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