of clean clothes and
didn’t feel like doing
laundry.”
—Lauren Emily
on Facebook, via
buzzfeed.com
Office Motto Makeovers
✦Nothing ruins a
Friday more than the
understanding that
today is Tuesday.
✦Feeling stressed out?
Make a nice cup of hot
tea and then spill it in
the lap of whoever’s
bugging you.
✦The only thing worse
than seeing something
done wrong is seeing it
done slowly.
—humorthatworks.com
After pulling three
double shifts in a row,
my brother Billy, a
hotel clerk, was worn
out. On one of his
At a loss for words? So
were these employees:
✦I forgot the word ar-
ticulate in an interview
and instead said, “I’m
good at saying things.”
—@kathy_hirst
✦I couldn’t remember
the term lab coat so
had to go with
“science blazer.”
—@Rustmonster
✦I am a librarian, and
I forgot the word book.
So I told a new patron,
“We have a diverse
selection of thingies.”
—@DunsLibrarian
A coworker once
showed up to the office
in a white wedding
dress with a crinoline,
beading—the works.
When our manager
asked why she’d worn
her wedding dress to
the office, my coworker
replied, “I was out
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