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benevolent grin an-

nounced, “Now, this is

more befitting of your

new status.”

—inc.com

Scene: Law office

Lawyer overheard on

the phone with a client:

Why do you call me

when you’re trying to

name your cats, but

you don’t call me when

you’re served with a

subpoena?

—overheardintheoffice.com

My sister and I were

working in our parents’

store when we caught

two women stuffing

baby clothes into their

large purses.

“That’s it,” they said

indignantly as they

threw the clothes on

the counter just before

storming out. “Under

no circumstances will

we ever shop in your

store again!”

—Laurie Sanchez

Kingman, Arizona

I changed my computer

password at work but

didn’t write it down,

so naturally I couldn’t

remember it the next

time I tried to sign on.

I called the help desk

and was asked to hold

while the tech looked

up my password. A

minute later, she came

back on: “Does Stupid

sound familiar?”

—Cindy Swendrowski

Drake, Colorado

My last promotion en-

titled me to a bigger

cubicle. Since I was

comfortable where I

was, I declined the

larger space, but my

boss insisted and had

maintenance workers

expand my cubicle by

18 whole inches.

Once the work was

completed, my boss

stopped by and with a

“It’s a deal. You’ll stop saying cosourcing, and

I’ll stop saying guesstimate.”

Reader’s Digest

70 may 2019 cartoon by Rolli

All

in a Day’s

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