My Cubicle’s Like Yoinkee Stadium

Female designer: I’ve been yoinked a lot today.

Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: Meg

Posted on July 8, 2008
Default, Design and Editorial, Designers and Photographers, Florida, Office Politics, Words

Colleagues May Reject the Defining Films of Your Generation. Get Over It.

Copywriter: I haven’t seen Mallrats.
Designer: What?!
Copywriter: Or The Goonies.
Designer: Have you seen any movie?
Copywriter: Those are the only two I haven’t seen.

Plum Street, Cincinnati
Ohio

Overheard by: Erica

Posted on June 11, 2008
Cinema, Coworkers, Default, Design and Editorial, Designers and Photographers, Ohio, Questions, Weirdness, Writers and Editors

Hey, the Customer Was Willing to Pay Extra

Photo assistant: Eeewwww! I can’t believe you put that in your mouth!

Culver City, California

Overheard by: LaLa Land

Posted on June 4, 2008
Body Parts, California and Northwest, Default, Design and Editorial, Designers and Photographers, Employees, Weirdness

I’m Even Making the Groomsmen Get Their Backs Waxed

Manager: We’re getting married in Gibraltar.
Designer: Oh, that sounds nice.
Manager: You know, you’ve heard of Gibraltar. Rocks… Monkeys… Except I don’t like monkeys. I don’t want monkeys in my wedding!

UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Posted on April 24, 2008
Animals, Compliments, Coworkers, Default, Designers and Photographers, Feelings, Geography & History, North Carolina, Relationships

When It Comes to Rorschach Tests, You Have to Think Outside the Box

Art director: Do these look like vaginas to you?
Research manager: Actually, it could be shrimp cocktail.

Seventh Avenue
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Where’s the horseradish?

Posted on April 22, 2008
Animals, Body Parts, Compare and contrast, Coworkers, Default, Designers and Photographers, Employees, Meals and Snacks, New York, Questions, Sensory Experiences

Seems Like a Lot of Work to Get Another Job, Though

Designer: … And then [the director] said, ‘What else did you accomplish today?’ Can you believe that?!
Writer: What the hell business is it of his what you do here?
Designer: And so what if I did go to lunch with you for three hours? Is that a crime? Can a man not waste a little time on the company dollar anymore? What the hell kind of place is this becoming?!
Writer: I ask myself that everyday.

16340 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona