Bosses

Manager of apartment complex: Does your husband have a crotch rocket?

Rochester, New York

Female office manager, coming in from the rain outside: Ugh, now I'm all wet… and not in a good way.

Watertown, Massachusetts

Manager: This chair has no balls!

Oregon

Overheard by: killerwhales

Boss: I like your pompoms.
Secretary: Thanks, I got them for my birthday.

Oregon

Overheard by: killerwhales

Creative director: This is the equivalent of a Wal-Mart cashier wearing rubber gloves. They don't like me, and I don't like them.

Augusta, Maine

Accounts manager, muttering quietly to herself about cubicle decorations: We can Amsterdam it up. Like our own flashy little brothel.

Bloomington, Minnesota

Overheard by: glasses girl

General manager: If there's a problem report immediately, don't wait for an opportune moment.
Teenage intern: Is that a real word?
General manager: What? “Opportune”?
Teenage intern: No, “moment.”

Derry, New Hampshire

Manager: So to get to know each other a little better I'm going to ask you all to answer this question: if you were an animal, what would it be? I'd be a cat, I think.
Cashier #1: A chinchilla. They're cute.
Cashier #2: A guinea pig, because they're awesome.
Cashier #3: A bird, so I could shit on anybody who tried to shit on me.
(long awkward pause)
Manager: Okay. That's a good answer too.

Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania

Manager: I've got an inch and a half I can stick in that hole.

Kansas

Project manager to coworkers: You guys slow? (pause) No, seriously, are you guys running slow?

Waterloo
Ontario
Canadia