Employee: Did you punch your mother?
Manager: You know…some mothers just deserve to be punched.
Arizona
Overheard by: George
Employee: Did you punch your mother?
Manager: You know…some mothers just deserve to be punched.
Arizona
Overheard by: George
Designer: The image is 144 by 216.
Writer: What the hell kind of dimensions are those?
Designer: 144 is 2 inches. Pretty standard. And–
Writer: Fine, but what is this 216 business?
Designer: Are you kidding me? Do some math. It’s three inches.
Writer: Oh. Well, how should I know? You know I’m not one to mess around with anything two or three inches.
16340 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona
Web developer #1: This is going to be ugly, but I’m going to do it anyway.
Web developer #2: That’s what she said.
Web developer #1: Even I wasn’t expecting that one.
7255 East Hampton Avenue
Mesa, Arizona
Overheard by: Chris Cardinal
Becky*: Sometimes, when I’m sick, I think, ‘What did I do to deserve this?’ And then I remember, ‘Oh, yeah — ass to mouth.’
830 W Warner Road
Gilbert, Arizona
Overheard by: Chris Cardinal
Older lady on phone: I don’t have any gorillas today! (Pause) No, I’m sorry. I was just trying to be funny.
Hose parts corporate office
Phoenix, Arizona
Overheard by: Hiding in my cube
Analyst: I can give you the numbers in those divisions, but you can’t go public with it.
Marketing manager: I’m not going to go public with it, just present it at a meeting.
Analyst: Who’s going to be at the meeting?
Marketing manager: It’s a stakeholder meeting. So, whoever wants to, you know. It’s open to the public.
16340 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona
Doctor: Women come into my office at least once a month and completely lose it — blubbering all over the place. I had one in here today.
Wife: Are they married?
Chandler, Arizona
Overheard by: Office Manager
Housekeeping lady, emptying cubicle garbages: Were you in a training class all week?
Engineer: Yes. It made for a long week.
Housekeeping lady: I swore I would never go back to another class after I graduated high school.
Phoenix, Arizona
Overheard by: Lisa
Receptionist to boss: Susie craps like a buffalo.
Tempe, Arizona
Co-worker #1: “…And so, if you’re still working on the website, I just discovered a serious error using a Mac.”…Who cares?
Co-worker #2: Seriously, you should write back and say, “Dude, why are you even using a Mac?”
111 West Rio Salado Parkway
Tempe, Arizona