Boss #1: Look at all that red on there!
Secretary: Yeah, well, it's a short paragraph.
Boss #1: Well, you know what they say about guys with short paragraphs…
Boss #2: You get red fast!
Boss #1: It's not the size of the paragraph that matters, it's the frequency.
Oak Brook, Illinois
Admin to another: Then, around three, I remember I'm not a camel.
North Olmsted, Ohio
Admin on phone: I got a fax in the mail…
Pocatello, Idaho
Admin to another: Pardon my French, but I think that's retarded.
New Mexico
Administrator: The college president is in the process of finding an old nun.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Innocent secretary: I don't think that'll be big enough.
IT manager: I've never been told that before.
Hertfordshire
England
Overheard by: Sooz
Administrative assistant: There are two kinds of people in this world: there are those that are book smart, and there are those… (pauses) My brain froze up.
Henderson, Nevada
Admin #1: You aren't allowed to throw cigarette butts out the window?
Admin #2: You aren't allowed to throw anything out the window.
Admin #1: What about a child?
(pause)
Admin #1: I can't believe I just said that.
Admin #2: It's all good. Maybe cut down on the crack intake.
McKinney, Texas
Secretary #1, after reading e-mail about new hire: Well, she sounds very well-endowed.
Secretary #2: What?
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: I didn't see a picture.
