Dive into the archives.
- #2241
Reporter: “He wants us to say what we’re thankful for, in a meeting at 2:30 p.m. the day before Thanksgiving?” Other reporter: “I’m thankful we only have these staff meetings every other Wednesday.”
- #2240
News Reporter: “I heard that I can get double overtime pay if I work on Thanksgiving and Christmas.” Producer: “Man, you really are hungry.”
- #2239
Web Manager: “Check how bad the site looks in IE 6.” Web Designer: “So? Who is using IE 6 still?” Web Manager: “Our GM.”
- #2238
Source complains to reporter that they are only reporting on a trial to sell newspapers. Reporter: “When you figure out what sells newspapers, you let me know.”
- #2237
Reporter greeting City Editor: “You’re smiling. Has there been a murder?”
- #2236
Producer after accidentally saving homepage with nothing on it: “Oh shit.” Web Editor: “What?” Producer: “Nothing. Just don’t hit refresh.”
- #2235
“I always come into work hungover on Saturdays; I mean, you write the best stories when you have the shakes.”
- #2234
Sports Editor: “How do you spell ‘masturbate?’” News Editor: “You don’t.”
- #2233
Assignment Editor, unable to break away from ringing phones: “Someone hand me a Coke bottle — I’ve GOT to pee.”
- #2232
Editor, talking about FarmVille feature: “It’s so strange. He says in his story that 63 million people play it, yet he can only find two sources…”
- #2231
Director: “I hate everything I do here.”
- #2230
Columnist filling out journalism contest entry form: “Shit. I almost put ‘alcohol’ where it asks you your hobbies.”
- #2229
Video Producer on popularity of a story about a guy claiming to be Jesus: “Those are some tough sandals to fill.”
- #2228
Male Designer: “Philosophical question: ‘How does one move their hips like yeah?’” Female Designer: “I can’t show you at work.”
- #2227
Assignment Editor after wearily searching: “Who do I have to blow to get a phone book around here?”
- #2226
An Associate Editor trash talking a Senior Editor: “It’s been fun watching her lately. Her articles are sucking harder than Creed live.”
- #2225
Editor 1: “Why’s this story ‘competitive’? I saw it on Gawker at noon.” Editor 2: “The story’s competitive; we aren’t.”
- #2224
“Explain to me why I can’t find a pen in this desk but there’s a drawer full of empty wine bottles.”
- #2223
Reporter, whose computer just crashed: “Are computers like dogs? Can they sense fear?”
- #2222
“You need to explain your editorial cartoon and you want us to run it? Can you go to the home of all our readers?”
