CSR: I’ll need your credit card information before I can let you in at my lady parts.
1745 West Jefferson Avenue
Detroit, Michigan
Overheard by: looking for my credit card
Archive for the ‘Words’ Category
And What about Graverobbers? Sometimes They’ll Kill You Just to Get Your Jewelry
Girl #1: It’s so scary hearing about people dying.
Girl #2: Yeah, totally… You can die from so many things. You can die from death, sickness…
Sydney, Australia
Overheard by: elle
So I’m Pretty Sure the Boss Is Pregnant
Peon: Rice belly would jiggle. Beer belly would, like, wobble hard.
King Street East
Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: Thank you, sensei
3PM Ordering Supplies
Secretary: My pencil drawer is broken. It needs a new twisty nail.
Boss: Twisty nail?
Secretary: Yeah, you know, with the X‑groove on top.
Boss: You mean a Phillips-head screw?
Secretary: Whatever.
118 East Whittier
St. Francis, Kansas
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
12PM Update Resume
Worker #1: Man, I’m having a hard time since I’ve had to write about me. Do you have any suggestions?
Worker #2: I don’t know. It’s been a long time since I’ve had to sell myself.
900 Washington Avenue
Waco, Texas
In the Meantime, I Plan to Fake It ’til I Make It
Interviewer: So where do you see yourself in five years?
Candidate: Knowing things. Like, knowing knowledge about everything.
Miller Avenue
Fontana, California
I Never Metameme I Didn’t Like
Internet hipster: It’s a meme of a meme, so it’s meta.
Boss: What?!
Fontana, California
Thank God the Weekend’s Finally Here
Co-worker #1: Have you ever been to Greece?
Co-worker #2: Yup.
Co-worker #1: Did you go see ruins of Pantheos?
Co-worker #2: You mean, “the Parthenon?”
Co-worker #1: Yeah, that’s it! Aw man, today I’ve got…what’s that called?
Co-worker #2: Stupid?
Co-worker #1: Ha, ha. Very funny. No…oh! Mind dyslexia!
Co-worker #2: As opposed to body dyslexia?
216 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois
“I’d look it up, but I’m too lazy.”
Co-worker #1: So they made me change my password. The old one was really cool. “Sloth,” you know, like the animal.
Co-worker #2: There’s no such animal as a sloth. I think sloth is supposed to be like a sin or something.
1697 Broadway
New York, NY
