I wonder if you call the local constabulary to report me, what ever will they do? Hmmm, rough night shift, feeling salty and drinking, maybe number 3 doesn't apply?
While trying to get in a quick meal before another call, "Hey. Do you have a patient back there?"
*Bitter, not salty. You're not impressing anyone with that flavor-of-the-week slang.
At Starbucks, we have categories and buttons for all the drinks. When we get a new drink, there is a new button but no one tells us where the button is. It is either in with normal lattes or frappuccinos or it's under the seasonal category on the opposite side of the screen. So when a customer orders a new or special drink, we go on a wild goose chase for the button that seems to not exist. The customers will say "Oh you can't find it? How about you make it and just let me take it." My boss just tells us to ring them up for a basic drink and make the special one until the button is added. The button is never added
I feel this so much. I worked for Starbucks for one month and it was super stressful... Yay, Autism.
I only made it a bit over a month too, way too stressful.
Load More Replies...You just told us that the button IS added, but that you just don't know where it is, then you end your story with the button never being added. Which one is it?
Stripper here. Our version is definitely: "How about I give YOU a lapdance!"
I will never understand how giving a woman a lapdance is a thing. I mean, basic biology, people. There is nothing on the top side of a woman's lap to be stimulated for the love of the flying spaghetti monster.
Dude, your are confusing lap dancing with dry humping. A lapdance is not that you just sit on someone's lap and wiggle your butt.
Load More Replies...I'm surprised strippers, like artists, aren't asked to work for free more often. Think of the exposure!
Waiter here. “Can I get you guys anything else?” “Yeah, a boatload of cash!”, or alternatively, “A wheelbarrow”
Just tell them if you had a boatload of cash, you wouldn’t be waiting tables.
video production can you make (photoshop) me look thinner?
Sure, let's take a few laps around the parking lot you fat a*s.
Work in cardiac ultrasound imaging. "Can you tell my wife out there i actually have one?" "Is it a boy or a girl?" "So is it working?" Legit. Hur hur hur
Can you tell my wife I actually have what? A d**k? She should already know whether he does or not. Nothing anyone can say can convince her his d**k is somehow better than it's already proven itself to be.
Worked in the casino guest rewards, you sign up you get perks of some sort ours was a small amount of pts. to use towards slots then changed to some stuffed animal...(I know, we've all hated that idea) but if we're ran out or the system was acting weird it was, "well guess you gotta give me X amount of money" ... the other one after asking, is there anything I can help you with..."yeah point me to the winning machine" followed by the fakest laugh of my life.
Also well known in the beer industry: “It’s the [insert color] truck out front. HURHURHHR.” “It’s free today right. HURHURHUR.” “It’s buy one get 29 free right? HURHURHUR.” “Man this job must be awesome...getting to sample all this beer. HURHURHUR.” “Oh he’s paying for mine too. HURHURHUR.” (This one is good because it usually gets the unknowing customer before this and sometimes after this guy to respond with one of the before mentioned jokes) something breaks “AWWWW MAN I’M REPORTING YOU FOR ALCOHOL ABUSE. HURHURHUR.” Seriously—people thinking working with beer is awesome. It is. But it isn’t.
The amount of BS you liquor store personal have to deal with is uncanny
Registration at a Hospital for me it's, "everything is the same". I have never registered you, so I have no context to what "everything the same means." Just let me ask my 5 simple questions and you can be on your way. Quit giving me a hard time because I don't know you. I can't tell you the amount of times where everything is the same, wasn't correct, either you changed your primary doctor, emergency contact, phone number, whatever.
At my PCP, who I see at least twice a year, the (same) assistant starts to go thru my med hx, medications and I say, since the PCP Rx'd them all or everything's on record, "everything's the same". She says, "OK" End of grill. Same at the dentist. Love them.
IT. "Can you hack my
As a Recruitment Consultant: "Haha so you just do your magic and find a job for me! Bye!"
My ex-husband is a lawyer. Clients would say after we asked them their story, "You're the lawyer, make up my defense so I look innocent." Sir, considering this is the 5th time in front of the same judge we'll skip the formalities and throw you straight into the cell...after we castrate you.
I work in IT. "Have you tried turning it off and on again? " never gets old.
Tech Support: 'OK. In the bottom left hand side of the screen, can you see the 'OK' button displayed?' Customer: 'Wow. How can you see my screen from there?'
TBH, that used to be standard fallback “when all else fails” instructions back in the day.
I work in IT, when something doesn't load for people, they love asking "is it the server?". Yes it's the server....all 50 of them...
Tech Support: 'I need you to right-click on the Open Desktop'. Customer: 'OK'. Tech Support: 'Did you get a pop-up menu?'. Customer: 'No'. Tech Support: 'OK. Right-Click again. Do you see a pop-up menu?' Customer: 'No'. Tech Support: 'OK, sir. Can you tell me what you have done up until this point?'. Customer: 'Sure. You told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click''.
