Coworker #1: Mayonnaise or Miracle Whip?
Coworker #2: Miracle Whip. If I'm going to eat a bowl of mayonnaise, I'm going totally cracker–Iowa style.
Santa Monica, California
Overheard by: Amused and Grossed Out
Archive for the ‘Questions’ Category
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Ghetto fabulous phone operator in auto insurance claim office: What that smell is? That's just raunchy! They need to go outside with that smell!
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Overheard by: Sick of sitting nearby this person
Nah, Probably Just My Wife
Coworker #1: I can't believe you would give someone a nickname like that!
Coworker #2: I thought you knew what a “pole smoker” was.
Coworker #1: No, I didn't. And my mom didn't think it was funny when my wife explained it to the family at Easter, either!
Coworker #2: So does that mean you're going to change your screen name?
Evansville, Indiana
Psst– That's a “No”
40-something guy: So are you working now?
Recent college grad, buying beer: What do you mean?
Mamaroneck, New York
Overheard by: An employee who knows what 'work' means b/c of these people
Your Editors Didn't Know, Either.
Proofer: Is “situs” the right word there? I'm not sure what that is.
Actuary: Yes, I don't know what that is either, but we've been using it consistently.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ever Wondered Why We All Walk Down the Hallway in V Formation?
Employee #1, about former boss: Why is her Facebook picture a bird?
Employee #2: She loved birds. She has a cajillion of them. When she worked here there was bird shit everywhere. There are still some remnants.
Falls Church, Virginia
Overheard by: My desk has a window
It’s on the Wait List
Manager: Is Italy a country?
Nashville, Tennessee
Let’s Rub Ours Together and See If We Can Play “Mary Had a Little Lamb”
Cubicle dweller: Oh. So your nipples are squeaky too?
Cottage Grove, Wisconsin
3PM Coffee Break
Sports editor: I think you need to apologize for that.
Opinion editor: Okay, but you need to meet me halfway. I’m sorry for hitting you, but you need to apologize for existing.
5211 Old Charlotte Highway
Monroe, North Carolina
And You're Positive You Don't Want to Revise That?
Male employee: This chocolate is divine.
Female employee: What did you say?
Male employee: This chocolate is… divine?
Emeryville, California