9AM But There's No Cure for Bureaucracy

Fat coworker: Dude, all these re-orgs and manager changes really suck.
Skinny coworker: You know what else sucks? Polio.

Ontario Street
Cleveland, Ohio


Overheard by: The loud one


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5PM Arthur Andersen's Enduring Legacy

Senior accountant to auditors: Well, you see I am just not that good with numbers.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Receptionist


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4PM A Lovely Little Medium-Security B&B in Connecticut

Maintenance guy: I'll tell you. Back when I was in prison, at first, I couldn't sleep because of all the noise. But I got so used to it that now I can't sleep when it's quiet.
Boss: When you were where?

Senlac Drive
Dallas, Texas


Overheard by: Need to call the Temp Agency


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3PM He Was Way Too Generous with Those Loaves and Fishes

Office peon: Not that I believe Jesus was Jewish or anything.

Silver Spring, Maryland


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2PM She's Gonna Earn Her Salary Today

Office worker on speakerphone: Hello.
Creepy customer: I was just sitting here eating some creamed corn and thinking about you so I thought that I would give you a call.
Office worker: Please hold and I will transfer you to my supervisor.

1st Avenue
Birmingham, Alabama


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1PM Ooh, or Maybe a Wicker Chair

Coworker eating twig cereal: I have eaten so much fiber today, when I get home, I'm gonna crap a wicker basket.

Rochester, New York


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12PM The Walls Seem to Appreciate That Arrangement

Office lady: How can you drink that much Red Bull?
Computer nerd: I don't know, you build up a tolerance.
Office lady: If I drank that much I'd be whacking off the walls.
Computer nerd: Umm, you'd do what?

117th St
Broomfield, Colorado


Overheard by: The other nerd


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11AM These Days, Everyone I Work With Is on Antidepressants

55-year-old post-menopausal help desk woman: I used to have naughty dreams about Simon & Simon, back in the day.

Glen Hendren Drive
Liberty, Missouri


Overheard by: RickyB


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10AM After You Finish Crying

Security guy: I could be an officer, you know.
Sarge: Oh, shut the fuck up.
Security guy: No, really. It's just politics stopping me! Just politics!
Sarge: Oh, is Rudy fucking Giuliani preventing you from becoming a police officer? Why don't you fucking explain that to all of us?

Public Safety
Newark, Delaware


Overheard by: Shaye


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9AM It's Burning a Cross on My Palm

Nurse #1: And I don't know. I just started having this anxiety attack.
Nurse #2: Well, on the bright side, I just made a Klan hood for my finger.

Royal Oak, Michigan


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5PM Especially When It's Deja Vu of Making Copies

Peon, to no one: When you have deja vu more than once a day, you know you have a fucking boring job.

Omaha, Nebraska


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4PM ...According to This Letter of Recommendation.

Cube rat: Jason* is a pretty good guy... for a racist homophobe.

Senlac Drive
Dallas, Texas


Overheard by: Is That All?


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3PM It Sounds Like a Delicious Cocktail

Girl #1: Do you like Carly Simon?
Girl #2: I don't know what that is.

Canal and Broadway
New York City, New York


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2PM Not His Fault Your Name Is Satyanarayanikinskahoveniska

Woman #1: So he called me his ex's name during a fight last night.
Woman #2: I hate it when that happens.
Woman #1: I don't really care... As long as it doesn't happen during sex... But then it hardly lasts long enough for him to say any name, let alone the wrong one.

Microsoft Way
Redmond, Washington


Overheard by: ouch!


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