Creative director: You just have to e-mail him and say, “if you want this to work, you have to let us do it, you fucking idiot!” But don't say “idiot.” Just say “fucking… moron.” Yeah.
Ontario
Canadia
IT guy: And you can help with setting up the sites, too.
Super-cute admin assistant: Okay.
Office manager, walking in: What's going on?
IT guy: I was just telling her that she could help me out this year if she wanted to.
Office manager: Oh yeah, she's an untapped resource.
IT guy, after pause: I'd tap that.
Castle Rock, Colorado
Manager: If I break your chair, then it's broken!
Durham, North Carolina
Overheard by: Well…yeah
Clueless admin: What does Raj do?
Office manager: He does the same thing Sheldon does, a cosmologist.
Clueless admin: A cosmologist is a beautician.
(pause)
Office manager: Do you mean cosmetologist?
Melbourne
Australia
Frazzled manager to administrative assistant: I need a cylon cartridge for my printer. Do you guys have a cylon cartridge?
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Baltar's backup plan
Assistant director walking through door: Ugh, what is that smell?
Female worker popping popcorn: If it smells like fish, that's Tasha*.
Beckley, West Virginia
Manager: Were we able to determine what the problem actually was?
Technician: No, but it sounded like something that had nothing to do with white people.
McLean, Virginia
Overheard by: Septimus
Manager: I think I need a replacement or a cleaning.
Ridge, New York
Supervisor's son: Do you pay them to be here?
Supervisor: Sometimes it feels like it.
Golden Valley, Minnesota
Overheard by: Bill
Manager: Don't listen to me, I have ADD and want PCP!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania