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Office clerk: My nails grow all the time in summer, but in winter they're like… What's that word? Oh, yeah: “frozen.”

St. George's Terrace
Australia

Overheard by: Krystle

(on casual Friday)
Female employee to male employee: So you only wear pants on Fridays?

Wooded Acres Drive
Waco, Texas

SPM: What's a good pick-up line while playing pool?
SB: “Stroke your balls into my velvety pocket”?

Vancouver
Canadia

Sales to HR: Dude, it sounds like his balls haven't dropped yet.

College Park, Maryland

Excited coworker, after feeling rumbling from earthquake: Sarah*, did you vibrate over there?
Coworker: That's kind of a personal question…

Burlington, North Carolina

Overheard by: not vibrating

CSR: Ma'am, do you have a firewall?
Clueless caller: Yes, the chimney is to my left.
CSR: No, no.. On your computer, is there a firewall?
Clueless: The computer is against a wall..
CSR: Um. Oh, I know, do you have Norton?
Clueless caller, excitedly: Yeah, yeah, I have that!
CSR: Okay. Well, that's a firewall.

Yonkers, New York

Overheard by: fellow CSR

Lady #1: I’ve always wanted to try the sales department.
Lady #2: Ever since I was little, I wanted to be a forest ranger.

Wall Street
New York City, New York

Girl adjusting name tag on rolled up t-shirt: I'm not crazy OCD, just efficient.
Girl helping her: That should be on a bumper sticker.

Fairfield, Connecticut

Checkout girl: Hi, how are… [Turns to employee at next register.] Have I ever told you how badly I want a pet monkey? Like, besides getting out of this hellhole, it’s, like, the only thing I want in life.

Oneida, New York

Overheard by: fellow customer in line

Worker #1: Who’s that?
Worker #2: What, the new temp?
Worker #1: Oh. What happened to the other lady?
Worker #2: She was too over-qualified.
Worker #1: What, and the new guy’s not? What is his experience?
Worker #2: Well, he was a turd farmer from poor Virginia.

Des Moines, Iowa