Comebacks

Cube rat exiting front door: I’m going out. Can I bring back anything for anybody?
Voice from back of room: Johnny Depp.
Cube rat, disgustedly: Oh, nice, but I meant bring back anything to eat.
Different voice from back of room: Johnny Depp on a cracker.

4th Street
Louisville, Kentucky

Office chick #1: Don’t squeeze it! All the goo will come out!
Office chick #2, playing with stress ball: Why, what happened?
Office chick #1: I got a little too excited and squeezed it until it popped… That’s why I don’t hold babies…

Arlington, Virginia

Client: She said she was looking for a pen.
Attorney: And the pen was under her desk?
Client: Yes, and she’s a pack rat, and everything in the world is under her desk…
Attorney: And she got stuck that way?
Client: Yes, and we had to call security so they could drag her out by her ankles…
Attorney: I hope that was a really nice pen.

Kern County Superior Court
Bakersfield, California

Overheard by: Frazzled lawyer

IT guy: So, are you using straight AutoCAD?
Employee: As opposed to the homosexual one?

41 East 11th Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: nex0s

Male coworker: Wait, did I already tell you the scrotum story?
Female coworker: Yes, you did. Thanks for telling me yet again about your nutsack.

Atlanta, Georgia

CSR #1: I just want to know what is expected of us!
CSR #2, walking away: What is expected of us is that you suck, and I don’t, so there!

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Web developer: That doesn’t count.
Web designer: Neither can your mum.
Web developer: Yeah — I guess it really hampered her 25-year career as a bookkeeper.
Web designer: What sort of books did she keep?

104-108 Dover Street
Richmond Victoria
Australia

Customer: What are all of those light switches for?
Store clerk, without looking up: For turning things on and off.

Wichita, Kansas

Overheard by: Chandra

Coworker #1: Who’s ringing?
Coworker #2: Not me. I vibrate.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Boss: I can’t get this damn phone to work.
Coworker: It helps if you’re just a little bit smarter than the technology.

Albuquerque, New Mexico