Employee, loudly and angrily into walkie: I am implementing customer service now!
620 6th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Tigertail
Archive for the ‘Metro Northeast’ Category
4PM OSHA Regulations
Male bather: Oww! That dog just scratched my nipple!
Female groomer: Now you know why we wear boulder-holders.
92 – 12 Liberty Avenue
Ozone Park, New York
12PM Lunch
Female manager: Where did you eat?
Male manager: My guilty secret…McDonald’s!
Female manager: Oh. Don’t take this the wrong way, but…I actually don’t know anybody who’s eaten at a McDonald’s.
1 Liberty Plaza
New York, New York
10AM Client Meeting
Visiting salesgirl: Hi, I’m here to see Carrie Bradshaw.
Receptionist: Do you mean Carrie Schwartz?
Visiting salesgirl: No, I’m pretty sure her name was Carrie Bradshaw.
Receptionist: We don’t have a Carrie Bradshaw. Carrie Bradshaw is from Sex and the City.
245 5th Avenue
New York, New York
11AM Tech Training
Manager: Can you spell my email address?
IT guy: It’s your name!
Manager: I know, but could you spell it for me?
1979 Marcus Avenue
Lake Success, New York
Overheard by: Why am I the temp again?!?
You Mean Its Public Face or Its Seamy Underbelly?
Coworker: There is a really neat installation art center in Omaha.
Boss: What city in Omaha?
Coworker: Uh… Omaha.
Boss: Right, but what city?
Coworker: [Long pause] Hard to say.
Woodhaven, New York
11AM Product Test
Supervisor: What are you doing?
College kid #1: Spraying each other.
Supervisor: Do you know what is in those bottles?
College kid #2: No.
Supervisor: Why would you spray each other with something you don’t know?
College kid #2: It’s fun.
Supervisor: It’s acetone!
College kid #1: Is that like water or something?
Supervisor: God, I’m going back to my office.
465 Paul Road
Rochester, New York
Overheard by: Nick I
You’d Think We’d Have Made Peace with Ourselves by Now
Cube rat #1: Damn, you had braces for seven years and your teeth are still that fucked up?
Cube rat #2: Yeah? You’ve been on a diet for two years and your ass is still that fat?
Trenton, New Jersey
Worried It Might Get Chicago Wet
Coworker #1: Did it rain while you were in Chicago?
Coworker #2: Nope.
Coworker #1: Oh, that’s good. I saw on the Weather Channel that it was raining in Virginia, and I got worried.
42 South Street
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
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
