Boss: He has a bit of a shiny face, though. In my experience, ones with a shiny face are all pillow biters.
Office
Frankston
Australia
Overheard by: Receptionist
Boss: He has a bit of a shiny face, though. In my experience, ones with a shiny face are all pillow biters.
Office
Frankston
Australia
Overheard by: Receptionist
Office supervisor: Could you please send our new price list to our office in Kuala Lumpur?
Receptionist: Is Kuala Lumpur a real place?
Office supervisor: Oh my god! (laughs, then leaves)
Receptionist, to other office colleagues: Why did he laugh at me?
Colleagues: You have got to be kidding!
Belmont
Western Australia
Australia
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
Panicky mouse user: I have to clean my ball with Isowipes once a week, because it’s absolutely filthy!
54 Park Street
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: Al
Peon: Hey, I can't look at our webpage without the browser crashing.
IT manager: Which browser?
Peon: Ff 4.
IT manager: What?
Peon: Firefox 4.
IT manager: What's a Firefox?
Peon: Uh, let's pretend I said IE.
South Morang
Australia
Employee #1, getting up: Stupid customers…
Employee #2: Yeah, they always come when you’re on your knees.
Fast food place
Carlingford
Australia
Big boss, telling off peon: You need to look around for work yourself when you're done and the supervisors are busy.
Male manager: Look on desks, in drawers.
Big boss: You might not be comfortable with going through others' drawers, but…
Female manager: You can go through my drawers any time.
Peon: That terrifies me.
Hindmarsh
Adelaide
Australia
Boss: You've gotta stay on your balls.
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: tim
Office manager: Dude, you can't stick boobs on your drawers.
Canberra
Australia
Manager on phone: I'm faxing you a copy of this color chart.
Sydney
Australia