Advice

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

Male associate: Hey Sean, it’s not working [holds a squeeze bottle of flesh colored sauce in front of himself.] I can’t get it to come!
Sean, slowly: Put the bottle down.
Female associate: You freak. There’s customers here!

Center Ridge Road
Rocky River, Ohio

Overheard by: silent one

Cafeteria lady: Man, I gotta teach that girl some phone etiquacy…she is so ghetto!

Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: excited to learn a new word

Locksmith: Yeah, you gotta read “1994.” Orson Welles. Really knows his stuff. Everything he wrote in that book is happening right now. You gotta read it.

Sherman Oaks, California

Overheard by: Ja'mie

Co-worker #1: What? You don’t contribute to your 401(k)?
Co-worker #2: No, but it’s my New Year’s resolution.
Co-worker #1: 2 words: free money! 2 words, a bunch of syllables: free money.

1615 H Street NW
Washington, DC

Casting assistant: …I mean… If you’re not going to type your letter, you might want to make sure that your handwriting doesn’t make you look like a serial killer.

Diamond Street
Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: Tigertail

Sales guy #1: You’re nasty!
Sales guy #2: I’m not the one that took the pictures on that site.
Sales guy #1: I’m not the one that’s talking about shaving my gerbil!
Sales guy #2: Oooh… You gotta shave the gerbil. You GOTTA.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina