Winner
- "Is this how you quiet quit?" by George Hudak
Honorable Mentions
- "Take this spare hard hat just in case... You can never be too safe..." by Orlando Rainey
- "Bob was not exactly impressed by his holiday bonus." by Dave Matta
- "Save yourself" by Wael Shamandy
Submissions
"Come on my...How safe do I have to be?" by Jason Vargas"At work, Leonard always felt like he was wearing two hats." by Dave Matta"That's it Jerry! I want to be a remote maintenance tech." by Kenneth Russell"Being HARD HEADED you deserve this extra HARD HAT!" by Marvin Sager"Boss, I won't be needing this anymore. I won the lottery." by Dave Matta“Boss, Hard Hat's for the Weak. I feel I have a strong head.” by Bhupesh Chitre
- "You are officially the head of the department now!" by George Hudak
- "Our company, the first is the safety, zero tolerance to unsafe acts...said the boss!!!" by Nain Aguado
- "John expected an easy hat not a hard one." by Aidan Viljoen
- "Congratulations on your 25th visit to our plant. We are rewarding you with your very own "official" visitor safety hat." by Wayne Rorex
- "Here. I'm late for my haircut appointment." by Dave Matta
- "You thought I gave you a great plant tour and now you want me to autograph your hard hat?" by Chuck Lewis
- "You quit because the yellow hard hat does not match your shirt?" by Chuck Lewis
- "You married the CEO's daughter and that you've been promoted to the Main office?" by Chuck Lewis
- "Hmm. I think this guy must be from the Department of Redundancy Department!" by Scott Mourier
- "A new hardhat", "This is the exciting rollout of the new Safety Program?" by Allen Hawker
- "Yeah, I'm more of a bench coach than a first base coach if you get my drift." by Ken Macholl
- "Our Board of Directors have decided that this will be our new shade of yellow." by Wayne Rorex
- "Keep hitting your head on pipes and poles at work? Welcome to the new trend: Backwards Hard Hats 2.0! Now you will never hit your head again. Newly improved with just a slightly shinier shade of yellow. Batteries not included." by Natalie Feider
- "Here. Try the new improved, bigger hardhat with all the extras included. I will be calling you on it later." by John Ewanish