Manager handing name tag to an employee: These are the old name tags. We ordered new ones, but the courier who was delivering them fell off the train and died.
Ramat Gan
Israel
Overheard by: ayala
Archive for the ‘Names’ Category
Change Sucks.
Trainer: So, we used to be called the self-help department, but now it's the self-services department. Before, we helped customers to help themselves. I guess now we help customers to um, service themselves.
Austin, Texas
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
I Always Pronounce It 'Roget', Like the Thesaurus
Office drone #1: Hey, Thomas, how do you pronounce that customer's name?
Office drone #2: Which one?
Office drone #1: You know, the one I can't say right.
Office drone #2: “Roger”?
Office drone #1: …yeah.
Halifax
Canadia
Or If I Had Ugly Stepsisters
Temp: I think if I were to have two daughters, I would name them “Armada” and “Militia.”
Wall Street
Manhattan, New York
How Barney the Dinosaur Comes Onto Chicks
Female employee, from her cube: Did you get use of Mr. Purple today?
Marlborough, Massachusetts
…Oh Wait, Now I See.
Peon looking over supervisor's shoulder at computer screen: Why'd you…name it “gay sex”?
Media Services
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: CW
…But, These Days, Only My Dad Does.
Female coworker to friend: When we were kids I was so good at it my brother called me “blowie”!
Sydney
Australia
Despite What I Did on the Howard Stern Show
Bimbette, loudly: My name is not Kielbasa!
Chesapeake, Virginia
Overheard by: we call her Meathead
…Taters?
Male cube rat #1: What was that guy's name you just hung up with?
(simultaneously)
Male cube rat #2: What are you doing for lunch?
Female cube rat: Dick.
New York City, New York