General Idiocy

Art director #1: I need a picture of a Doublemint gum wrapper.
Art director #2: Just Google it.
Art director #1: Oh, okay… Hey, they blocked Google!
Art director #2: They didn’t block Google! I use it 30 times a day!
Art director #1: G-O-G-G-L-E?
Art director #2: … That’s ‘goggle.’

151 West 34th Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: risdchic

African-American co-worker to Caucasian co-worker: You just walked a block through the ghetto to get some chicken? Did you get a five-piece and some biscuits? That’s so black of you.

1555 Central Parkway
Cincinnati, Ohio

Interviewer: So, how would you say you handle changes in the workplace?
Interviewee: Um…Oh! I’m really good with change. I used to work a cash register, and if the total came to $7.49 and they gave me a ten, I’d give them 3…no…$2.60…uh…$2.51!
Interviewer: Uh…okay!

Ames, Iowa

Secretary: She said she’s having trouble with her desktop…
Manager: Her desktop or her laptop?
Secretary: Desktop.
Manager: So the one that sits on the desk, or the one that she can carry around with her?
Secretary: Yes.

Portland, Oregon

Manager: So you’re saying that evolution works different for hobos? Okay, so as hobos get further away from the equator they become more evolved.

15 LC
Iowa City, Iowa

Overheard by: TheChris

Coworker, about baby that she brought to office: Oh, she's three months old.
Random office worker: Do you have other children?
Coworker: Yes. Two. Both older.

Tallahassee, Florida

Football fan, during Good Friday: Oh, why can't we all be happy in here? It's the birth of god today! Or something…

Football Club
England

Peon: Is one million with six zeros?
Boss: Yes, and a one.

10877 Watson Road
St. Louis, Missouri

Training instructor: You should not upgrade the software right when a patch comes out. Sometimes it may have bugs.
Student: So, it’s like when you take a drug, sometimes it can have side effects like—
Training instructor: Yeah, but let’s keep the discussion focused on software.
Student: —Throwing up, vomiting…
Training instructor: Uh, yeah.

Madison, Alabama

Sales assistant: What are you doing?
QC guy: Taking a nap.
Sales assistant: You are precariously close to your CPU.
QC guy: What? What is that, a part of my body?
Sales assistant: Right. Don’t call me when you break that computer again.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina