California

HR woman: Oh, I love passing the buck. Passing the buck is my middle name.

Internet company
Pasadena, California

Clerk #1: Oh, no, not again!
Clerk #2: What?
Clerk #1: This register! It keeps going down on me!

Gilroy, California

Overheard by: I didn’t know they had that feature

Paralegal in training: Help me! The text that I am typing is replacing the text that is already there!
Patient coworker: Um… Hit the ‘Insert’ key.
Paralegal in training: … Where on the screen do I click that?!

San Francisco, California

Electronics employee on phone: You’re supposed to call 911 in case of emergencies, not Wal-Mart.

Wal-Mart Supercenter
Oakland, California

Overheard by: Mike

65-year-old employee: Sure, I’ll get those docs to you later today. Right now I have to run down the hall before I have an accident in my pants.

Aliso Viejo, California

Overheard by: hold it in

Employee #1: It went well. I have to pick some comp– Compet– Um…
Employee #2: Competencies?
Employee #1: Yeah! … What does that mean?

Charlotte, North Carolina

Lawyer #1: I had a bad dream last night. I woke my wife up at 4:30 to tell her I dreamt she was having sex with a gay man.
Lawyer #2: Oh, really?
Lawyer #1: Yeah, and it really upset me. And she laughed and said she knew why I had the dream. It was because of these women’s sex discussion groups she’s been going to lately. Then she says to me, ‘Well, what was I doing? Using the drumstick or what?’
Lawyer #2: What the hell? The drumstick? What was she talkin’ about?
Lawyer #1: I know — I didn’t get it either, so I asked her, ‘What are you talking about?’ and she said, ‘Well, how exactly was I having sex with a game hen?’
Lawyer #2: [Guffaws.]Lawyer #1, chuckling: Yeah… I guess she wasn’t fully awake when I told her.

560 Mission Street
San Francisco, California

Old lady peon, bursting excitedly into office: I just went to the craft store and picked up some holiday window clings for my office!
Young male peon: Wow. That’s… fantastic.
Old lady peon: I’ve got Santa Claus and reindeer and snowmen and snowflakes… I asked about Hanukkah stuff, but they didn’t have any. I’m going to do this for every holiday! This is great!
Young male peon: What about Kwanzaa?
Old lady peon: Oh, no, that’s a man-made holiday.

Sacramento, California

Sales chick #1: So, if the sun dies, then we’re all dead?
Sales chick #2: Yup.
Sales chick #1: But what if we eat the people that die first?
Sales chick #2: We’d all die pretty soon anyway.
Sales chick #1: Oh… But I can still eat the dead people, right?

4606 Lankershim Boulevard
North Hollywood, California

Grunt #1: Don’t you need a coat?
Grunt #2: No.
Grunt #1: Are we going outside?
Grunt #2: Yes.
Grunt #1: Oh. Sorry. I guess I just turned into your mother.

10920 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California