Boss, discussing chances of gaining a particular client: There's a 100% chance, it's 50/50.
Financial District
Boston, Massachusetts
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
Study abroad agent: We currently have 10 students in dozens of countries.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Employee #1: I went to the bathroom and I have a big hole, right in the middle of my crotch.
Employee #2: We all do, sweetie. It’s called a vagina.
1907 West Sycamore Street
Kokomo, Indiana
Overheard by: vagina warrior
Female suit to employee: I'm a weird person and I'm in a weird mood today, so you'd think they'd cancel each other out.
Iowa City, Iowa