Employees

Boss: Hey, my mouse arrow is reversed on the screen.
Worker: What…how?
Boss: If I go this way, it goes that way…Oh, never mind, I was holding it upside down.

10199 Riverford Road
Lakeside, California

Employee to coworker wearing under-armor shirt: Lou*, Bally’s called. They want their shirt back until you can bench press at least 45 pounds.

Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey

Overheard by: Maureen

Guy on cell in building lobby: Yeah, I googled it, and you can buy straitjackets online.

Portland, Maine

Overheard by: Jennifer

Coworker: Just to let you know, I need to leave at noon today because I have a leak.
Office manager: That sounds like a personal problem.

Navy Yard
Washington, DC

Worker bee: Is that Phylicia Rashad on top of our tree?

Fairfax, Virginia

Cube dweller: I can't discipline my children, they don't listen to me.
Boss: Nothing better than spanking a wet, naked ass.

Peabody, Massachusetts

Employee: I just pulled up my information on the system and had a question.
Manager: You can't pull up your own information, you can pull up Sophie's, but not your own.
Employee: Oh, I didn't do anything on my file, I was just playing.
Manager: You can play with each other, just not yourselves.

Calgary
Canadia

Overheard by: Matt Bangsund

Coworker, about botched client presentation: His learning curve is big. He'll make the same mistakes six times before he gets it, but after that sixth time, he'll never make that same mistake again!

Parsippany, New Jersey

Menopausal admin to cube farm: I'm late for my mammogram appointment… If anybody needs me, that's where I'll be.

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: Minding my own

Cube dweller: Is Massachusetts the only state in this country that doesn't suck?

6th Ave
New York City, New York