Graphic designer: I’m looking for those “In Memoriam” listings. I know they’re buried around here somewhere.
2400 Grove Boulevard
Austin, Texas
Graphic designer: I’m looking for those “In Memoriam” listings. I know they’re buried around here somewhere.
2400 Grove Boulevard
Austin, Texas
Art director, after particularly greasy lunch: Uhhh. My fingers smell worse than it tasted.
Boulder, Colorado
Overheard by: the new guy
College-educated marketing coordinator: Do you know what he's asking for?
Designer: He wants you to get a quote to print the postcards.
College-educated marketing coordinator: I know, but what does “two comma one hundred” mean?
Designer: He wants a quote on two-thousand, one hundred postcards.
College-educated marketing coordinator: Oh.
Pennsylvania
Photographer during photo shoot: Wow! We're really gonna need to Photoshop you!
Denver, Colorado
Designer, walking into boss' office: Hi.
Boss: Hi.
Designer: Hi.
Manager: Hi.
Designer to CEO: Hi.
(CEO laughs)
Designer: What's so funny?
CEO: I was enjoying the “hi”s. I wanna know what comes after the “hi”s.
Boss: The lows.
Culver City, California
Newspaper reporter interviewing designer about home design: So this might sound like a silly question, but are mirrors made of glass?
Tampa, Florida
Production manager, loudly, to graphic artist nearby: Michael! You are just whipping it out today!
Van Nuys, California
Overheard by: Just walking on by
Creative director: You're making that up!
HR lady: I am not!
Creative director: Why would you want to be friends with that guy? He wanted to name a flower after you!
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Graphic designer: Ah, shut up, midget mother.
Ad sales girl: What? “Midget mother”? What the fuck does that mean?
Graphic designer: Your mother's a midget.
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Account manger to designer: Can you sex up those check marks for me?
Washington, DC