Peon #1: Alison just asked me how we get a washing-up brush for the kitchen.
Peon #2: I have put a request through CAFM, so hopefully they will order one for us.
Peon #1: Can you order a little holder for it, too?
Peon #2: Hmmmm, I will put a request in and see what facilities say.
Peon #1: Thanks!
Peon #2: Sorry, but what will the brush be used for?
Reading
Berkshire
England
Maintenance man to another: Seems like you're always on your knees.
Arizona State University
Overheard by: Erin
Mail guy: Damn, you really want to get out of here.
Lawyer: Yes, like a bat out of hell.
Mail guy: Those are my sediments exactly.
212 Washington Street
Newark, New Jersey
Overheard by: Elaine Van DeLay
Security guard: No man, the race is called Jew, the religion is called Jewdity.
1515 Broadway
New York, NY
Boss: Well, I’m outta here! Too bad you have to stay!
Janitor: You’re not letting him leave early?
Boss: No. I’m the boss. I get to go. He has to stay.
Janitor: Okay. Well, bye.
Boss: Bye! [He leaves]Janitor: So you’re leaving in five minutes, right?
Employee: I’ll wait ’til he clears the building.
59 Maiden Lane
New York, New York
Waiter, at new copy machine: Which way does this go in: face down or up, sideways or lengthways?…You’re not going to tell me, are you?
Manager: We’ve got plenty of paper over there; keep trying until you get it right.
45 South Illinois Street
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Shatmandu
Home Depot worker: And so he says to me, “Are those metric inches?”
650 North 54th Street
Chandler, Arizona
Drunk chick: Hey, bartender! Did anyone ever tell you you look like Luke from Gilmore Girls?
Bartender: No. What’s Gilmore Girls?
Drunk chick: It’s a show on TV. You should look it up. [To guy standing next to her] Hey, you look like this guy in this porn I have!
Dickson Street
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Overheard by: laughing into my beer
Delivery driver: Why are we all conjugating outside?
Pizza place
Joshua, Texas
Overheard by: needo
Maintenance #1: Don’t break ’em off.
Maintenance #2: Don’t break what off?
Maintenance #1: These nuts.
224 South Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
