Clued-out manager, discussing suicide of friend: If you were to jump off a bridge… are you a coward, or do you have balls?
Toronto
Canadia
Clued-out manager, discussing suicide of friend: If you were to jump off a bridge… are you a coward, or do you have balls?
Toronto
Canadia
Cube girl: I am starving suddenly. Like, Albania-starving.
Cube guy: Are people starving in Albania?
Cube girl: The anorexic ones.
350 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
Coworker, reading an e-mail: Oh no… We can’t hire someone that says “TGIF”.
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: I agree
Programmer: I’m just saying that if, by some miracle Pat Robertson, Fred Phelps and Jerry Falwell had all died in a meteor attack…
Boss: I would convert. Right there. I’d become an instant christian.
Programmer: I would keep the sabbath holy.
Boss: I would keep the sabbath *fucking* holy. Hell, if god can manage to paralyze Paris Hilton from the waist down…
Programmer: I would start to tithe.
Boss: I would start to *fucking* tithe.
Clearview Avenue
Mesa, Arizona
Overheard by: Chris Cardinal
Manager: One day you’re going to make a really good old man.
Richmond, Virginia
Manager: Did you give up anything for lent?
Underling: Yeah. Stealing office supplies from your company. It may not be much, but I think it’s pretty good considering I’m not even Catholic.
Meacham Boulevard
Haltom, Texas
Drone leader: Hey, Willie*, can you take care of this for me?
Drone follower: No, I can't. I'm very busy at the moment. I'm… (looks around and thinks for a minute) …typing.
Entropy Towers
Belco, Canberra
Australia
Overheard by: They can crush my spirt, but they can't make me care
Voice on phone: Hi. I just wanted to ask if you’re open today?
Employee: No, we’re not. I just thought it would be fun to come over here on my free day. That it?
Voice on phone: … Well, that was rude [hangs up].
Cell phone store
Kansas City, Missouri
Worker bee #1: As soon as he was naked he started touching himself.
Worker bee #2: Oh my god!
Worker bee #1: Sometimes she touches herself… but not in a long time. Every time he’s naked he diddles himself!
New Hyde Park, New York
Manager: Dude, it's not. It's 6.
Coworker: No, it's not! It's 9!
Manager: No, it's not. Look at it! It's 6!
Coworker: No, it's 9!
(coworker starts to access the file)
Manager: It's 6, dude! I bet you!
Coworker: It's 9!
(file comes up)
Coworker: Oh look, it's 7.
San Francisco, California