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When you see an item in the flyer, by the time you get to the store its either sold out or the price has doubled.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, stores, contentment, time

The person at the meeting or discussion who is right will be the person who is not listened and will later be blamed for coming up with the bad idea.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, people, meetings, idea, bad luck, rightness, bad

Just when you have no cash, you are in great pain and got to the bank to find the bank computers offline.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, money, bankers, computers, pain, contentment

Bills travel through the mail at twice as fast as checks.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about bills, fasting

No man is an island, until it comes to paying the bills.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about bills, man

If you have a little extra money to blow, something will break, and cost more than that little extra.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about money, contentment

If you don't want it, there is plenty of it; If you really need it, they're all out of it.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, need, contentment

The more you like a product, the more likely it will be discontinued.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, contentment

If you are shopping to find a certain thing, no matter how simple it may be, no matter where you go, you will find every conceivable thing except that which you are looking for.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, things, contentment

The one time you didn't make a copy of your 1040, that's the one the IRS did not receive.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, time, contentment

I'm as good as my Employer.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about employers, good, good luck

Slog all day and no-one notices, take a 5 minute breather to play Window's Solitaire and the boss silently appears behind you.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, heads, day, contentment

All urgent and critical reports are handed out on Friday evening and are due first thing Monday morning.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about irony, things

The best time to ask for a raise is when everything has gone wrong and your boss is in a panic mode.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about salary, heads, bad, time

Never ask for a raise after you have successfully completed a project.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about salary, contentment

If you do it right the first time, you will not be asked to resolve the problem and therefore will not be in a position to ask for a raise.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about salary, rightness, contentment, time

Expenses rise to exceed income.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about bills

Just In Time inventory isn't.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about time

In a line the biggest order is in the front, and the customer has coupons and wants to write a check.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about order, customers

In a 24 hour store, there are 5 customers in the store and they always come to the register at the same time, and again the customer with the largest order is the first one in line.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about commerce, customers, stores, order, time