When Nerds Dream.

20-something female coworker, about guy he's met online: He's so smart. He uses real sentences, with real words, with real punctuation!

Grandview Heights, Ohio

Overheard by: Rich Hamburglar

Posted on July 29, 2015
Coworkers, Education, Feelings, Ohio, Relationships, Words

Moist, Delicious Students by the Basket

Boss: It will be a nice, warm, and fuzzy family event, which will increase student yield.

Hempstead, New York

Posted on July 20, 2015
Bosses, Default, Education, Family, Money, New York

Which Is to Say It’s Like the Subway

Father, trying to get his teenage daughter excited about reading The Odyssey: It’s like a horror movie… for really, really old people.

Public Library
Anchorage, Alaska

Overheard by: not-so-old but I still like The Odyssey

Posted on July 19, 2015
Age and ageing, Alaska, Arts, Cinema, Compare and contrast, Default, Education, Parents

For the Last Time, Reading Wikipedia Is Not “College”

New girl to sales rep: Washington DC isn't in the state of Washington?
Sales rep: No, let me show you a map.
New girl: We really only have 49 states? Washington DC isn't a state?
Sales rep: Washington DC is a district, not a state. “D” is for “district.” How did you graduate high school?
New girl: I'm taking the class in college too.

Crawfordsville, Indiana

Posted on July 18, 2015
Education, General Idiocy, Geography & History, Indiana, Questions, Sales

…Minimum

Nine-year-old girl in child psychology office, talking a mile a minute: And, mom, the teacher was really upset that we didn't know how long a century is! Yeah, she was really upset cause none of us knew!
Mom: Do you know how long a century is?
Nine-year-old girl: No! I didn't know either! I don't know how long a century is!
Mom, incredulous: You don't know how long a century is?
Nine-year-old girl: No! How long is it?
Mom, without hesitation: Ten years.

Marion, Indiana

Overheard by: Which one of you is seeing the therapist again?

Posted on July 15, 2015
Education, General Idiocy, Indiana, Kids, Parents, Questions

Yeah, I've Got Millions of Dollars in a Bank Account for Them

Administrative assistant on phone: I was just calling because I have seventy five Nigerians in need of a campus tour, and I know you're good at that sort of thing.

University of Notre Dame, Indiana

Posted on July 15, 2015
Default, Education, Employees, Indiana, Offers and requests, On the phone

Your President Asked the Same Thing!

Teacher: This is David from Israel. Do you have any questions for David?
Senior student: Yes. Do you have air conditioning in your tents?

High School
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: IsraeliTexan

Posted on July 9, 2015
Default, Education, Geography & History, Insults, Questions, Students, Teachers, Technology, Texas

Follow Me to the Jackhammer Room!

Boss: We have to move out of the conference room because the student is deaf and the piano lesson in the room above is so loud.
Underling: Wait… If the student is deaf why does it matter that the piano is loud?
Boss: I can't deal with this right now.

Syracuse, New York

Overheard by: i choose to not hear you

Posted on June 24, 2015
Bosses and Underlings, Education, General Idiocy, Meetings, New York, Questions

Your Editors Are Amused to Hear “Dang” Outside Far Side Cartoons

Female staff to male design teacher: Dang! You actually look like a teacher today! Who knew?!

Texas State University
San Marcos, Texas

Overheard by: Spizzy

Posted on June 23, 2015
Clothes, Compare and contrast, Coworkers, Default, Education, Physical Appearance, Texas

…and I Started Crying

Coworker #1: I pooped in my pants once. But I was in pre-k. I was lying down at naptime, and then all of a sudden, I felt it come out, and I started crying.
Coworker #2: I peed in my pants once. At work.

Broadway & Canal
New York City, New York

Overheard by: office peon

Posted on June 22, 2015
Age and ageing, Clothes, Coworkers, Education, Health & Hygiene, New York

Education