Reader\'s Digest USA - 04.2020

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

Reader’s Digest

88 april 2020

mark parisi/offthemark.com

All

in a Day’s

WORK