Peon #1: This is going to sound stupid…
Peon #2: Don't say it then.
Peon #1: No, but seriously: when I eat peanuts, it tastes like peanut butter.
Peon #2: (stares in disbelief, then walks away)
Adelaide
South Australia
Overheard by: plethora
Peon #1: This is going to sound stupid…
Peon #2: Don't say it then.
Peon #1: No, but seriously: when I eat peanuts, it tastes like peanut butter.
Peon #2: (stares in disbelief, then walks away)
Adelaide
South Australia
Overheard by: plethora
Male desk jockey to female desk jockey: Wow! Nice throw, Sally! That was great!
Female desk jockey: (silent stare)
Male desk jockey to other coworkers: Did you guys see that? Sally just got her shot in the bin from four desks away!
Other coworkers: (silent stares)
Female desk jockey, shouting: My name is Claire, you asshole! I've been sitting next to you for six months and you still don't know my name! I hate this fucking place so much!
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: crr
Boss: We’ll have to develop this from Ground Zero principles.
5 Thomas Holt Drive
Sydney
Australia
Doctor: What the hell is that? I've never heard of it.
Receptionist: Uh, the rep just wanted me to tell you it's free.
Doctor: Well–sign me up, then find out what it's all about.
Springhill
Brisbane
Australia
Overheard by: PsychKat
Staff: Hi, this is Happy Toddler, Inc.*, how can I help you?
Customer: I bought these Happy Toddler baby wipes yesterday and instead of a single wipe you’d expect to be protruding from the center so you can pull them out, this one I got had a bunch of wipes protruding out, looking like a hernia. I had to hold down the bulk of the wipes from the center. I had to get my tweezers and fish into the depths of the container and finally pull out a wipe.
Staff: Ok, ma’am. Can I put you on hold?
Perth, Western Australia
Overheard by: only hernia-ed it
Waitress: Can I help you, ma’am?
Middle-aged woman: You shouldn’t call women ‘ma’am.’
Waitress: Oh… Why not?
Middle-aged woman: Because ‘ma’am’ is short for ‘madame,’ which is a name for a woman who owns a brothel. Do you know what a brothel is?
Waitress: Ah, yes.
Middle-aged: Good. Besides, for young women you should call them ‘miss.’
Waitress: Okay, can I help you, miss?
Middle-aged woman: Don’t call me ‘miss.’
Candlewood Chinese
Western Australia
Drone: Just shave your bum fluff off and stick on your face!
Canberra
Australia
Secretary on phone: So, ummm, yeah — I just wanted to check if your horse still had his boy bits or not…
Perth
Australia
Coworker #1: What else would you have been called?
Coworker #2: I was supposed to be Amy if I was a girl.
Coworker #1: Really?
Coworker #2: Yeah. I would've been a real little slut too.
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: ttg
