That’s what they said

Life around the office can get pretty interesting. Take that time two of my coworkers got into an e-mail argument and used the little “on fire” icons to denote the importance of the e-mail and ardor of their emotions. Or the day several years ago when my bosses called a “stand-up meeting” that resulted in telling us several of our coworkers’ jobs were being deleted. (This is the cause of the phobia of stand-up meetings that cripples our floor.) Or, you know, whenever we have a story meeting for the magazine and all kinds of crazy things get mentioned and I end up having to try to direct attention back to the topic on hand. Kind of like herding cats.

So in honor of new episodes of one of my favorite shows, “The Office,” I decided to keep track of some of my favorite quotes from around the hallways and offices this week. So enjoy!

“Time flies fast when you’re having . . . something.” (This came in reference to the fact that I’ll celebrate my fifth anniversary with the company on May 1 and it doesn’t seem like I’ve been here that long.)

“He needs to put on his man pants and grow up.” (Sorry, man pants still makes me laugh!)

“Man, that’s a sweet pink sweater you have on today. What are you, looking for a fight?” (a question I overheard someone ask my boss who was wearing a pink sweater vest and shirt combo. I don’t think he cared much for the question)

“I bet he wears tighty-whiteys. If he’d just wear boxer briefs, he’d be so less uptight.” (This discussion then took a left turn straight into the level of uptightness apparent in someone compared the tightness of their underwear. Yeah. We went there.)

“Man, he has his panties in a twist. And we just gave him a wedgie.”

“Some things should just be easy. Why aren’t they?”

Woman: “He is so hormonal.” Guy: “Maybe it’s menopause.” Woman: “Well, I could relate to that.” Guy: “I’m not touching that!”

“That’s butter on your pancakes.” (The comment was meant as an “extra” or something like that. My coworker Karen and I decided it could very well serve as a bad pick-up line. Let me know if it works out for you.)

“They want me to speak at their large women’s conference. I mean large group women’s conference, not just leadership!”

Male coworker: “I’m not good with car stuff. Now, if you have a baseball problem, I’m your man. Me: “And I have baseball problems so often.”