Female coworker: I hope he doesn’t mind that I wrote my report in eyeliner.
Boston, Massachusetts
Female coworker: I hope he doesn’t mind that I wrote my report in eyeliner.
Boston, Massachusetts
These are all from the same coworker.
Overheard on phone: I am going to need you to help me because this is not information that is readily available in my…uh…brain.
In a meeting while it was snowing outside: This reminds me of growing up in New York…I mean…Vermont.
Another meeting: The last thing we want to do is provide an immediate response to an immediate question.
522 SW 5th
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: Breanna Freeman
Study abroad agent: We currently have 10 students in dozens of countries.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Cashier: My nephew started swearing up a storm at me, and I almost punched him. Then he started saying, ‘Uno, dos, tres,’ and I realized it was Spanish he learned from Dora. Damn, I almost punched him, because I didn’t know what he was sayin’. I also hate those kids that used to run into the store when they saw those Barney footprints by the door… I used to want to punch them, too.
205 East Lincoln Way
Ames, Iowa
Overheard by: Not a Kid Fan, but not a Kid Puncher, either
Composition runner: I spilled milkshake in my pants today.
225 Varick Street
New York, New York
Coworker on cell when it starts ringing: Oh, crap. I think I just called myself.
Rockville, Maryland
Interviewer: Do you have a middle initial?
Applicant: Nope. I got a whole middle name. John.
Attleboro, Massachusetts
Man hanging up phone: Wow, that guy had a neat accent. He said he was from the United Kingdom.
Woman: United Kingdom? That’s in Florida, right?
Man: No, I think that’s the Magic Kingdom…
Woman: Oh, you’re right! United Kingdom is in Kentucky.
Spartanburg, South Carolina
Overheard by: Service Dispatcher
Woman on phone: It’s like asking a rocket scientist to make a pizza–I just can’t do it!
707 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Ilya
Programmer: Okay, so he asked us for a digital signature solution to document tracking and approval… Ideas?
Analyst: What if we got a couple midgets, and bought a few Etch A Sketches…?
1932 Wildcat Canyon Road
San Diego, California
