Director to peon: Hey! My thighs have been thinking about you all day! (awkward silence) Um, because of the fudge you gave me, that is.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Overheard by: Another nearby Peon
Director to peon: Hey! My thighs have been thinking about you all day! (awkward silence) Um, because of the fudge you gave me, that is.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Overheard by: Another nearby Peon
Female office worker: I'll take care of it. I have great attention to detail, I'm very anal retentive about that sort of thing. Anytime you want anal, I'm your girl.
(15 seconds of silence) I think that came out wrong. You know what I meant, right?
Boss: Well, okay, team, looks like we have that one assigned. Moving on…
Anaheim, California
Boss to office: What does a robotics team do?
Miami, Florida
Overheard by: stuck in cube neighbor hell
Female director to peon about to leave to celebrate anniversary: I hope you have plans to do your wife right this weekend. (five second awkward pause) And by that I mean “do right by your wife this weekend.” I gotta go, bye!
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Overheard by: r
Proprietor to employee: Can I grab you a minute?
Oakland, New Jersey
Office drone #1: Is there any money left for this?
Gay manager: No. Well, there's some money, but I can't give it all to you.
Office drone #1: Well, we need more.
Gay manager: Well, you can't have more. I'll give you half, okay?
Office drone #1: God, you are such a tight arse.
Office drone #2, in panic: You can't say that to a gay homosexual!
South Morang
Australia
Overheard by: Straight and amused.
Female boss to employee: Take your cane and come here!
Male employee: It's not a cane!
Montreal
Canadia
Overheard by: Ron
Male college admissions rep at event: Wait. Do I need to be somewhere? Do I need to be doing something?
Female superior: You need to stand here now, and look pretty.
Male college admissions rep: Done.
Syracuse, New York
Overheard by: it's like this all the time
Trainer: Doing a job correctly is usually better than doing it wrong.
Trainee: Are you fucking serious, bro?
Gunter Air Force Base
Montgomery, Alabama
Overheard by: At least someone realizes it too
Office manager: So, what's beeping down here?
Maintenance guy: Well, we think it's the fire alarm. But we're not sure…
Nashville, Tennessee
Overheard by: cubegirl