Manager: Excuse me, sir, do you have me on speakerphone?
Guy: No, you have me on speakerphone!
Manager: Oh, look at that. Sorry, this is a bad connection — are you on a cell phone?
Guy: Yes, you called my cell phone.
Manager: Oh, right. Do you have a desk phone I can call?
Guy: No, you called my cell because I am not in the office. Now, what do you want?!
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Is He Serious?
Boss: Take me as a critic, but then also look at it with a hypocritical eye yourself.
25 Broadway,
New York, NY
Manager: How could you let this happen?
Clerk: I forgot.
Manager: You forgot? How could you forget? It’s so hard to forget! It’s easy to remember and hard to forget! Remember that! Haven’t you ever forgotten something and you tried to remember it? That’s how easy it is to remember!
1618 Main St.
Dallas, Texas
Overheard by: Ydnas
Supervisor: Marlene*, I’m stuck in my chair again.
10105 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Street North
St. Petersburg, Florida
Overheard by: Michael John
Corporate boss on phone: Do you know where I am? Do you know where I am? I’m on Roosevelt-fucking-Island… Roosevelt-fucking-Island! In a fucking trailer! This is my life, okay? I was nauseous this morning ’cause I’m a schmuck. I’m on Roosevelt-fucking-Island… So tell me, does it get any worse?
Roosevelt Island, New York
Overheard by: Officetemp
Manager: Where is the post office? Who even goes to the post office? That’s just stupid!
Canal Street and 6th Avenue
New York, New York
Boss: You know those people from Saudi Arabia?
Assistant: Yes.
Boss: Are they Iranians?
Franklin Avenue
New York, New York
Supervisor on phone: …I dunno where. You like Korean food? Of course you do, you’re one of them.
6101 Wetzel Avenue
Fort Carson, Colorado
Boss: The thought of it makes me want to throw up, so I thought I’d give it to you.
Wausau, Wisconsin
Overheard by: Gee, Thanks
Associate: It's my birthday today!
Receptionist: Oh, it's my little sister's birthday too, she's turning one.
Associate: Oh, that's cute. Is she your mum's first child?
Sydney
Australia
