Elderly woman to husband: I told you we wouldn’t find it here! I told you the only place we’d find it was a hardware store or a bakery!
Department store
Glendale, Arizona
Elderly woman to husband: I told you we wouldn’t find it here! I told you the only place we’d find it was a hardware store or a bakery!
Department store
Glendale, Arizona
Co-worker #1: I pretty much hate that stupid nursing consultant.
Co-worker #2: I know. Me too.
Co-worker #1: She’s so phony. It’s ’cause she’s Southern.
Co-worker #2: I know! I hate Southerners! And I’m not even black!
Co-worker #1: Uh…what?
Co-worker #2: Well, you know. The slave thing. Don’t you hate her because of the slave thing?
Co-worker #1: Uh, no.
100 West Clarendon Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona
Bimbette #1: Oh my gosh, this choker is, like, choking me! Can you loosen it, please?
Bimbette #2: Yeah. Do you want it, like, way looser?
Bimbette #1: Yeah… Oh my gosh, it’s so tight it’s cutting into my– Well, I know girls don’t have Adam’s apples, but it’s cutting in right there!
Bimbette #2: Is that better?
Bimbette #1: No. It’s too loose. It needs to be tighter.
Scottsdale, Arizona
Loud white lady: Seattle was so beautiful… Then I get back here and it's like being in Africa!
Large black man It's not like Africa.
Loud white lady: Well, minus all the black people…
Scottsdale, Arizona
Overheard by: itstooearlyforthis
Employee #1: I love Chex Mix so much I'd grind it up, stick it in an IV and mainline it.
Employee #2: I…well… (pauses in thought) You couldn't *freebase* it…
Mesa, Arizona
Overheard by: Chris Cardinal
HR head: So, when's the, uh…I guess, “drop-dead date” for your baby?
Hugely pregnant admin: Uh…what? You mean the latest date before my doctor induces?
HR head: Yeah. The drop-dead date.
Hugely pregnant admin: Wow.
Phoenix, Arizona
Manager everyone loathes: It’s okay to talk to me verbally about that…
Tucson, Arizona
Overheard by: Glad I work in another department
Doctor's assistant to doctor: How do you spell “blood”?
Scottsdale, Arizona
Manager to office: Homo-erotic staring contest starts… Now!
Val Vista Drive
Gilbert, Arizona
Boss: Hey, can you help me? I need to make a floor plan for the new office.
Underling: Yeah, sure. What are the dimensions?
Boss: It’s 10,000 square feet.
Underling: Yeah, but what are the dimensions?
Boss: What do you mean? It’s 10,000 square feet.
Underling: Yeah, but like what is the length and width?
Boss: Just make it 10,000 square feet.
Underling: But is it a square, or a rectangle, or what?
Boss: Uh, make it a rectangle.
712 South McClintock Drive
Tempe, Arizona