Winner
It's milli, not million… by Larry ShadeHonorable Mentions
"This is how the lab scales up!" by Jake Mueller
"Supposedly they’re for the company picnic!" by John Opiola
"I said beaker! Not bigger" by Peter G. Lauzon
"Brilliant! We’re sure to win best float in the Founder’s Day parade…" by Larry Shade
Other Submissions
"Corporate said we could only order one more shipment." by Nathan Winfield
"So, this came in for the VP’s birthday party…." by George Lavoie
"Scaling up the process isn’t the same without a Chemical Engineer…" by Orlando Rainey
"Sooo, these are the DNA samples from Godzilla??" by Ferman Prewitt
"I guess Supply Chain didn’t notice that decimal point!" by Denny Clinton
"I’m gonna go talk to supply chain about those beakers we ordered this morning..…." by Denny Clinton
"Green slime is so environmentally more acceptable." by Ralph Sager
"Too big for us to use in the lab, but perfect for jello shooters!" by James B. Turley
"I guess purchasing finally listened to me. I told them I wanted a sample jar for the next chemical shipment." by Tricia Foster
"WOW these are bigger than life itself." by Donald Drummond
"The supplier took us literally when we said we wanted to be able measure how much material we were purchasing." by Durrenberger
"I told them I needed an exact quantity, but this is ridiculous!!" by Robert L. Dotson
"These new smoke stacks leave little to the imagination that we are a chemical company!" by Michael L. Dunn
"Wait for te real shipment … these are only the samples for acceptance process." by JESUS EMILIO VELAZQUEZ Y MARTINEZ
"I'd heard that the guys in the plant were asking for more energy drinks, which one is the Red Bull?" by Dave Laycock