General Idiocy

Boss: We never decided to postpone this issue. We just agreed that we would deal with other issues first.

Brouwersvliet, Antwerp, Belgium

COO: I don’t want to lie to him, but I don’t want to tell him the truth.

24 New England Executive Park
Burlington, Massachusetts

Overheard by: John Locke

Caller: That’s ‘A’ as in ‘elbow’…

400 Main Street
Knoxville, Tennessee

Overheard by: Bewildered

Employee #1: I wouldn’t eat caviar. That’s fish eggs!
Employee #2: I’d try it…after all, I eat chicken eggs.
Employee #3: You eat chicken eggs?…Oh.

6525 N. Sheridan Road
Chicago, Illinois

Coworker: Their phone number is 800-pfaucet.
Customer: Is that capitalized?

Chico, California

Engineer: I’m against Google Earth! The terrorists are using it! And the communists!

700 West Capitol Avenue
Little Rock, Arkansas

Boss: Take me as a critic, but then also look at it with a hypocritical eye yourself.

25 Broadway,
New York, NY

Assistant: Hey, could you help me with a price on a part?
Sales guy: Yeah, just give me a minute to finish what I’m doing… Hey, I’ll help you with your pricing thing if you come over here and help me with my spreadsheet.
Assistant: Deal. [Walks to next cubicle] My, you have a lot of toolbars…
Sales guy: I’m special.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Coworker: Man, I've been using vacation time like a wounded duck.

Titusvile, Florida

Overheard by: Hoss

Customer service person: I’ll be right with you, ma’am. He was first.
Female customer: No, he wasn’t.
Customer Service person: Yes, he was.
Male customer: No, I wasn’t.
Customer service person: Yes, you were.

Bank of America
New York, New York

Overheard by: Stretch