IT manager: As long as we try to maintain intelligence, a lot of people are going to get confused.
Tonopah, Arizona
IT manager: As long as we try to maintain intelligence, a lot of people are going to get confused.
Tonopah, Arizona
Boss: I’m not saying he’s a polygamist, but…
29th Street
Santa Monica, California
Overheard by: mfk
Manager: Seriously, guys. We have to be careful…Anything like
that happens again, we’ll be up a paddle without a handle.
606 Folsom Street
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Eve Benson
Manager: Instead of wine night, we call it ‘book club.’
1400 Douglas Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Overheard by: Doug’s Mom
Boss: So, what do you like about working here?
Employee: Well, I really like that working here, you have your hands on the pulse of campus.
Boss: I'm sorry, did you say “the balls of campus”?
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overheard by: Didshereallythinkshesaidthat?
Boss: Let’s be clear about this… Actually, no, let’s be unclear.
10900 Martin Luther King Drive
Cleveland, Ohio
Coworker: Who won the World Cup game?
Supervisor: Ghana beat the U.S.
Coworker: Aw, I wanted the U.S. to win!
Supervisor: Why? The U.S. wins everything. That’s why we have the Olympics.
1145 East 4th Street
Tucson, Arizona
Overheard by: Rasputin
Teller: I haven’t decided yet if I’m going to see The Da Vinci Code. I want to see it, but if I do I’ll feel like I’m. . . supporting. You know?
Bank AVP: . . . Supporting?
Teller: The Devil!
Long pause
Bank AVP: Tom Hanks is the devil?
48 Clifty Kirkmansville Road
Clifty, Kentucky
Manager: We need to be less stupider on how we do…things…We need to work on our synergy, ensure we’re interlocking with our process improvements…You need to have a sense of urgency, a relaxed urgency where you don’t hurry anyone else but you.
1 Dell Way
Round Rock, Texas
Overheard by: Anonymous Tech
Boss: So when I format the hard drive, it erases the operating system too?
Worker: Yes.
Boss: Oh…
3937 Ivywood Lane
Pueblo, Colorado
