Office peon on phone: Look, I'm busy right now so I'll have to call you back. What's your phone number?
Stupid office peon: Ummm… I don't know. I never call myself.
Nashville, Tennessee
Office peon on phone: Look, I'm busy right now so I'll have to call you back. What's your phone number?
Stupid office peon: Ummm… I don't know. I never call myself.
Nashville, Tennessee
Extremely loud cube rat: Okay, let me check on that for you. That is “c” as in “Sam”?
Troy, New York
Overheard by: Sneaker
Office drone: I know that, I'm not stupidity.
5th Avenue
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Apparently I'm With Stupid
Boss to conference call participant: Is that study from the US?
Conference call participant: No, it's from Massachusetts.
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: Window with no office
Girl in cubicle: I feel so professional today… I just googled Dow Jones.
Research Triangle Park
Durham, Raleigh
Dumb employee: See, the thing about putting oil and vinegar into a squeeze bottle is that you have to make a decision… You either get oil, or you get vinegar.
Smart employee: Shake it?
Dumb employee: Well…you made a fool out of me.
Port Washington, New York
Overheard by: Chenga
Cubicle dweller: God, I hate when I type like a retard. Hmmm… Wonder what a retard types like.
Las Vegas, Nevada
Overheard by: Forrest Gump
Customer: Can you please put me on your do-not-call list?
Telemarketer: Sure… how do you spell that?
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Overheard by: Bored!
Office dude: It's raining, I can hear it.
Office chick: Outside?
Atlanta, Georgia
Overheard by: Why does it always rain on me?
CSR, on speakerphone: And where would you like this order shipped?
Secretary: 123 Main St.*, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
CSR : We don’t ship out of the country.
Secretary: That’s fine, but this address is in the country.
CSR : No, you said to ship it to New Mexico.
Secretary: Yes, New Mexico is a state in the US.
CSR : Sorry, but we can’t ship out of the US.
Secretary: Do you have a supervisor I can talk to, please?
[Long pause.]CSR supervisor: This is Tim. Can I help you?
Secretary: I hope so, Tim. Your employee doesn’t seem to understand that New Mexico is a state in the United States, and so refuses to ship me your product.
Supervisor: Well, that’s true. We can’t ship out of the country. I’m sorry ma’am.
Secretary, raising her voice a little: Have you never even heard of the state of New Mexico? It’s one of the big, square ones? It’s right between Texas and Arizona? It’s one of the 50 United States?
Supervisor: I’m sorry, it’s just our policy not to ship out of the US.
Secretary: Tim, let me get this straight. Your company is going to lose a $14,000 order because the people in your customer service department are too moronic to know or comprehend that the state of New Mexico is a part of the United States?
Supervisor: Yes, ma’am. That’s our policy.
Secretary, completely exasperated: Well, I guess there’s nothing more to be said, is there?
Supervisor: No, ma’am. Have a nice day.
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Overheard by: New Mexican
