Where I Get My Own Way and You Think It’s Your Idea

Consultant after hanging up phone: Ah, the art of bullshit.

NYU Medical Center
New York

Posted on April 2, 2008
Compliments, Consultants, Default, Lies, Medical, New York

Okay, Okay, She Gets the Jizzt.

Contractor: Ma’am, just so you know for the next time we’re called in, caulking is not spelled C-O-C-K-I-N-G. It’s C-A-U-L-K-I-N-G.
Red-faced manager: Oh!

Retirement home
Oakville, Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Giggling

Posted on March 18, 2008
Bosses, Canadia, Consultants, Default, General Idiocy, Words

That Would Explain the Bride and Groom Statues at the Top

Researcher: Is this an accurate archaeological description: ‘The site now looks like a four-tier cake’?

Dublin
Ireland

Overheard by: Ragnvaeig

Posted on March 13, 2008
Compare and contrast, Consultants, Default, Ireland, Meals and Snacks, Questions

If You Wanna Be Ignorant All Your Life.

Phone support girl: You see where it says ‘Title’ at the top? Just fill that in.
Client on other line: What do you mean ‘title’?
Phone support girl: You know… Like president, accounts receivable or payable… Whatever your title in your office is.
Client on other line: Can’t I just put biotch?
Phone support girl: … I guess if you wanted to…

Chicago, Illinois

Posted on December 25, 2007
Consultants, Illinois, Words

Sadly, the Answer to “Where’s the Bathroom?”

Consultant giving directions over phone: Yeah, it’s like an hour away. An hour and a half at the most. Actually, it could be more like two hours… Or two and a half. Probably more like three. About four, I’d say.

Queen Street
Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Kate