General Idiocy

Director: September used to be a good month, until 9/11, whenever that was.

Atlanta, Georgia

Boss: Are you homophobic?
Employee: I have an African American cousin! Of course I'm not homophobic!

Nashville, Tennessee

Bus driver: Give me a “ho” if you got your funky bus fare!
Passenger: Ho! (drops token in slot)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Boss: We need to account for shipping to the Stans. You know what the Stans are, right?…You know, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iranistan, Kakistan, Islamastan…
Employees: …

10418 Donner Pass Road
Truckee, California

Boss: What about those materials needing to be sent out to our components?
Co-worker: Oh, I threw them in a box and shoved it under my chair. They were taking up too much room on my desk.

5205 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, Virginia

Sub-editor: Hi, Ed*!
Designer: Hi, Jack*! I’ll try not to cut myself when you’re talking to me this time.

Australia

Interviewer: So, I see from your resume that you spent two years in Africa with the Peace Corps.
Interviewee: Yes.
Interviewer: Did you work with any minorities there?

Worcester, Massachusetts

Overheard by: I was the minority

Project manager: From now on, when we staple, we do it in the top quarter inch of the page.

San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco, California

Coworker to cubicle mate: Hey, Ana, what's an IP address?
Cubicle mate: It's an iPhone.
Coworker: Oh, okay. Thanks!

Connecticut

Overheard by: Senor IP

Blonde receptionist: Do you have any Krazy Glue?
Paralegal: I don’t think so. Why?
Blonde receptionist: My tooth fell out.
Paralegal: I think you need to see a dentist.
Blonde receptionist: No, my teeth are always falling out and I just Krazy Glue them back in.
Paralegal: Krazy Glue? Maybe that’s why you’ve been getting all those headaches…
Blonde receptionist: No, that’s because I quit smoking back in February.

Law office
Great Neck, New York

Overheard by: Big Larry