9 to 5 - Bossisms 1
Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 8:25PM
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My boss' boss is a character, and has a great way of observing and commenting on the ridiculous nature of the corporate workplace. We call his sayings "Bossisms."
 
On people in other teams who overcomplicate simple tasks:
 
"They're trying to pole vault a mouse turd here."
 
On a colleague who was trying valiantly to make the best of a bad thing:
 
"Now you're trying to put a marshmallow on a mouseturd and tell me it's rocky road."
 
Following an HR-violation comment which had conjured the idea of a somewhat rotund colleague in the nude:
 
 "Don't you wish your mind's eye had an eyelid?"
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