Advice

Long-haired guitar dude to customer: Sometimes it's because the neck is warped. That can happen if you leave it out in the sun all night.

Biloxi, Mississippi

Overheard by: realized it 5 minutes later

Girl #1: I use the pull and pray method.
Girl #2: Girl, pull and pray…they never do it. It doesn’t work.
Girl #1: Yes it does! It just doesn’t work ninety percent of the time.

45 Broadway
New York, New York

Overheard by: not dating either of them

American Coworker: Lets do Chinese!
Native Chinese Coworker: I know good p[l]ace!
American Coworker: Real Chinese food from real Chinese cooks?
Native Chinese Coworker: No, cooks all Puerto Rican.

11804 Cherry Grove Drive
Gaithersburg, Maryland

Patent attorney: The US is like the popular kid in high school. Nobody likes ’em, but you have to appease ’em.

1425 K Street, NW
Washington, DC

Consultant on phone: You need to set corporate goals. Without goals, you’re like a boat on the water.

Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Frumious Bandersnatch

VP: I don’t necessarily want you to improve one thing by 100%, but if you improve 100 things by 1% you will still have made 100% improvement. That’s all I ask.

5720 Peachtree Parkway
Norcross, Georgia

Co-worker #1: I really need to do Yoga again.
Co-worker #2: Do you want my Yoga tapes? I don’t do it anymore, because my dog just won’t leave me alone when I’m down on all fours.

57 East Green Street
Champaign, Illinois

Art Director: We had another “captain literal” sighting in a client
meeting today. People are stupid.
Copywriter: Be less creative. It always works for me.

930 S. Calhoun Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana

It's a New Orleans Thing, Dear Reader

Operator setting up auto claim with customer on phone: Sir, I'm so sorry your car got stolen today. At least you babies and CDs are fine. I think you need to git you some whiskey to calm you down. Or just do what I do to calm myself down, cheer! “Who dat! Who dat! Who dat! Yayayayayaya! Who dat!”

Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Overheard by: Wish I had my MP3 player today

Coworker to another: Let him touch and feel it, because that is really what is going to get him excited.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: J-Man 88