# Work Jokes- Does Your Job Have It's Own?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-jokes-does-your-job-have-its-own/460499
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [August 19, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-jokes-does-your-job-have-its-own/460499 "2008-08-19T00:19:12Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-jokes-does-your-job-have-its-own/460499/42 "2008-08-24T14:16:56Z")
[QUOTE=ASAKMOTSD]
“rm -rf ~/\* will fix that problem for you”
Hilarity will ensue…
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that it will. 🙂
Oops. that wasn’t supposed to happen…
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### Author:  [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2008, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-jokes-does-your-job-have-its-own/460499/43 "2008-08-24T15:14:49Z")
On Fridays I like to say, “Is it Monday yet?”
On Fridays my previous boss would come in and say, “Crafter\_Man, you did such a great job this week, I’m going to give you the next two days off.”
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### Author:  [@Khampelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khampelf)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2008, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-jokes-does-your-job-have-its-own/460499/44 "2008-08-24T16:18:23Z")
Back when I was a civil servant, there were a few running jokes, mostly mine.
I’d take any chance to be insufferably cheerful early in the AM.
“Good Morning!! Is everyone ready for another fun filled, slap happy day at the \_\_\_\_\_\_\_?”
Whenever the inspectors left, I’d either give them a Hill Street Blues style “Hey, let’s be careful out there.” Or
“Be safe, spread hate and discontent.”
The unofficial motto of the agency was “Please understand, we don’t care, really.”
Bureaucrats suck. But the best of us suck in interesting ways. (pre-empt ‘cunning linguist’ ref.)
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### Author:  [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-jokes-does-your-job-have-its-own/460499/45 "2008-08-24T16:25:49Z")
I’m a lawyer.
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### Author:  [@Alistair\_McCello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alistair_McCello)
#### Post date: [August 24, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-jokes-does-your-job-have-its-own/460499/46 "2008-08-24T17:24:00Z")
The company I work for makes testing chambers that are used to subject products to extreme temperatures, humidity, pressure, and vibration.
The vibration testers are called ‘shakers’ or ‘shaker tables’, and the joke is that when a new employee is being given a tour of all of the products they say something along the lines of “Shakers? Why aren’t they call vibra… ooohh.”
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### Author:  [@Ichbin\_Dubist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichbin_Dubist)
#### Post date: [August 25, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/work-jokes-does-your-job-have-its-own/460499/47 "2008-08-25T01:20:02Z")
[QUOTE=MadPansy64]
“I can’t work under these conditions!” announced in tones of righteous indignation about truly trivial issues – shortage of blue post-its, one cinnamon cake-donut, a coworker wearing an especially cute (or ugly) shirt, anything and everything trivial.
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About 20 years ago, I was a lowly bookstore clerk – huge line of customers and I was running out of change. My cute assistant manager (whom I did not know well) happened by.
Me: Jen, when you get a chance, I need some change.
Jen [distraught]: _Your_ needs! What about _my needs?!?_ [Storms off]
The customers who heard gave me an “uh-oh” look. She came back in about 5 minutes with change and a wicked grin.
For about a year, it was the deadpan answer to any request. What about my needs?
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