There is much humor to be found in business and many a true word is said in jest. Who sells the cheapest products, the manufacturer or wholesaler? The security guards do. 

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The employer was asked how many employees he had working for him. ‘Roughly half,’ he replied. Then there was the disgruntled employee who protested that he was the only one being fired for being caught sleeping on the job. His boss agreed but reminded him that he was the only one who did so when sleeping with his wife.

We all know the Chinese make everything. A quick-witted wag retorted that the Chinese wall was the only Chinese product that lasted more than four weeks.’

Banks come in for some humor. The business owner confronts his branch manager. ‘My cheque has been marked insufficient funds, you or me?’

The Spanish civil servant complained to her colleague. ‘Because of the recession, the boss wants us to do the same as three people. Thank God there are five of us.’

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Talking of Spain leads us to focus on the holiday trade. The boss asks an employee if he likes warm beer. The answer is an emphatic no. ‘Do you like sweaty women?’ Again, the employee shakes his head. ‘Good,’ the boss replies. ‘You take your holidays in the peak of winter.’

A prospective employee was asked why he had left his previous employment. He replied that the company had relocated but refused to tell him where it had relocated to. Tax returns are said to be the most popular fiction in the business community. 

Shoppers bear the brunt of many jests. I am reminded of the customer who complained that his expensively bought energy-saving light bulb didn’t work. ‘It is an energy saver,’ he was told. ‘It isn’t supposed to work.’ BE A CITIZEN JOURNALIST > POST OUR STORIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA