Overheard In The Office

Archive for November, 2015

And You’re Get­ting Warmer…Warmer…No, Colder…Colder…Warmer…

Cus­tomer: Umm… Ex­cuse me, do you have that book?
Book­store em­ploy­ee: Do you know the ti­tle?
Cus­tomer: No.
Book­store em­ploy­ee: Do you know the au­thor?
Cus­tomer: Uh… No, but they wrote that oth­er book.
Book­store em­ploy­ee: Do you know where the oth­er book is in the shop?
Cus­tomer, bright­ly: Yeah! It’s over there some­where! (points be­hind him­self to the en­tire shop)

Dar­win
Aus­tralia

10AM Pay Re­new­al Fee

Ac­count­ing: You sub­mit­ted a pay­ment re­quest for a re­new­al fee.
Pe­on: Yes.
Ac­count­ing: Can you find out how long the re­new­al term is for?
Pe­on: It says “an­nu­al re­new­al fee” on the in­voice.
Ac­count­ing: Yeah, I saw that, but do you know when it’s valid un­til?
Pe­on: It says valid from Oc­to­ber 31, 2005 on the in­voice.
Ac­count­ing: Yeah, but can you make sure? You nev­er know it could be for like two years or some­thing.

3700 Wilshire Boule­vard
Los An­ge­les, Cal­i­for­nia