This transcript is from a preliminary hearing conducted concerning a robbery which occurred in San Diego:

TO: ALL EMPLOYEES
FROM: MANAGEMENT
Dear Staff,
It is advised that you come to work dressed according to your salary. If we
see you wearing Prada sneakers and carrying a Gucci Bag we assume that you are
doing well financially and therefore you do not need a raise.
If you dress poorly, you need to learn to manage your money better, so that
you may buy nicer clothes and therefore you do not need a raise.
If you dress in-between, you are right where you need to be and therefore you
do not need a raise.
PERSONAL DAYS:
Each employee will receive 104 personal days a year. They are called Saturday
and Sunday.
LUNCH BREAKS:
Skinny size people get 30 minutes for lunch to get to eat more so that they
can look healthy.
Normal size people get 15 minutes for lunch to get a balanced meal to
maintain their average figure.
Fat people get 5 minutes for lunch, because that's all the time needed to
drink a Slim Fast and take a diet pill
SICK DAYS:
If you are sick and go to the doctor and the doctor gives you a note for the excused day for sickness, you will not be excused. If you are able to go to
the doctor, you are able to come to work.
RESTROOM USE:
Entirely too much time is being spent in the restroom.
There is now a strict 3-minute time limit in the stalls. At the end of three minutes, an alarm will sound, the toilet paper roll will retract, the stall
door will open and a picture will be taken. After your second offense, your
picture will be posted on the company bulletin board under the
"Chronic Offender" category.
SURGERY:
As long as you are employee here, you need all your organs.
You should not consider removing anything. We hired you intact. To have
something removed constitutes a breach of employment.
Thank you for your loyalty to our company. We are here to provide a positive employment experience. Therefore, all questions, comments, concerns,
complaints, frustrations, irritations, aggravations,insinuations, allegations,
accusations, contemplation, consternation and input should be directed elsewhere.
Have a nice week!
LORD & MASTER
THE CORPORATE SCRIPTURES
In the beginning...
SAFETY SLIDE SHOW
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Best Defense
A defense attorney was cross-examining a police officer during a felony
trial - it went like this:
"Q. Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
"A. No sir, but I subsequently observed a person matching the description
of the offender running several blocks away.
"Q. Officer, who provided this description?
"A. The officer who responded to the scene.
"Q. A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender.
Do you trust your fellow officers?
"A. Yes sir, with my life.
"Q. With your life? Let me ask you this then, officer do you have a locker
room in the police station a room where you change your clothes in
preparation for you daily duties?
"A. Yes sir, we do.
"Q. And do you have a locker in that room?
"A. Yes sir, I do.
"Q. And do you have a lock on your locker?
"A. Yes sir.
"Q. Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your
life, that you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share
with those same officers?
"A. You see, sir, we share the building with a court complex, and sometimes
lawyers have been known to walk through that room.
With that, the courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt recess was
called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year's "Best
come-back" line, and we think he'll win.
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SALARY SURVEY
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DE-MOTIVATIONAL SLIDE SHOW
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EMPLOYEE REVIEW - COMMENTS
Since my last report, this employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig."
"His men would follow him anywhere but only out of morbid curiosity."
"This associate is really not so much a has-been, but more of a definitely won't be."
"Works well when under constant supervision and cornered like a rat in a trap."
"When she opens her mouth, it seems that this is only to change whichever foot was previously in there."
"He would be out of his depth in a parking lot puddle."
"This young lady has delusions of adequacy."
"He sets low personal standards and then consistently fails to achieve them."
"This employee should go far -- and the sooner he starts, the better we'll be."
"This employee is depriving a village somewhere of an idiot."
"This employee should not be allowed to breed."
SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL UNITED
WAY
The local United Way office
realized that it had never received a donation from the town's most successful
lawyer. The volunteer in charge of contributions called him to persuade
him to contribute. "Our research shows that out of a yearly income
of more than $600,000, you give not a penny to charity. Wouldn't
you like to give back to the community in some way?" he asked.
The lawyer mulled this over
for a moment and replied, "First, did your research also show that my mother is dying after a long illness, and has medical bills that are several times her annual income?" Embarrassed, the United Way rep mumbled "Um ... No."
The lawyer continued "Second,
that my brother, a disabled veteran, is blind and confined to a wheelchair?"
The stricken United Way rep began to stammer out an apology, but was cut
off. "Third, that my sister's husband died in a traffic accident,"
the lawyer's voice rising in indignation, "leaving her penniless with
three children?"
The humiliated United Way
rep, completely beaten, said simply, "I had no idea . . .," but on a roll
now, the lawyer cut him off once again, " . . . and I don't give any money
to them, so why should I give any to you?!"
THE LAWYER EGO
Q: What's the difference between
God and a lawyer?
A: God knows he's not a lawyer.
IT'S IRRELEVANT!
This is a short excerpt from a deposition I took one time which began taking on the feeling of a Marx Brothers movie. (Of course the names have been changed to protect the participants from embarrassment.)
Mr. Phin: Do you know what regulatory agencies
govern the operation of the Power Plant?
Mr. Smith: Objection, calls for legal
conclusions.
Mr. Phin: Im asking for his knowledge.
Im not asking for a legal conclusion. Im asking for Mr. Jones knowledge.
Mr. Smith: Why dont you phrase the
question that way. In your opinion, Mr. Jones, which regulatory agencies
have jurisdiction over the Power Plant?
Mr. Phin: Then youll tell me Im asking
for an opinion and conclusion.
Mr. Smith: Ill state the objection
for the record and let him answer the question.
Mr. Phin: In your opinion, Mr. Jones,
which regulatory agencies govern the operation of the Power Plant?
Mr. Smith: Objection, calls for a legal
and factual conclusion, but go ahead and answer. For the record, its also
irrelevant.
Mr. Phin: Yeah, and its big and gray
and works in the circus.
Reporter: Could you repeat that please?
Mr. Smith: I want counsel's last remarks on the record.
Mr. Phin: Its big and gray and works
in the circus. Its irrelevant.
(Courtesy of the Marx Brothers) Note: Relevance is not a proper objection in a deposition, it was late in the day, and all I could think of was Chico Marx.
THE MOB LAWYER?
Q: What do you get when you cross a
lawyer with The Godfather?
A: An offer you cant understand.
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