Coworker: Who won the World Cup game?
Supervisor: Ghana beat the U.S.
Coworker: Aw, I wanted the U.S. to win!
Supervisor: Why? The U.S. wins everything. That’s why we have the Olympics.
1145 East 4th Street
Tucson, Arizona
Overheard by: Rasputin
Archive for the ‘Sports’ Category
Career Tip: Resolve Workplace Conflict With the Running Man Dance
Female secretary #1: I decided I’m not going to golf in the rain anymore.
Female secretary #2: Are you guys going to fight?
Male secretary: No fighting! Only dancing!!
Providence, Rhode Island
Career Tip: Find Out Which Colleagues Not to Joke With. And Don’t.
Coworker #1: It was amazing. He was the first blind man to climb mount Everest. He was in the news and everything.
Coworker #2: Did they say anything about his dog?
Coworker #1: What?
Waterloo
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Meesh
It’s a Short Career for Most Of Them
Luddite sales manager: What’s “SSL”?
Lead developer: “Secure Socket Layer.” It’s a…
Marketing manager, listening to iPod: Who’s an insecure soccer player?
Software Company
Auckland
New Zealand
Overheard by: Kiwibloke
And It’s Pronounced “Canadia”
File clerk: So do the Summer Olympics happen every… eight years?
Law clerk: Um, four years.
File clerk: I’m taking this quiz. Is Canada in South America?
Law clerk: North America.
Law Office
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Perplexed
In a Vain Attempt to Distract Me
Worker: Sexual relations-wise, it’s been a while.
Friend: Oh, really?
Worker: The last time was the Superbowl, cause I remember she blew me at halftime.
Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Nothing Says “Rough Crowd” Like Men in Bathing Caps
Colleague, chatting up receptionist on Monday morning: Me and the water polo boys can be a pretty rough crowd when we want to be.
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: Nathan
Should I Start Referring to Yeast Infections As “Infiltration of the Defensive Line”?
Female coworker #1: I’m sure *Mark hates being the only guy on these smoke breaks; especially when we start talking about our vagina issues.
Female coworker #2: That’s how I feel when y’all talk about football. Football is my vagina.
Sex Toy Company
Las Vegas, Nevada
Overheard by: Sex Writer Goddess
Well, It’s Like I Always Say: Children Come First
Male bank president: My daughter’s gonna letter in high school track this year.
Female vice president: Oh?
Male bank president: Yeah, she’s a runner. All year I’ve been taking her out on country roads to let her spread her legs.
Female vice president, under her breath: Putz!
1105 Vargas Street
Atwood, Kansas
Yet They All Know Who Kendra Is. *Shudder*
Office girl #1: Did you hear that Kendra’s man isn’t on the Eagles anymore?
Office girl #2: They fired him?
Office girl #1: Hold on, let me check. (pause) Oh, nope. He’s going to play for the Colts now.
Office girl #2: Where’s that?
Office girl #1: I’m not sure.
Office girl #2: It sounds like it’s somewhere cold.
Office girl #1: I have no clue.
Office girl #2: I’ll google it. (pause) Indianapolis.
Office girl #1: Where’s that?
Office girl #2: I don’t know. I think that’s north of here.
Office girl #1: Oh…
Office girl #2: Oh, it’s in Indiana.
Morgantown, West Virginia
Overheard by: humble office drone
