Co-worker #1: I like working with you guys, ’cause you guys are wild.
Co-worker #2: My “wild” fell off a long time ago.
1301 Riverplace Boulevard
Jacksonville, Florida
Overheard by: Sum Ting
Administrative assistant/transporter: As long as she answers the door with clothes on, we'll be in good shape.
Tuolumne, California
Menopausal admin to cube farm: I'm late for my mammogram appointment… If anybody needs me, that's where I'll be.
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Minding my own
Secretary on phone: I guess I don't need a tapeworm after all.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Topeka City Council Member: I thought we just voted that down unanimously, with the exception of one or two votes.
Capitol grounds
Topeka, Kansas
Overheard by: wscnsngl
HR head: So, when's the, uh…I guess, “drop-dead date” for your baby?
Hugely pregnant admin: Uh…what? You mean the latest date before my doctor induces?
HR head: Yeah. The drop-dead date.
Hugely pregnant admin: Wow.
Phoenix, Arizona
Client on phone, returning from lunch: What, we have a meeting now? I’ll be there in ten minutes. Is [the boss] around?
Admin: Yeah, he’s right here.
Client: Good, go kick him in the shin for me.
Admin: Um, you’re on speakerphone.
Client: I hate you! How many times have I told you never to put me on speakerphone!?
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Admin #1: Ya know, for all the quirky ways about her, Susan really is adorable.
Admin #2: Oh, yay! She is very attractive, but sometimes ya just wanna smash her.
Houston, Texas
Secretary to coworker, about wife's recent knee replacement surgery: So did your wife get one of those titanic knees?
Coworker: You mean “titanium.” Yes.
St. Clair Shores, Michigan
Manager to another: I just took Tom*'s load.
Target
Australia
