Office Humor

There's no shortage of workers who get fired for doing stupid things on the job. Take, for example, Tamara Vangundy, the Indiana coroner who earlier this month reportedly showed up at a crime scene intoxicated and was subsequently charged with drunk driving. But some people also have very weird reasons for ...

We don't know exactly why human beings laugh. But we do know that's it's for social reasons; laughing isn't something we tend to do alone. This makes humor an excellent tool for settling into a new workplace, at least according to 79 percent of chief financial officers. When the temporary staffing agency ...

Everyone has experienced embarrassing work moments that they'd rather forget: inopportune trips and falls, unfortunate typos, Freudian slips. But admit it. Once the initial humiliation wears off, workplace mistakes are actually kind of funny. Still, while it's virtuous to be able to laugh at one's own ...

No two jobs are alike, but when your job is forcing you to leave home, you're probably doing so in clothes you'd never choose to wear. Of course, many of those in the public eye have official uniforms, leaving them with at least the freedom of not having to worry about what to wear, even if they are being ...

Most companies have "official" signage displayed around the office. You know, signs and posters that follow the corporate style guide for fonts, colors and graphics, according to the marketing department. Every so often, though, employees take messaging matters into their own hands, leading to predictable (and ...

You might have heard an urban legend about a job seeker who goes on a lunch interview with his potential boss. When the meal arrives, the job seeker sprinkles salt on his food before tasting it. Immediately the employer knows she has no interest in hiring this man. The job seeker isn't flexible, but he is ...

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio -- The manager of a cell phone store in Ohio called 911 to report that a gorilla had been attacked by a banana. The Wireless Center in Strongsville, near Cleveland, advertises at curbside with a man in a gorilla suit. Manager Brandon Parham says that he was watching last week as a kid ...

Oh those clever folks at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution! Knowing that a lot of their readers would be groggy and discombobulated at work the day after the Super Bowl, one enterprising columnist by the name of Alexis Stevens asked her Twitter followers to help compile a list of excuses to give their boss this ...

For most people, the job search is not much fun. But every once in awhile a funny job posting comes along that can bring a smile to your face and even spur an interest in the company. Here are a few of my favorites. All images courtesy of Jacob Share, Job Mob ...