Canadia

Designer: Hey, I’m photoshopping — no spanking!

West 5th Avenue
Vancouver, British Columbia
Canadia

Overheard by: designgrl

Office manager: The first rule of thumb is that two geotechnical engineers will always give you two different answers. The second rule of thumb is that I’m always right.
Interns: Hahahahahahahahah

Pause

Office manager: I’m being serious.

1066 West Hastings
Vancouver, Canadia

Overheard by: Andrew

Automated computer voice on elevator: Second floor. Going down.
Old man: Uh, up yours.

Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: Up it to what?

Tech guy: And then you hit CTRL+P to finish processing the claim.
Coworker: But it's not letting me CTRL+P. Why can't I control my p?

Victoria
Canadia

Manager: We’re all sharks. Remember, guys.
Employee: Huh? Sharks?
Manager: Yeah, we’re all like sharks. Sharks have to keep moving their whole life or they’ll die. They never stop moving. So keep moving, guys! We’re sharks!
Employee: So basically what you’re saying is that if we stop moving, you’ll kill us all?

208 Chain Lake Drive
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canadia

Punk rocker to another: I really want a job in Chinatown, but there's one problem–I'm white!

Calgary
Canadia

Slightly chubby male worker to supervisor: My Speedo has nothing to do with this!

Revelstoke
BC
Canadia

Overheard by: Jon

Coworker on phone to business contact: So, are you talking about fecal year 2008 or 2009?

Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: analyst

Co-worker: I’m like a dead person wrapped in a living person. It’s like a pigs-in-a-blanket, except made out of dead people and living people.

631 King Edward Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario
Canadia

Nurse: I hate you, you're so skinny.
Patient: I have Crohn's disease.

Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: another patient