Ditzy office peon looking at pregnant celebrity in magazine: It looks like she's wearing one of those sha…sha-long things, ya know, that you carry a baby in.
Girl: Don't you mean “sarong”?
Male office peon: Hahaha you said “shlong”!
Central Avenue
Wood Dale, Illinois
Secretary #1: What is he doing now at the casino?
Secretary #2: I heard he got a good job as a Pit Bull.
New Jersey
Overheard by: bonbonr
CSR, on phone with customer: I'm sorry, but that's not a confirmation code. That's the word “denied.”
Bryan, Texas
Overheard by: Jax
Female boss: This link sends me to this other page with a link, and that link sends me to another page with a link back to the first page! There are so many links!
Male boss: “Linx” is a cat.
Newfoundland
Canadia
Overheard by: i love randomness
Young office lady to another: What's that French term for you felt like you've been here before? (pause) Menage a troi?
Calgary
Canadia
Receptionist: I don’t know whether to throw up my hands or just throw up.
550 South Hope Street
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: oldcorps50
Frustrated supervisor to quitting employee: And I'll need your password for your computer. Why don't you just give me that now?
Employee, mumbling: It's “Latinomneeee.”
Supervisor: Did you say “Latino E”? I couldn't understand you.
Employee: No, it's “Latino heat.”
(awkward silence)
Employee: I guess I was feeling a little frisky that day.
Bushwick
Brooklyn, New York
Overheard by: ap
Employee: Can I help you find something?
Customer: I’m looking for a red wine.
Employee: Cabernet, pinot noir, shiraz?
Customer: No, I want a red wine.
1017 East Main Street
Radford, Virginia
Coworker to customer: So, when you say “mother ship,” what exactly are you referring to?
Phoenix, Arizona
Overheard by: Wishing I Knew What The Conversation Was About
Manager: Sounds good. I asked Roger* for his unsolicited feedback on this, so that will be helpful.
42 South Street
Hopkinton, Massachusetts