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"Nothing personal, I just wanted to see if I still had it."

"I don't want a G.O.A.T, I want a S.C.A.P.E.G.O.A.T."

"They decided giving out pink slips was too impersonal. So now they're blue."

"Repeat after me: We are delivering the proactive core value promises and rolling out our real time best practice action plan going forward ..."

Office temperature.

"But if you were a real boy you wouldn't be allowed to work such long hours."

"He's not a big fan of micromanaging."

Boss: Suggestion Box Bin

"Don't tell me you're not hungover, it's nine a.m. and you just clocked out."

"Here's your hourly job performance review."

'As you know, Wilson, our CEO screwed up big time, so he was fired and gets a big bonus. But because of his mistakes, you just get fired.'

"Jenkins, come in and pull up a bean bag."

Waste Management.

'If there's one thing I've learnt from being a good manager, it's taking credit where it isn't due!'

"It's the new management structure, the worker's the one at the bottom..."

'I have great job security since management doesn't even know I work here.'

'How can the employees accuse me of running a sweatshop? Don't I let them go home after midnight?'

'I'm sorry, but there's just no room in the budget for upward mobility... We're all making sacrifices...After all, I haven't been promoted in over twenty years.'

"Wait a minute! I don’t ignore the concerns of my employees! I listen to them, I discuss with them... and then I ignore them."

The Buck Stops Here.

"Relax. I just wanted to tell you that you're doing a good job."

"The new boss might seem severe, but he won't bite your head off!"

'Finally, here's your chance to do something extraordinarily good for our company - quit and start working for the competitor!'

Employer of the month...and every month.

"I need you to look at the big picture, Boswell. Not the little one of my trophy wife."

Puppet workers.

"I have to create a few loose ends for other people to clear up."

"I like your attitude, Peterson!"

Yes-Man Training Seminar.

"Krishnan, why is it when you enter my room there's a general absence of hope?"

"In this office I'm the dog and you are the sheep! When I bark, you move!"

'It's definitely a 'hands-on' style of leadership.'

"It says 'how about putting a slot in the suggestion box'. Well, I don't know how that got in there."

I'm the vice president of something or other...

"I'm not sure they fully understand the concept of annual stocktaking."