Secretary #1: How was your mother's day?
Secretary #2: Oh, my mother is dead.
Secretary #1: I know. (hyena laugh)
Townsend St
San Francisco, California
Secretary #1: How was your mother's day?
Secretary #2: Oh, my mother is dead.
Secretary #1: I know. (hyena laugh)
Townsend St
San Francisco, California
Overpaid IT guy: Well, I’m here to help, but don’t expect me to know what’s going on.
San Francisco, California
Ditzy office manager to coworker: I think I just had, what do you call it, a brain hernia…
San Bernardino, California
Overheard by: Mister Chief
Older woman library user: I'd like to send a sympathy card to Perry Como.
Librarian: I thought he died several years ago.
Library user: I know. The last address I have is in Jupiter, Florida.
Hawthorne, California
Overheard by: librain13
CSR: Today needs to be over. I’m so seriously ready to slit my wrists–
The phone rings.
CSR: Good afternoon. This is [Nelly], how can I help you? Oh…hi! How are you doing?…Oh, I’m great! Mm-hmm, yes, of course! I just have to pull up your previous order…Oh, really? Oh! Well, that’s okay!…No, really!…Oh, stop it! Ha, ha! Okay, well thanks for calling anyway! Yes…Thank you, I will! You also, okay? M’kay, bye!…Jesus. Okay, so, what the fuck was I saying again?
950 Tower Lane
Foster City, California
CEO: My only regret was that I couldn’t fire her [VP Marketing] twice.
50 Fremont Street
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Vin Dicated
Hair salon receptionist: My last boyfriend cheated on me.
Nail girl: Oh, that’s terrible. I had one boyfriend cheat on me in the past, too.
Hair salon receptionist: Well, you know what they say, “Hindsight is 24/7.”
3202 E. Los Angeles Avenue
Simi Valley, California
Overheard by: Bruce Bristol
Head of HR: I bet you he’s [the COO] a total virgin. Probably even a hand virgin.
402 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, California
Operations Manager: You don’t like peanut butter? You’ve just blasphemed in my office!
10 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, California
Overheard by: Timbleweed
Manager: I’m going to be turning in my old laptop for a new one. I want to get another IBM, one of the ultralight ones.
Techie: We’re not leasing IBMs anymore. We’re currently leasing HPs and Dells.
Manager: I don’t like the HPs and I really want an IBM. How can I get one?
Techie: Well…you would need to provide us with a medical reason and a doctor’s note.
10 Almaden Boulevard
San Jose, California
Overheard by: Stealth Nerf
