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Work Jokes - Office Humor at it's finest!

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By konradblj


Office Pranks at its finest
Office Pranks at its finest

Congrats! You've found the work jokes hub! You can expect to read some of the funniest work-related jokes here.
You're probably one of the many people that does not like their job, or flat out hates it. So, what's better than a little bit of humor to make the son shine just a little bit brigther?

At my old (crappy) job I was that guy that does a round of the department floor telling everyone a joke, just to get them off to a good start. So, check out the jokes and 'bring a joke to work' tomorrow and cheer some people up!

Also, to all you lawyers, we love you, but since you're making so much money, I'm sure you don't mind being the butt of many work related jokes, right? :)

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The Great Wise Senior Accountant - 10/19/2009

A young accountant spends a week at his new office with the retiring accountant he is replacing. Each and every morning as the more experienced accountant begins the day, he opens his desk drawer, takes out a worn envelope, removes a yellowing sheet of paper, reads it, nods his head, looks around the room with renewed vigor, returns the envelope to the drawer, and then begins his day's work.
After he retires, the new accountant can hardly wait to read for himself the message contained in the envelope in the drawer, particularly since he feels so inadequate in replacing the far wiser and more highly esteemed accountant. Surely, he thinks to himself, it must contain the great secret to his success, a wondrous treasure of inspiration and motivation. His fingers tremble anxiously as he removes the mysterious envelope from the drawer and reads the following message:

"Debits in the column toward the file cabinet.
Credits in the column toward the window."


Working for the Feds - 10/05/2009

The F.B.I. are hiring new people. Jim goes to the first and they say to him:
"Take this gun, go in that room and kill your wife."
"No way!" And he leaves.

Next is Bill. He takes the gun goes in the room and gets out and says:
"My wife is more important that this job, and leaves."

The last one is Tim. He takes the gun, goes inside and after 2 minutes some shoot guns, some slamming and screams come from the room. After a while the man gets out the room with blood all over and says:
"Who is the idiot that gave me a gun with fake bullets? I had to kill her with the chair..."


Honesty - 09/28/2009

"If you're going to work here young man," said the boss, "one of the two things you must know is that we are very keen on cleanliness in this firm."
"Did you wipe your feet on the mat as you came in?"
"Oh, yes, sir!" responded the young man.
"And the number one thing we are very keen on is truthfulness. There is no mat." said the boss...


The CEO's Envelopes - 09/28/2009

Morris had just been hired as the new CEO of a large high tech corporation. The CEO who was stepping down met with him privately and presented him with three numbered envelopes: #1, #2 and #3.

"Open these if you run up against a problem you don't think you can solve," the departing CEO said.

Well, things went along pretty smoothly, but six months later, sales took a downturn and Morris was really catching a lot of heat. About at his wit's end, he remembered the envelopes. He went to his drawer and took out the first envelope.

The message read, "Blame your predecessor."

Morris, the new CEO, called a press conference and tactfully laid the blame at the feet of the previous CEO. Satisfied with his comments, the press – and Wall Street – responded positively, sales began to pick up and the problem was soon behind him.

About a year later, the company was again experiencing a slight dip in sales, combined with serious product problems. Having learned from his previous experience, the CEO quickly opened the second envelope.

The message read, "Reorganize." This he did, and the company quickly rebounded.

After several consecutive profitable quarters, the company once again fell on difficult times. Morris went to his office, closed the door and opened the third envelope.

The message said, "Prepare three envelopes..."


Wall Street Boat Race - 09/21/2009

The Americans and the Japanese decided to engage in a competitive boat race. Both teams practiced hard and long to reach their peak performance. On the big day the Japanese won by a mile.
The American team was discouraged by the loss. Morale sagged. Corporate management decided that the reason for the crushing defeat had to be found, so a consulting firm was hired to investigate the problem and recommend corrective action.

The consultant's finding: The Japanese team had eight people rowing and one person steering; the American team had one person rowing and eight people steering. After a year of study and millions spent analyzing the problem, the American team's management structure was completely reorganized. The new structure: four steering managers, three area steering managers, and a new performance review system for the person rowing the boat to provide work incentive.

The next year, the Japanese won by two miles!

Humiliated, the American corporation laid off the rower for poor performance and gave the managers a bonus for discovering the problem.

Low Bridge Ahead - 09/14/2009

A truck driver was driving on a busy highway. Down the road, a sign reads, "low bridge ahead." Before the truck driver realizes it, the bridge is right ahead of him. Slamming his brakes, he cannot prevent his truck from sliding under the bridge and he gets hopelessly stuck. Cars are backed up on the highway for miles

Eventually, a police car shows up. The cop steps out of his car, walks around the truck and comes up to the driver and while putting his hands in his hip he says "Got your truck stuck, huh?"

Seemingly annoyed with the whole situation, the truck driver responds, "No, I was delivering this bridge and I ran out of gas"


The "Wake-Up-On-Time" Pill - 09/14/2009

Tom had this problem of getting up late in the morning and was always late for work. His boss was mad at him and threatened to fire him if he didn't do something about it. So Tom went to his doctor who gave him a pill and told him to take it before he went to bed. Tom slept well, and in fact, beat the alarm in the morning. He had a leisurely breakfast and drove cheerfully to work.

"Boss", he said, "The pill actually worked!"

"That's all fine," said the boss, "But where were you yesterday?"

The Slacker - 09/07/2009

A business owner decides to take a tour around his business and see how things are going. He goes down to the shipping docks and sees a young man leaning against the wall doing nothing. The owner walks up to the young man and says, "Son, how much do you make a day?"

The guy replies, "150 dollars."