Yes, she loading the dishwasher while we wait for the computer...
Landscaping - “hur hur do you want to come do mine (beds/lawn/etc) next? Hur hur”
Paramedic here, I ALWAYS get the old ladies saying “oh! My taxi!” Or “You coming back for me later?”
Maybe they are hoping you actually will because they don’t get to see the same face very often and are grateful for your help and want to see their savior again?
I tend to let little old people crack the jokes and laugh for their benefit. It's the least I can do.
“there was a typo on the quiz, so that question doesn’t count” or “I was absent that day, so I don’t have to do that assignment”
Phlebotomy. Oh lord, the vampires here, let me call you back I have terrible veins! They roll; they're deep, and you have to use a butterfly! Well damn, how many tubes you need? I ain't gonna have one more drop of blood by the time I get outta here What they testing me for this time? A what? Like I know what that is.
I have crappy veins, I tell them when I get there. I don't want some intern trying to stab me, I want the person who knows what they are doing. I may be used to being stabbed 7-10 times for an IV or blood draw, but that doesn't mean I like it! I also know which arm, generally which spot on that arm, does the best. So, when I say I have crappy veins and ask if you are the most experienced I'm not being facetious, I'm trying to not walk out with both arms and a wrist wrapped from your dumb-a*s stabbing me so much.
As someone with crappy veins I always mention it because they always end up needing the butterfly needle I don't say it to be annoying I say it to save you some time and some needless pain to myself
Load More Replies...Personally, I don't appreciate being a human pin cushion. When I tell you that you need a butterfly and the best place to stick me, it's because I KNOW MY OWN BODY. I'd rather you not stick me 4 times trying to get blood.
Many health professionals have this stuck up idea that they know you better, especially this profession where the majority of their training literally involved a pin cushion
Load More Replies...The vampire comments are groan worthy, the second is them trying to warn/be helpful (don't be a jerk, people don't like needles and they're nervously diffusing with 'humor').
I have difficult veins myself, and make it a point to warn anyone who is going to do bloodwork on me. I don't joke about it, though.
Kinda stupid since whenever anyone mentions their veins and a specific needle or location cause they can't be drawn from the arms cause some s**t.. that's not a joke they just saying what is so you acknowledge it and go with it instead of looking liking a dumbass and having the patient say I told you so when lo and behold they veins are tiny as f**k or that when the disgusting slab of fat pretending to be a human says the phlebotomist is gonna have a hard time cause no s**t having to play hide and seek through their disgusting fat to get at the veins
Be glad you don't work in the UK, where an entire generation of older people will all exclaim "a pint?!?! That's nearly an armful!!" at the drop of a hat (google Tony Hancock or Hancock's Half Hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcZChdM0OiI Practically a whole armful.....the late , great Tony Hancock
Is phlobotomy a common phrase common people use in the US? I feel like Americans using the proper name for their professions are some kind of weird flex, to get people to take them more seriously or something. When I did this I never said phlebotomy, I just said blood collection because people immediately knew what it was, any time i ever heard someone say phlebotomy is so they can patronisingly explain it to people. I hadnt heard the term used even once by Filipino ladies I worked with who had decades of experience and were so good that kids didnt even notice they were doing it.
If I can't fix a random-ass problem on someone's PC, I get "so do i get a new one hurr hurr" so often it hurts.
It is especially when it is a very notable issue like the hardware being outdated or broken
Load More Replies...Tutor in adult education Student - can't you just do my assessment for me Me - yes I can, but I won't as you can't afford to pay me at least my current wage until I retire, in a lump sum in advance for when I lose my job. You will also not be able to use the qualification you have paid for.
Sometimes you want just break the ice, make a connection, say a joke that is not offensive. What's the problem with that? I've had a lot of good conversation with people I didn't know and they started with "must be free" when there was no price tag. Way better than "call the manager, stupid person".
A lot of these: also known as small talk. People trying to be friendly and initiate conversation. Maybe interact a bit. God forbid!! My Dad loves his Dad jokes with people, I’ve never seen a bad reaction and I usually just laugh and say “Daaaaa-aaaad!”
The reason you never see a bad reaction is because nobody wants to appear rude, but trust me, many of them are internally groaning and rolling their eyes. Think of all the times someone has said something to you that irked you. Remember how you forced a smile instead of snapping their neck? Yeah. That.
Load More Replies...I worked as a mail carrier while studying. I got the "you can keep the bills!" quite often, too, and yes, it was a tad eye-roll worthy, but it also always made the person saying it chuckle and if my presence and job that day made a few seniors' days brighter and helped them have a laugh, I fully endorse the overusage of a stale joke. I might not have liked the joke, but I always appreciated someone trying to make a lighthearted attempt at connecting over something silly for a brief moment - it actually made me like people more because so many just like to say something dad-jokey and smile at you. It is nice!
