You Just Said a Mouthful, Lady.

60-something woman, fumbling through kitchen: I'm looking for a good teabag. It's been a rough day and I just really need a good teabag.

New Haven, Connecticut

Posted on February 15, 2011
Connecticut, Employees, Feelings, Meals and Snacks, Weirdness, Wishes

…Horseface.

Office slave: Thank you for so much for going above and beyond with this, you are a beautiful person!
Sales guy: Oh, you think so?
Office slave: No, not that kind of beautiful–but thank you for the help.

Colorado

Posted on February 9, 2011
Colorado, Compliments, Employees, Feelings, Possible Sexual Harassment, Questions, Sales

Raise Your Hand If You Kind Of Want to Work in This Office

Boss to employee: This is a “sorry you're leaving” card. But someone's written in it “happy birthday,” and someone else has written “congratulations on the engagement, and on the baby.”

Cambridge
England

Posted on February 7, 2011
Bosses, Compliments, England, Feelings, Hiring & Firing, Office Politics, Words

Your Editors Believe There May Be Something Profound Here

Doctor to nurses: Y'know, I just don't trust dying in America.

Miami, Florida

Overheard by: Stef

Posted on February 2, 2011
Death, Doctors, Feelings, Florida, Geography & History, Weirdness

Yesterday It Was My Banana Hammock

Foreign male coworker, returning from lunch: Hey, look at my apple bag! Want some?
Female coworker: Nah, they look rotten.
Foreign male coworker, saddened: Stop making fun of my apple bag!

Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: HRuncomfortable

Posted on February 2, 2011
Coworkers, Feelings, Meals and Snacks, Offers and requests, Pennsylvania

Do I Need to Explain The Golden Girls to You Again?

Foreign coworker: I once see on TV a show with so many beautiful women. Later they said they were all men. I felt like jumping off building after that.

The Woodlands, Texas

Overheard by: Jeremy

Posted on January 20, 2011
Coworkers, Feelings, Sexuality, Texas, TV, Weirdness

…So What Should We Order for Lunch?

Innocent-looking receptionist: After he made her cry, again, I told her what I do is just smile. When he's being like that I think about telling him I'm going to claw his eyes out, and I end up smiling.
Coworker, looking impressed: Ooohh, I know that smile. It's your creepy smile, like you're just going to lunge and start eating their faces off.

Sedona, Arizona