The owner pulls out his wallet, gives him $150, and tells him to get out and never come back.

A few minutes later, the shipping clerk asks the owner, "Have you seen the UPS driver?? I asked him to wait here for me!"


The $5,000 Loan - 09/07/2009

A businessman walked into a New York City bank and asked for the loan officer. He said he was going to Europe on business for two weeks and needed to borrow $5,000. The loan officer said the bank would need some security for such a loan.

The business man then handed over the keys to a Rolls Royce that was parked on the street in front of the bank. Everything checked out and the loan officer accepted the car as collateral for the loan. An employee then drove the Rolls into the bank's underground garage and parked it there.

Two weeks later the businessman returned, repaid the $5,000 and the interest which came to $15.41.

The loan officer said, "We do appreciate your business and this transaction has worked out very nicely, but we are a bit puzzled. While you were away we checked and found that you are a multimillionaire. What puzzles us is why you would bother to borrow $5,000?"

The business man replied: "Where else in New York City can I park my car for two weeks for fifteen bucks?"

Quick Promotions - 09/07/2009

The boss called one of his employees into the office. "Rob," he said, "you've been with the company for a year now. You started off in the mail room, one week later you were promoted to a sales position, and one month after that you were promoted to district manager of the sales department. Just four short months later, you were promoted to vice-president. Now, it's time for me to retire, and I want you to take over the company. What do you say to that?"

"Thanks Dad!" said the employee :)

We don't have that - 09/07/2009

A store manager overheard a clerk saying to a customer, "No, ma'am, we haven't had any for some weeks now, and it doesn't look as if we'll be getting any soon."

Alarmed by what was being said, the manager rushed over to the customer who was walking out the door and said, "That isn't true, ma'am. Of course, we'll have some soon. In fact, we placed an order for it a couple of weeks ago."

Then the manager drew the clerk aside and growled, "Never, never, never, never say we don't have something. If we don't have it, say we ordered it and it's on its way. Now, what was it she wanted?"

The clerk smiled and said ...

"Rain."

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Mindfulness profile image

Mindfulness  says:
3 months ago

Hah,good one on We Don't Have That LOL! After all, I guess the customer is always right huh. You made my day!

annajtx profile image

annajtx  says:
3 months ago

The Slacker jokes are always good, really shows how it's not always good to jump the gun, I'm sure those type of things happen a lot 'in real life'

Anyway, nice hubpage, looking forward for more job / work related jokes!

danielpeterson profile image

danielpeterson  says:
3 months ago

Quick Promotions is a great Joke. It shows how it works on most companies :)

Thanks for the hub!!!

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Johnny Franklin  says:
3 months ago

Okay here's my own:

A man was being interviewed for a job. "Were you in the service?" ask the interviewer.

"Yes, I was a Marine," responded the applicant.

"Did you see any active duty?"

"I was in Vietnam for 2 years and I have a partial disability."

"May I ask what happened?"

"Well, I had a grenade go off between my legs and I lost both testicles."

"You're hired. You can start Monday at 10 am."

"When does everyone else start? I don't want any preferential treatment because of my disability."

"Everyone else starts at 7 am but I might as well be honest with you. Nothing gets done between 7 and 10. We just sit around scratching our balls trying to decide what to do first."

Win2Win profile image

Win2Win  says:
3 months ago

Thanks for the work jokes, adds a bit of laughter to the work day. More pages like this please :o)

jessica79 profile image

jessica79  says:
3 months ago

The "Wake-Up-On-Time" Pill is a classic. I love it. My boss will have a lot of fun when I tell him :) Thanks a lot!!!

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Online Law Book  says:
3 months ago

Ha, ha - congrats to the "slacker" are in order!

Perhaps someone could make one of those how-to eBooks out of this concept. Ah, I can see the headline already: "How A 21 Year Old College Drop Out Made 50K Per Year Getting Fired!".

candyw profile image

candyw  says:
3 months ago

Always great to laugh and these are funny

jeffwend profile image

jeffwend  says:
3 months ago

Too funny, great hub

Big Momma profile image

Big Momma  says:
3 months ago

These work jokes are hilarious! I especially like the Wall Street boat race - great hub!

BlueSkyBright profile image

BlueSkyBright  says:
3 months ago

work jokes are always great and very welcome...

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Custom Pool Cues  says:
2 months ago

Bravo! It's refreshing to see this hub with work jokes that are both funny and clean. So often someone at the office provides off-color jokes that really shouldn't be repeated. Thanks! Now if only I can remember some of them....

dealingwithstress profile image

dealingwithstress  says:
2 months ago

Hey Great Jokes!

It's a good way to bust stress.

Love the 'Wall Street Boat Race'

Great Hub!

Jran  says:
2 months ago

These are great jokes and they are starting me off to a great day. My favorite is the Boat race. So true.

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FinancePortal  says:
2 months ago

The "Wall Street Boat Race" joke went down well with a group of my clients - who work for an international consultancy ;-) Thanks!

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richardsonlynda  says:
2 months ago

hey this is great hub... thanks for sharing

i really liked The $5,000 Loan - 09/07/2009 this is awesome $15 hahahaha

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jasonweb20  says:
2 months ago

Always great to laugh and these are funny... i really like the honesty... Honesty - 09/28/2009... lol it was really honest

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neilclues  says:
2 months ago

A young businessman had just started his own firm. He rented a beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques. Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wishing to appear the hot shot, the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he had a big deal working.

He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments. Finally he hung up and asked the visitor, "Can I help you?"

The man said, "Yeah, I've come to activate your phone lines."

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konradblj  says:
2 months ago

nice one Neil!!

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