Consultants

Team leader: She was like some kind of robot lesbian.

St. John’s, Newfoundland
Canadia

Executive assistant: Shit! Oh, wait, no. I take back my shit.

242 West 38th Street
New York, New York

Company rep: Good morning, monsieurs and madames! I thought we were all friends, but I’ve heard that someone here thinks I’m pretentious.

Law firm
Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Megsie

Social worker: Honestly, what parent in their right mind hands a toddler who is just learning to walk a wire hanger as a chew toy in goodwill and thinks it’s a good idea?

Medical Center
Salt Lake City, Utah

Overheard by: makin a difference

Scientist at desk to tech in lab: Just because you want to see hot firemen doesn’t mean you have to set off the alarm!

20925 Crossroads Circle
Waukesha, Wisconsin

Values trainer, on being equal opportunity employer: … And, just so you know, the Midwest office gave an offer to a paraplegic last month. He’s paralyzed from the neck down — can’t move anything below the neck. So there’s a great example of the firm walking the talk.

55 East 52nd Street
New York, New York

Director: I guess he was too busy measuring gonads. That’s what he does — measures gonads.

11 West Jones Street
Raleigh, North Carolina

Overheard by: How big are they?

Designer: I’m bored and all the bathrooms are full.

605 Lakeview Drive
Springdale, Arizona

Overheard by: so what?

Software developer to web designer: Our toilets don’t flush, so we don’t need cable television anymore. This is not a metaphor.

5th Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Overheard by: Logic Impaired

US sales manager in teleconference: We gotta let the elephant be the hot dog right outta the shoe.

5 Thomas Holt Drive
Sydney
Australia