Supervisor: Don’t worry, [the new procedure] is not that confusing.
Employee: I’m not confused, I always look like this.
202 C Street
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Emery Ann Harris
Supervisor: Don’t worry, [the new procedure] is not that confusing.
Employee: I’m not confused, I always look like this.
202 C Street
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Emery Ann Harris
Female worker #1: I told my customer we should be anthropologists. Do you know what anthropology is?
Female worker #2: You mean like the store?
Female worker #1: No, that's “Anthropologie” with an “i.”
Female worker #2. Then no.
Portland, Oregon
Office dweller #1: What is a civil servant?
Office dweller #2: Like someone that serves you in your house, like a butler.
Office dweller #1: Oh, I thought it was like a post office worker or something.
Office dweller #2: Nope, pretty sure it's a butler.
Cube world, San Diego
Overheard by: Tired of the nonsense
Coworker #1: What country is Switzerland in?
Coworker #2: I think it's in Ireland.
Michigan
Boss: Hey, how do you spell ‘Japanese’? [Peon spells it.] Hmmm, do you think she was Japanese? How do you spell ‘Chinese’? [Peon spells it.] I don’t know if she was Chinese, though… Here’s what we’ll do — [begins typing letter] ‘The child speaks Asian…’ Wait, how do you spell ‘Asian’?
1000 West Central Road
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Overheard by: I work here?
Marketing guy: I don’t want you IT guys wasting a lot of time figuring out what’s wrong before you fix it!
228 East 86th Street
New York, NY
Boss: That lady is from Alabama. I used to visit there when I was a kid. It was only 20 to 30 minutes from my house.
Receptionist: … But you lived in Georgia.
Orange Park, Florida
Overheard by: Tristan
Customer Service Specialist on phone: No, sir. You just had a credit line increase yesterday…Well, sir. That’s how the potato chips.
Customer Service Specialist: …Damn towelhead.
14700 Citicorp Drive
Hagerstown, Maryland
Co-worker #1: [Anna] is really mean.
Co-worker #2: It’s because of her race.
Co-worker #1: What? Her race?
Co-worker #2: Yeah, whatever she is; they’re all like that.
171 17th Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia
Co-Worker #1: Are you ok? You seem frazzled.
Co-Worker #2: Oh, I hit the ground running this morning, and things haven’t let up.
Co-Worker #1: You hit the ground? Did you hurt yourself?
1700 North Maitland Avenue
Maitland, Florida
Overheard by: Siege
