Nice! I'm a Pisces.

Latino guy to new coworker girl: Nice to meet you. What do you do?
New coworker girl: I'm an art director. What are you?
Latino guy: I'm Latino.

Advertising Industry Party
New York City, New York

Posted on June 3, 2019
Coworkers, General Idiocy, New York, Questions, Race

Indoor Rain Usually Means the Sprinkler System Went Off

Manager entering office: It's raining pretty heavy.
Woman: Outside?
Manager, staring blankly for several seconds: Uh… yeah.

North Carolina

Overheard by: Seriously?

Posted on May 29, 2019
Bosses and Underlings, General Idiocy, North Carolina, Questions, Weather, Weirdness

3PM Cellular Difficulty

Coworker: Okay, I’m headed out to the meeting. I have the cell phone if you need me…Does this have to be turned on, or will it turn itself on when a call comes in?

1001 North 19th Street
Arlington, Virginia

Posted on May 28, 2019
Coworkers, General Idiocy, Meetings, Midsouth, Questions, Technology, Virginia

That Just Means You're Not Doing It Right.

Older female employee: I can't get on my knees. I have bad arthritis so there's no way I'm going down.
Younger female employee: I'll do it. Move over.
Older female employee: I'm going to the other one. Every time I use this one, it breaks.

Marlborough, Massachusetts

Posted on May 26, 2019
Coworkers, General Idiocy, Health & Hygiene, Massachusetts

Or Rita, Who Once Spent a Month in Kansas.

Coworker #1, showing cube neighbor a sheet of paper: How would you pronounce this?
Coworker #2: I think it would be “Matsuyuki Suzuki,” but that's just a guess.
Coworker #1: I'll ask Rich*, he's going to Italy soon.

Bellevue, Washington

Overheard by: Guido Honda

Posted on May 25, 2019
Coworkers, Cubicles, General Idiocy, Names, Questions, Travel, Washington

Or a Glitch in the Matrix?

Writer muttering to himself: Do I have the hiccups? Do I actually have the hiccups? Is that actually what’s happening to me?

Renton, Washington

Posted on May 24, 2019
Crazies, General Idiocy, Washington

The Internet Is Just His Giant Ball Of Yarn

Female boss: This link sends me to this other page with a link, and that link sends me to another page with a link back to the first page! There are so many links!
Male boss: “Linx” is a cat.

Newfoundland
Canadia

Overheard by: i love randomness