I Wondered What James Stockdale Was Up To These Days

Operator: Thank you for calling Bayshore Medical Insurance*; how can I assist?
Caller: So who are you?
Operator: We’re an insurance company.
Caller: And what do you do?
Operator: We help you with your insurance.
Caller: I don’t understand.
Operator: Well, your boss gives you benefits for working there, and our job is to help you use your benefits.
Caller: I don’t have any benefits! I never signed up for this! Did my boss tell you to call me? Is he trying to set me up? Who told you to call me?
Operator: Sir, you called me.

Market Street
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: The Man

Posted on June 5, 2021
California, Dumb Customers, Employees, General Idiocy, Health & Hygiene, On the phone

Oklahoma City Is a Lot Different from New York

Insurance adjuster: Some guy decides to go chasing buffalo through a field with his pickup and now I have to make a long drive.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Posted on May 30, 2021
Animals, Employees, Oklahoma, Weirdness

George Is Very Fond Of His Mood Shorts

Man in non-matching bright orange Hawaiian patterned shirt and shorts: So here is what I am thinking for the theme of the event…

Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: Rusty

Posted on May 27, 2021
Australia, Clothes, Colors, Employees, Weirdness

9AM Stay in My Cube Today

Auditorium worker: …she has shelves full of them. If you visit her she goes on and on about all her Hummels. And for each Hummels she has some goddamn story to go along with it. Bores you to death. That’s why I don’t go over there.

700 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overheard by: 2qrs

Posted on May 21, 2021
Employees, Gossip, Gripes, Minnesota

So One False Move and I'll Open the Safety Chute on Your Asses

Air steward, during safety demonstration: We are expecting some turbulence during this flight. Please remain seated with your seat belt buckled. Remember, we have worker's compensation and you don't.

San Diego, California

Overheard by: Kirstoona

Posted on May 18, 2021
Advice, California, Compare and contrast, Employees, Travel

In Case You Were Wondering What to Get Me for Bosses' Day

Male staffer: There may be a problem.
Female manager: With what?
Male staffer: I was just typing an e-mail about a birth certificate. Twice I typed “bitch” instead of “birth”.
Female manager: Oooh!
Male staffer: I corrected it before I sent it, though.
Female manager: Thank goodness. (pause) Gotta say, though, that I would love to have a bitch certificate. I mean, I do just fine without one, but it would be nice to have the formal recognition.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Michael