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Manager #1 (barely audible): Hey bud, did you go snowmobiling this weekend?
Manager #2 (yelling): Yeah man, I rode it all weekend and thought of you the whole time!

Bellevue City Center
Bellevue, Washington

Posted on August 4, 2015
Coworkers, Default, Employees, Feelings, Questions, Washington

Or Until You Die of a Staph Infection, Whichever Happens First

Disheveled cashier to customer buying towels: So I said to my daughter, “No, you can't have another towel. When you come out of the shower you are clean, so you can just keep using that same towel until next month.”

Wal-Mart
Rockford, Illinois

Overheard by: Lindsey B

Posted on August 4, 2015
Customers, Employees, Family, Health & Hygiene, Illinois, Weirdness

Awww, Snap!

Worker at desk, startled when colleague walks by: Oh! You scared me! I thought you were a rubber band!

Bridge Street
Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: JRH

Posted on August 4, 2015
Australia, Employees, Sensory Experiences, Weirdness

And I Saw a Cloud Shaped Like a Sandwich!

Worker returning from smoke break: Sorry I'm back so late. I found a dog!

Montreal
Canadia

Overheard by: I share an office with him

Posted on August 3, 2015
Animals, Canadia, Employees, Time Management

…Combined with the Adult Diaper Jokes

Emergency operator #1: Hello? Hello? (hangs up phone) Whoops!
Emergency operator #2: Uh oh, what happened?
Emergency operator #1: Oh, some lady wanting to donate adult diapers just hung up on me.
Emergency operator #2: Weird, was she mad cuz we don't take donations?
Emergency operator #1: Nah, I think it was the calling her “sir” that did it.

Red Cross Call Center
San Diego, California

Posted on August 3, 2015
California, Employees, Health & Hygiene, On the phone, Questions

Not Having to Listen to Cher Is Worth Paying Out-of-Pocket.

Male employee, angry about benefits: So my live-in girlfriend is not a domestic partner but Steve's* boyfriend is?
HR generalist: Yes, that's right. Domestic partners are same sex partners, that is the policy.
Male employee: So if my girlfriend became my boyfriend I could put her on my insurance?
HR generalist: Yes, if she grows a penis and discovers a deep abiding love for Cher, she can be on your insurance.
Male employee: Really?
HR generalist: (sighs)

Skokie, Illinois

Posted on August 2, 2015
Body Parts, Employees, Human Resources, Illinois, Office Politics, Questions, Relationships, Sexuality

The Tissues Were Doused in Self-love

Employee: Ew! You’re dousing your sandwich in tabasco sauce!
Intern: I’m dousing it in self-hatred.

4 W. Oakland Avenue
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Vivian X

Posted on August 2, 2015
Comebacks, Employees, Feelings, Gripes, Interns & Temps, Meals and Snacks, Pennsylvania

9AM Back to Work

Employee on phone: Yeah, I’m leaving early today…Because if I don’t, I’ll kill someone. No, I mean it, someone will literally die at my hands, so I figure I’m helping out the company by leaving early.

900 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts