Reporter #1: So, I was interviewing her about what she was going to do next, and she said she hoped she’d just get, you know, a Joe Blow job.
Reporter #2: You’re not going to put that in the story, are you?
Reporter #3: Where can I find this Joe?
149 Penn Avenue
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: I just work here
50-ish coworker: Oh, ‘Shelly’… I thought it said her name was Shirley Temple. You know who Shirley Temple is?
20-ish coworker: Wasn’t she the detective who went around solving crimes? No, wait, that’s Sherlock Holmes.
31 Chambers Street
New York, New York
CEO: Guys, guys–no monkeys, we're calling the White House.
New York City, New York
Processor: Can I have the Human Resources Department please?
Young receptionist: Human resources?
Processor: Yeah. Personnel, human resources..
Young receptionist: I think you have the wrong number, you need to call the hospital for that. (hangs up)
Lake Katrine, New York
Judge: So what does your wife do for a living?
Potential juror: Nothing.
Judge: She does nothing?
Potential juror: Nope.
Judge: Do you have kids?
Potential juror: Yes.
Judge: Yeah, she does “nothing”.
265 East 161st Street
Bronx, New York
Overheard by: John
Senior Manager: [Justine] just asked me if you heard from the Miami system about the problem we had on Friday afternoon.
Manager: No. They were preparing for Wilma to hit them…oh, about now.
1400 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CSR: Customer Service, this is Sheri*. May I have your account number please?
Customer: Why is my account negative?!
CSR: Well, if you give me your account number, I can look it up and go over your transactions with you.
Customer gives information, CSR verifies, and the conversation continues.
CSR: Well, ma’am, looks like your opening deposit on Tuesday was 25 dollars… And then you withdrew 40 dollars from the ATM on Friday.
Customer: And…?
CSR: Well, 25 dollars minus 40 dollars is negative 15 dollars.
Customer: I don’t understand what you are trying to tell me.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Male employee: Oh, I’m sorry. I could’ve scared you and you could’ve fallen.
Female employee sitting in an open, screenless window: That’s okay, you didn’t scare me.
Male employee: You look like you’re going to jump. Please don’t jump out the window. We really need someone to answer the phones.
98th Street and West End
New York, New York
Overheard by: adrienne
Manager: Can you find these three files in our system?
Ditzy librarian: Sure. It'll either take me five minutes, or longer than five minutes.
Mississauga
Ontaro
Canadia
Literature professor: I don’t mean to turn Baudelaire into a snuff film… I mean, a slasher film! A slasher film! Oh, never mind.
Batelle Building, University, Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, DC
Overheard by: nic
