Comebacks

Managing Director: Hey, there’s something wrong in my sister’s account. Her street name is spelled wrong.
Assistant: Is she a rapper?

1999 Avenue of the Stars
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: oink

Co-worker #1: I finally found that fax you were looking for.
Co-worker #2: Great where was it?
Co-worker #1: On this 3×4 pink message pad. It was a phone message you freak.

30 Riverview Park
Red Deer, Alberta
Canadia

Co-worker #1: Where is the copy paper?
Co-worker #2: Office Depot.

5201 Ravenswood Road
Dania Beach, Florida

Asian guy: Hey, look! A butterfly!
White guy: Why don’t you go catch it? That’s what Asians do.
Asian guy: No, we catch flies.
White guy: With fucking chopsticks?
Asian guy: Yeah, but if you give me two cigarettes I could probably use those.

Parkland Avenue
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Overheard by: Gloria

Mother to son: Don’t play with that stapler!
Passerby: Happy take your kid to work day.

One Easton Oval
Columbus, Ohio

Office guy: So I told her I would give her $15,000 and a ladder to elope. And that she could keep the ladder when she got back.

Stratford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Zaphod B.

Worker bee #1: They used to line us up in the middle of the school, make us drop our pants, and paddle us.
Worker bee #2: You can’t do that these days because too many people would like it.

Richmond, Virginia

Overheard by: usual suspect

Boss: So, is there any other duty that you do on a daily basis that we should include on this list?
Worker: You mean other than miscellaneous bullshit?
Boss: Well, how much time do you spend on miscellaneous bullshit everyday?
Worker: Depending on the day, between 10 minutes and 8 hours.

4913 West Laurel Street
Tampa, Florida

Overheard by: hang on voltaire

Suit: It was 6 hours of nonstop powerdrinking. My wife was at a Christmas party and asked me to pick her up, and I said, “Even I would not get behind the wheel now!”

350 Madison Ave.
New York, NY

Worker #1: He has a groin pull so he’s asking for pain pills .
Worker #2: He told me he hurt his leg.
Consultant: Yeah, my third leg. I’m a tripod.
Worker #1: A tripod wouldn’t have hurt himself playing basketball with a 50 or under league.

100 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Regina C