When White South Africans Dream

Loud white lady: Seattle was so beautiful… Then I get back here and it's like being in Africa!
Large black man It's not like Africa.
Loud white lady: Well, minus all the black people…

Scottsdale, Arizona

Overheard by: itstooearlyforthis

Posted on January 9, 2015
Arizona, Compare and contrast, General Idiocy, Gripes, Outbursts, Race, Strangers

Amphetamines Are an Excellent Short-Term Management Tool

Hostess: I once gave everyone in my restaurant an Adderall. We had never been more efficient!

Charlotte, North Carolina

Posted on January 8, 2015
Compare and contrast, Compliments, Default, North Carolina, Offers and requests, Smart Bosses, Time Management, Weirdness

…Once I Take These Pumps Off

Receptionist on phone: I'll be shorter than a midget on his knees!

Washington Navy Yard
Washington, DC

Posted on January 7, 2015
Body Parts, Compare and contrast, Default, Health & Hygiene, On the phone, Receptionists, The Military, Washington DC

I Don’t Know Why They Don’t Just Send Those Folks to Find Bin Laden

Secretary #1, talking about the real-life Napa Valley Halloween murder case: The police used his DNA and the kind of cigarettes he smoked to catch the murderer.
Secretary #2: Just like on CSI!

School
Hamilton, Ohio

Overheard by: TV has the best ideas

Posted on January 3, 2015
Compare and contrast, Coworkers, Crimes, Default, Dumb Employees, General Idiocy, Ohio, School, TV

Can't a Man Dream?

Support staff #1, about cute work experience girl: Ohh, if only I were 10 years younger…
Support staff #2: She'd be ten.

Bournemouth
Dorset, England

Posted on January 3, 2015
Compare and contrast, Coworkers, England, Time Management, Wishes

Just When You Were Starting to Miss Frasier…

Coworker #1: You know I had trouble finding a Die Zauberflöte ringtone on my phone.
Coworker #2: You know I had the same problem too.

Livonia, Michigan

Posted on January 2, 2015
Compare and contrast, Coworkers, Default, Gripes, Michigan, Music, Technology

But His Ghost Sought Revenge, So It's All Good.

Rite Aid employee #1: My friend died last year, he was really sick, it was sad.
Rite Aid employee #2: Yeah man, my friend from high school recently passed away too.
Rite Aid employee #3 (in a Dominican accent): Yeah, that happened to my friend too. Actually, he did not die. Someone killed him.

Rite Aid
New York, New York

Overheard by: Marie Ziskin

Posted on January 1, 2015
Compare and contrast, Coworkers, Death, Default, Employees, Feelings, Health & Hygiene, Medical, New York, Retail, Violence

I Am Your Macro

Female Excel nerd: Time to go make more price lists! Excel is my bitch.
Redheaded dominatrix: And you are mine.

42nd Street
New York City, New York

Posted on January 1, 2015
Compare and contrast, Coworkers, Default, Dorks, Geeks, & Nerds, Nerds and Geeks, New York, Possible Sexual Harassment, Technology, Weirdness

Tonight's Movie: To Sir, With Love

CEO: That would basically put me in the position of a shitting duck.

Calgary
Canadia

Posted on January 1, 2015
Animals, Bosses, Canadia, Compare and contrast, Weirdness

Or to the Statistically Inevitable Divorce Celebration

Cube dweller #1: For my wedding the colors were black and white. So I took my bridesmaids to the dress shop and told them to pick out whatever dress they wanted. They all ended up picking the same one.
Cube dweller #2: Well, that's nice.
Cube dweller #1: Of course they picked the most expensive dress, but I didn't have to pay for that part.
Cube dweller #2: And I bet it was a nice bridesmaid dress that they could wear again and again.
Cube dweller #3: Yeah, like to a funeral.

Tallahassee, Florida

Overheard by: eavesdropping cube dweller

Posted on December 28, 2014
Clothes, Colors, Compare and contrast, Coworkers, Cubicles, Default, Florida, Money, Offers and requests

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