Employee #1: What time zone is Maine in?
Employee #2: It’s in our time zone.
Employee #1: OK, so what time is it there right now?
645 Papermill Road
Newark, New Jersey
Employee #1: What time zone is Maine in?
Employee #2: It’s in our time zone.
Employee #1: OK, so what time is it there right now?
645 Papermill Road
Newark, New Jersey
Woman #1: Does this copier work?
Woman #2: Yes, but it’s not turned on. It will take a while to warm up.
Woman #1: I’m in a hurry, so I guess I’ll just go to another office and use theirs.
Woman #2: Why don’t you just use our other copier?
Woman #1: It’s not working.
Woman #2: Really? I just used it last night.
Woman #1, going to copier: See? It says, ‘Paper tray empty. Please load paper.’
425 I Street
Washington, DC
Girl: Excuse me, do you carry tonic water?
Stock boy: Yeah, I think so. I mean, if we have it, it’s probably somewhere in the store.
Girl: Uh, thanks.
Schnooks
Memphis, Tennessee
Old hag customer: Isn’t that one of those pilgrims from just South of here? She’s ugly as sin.
Bimbette clerk: Oh my god! There are still pilgrims alive? And they live there? That explains so much about the Indian reservation being just down the road.
562 East Main Street
Louisville, Mississippi
Overheard by: Doesn’t Work There Anymore
Travel agent #1: I can’t find the District of Columbia brochures.
Travel agent #2: District of Columbia? Is that in Canada?
Billings, Montana
Overheard by: wow
Worker: Can you please help with the thingy, you know, um, over there?
Manager: Well done, very descriptive.
11766 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
CSR #1: What does IT stand for?
CSR #2: Idiotic tendencies.
CSR #1: Oh, so that’s why we forward them all the stupid questions.
4800 NW 1st Street
Lincoln, Nebraska
Overheard by: customerserviceslave
Newbie: Did you know Matt Goldberg used to be a singer?
Employee: Who?
Newbie: Mark Goldberg?
Employee: You mean Mark Wahlberg?
Newbie: Yeah! That’s it!
5100 Spectrum Way
Mississauga, Ontario
Canadia
Store clerk: So you're from Canada. Is it really quiet there?
Customer: Well, I guess that depends on where you live. I live in a large city, Toronto.
Store clerk: They have cities in Canada?
Northern Michigan
Publisher rep: This guy did a study on blind men who use prostitutes.
Book buyer: Ok.
Publisher rep, whispering: For sex.
308 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, California