Coworker, discussing mint Oreos: I stuffed four of them in this morning.
Boss: Can you stuff six?
Coworker: I don't know. Maybe not at once.
Baltimore, Maryland
Coworker, discussing mint Oreos: I stuffed four of them in this morning.
Boss: Can you stuff six?
Coworker: I don't know. Maybe not at once.
Baltimore, Maryland
Boss on cell: Is T&A an option? Uh… No, I meant “time and expense.” Is T&E an option?
New York City, New York
Overheard by: It's ALWAYS an option
Boss: These cookies are good. Tastes like there's Ex-lax in 'em.
Charleston, South Carolina
Female older admin: That's not my box.
Male supervisor: Well, it was listed as yours.
Female older admin: Not my box. Not my box.
Male supervisor: Well, maybe Kate just thought it looked like yours.
Female older admin: Nope. (pause) I am still missing my box. That is not my box.
Male supervisor: Hmmm, Caroline was missing her box too, maybe this is her box. (louder) Hey Caroline, what does your box look like?
Caroline: What?
Female older admin, under breath: Not my box.
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota
Overheard by: I'm tired today.
Busboy: I’m joining the national guard next week. You get lots of tuition for only one weekend a month and two weeks a year.
Manager: Yeah, right. Pick me up a key chain from Baghdad, would you?
Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Shatmandu
Boss man's phone cell on auto text-to-speech mode: Taint defense for dummies.
Baffled employee: What did you phone just say?
Silver Lake, California
Art director #1: I need a picture of a Doublemint gum wrapper.
Art director #2: Just Google it.
Art director #1: Oh, okay… Hey, they blocked Google!
Art director #2: They didn’t block Google! I use it 30 times a day!
Art director #1: G-O-G-G-L-E?
Art director #2: … That’s ‘goggle.’
151 West 34th Street
New York, New York
Overheard by: risdchic
Boss: I need her strapped to her desk with a phone in her ear at all times… I need her making money.
41 East 11th Street
New York, New York
Overheard by: MissPinkKate
Project manager: I hate it when people tell you they have to look for something, because then they have to find it.
Oak Brook, Illinois
Female sales rep, about customer: It's not for that douchebag.
Male manager: “Douchebag” is a term usually reserved for men.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Not a douchebag
