Bossman: Were you able to answer all of her questions?
Worker: No.
Bossman: Why?
Worker: Because I didn’t know what to tell her!
9500 Owensmouth Avenue
Chatsworth, California
Bossman: Were you able to answer all of her questions?
Worker: No.
Bossman: Why?
Worker: Because I didn’t know what to tell her!
9500 Owensmouth Avenue
Chatsworth, California
Male employee: Can I clock out?
Male manager: Sure, go ahead. And thanks for bringing sexy back today.
Exposition Boulevard
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: Made me wish I worked at Costco
Co-worker #1: Shoot. When I ordered these online, I thought they were full-sized legal pads!
Co-worker #2: Wow, those are definitely small. They’re barely legal!
525 B Street
San Diego, California
Tech guy: Did you hear about all the snow in New York?
Help desk chick: Yeah, wow! That means it’ll be heading here to California.
Tech guy: (silence).
Imperial Highway Brea
California
Boss: I’m not saying he’s a polygamist, but…
29th Street
Santa Monica, California
Overheard by: mfk
Manager: Seriously, guys. We have to be careful…Anything like
that happens again, we’ll be up a paddle without a handle.
606 Folsom Street
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Eve Benson
Tech guy to intern: If you take that network diagram, cut and paste it into word, save it as an mp3 and play it back, it will be circus music.
Solana Beach, California
Employee: Hi.
Receptionist (without looking up): Hi.
(employee walks behind desk)
Receptionist (still not looking) What are you doing?
Employee: Shredding.
Receptionist (looks up confused): What?
Employee (turns on machine): Wow, your shredder is really slow.
Receptionist: That’s the laminator.
San Jose, California
Overheard by: Walking to the Bathroom
Production Tech: Oh that’s right, I forgot, someone else is going to have to pick up Dillon* on Friday. I’m gonna go get married.
859 Cotting Court
Vacaville, California
Executive: At the end of December she agreed to voluntarily quit. She really wants to go and do that bendy thing — you know, yoga.
Portrero Hill
San Francisco, California
