Lawyer to secretary: Now, you treat my sex offender nicely. He’ll be here with his one-armed wife later.
Buffalo, New York
Overheard by: Alex
Lawyer to secretary: Now, you treat my sex offender nicely. He’ll be here with his one-armed wife later.
Buffalo, New York
Overheard by: Alex
Manager: I have a bunch of file folders. Can you sort them by color?
Assistant: Sure.
Manager: They’re in the back.
Assistant, returning with folders: These are all green.
Manager: Well, they’re different shades of green.
Assistant: Not really. It’s just that some are more faded than others.
Manager: I just think it would look nice if you sorted them into a pile of folders with straight greens and a pile with more of a spongy print. Are you okay with that?
Assistant: Sure. [To herself] There’s a lot of reasons why I don’t quit smoking.
North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Male employee: I want you to know, Cindy* will be complaining to you about something I said to her. It’s all a lie, though.
Manager #1: Oookay…
Male employee: She’s gonna say I called her a ‘dirty fucking cunt.’
Manager #2: Ohhh, boy…
Male employee: But it’s bullshit. I called her a ‘dirty fucking bitch.’ I don’t use the ‘C’-word.
Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Shatmandu
Coworker over intercom: It’s been brought to our attention that there is a downed power line in the courtyard. Please avoid it when walking between buildings. [Five minutes later] An addendum to the last message: Please avoid walking between buildings if possible. [Five minutes more, fire alarm going off] Okay everyone, we’re going to evacuate Building One*. Everyone please calmly make your way to Building Two*.
Boss screaming in background: No, no! The other door! Not that way!
5600 Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: Someone in the other building…
Boss who looks like a leprechaun: Once, a few years ago when I got my hair cut I was stopped twice in a span of six months on the street by people telling me I looked just like Jean-Claude Van Damme.
Shocked employee: Really?
Boss: Well, that was before my face got fat… Never happened again, though.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: WantsToChokeTheBoss
Employee: What are you doing tonight?
Manager: I have to pick up a turkey and then get a CAT scan.
140 River’s Edge Drive
Traverse City, Michigan
Coworker: Tell the intern to do that.
Boss: The intern? She has a name.
Coworker: You know who I meant.
Boss: It’s Rebecca*! Let’s not be racist.
Coworker: Interns aren’t a race!
Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
General manager: That’s what I like about you — you’re a reliable disappointment.
Environmental, Safety, and Industrial Hygiene coordinator: Thanks!
450 Sukhumvit Road
Rayong
Thailand
Overheard by: Rick campion
Paralegal #1: Don’t you remember Zweiback cookies when you were little?
Paralegal #2: Uh, no.
Associate: You white people are into different things.
180 Maiden Lane
New York, New York
Manager: Where’s Patti*?
Worker: Her husband is having that cadillac surgery. She won’t be in until later.
Manager: Cadillac surgery?
Worker: You know — when they take the globs off of your eyes so you can see?
Rochelle Park, New Jersey
Overheard by: admin in charge
