WASP: I know what that says! It’s written in Jewish!
Bagel wench: Yiddish?
WASP: Are you Jewish?
Noah’s Bagels, Manhattan Beach Boulevard
Manhattan Beach, California
Overheard by: just wants to make bagels in peace
Archive for the ‘Blue Collar’ Category
… Gorgeous Food-Carrier Lady
Biotechy waitress: It is really nice having dishwasher boy here.
Polite waitress: He has a name! His name is Rick*!
Biotechy waitress, to Rick: Do you mind if I call you ‘dishwasher boy’?
Dishwasher boy: No! It means I have a job title!
931 Redd Road
El Paso, Texas
…Now Would You Prefer a Metal or Wooden Bat?
Auto claims adjuster on phone: I’m authorized to offer you $1,000 for the pain and suffering I’m about to give you.
Brentwood, Tennessee
Or I Hope He Did, Because Otherwise That’s Just Sad
Peon on the phone: My brother in-law’s sister is coming over tonight, I think I’m gonna nail her. [Pauses.] Why not? He nailed mine.
Industrial Park Drive
Texas
Overheard by: peon incharge
He Showed up When She Ordered a Half-Italian on White
Waitress: My boyfriend is half Italian but he is mostly white.
Cucamonga, California
Overheard by: halfbreed
11AM Order Books
Construction worker: Man, just being in this place makes me want
to learn how to read.
841 Broadway
New York, NY
May I Suggest Decaf, Sir?
Suit: Why do we have Swiss Miss and Nesquik?
Warehouse guy: Ummm, they’re not the same thing.
Suit: How so? They both make hot chocolate!
Warehouse guy: Well, maybe cause Swiss Miss goes in milk and water?
Suit: So why don’t we just keep this around? It’s a multi-tasking hot chocolate!
Warehouse guy: Huh? Ummm, well, maybe people like the way Nesquik ‘multi-tasks.’ It can be put in cold or hot milk. Good for the summer.
Suit: And this can’t?
Warehouse guy: Dunno. Don’t think so…
Suit: Forget it! I’ll have coffee!
The Boulevard
Norfolk, Virginia
Overheard by: CoffeeJunky
The Wrong Sort of Angel
Radio: ‘So if your life has been touched by alcohol or substance abuse…‘
Construction guy: That’s me!
125th Street and Lenox Avenue
New York, New York
12PM Asian Discrimination League Meeting
FedEx Driver: Gs prices are so expensive I am thinking about delivering packages on a bike.
Warehouse employee: You and your people should be used to that.
4000 Coolidge Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland
Pope Cliff XVI
Coworker: Wait…John Ratzenberger?
430 Main Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut
Maintenance guy: They shoulda had a Puerto Rican pope. Barbecue every weekend!
335 East 45th Street
New York, NY
Overheard by: Palaverist
