Tech Support Technician: Okay…go ahead and open up the internet.
777 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California
Tech Support Technician: Okay…go ahead and open up the internet.
777 S. Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, California
Employee #1: I’ve talked to National and one group says we should be doing this procedure but another group doesn’t want us to do this procedure.
Employee #2: Hmm. You should follow up with National, then.
Employee #3: That’s what [Employee #1] has been talking about, her follow-up with National.
Employee #2: Oh. When was the last time you talked to them?
Employee #1: About two or three weeks ago.
Employee #2: Yeah, that’s too soon.
10 Almaden Boulevard
San Jose, California
Overheard by: Stealth Nerf
Co-worker: Avoid the bathroom in about an hour, you-know-who just sat down to eat some pea soup.
1 International Plaza
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: courtesy flush
Boss: Make sure you tickle your calendar to remind you to do the reports.
Co-worker: Tickle?
Boss: Use the tickler system; you do know what a tickler is, don’t you?
Co-worker: Yes, but…you don’t use the one I know at work.
810 Highway 6 South
Houston, Texas
Male co-worker: You might want to take a few lessons on domestication…Life is unfair, and you’re still a woman.
1999 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: oink
Conference call guru: There are a few master brands out there to look to.
Co-worker #1: I’d love to be a masterbrander.
Co-worker #2: Then we could say, “Hey, what’s she doing behind the desk?”
Co-worker #3: “Looks like she’s masterbranding.”
2010 Warsaw Road
Roswell, Georgia
The creators of this site were just on The Brian Lehrer Show (listen here).
As the producer explained to the host who we were and what we’re about, she handed him some printouts of site quotes and ended with: …and don’t say fucktard, obviously.
1 Centre Street
New York, NY
Engineer coworker on phone: I've got this article. You should read it. It's a patent. We could do this!
Wisconsin
Marketing guy to PR girl: You'd better go home and eat your asparagus and get some sleep, because we have to be up at the crack of shitty dawn tomorrow.
Ontario
Canadia