The Work/Office Joke Archive (1995-2025) – Page 2

74 Office Groaners: The 2020 “Social Distancing” Edition

Welcome to 2020 – the year the office moved to the kitchen table and “You’re on mute” became the most spoken sentence in human history.… Read More »74 Office Groaners: The 2020 “Social Distancing” Edition

72 Office Groaners: The 2019 “Black Holes & OK Boomer” Edition

Welcome to 2019 – the year we finally saw a picture of a Black Hole (which looked suspiciously like the office coffee budget) and the “Ok Boomer” vs. “Ok Zoomer” wars officially turned the breakroom into a generational battlefield. It’s the year TikTok conquered the world with “Old Town Road,” Disney+ entered the streaming wars, and millions of people joked about Storming Area 51 just to feel something. While the iPhone 11 Pro arrived with its “fidget spinner” stove cameras, the office was busy debating whether the new Sonic the Hedgehog design was a crime against humanity.

71 Office Groaners: The 2018 “GDPR & Fortnite” Edition

Welcome to 2018 – the year your inbox died a slow death from thousands of GDPR “Privacy Policy Update” emails and the entire world started doing the “Floss” dance. It’s the year TikTok officially arrived to eat the attention spans of your interns, and everyone in the office used FaceApp to see exactly how wrinkled they’ll be when they finally pay off their student loans. While the IT department is frantically patching the Spectre and Meltdown bugs, the rest of the staff is shouting “Wakanda Forever!” in the breakroom and wondering if Bitcoin will ever go back to 20k.

78 Office Groaners: The 2017 “Fidget Spinners & FaceID” Edition

Welcome to 2017 – the year the office sounded like a swarm of bees thanks to Fidget Spinners and everyone started staring at their phones just to unlock them. It’s the year Apple deleted the Home button with the iPhone X, forcing us to master “gestures” like we were performing magic tricks. While the IT department is busy “mining” Bitcoin on the company servers, everyone else is under their desks playing The Legend of Zelda on the newly launched Nintendo Switch. It’s the year of Salt Bae, Wonder Woman, and the Great Solar Eclipse that gave everyone a 2-minute excuse to stand in the parking lot and look at the sun.

69 Office Groaners: The 2016 “Pokémon GO & No Headphone Jack” Edition

Welcome to 2016 – the year the office became a PokéStop and the HR department had to issue a memo titled “No, you cannot catch a Pikachu during the Board Meeting.” It’s the year Apple courageously removed the headphone jack, forcing us all into the “Dongle Life,” and the Mannequin Challenge froze productivity in every hallway. While the world debated Brexit and a very loud Election, we were all busy trying to figure out if Slack was actually better than talking to people and why the intern was obsessed with Musical.ly.

77 Office Groaners: The 2015 “The Dress & Windows 10” Edition

Welcome to 2015 – the year the office nearly imploded over whether “The Dress” was blue and black or white and gold (it was a productivity disaster). It’s the year Microsoft finally apologized for everything by releasing Windows 10, the Apple Watch arrived to make us look at our wrists every 30 seconds, and the phrase “Netflix and Chill” became the most awkward thing for a manager to say at a staff meeting. While we’re all saying goodbye to Internet Explorer, we’re saying hello to Apple Music and trying to figure out why everyone is suddenly obsessed with “Left Shark.”

74 Office Groaners: The 2014 “Ice Buckets & iPhone 6” Edition

Welcome to 2014 – the year the office got soaking wet thanks to the Ice Bucket Challenge and everyone started ditching internal emails for a purple app called Slack. It’s the era of the iPhone 6 (and the fear of it bending in your pocket), the debut of Amazon Alexa (bringing a new voice into our homes), and the release of Interstellar, which perfectly described how a one-hour meeting can feel like seven years on a different planet. While the world is obsessing over the “Oscars Selfie,” we’re just trying to figure out if our data is safe after the “Heartbleed” bug and why everyone is suddenly wearing Flappy Bird-inspired frowns.

74 Office Groaners: The 2013 “Vine & Let It Go” Edition

Welcome to 2013 – the year Microsoft admitted its mistake and released Windows 8.1, bringing back the “Start” button, and the world went Vine-mad, trying to encapsulate office life in 6-second loops. It’s the year GTA V launched (which destroyed what little focus IT departments had left) and Chromecast debuted. Offices are humming “Let It Go” as they try to manage their growing pile of unread emails, and Slack is slowly knocking on the door, promising the death of internal email.

80 Office Groaners: The 2012 “Maya Apocalypse & Gangnam Style” Edition

Welcome to 2012 – the year we were all supposed to perish according to the Mayan Calendar, but instead, we just got Windows 8 and a Korean pop star dancing like he was riding an invisible horse. It’s the year of “Gangnam Style” flash mobs in the breakroom, the debut of the Tesla Model S, and the launch of Windows 8, which removed the “Start” button and sent the entire global workforce into a state of blind panic. While we’re all busy asking “Is the world ending on Friday?”, we’re also trying to figure out how to use Google Drive and why Instagram was just bought for a billion dollars.

76 Office Groaners: The 2011 “Siri & Google+” Edition

Welcome to 2011 – the year we started talking to our phones and they actually (sometimes) talked back. It’s the year of Siri, the launch of the “Ghost Town” known as Google+, and the final Harry Potter movie that left us wondering what to talk about at the water cooler. While Minecraft is officially leaving Beta to destroy the last of our productivity, iCloud is promising to store our lives in the sky, and everyone is trying to figure out why the boss is suddenly obsessed with “The Cloud” and Snapchat.

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