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
Worker at desk, startled when colleague walks by: Oh! You scared me! I thought you were a rubber band!
Bridge Street
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: JRH
Puzzled Irish girl: Look at that! Magnetic bookmarks! What a stupid idea!
Puzzled boyfriend: Why?
Puzzled Irish girl: Well, where are you ever going to find a metal book?
Puzzled boyfriend: Hmm, yeah, you’re right.
Perth, Australia
Overheard by: Gina
