Bosses and Underlings

Boss: We’re trying to fit a round square into a peg hole.

53 West Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Mark

Sarge: Is Posh gonna be there?
Office peon: Yeah!
Sarge: Sporty?
Office peon: Yeah!
Sarge: Spunky?
Office peon: That’s not a Spice Girl!

Newark, Delaware

Overheard by: Shaye

Preacher: What’s that beeping sound?
Secretary: It’s the battery getting low on the smoke detector.
Preacher: Well you don’t need that if you would quit smoking, do
you?

801 7th Street South
Clanton, Alabama

Boss to employee: Lepers don't change their spots.

Sacramento, California

Overheard by: Chad

Manager: Do you have any pasties?
Office girl: What?
Manager: Pasties. You know, to write a note on.
Office girl: You mean a Post-it? Pasties are what strippers wear over their nipples.
Manager: God bless strippers.

Costa Mesa, California

Office lady: Whatever happened with your belly button?
Boss: Oh, it still hasn't healed. You wanna see?
Office lady: Ew! No!

Washington, DC

Overheard by: CreativeBunny

RVP: Hey, I thought you were out sick today.
Sales manager: Nope, I was just tired.
RVP: [peeved] Nice.
Sales manager: Hey, you brought me here for my brutal honesty.

8833 W. Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, California

Secretary: Hey, I haven’t seen you for a while. You been on vacation?
Associate: No, I’ve been here.
Secretary: I just love running into you. You look just like that guy from Whose Line Is It Anyway. That black guy…What’s his name?
Associate: Oh, really? No one’s ever told me that before.
Secretary: It’s ok, right? Because he’s my favorite.

1425 K Street NW
Washington DC

Overheard by: callmeahab

Manager: Come here, I've got a job for you.
Employee: I've got a job for you, too. (pause) And bring some chapstick, I don't like the lips to chafe.

Carrboro, North Carolina

Overheard by: Pizza girl

Male coworker #1: Well, we played with it enough, it's not hanging out as much.
Male supervisor: Yeah, if you beat on it enough, eventually these things go in.
(uncomfortable silence)
Male supervisor: Do you think I could go see it?
Male coworker #2: Yeah, just make sure you don't pull on it!

Richland, Washington

Overheard by: I think they were talking about a server…