Admin to another, about stapler: Yeah, with that long black one, you really have to yank it hard or nothing comes out.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Is that so?
Admin to another, about stapler: Yeah, with that long black one, you really have to yank it hard or nothing comes out.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Is that so?
Customer: You really should read The Man in the High Castle. it's a great book, one of Philip K. Dick's best.
Barista: I'll have to read it. I'm a big Dick fan.
Burlington, Vermont
Overheard by: Isotope Feeney
Office lady #1, yawning: I don't know if I should get a coffee too, I just had a smoothie.
Office lady #2: Wouldn't you rather pee a bit more but yawn a lot less?
Calgary
Canadia
Secretary: Here, let me see it… You need to leave a hole in it big enough to fit a few fingers in, they always put their hands in it.
Male worker: Like this?
Secretary: Yeah, that will work… Now just stick it wherever you like.
Male worker: Anywhere?
Secretary: Yup, anywhere.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Intern to coworker: Cathy*'s never played a video game in her life!
Coworker to Cathy*: That's probably why you do poorly here; this is the corporate version of Frogger.
Boston, Massachusetts
Coworker: What are you wearing tomorrow?
Project manager: Oh, like for the trip?
Coworker: You should wear something really low-cut. It's gonna be a bunch of men. You need an edge.
Project manager: It's a group of like twenty women. All of them are women.
Coworker: Do you know if any of them are gay?
Manhattan, New York
Boss on phone: So take a Sudafed, wash it down with a glass of whiskey. You'll sleep for twelve hours. It says “don't take with alcohol,” which means you should definitely take it with alcohol.
Highland Park, Illinois
Overheard by: Office Peon
Sales girl: Can I help you find anything today?
Middle-aged woman: Yeah, um…
Teenage daughter: What headphones here work with my iPod?
Sales girl: Any of these in this section. Is there a particular kind you are looking for?
Middle-aged woman: Um, are you sure? Could you ask someone and make sure?
Sales girl: Um…
Teenage daughter: Mom, she said these ones.
Sales girl: Let me know if you have any questions…
(five minutes later)
Middle-aged woman to new sales guy: Hi, I was wondering if these headphones will work with an mp3 player?
New sales guy: Um… Uh… Hang on. Julie*, do these…
Sales girl, with her back turned: Yeah, yeah, they do.
New sales guy, laughing: That was quick.
Sales girl: No psychic powers. She already asked me. I guess she just wanted a second opinion with a penis.
Teenage daughter: Good job, mom.
Bloomington, Indiana
Overheard by: You've Got Questions; We've Got Blank Stares
Coworker, troubleshooting on phone: Were you able to get that in? (pause) Yeah, it's kind of in the right spot. (pause) Well, don't be afraid to push harder.
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: mason
Cube mate #1: Get some rest tonight. We have to look good in front of the boss at the charity bowl-a-thon tomorrow.
Cube mate #2: Are you bringing your balls?
Sugar Land, Texas
