Secretary #1: What is he doing now at the casino?
Secretary #2: I heard he got a good job as a Pit Bull.
New Jersey
Overheard by: bonbonr
Secretary #1: What is he doing now at the casino?
Secretary #2: I heard he got a good job as a Pit Bull.
New Jersey
Overheard by: bonbonr
Office chick #1: I want a small desk lamp for ambient lighting. A candle would rock… but I know most companies frown upon flammable things.
Office chick #2: Well, we have a flammable toaster oven, so I don’t see how a small candle would be any different.
Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Chick: My father went to Timbuktu.
Dude: Where is that, again?
Chick: Some county in Africa.
Dude: Some country in Africa?
Chick: Yeah. Africa is like Europe — made up of lots of countries.
Dude: Oh. I was never good at history.
Chick: I think you mean geography.
Dude: Oh, yeah…
Dulwich Hill
Sydney
Australia
Boss, discussing chances of gaining a particular client: There's a 100% chance, it's 50/50.
Financial District
Boston, Massachusetts
Female coworker: I hope he doesn’t mind that I wrote my report in eyeliner.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boss: You know, there is nothing funnier than geeks eating ice cream.
3175 NW Aloclek Drive
Hillsboro, Oregon
Girl #1: Good Morning! Did I get set up in SAP yesterday while I was out?
Girl #2: Uh! So was I.
Girl #1: Did you call the help desk yesterday?
909 Fannin Street
Houston, Texas
These are all from the same coworker.
Overheard on phone: I am going to need you to help me because this is not information that is readily available in my…uh…brain.
In a meeting while it was snowing outside: This reminds me of growing up in New York…I mean…Vermont.
Another meeting: The last thing we want to do is provide an immediate response to an immediate question.
522 SW 5th
Portland, Oregon
Overheard by: Breanna Freeman
CSR, on phone with customer: I'm sorry, but that's not a confirmation code. That's the word “denied.”
Bryan, Texas
Overheard by: Jax
Professor: Does anyone have questions about the importance of the flood myth in the Bible and the Epic of Gilgamesh?
Student: Well, when it flooded and everything died, what happened to all the fish?
Professor: Well, it was a flood… So I think they were okay…
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, New York
Overheard by: Stared in disbelief
