Girl, yelling from her cubicle: Ewww, gross! There's hair and a birthmark!
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Zack
Archive for the ‘Cubicles’ Category
Or Rita, Who Once Spent a Month in Kansas.
Coworker #1, showing cube neighbor a sheet of paper: How would you pronounce this?
Coworker #2: I think it would be “Matsuyuki Suzuki,” but that's just a guess.
Coworker #1: I'll ask Rich*, he's going to Italy soon.
Bellevue, Washington
Overheard by: Guido Honda
Anonymously, One Hopes
Female sales rep, poking head over cubicle: Sometimes I like to send my best customers pictures of silly things, like unicorns jumping over rainbows!
Keene, New Hampshire
Overheard by: Jon
Anaphylactic Shock Isn’t the Worst Way to Go
Cube monkey #1: I’m losing my will to live.
Cube monkey #2: Would a tiny peanut butter cookie help?
Calgary
Canada
And Suddenly the Judge Is Telling Me I'm in Contempt?
Attorney: Seamen. (employees chuckle in their cubicles). I just want to say the name.
Wall Street
New York City, New York
They Make Me Write on Paper Circles with Blunt Crayons
Cubicle-dweller nearby: I'm really surprised that they gave me these little things with sharp points on them, I'm usually not allowed to have sharp things.
Mission Ridge
Goodlettsville, Tennessee
Why Do I Find That So Flattering?
White male caseworker, over cubicle wall: We have off Monday?
Female caseworker: Yes, ma?am!
White male caseworker: Hey!
Female caseworker: Oh, sorry. I thought you were a black woman with a really deep voice!
Norristown, Pennsylvania
…Before Taking the Walk of Shame Into the Office This Morning
Female cubicle rat: Oh my god, last night was insane! I had a lot of fun though. Hey, do you know if I was wearing underwear last night? (pause) Shutup, I am not a slut! (manic laugh) I could have sworn I had some on before I left the house. I'm itchy. I hope I didn't sit on something funky at the club.
Orange County, California
9AM Back at Work
Manager: Are you doing okay? I’ve noticed you’ve seemed overwhelmed lately.
Smacking noises and paper shuffling
Assistant: Hmm? Oh, I’m okay. I just can’t find my purple posties.
Manager: Well, i just don’t want you to get frustrated and quit. We value you.
More smacking and agitated paper shuffling.
Assisant: Well, if i wasn’t busy, you wouldn’t need me. Where are those purple posties?
Manager: Don’t worry about the purple post-its right now. I’m asking how you are doing.
Lots of shuffling noises and frantic paper shuffling.
Assistant: I’m fine!
Manager: Are you sure, you really seem stressed.
Still shuffling
Assistant: I’d be doing a lot better if i could find my damn purple posties!
Manager: I’ll come back
Minutes later after lots of loud thuds and much desk smacking and paper shuffling. . .
Assistant: Heey! Here they are! Okay, I’m good now!
8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
9AM Back to Work
Boss: Where is [Blake] today?
Girl in cube: I don’t know. He didn’t text me. I think he’s too embarrassed.
Boss: Why? Did you guys end up making out in front of everyone again at happy hour?
Girl in cube: No! Give me a little credit.
[Long pause]Girl in cube: It was in a cab.
350 Madison Avenue
New York, New York