My cousing works in Zoo. When she cleans the monkey cages during opening hours, EVERY SINGLE PERSON, no matter of his/her age, race, religion or social status, says - LOOK! A MONKEY!
It would simply never occur to me to make that 'joke' so I'm sorry that she gets that all the time.
Load More Replies...I'm ashamed to admit I've used quite a few of these. I'm even more ashamed to say I probably won't stop. Get over it.
If you have the gall to tell people to get over it, then you have absolutely NO right whatsoever to complain about ANYTHING that bothers YOU. Don't be a hypocrite.
Load More Replies...You know what I'm tired of? Socially awkward people trying to dictate to the rest of us how we should behave and what we are allowed to say and not say. This is what is called small talk and it's been going on for generations. No one cares if you are annoyed by it, it's how you try to start a conversation with a stranger to be nice. I know a lot of you suffer from some kind of suppressed social anxiety because your parents never took the time to teach you how to be rational adults, but this is step one, and an easy one at that. Learn it and stop being so insufferable to everyone around you.
When i say that i speak german:"hundert fotokopieren kartofell danke ja nein prost"
Not job related as of yet, but I'm training to be a Mortician, the amount of Frankenstein jokes, as well as accusations of being "necrophiliac" I've had is ridiculous. I'm just fascinated by the science and want to go into the funeral industry and hopefully be able to offer nice funerals for lower prices, since it's so awfully expensive to put a loved one at rest these days... which is awful because you can't help death from happening, and your loved ones deserve a beautiful and respectable funeral, without breaking bank.
I Am A Professional Magician. I have performed over 10,000 shows. EVERYONE of them involves someone asking if I can make someone else disappear!!!!!
Unless you are at least 50 years old and have been performing one show per day, every single day, since you were 20, you couldn't possibly have performed over 10,000 shows.
Load More Replies...Sometimes you want just break the ice, make a connection, say a joke that is not offensive. What's the problem with that? I've had a lot of good conversation with people I didn't know and they started with "must be free" when there was no price tag. Way better than "call the manager, stupid person".
A lot of these: also known as small talk. People trying to be friendly and initiate conversation. Maybe interact a bit. God forbid!! My Dad loves his Dad jokes with people, I’ve never seen a bad reaction and I usually just laugh and say “Daaaaa-aaaad!”
The reason you never see a bad reaction is because nobody wants to appear rude, but trust me, many of them are internally groaning and rolling their eyes. Think of all the times someone has said something to you that irked you. Remember how you forced a smile instead of snapping their neck? Yeah. That.
Load More Replies...I worked as a mail carrier while studying. I got the "you can keep the bills!" quite often, too, and yes, it was a tad eye-roll worthy, but it also always made the person saying it chuckle and if my presence and job that day made a few seniors' days brighter and helped them have a laugh, I fully endorse the overusage of a stale joke. I might not have liked the joke, but I always appreciated someone trying to make a lighthearted attempt at connecting over something silly for a brief moment - it actually made me like people more because so many just like to say something dad-jokey and smile at you. It is nice!
My cousing works in Zoo. When she cleans the monkey cages during opening hours, EVERY SINGLE PERSON, no matter of his/her age, race, religion or social status, says - LOOK! A MONKEY!
It would simply never occur to me to make that 'joke' so I'm sorry that she gets that all the time.
Load More Replies...I'm ashamed to admit I've used quite a few of these. I'm even more ashamed to say I probably won't stop. Get over it.
If you have the gall to tell people to get over it, then you have absolutely NO right whatsoever to complain about ANYTHING that bothers YOU. Don't be a hypocrite.
Load More Replies...You know what I'm tired of? Socially awkward people trying to dictate to the rest of us how we should behave and what we are allowed to say and not say. This is what is called small talk and it's been going on for generations. No one cares if you are annoyed by it, it's how you try to start a conversation with a stranger to be nice. I know a lot of you suffer from some kind of suppressed social anxiety because your parents never took the time to teach you how to be rational adults, but this is step one, and an easy one at that. Learn it and stop being so insufferable to everyone around you.
When i say that i speak german:"hundert fotokopieren kartofell danke ja nein prost"
Not job related as of yet, but I'm training to be a Mortician, the amount of Frankenstein jokes, as well as accusations of being "necrophiliac" I've had is ridiculous. I'm just fascinated by the science and want to go into the funeral industry and hopefully be able to offer nice funerals for lower prices, since it's so awfully expensive to put a loved one at rest these days... which is awful because you can't help death from happening, and your loved ones deserve a beautiful and respectable funeral, without breaking bank.
I Am A Professional Magician. I have performed over 10,000 shows. EVERYONE of them involves someone asking if I can make someone else disappear!!!!!
Unless you are at least 50 years old and have been performing one show per day, every single day, since you were 20, you couldn't possibly have performed over 10,000 shows.
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