Normally quiet female VP: Are you kidding me? The cops here are all violent wanna-be cowboys, overcompensating for the butt-plugs and kiddie porn in their sock drawers!
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: very quietly agrees
Normally quiet female VP: Are you kidding me? The cops here are all violent wanna-be cowboys, overcompensating for the butt-plugs and kiddie porn in their sock drawers!
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: very quietly agrees
Manager to HR rep entering conference with bigwigs: What are you doing here?
HR rep: You just told me to walk down here with you.
Manager: Oh, well. (continues talking, HR rep walks away)
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by:
Product manager: Please, like I haven't been looking at pelvises all week.
Baltimore, Maryland
Boss to coworker coming in: Great! My A-Team is here! I need you to go out there and show me your A-ness.
St Paul, Minnesota
Overheard by: Blueshirt
Female admin assistant: You know how anal I get when it comes to your work.
Male property manager: It's okay, I love anal!
(coworkers laugh)
Male property manager: Well… That didn't come out right.
Vancouver
Canadia
Boss during meeting: As long as they can get sixty people there, we'll make it happen. If they want to see a monkey fucking a football, we'll make it happen.
Manhattan, New York
Co-manager to another, during Christmas party: You can't keep on screaming “I need this, I need this” as you pin an employee to your lap!
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Zen
Boss: We want to have the title field on the business card, so include on the ordering page a drop-down list so the employee can select a title, and corporate standards are consistent.
IT consultant: No problem, do you have a list of titles?
Boss: No.
IT consultant: So what would you like to have in the drop-down list?
Boss: A list of titles.
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadia
Manager on the phone: I'm carrying the shoulders of five people on my back.
Pomona, California
Overheard by: Rather confused
