Boss: From now on, people, we’re going to make Perfection our baseline.
The development team laughs.
Developer: Dude, whatever the fuck you’ve been reading, stop it.
1 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
Overheard by: Mad William Flint
Boss: From now on, people, we’re going to make Perfection our baseline.
The development team laughs.
Developer: Dude, whatever the fuck you’ve been reading, stop it.
1 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
Overheard by: Mad William Flint
Mike: What's Linkedin?
Ryan: It's Facebook for professional people.
Mike: Well, I should get on that, because I'm pretty fucking professional!
Wilmington, North Carolina
Assistant: Hey, I couldn’t figure out how to put it into Word from Excel. So here you go.
Boss: You just cut and paste it.
Assistant: But you can’t do that from Excel to Word, it won’t let you.
Boss: Yes, you can, just right-click and copy and paste it.
Assistant: Trust me, I just spent the whole morning trying to, it’s a locked document.
Boss: OK, 1947 called, and they want their technology ability back. What’s wrong with you? Hey, who hired you again?
300 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Cam
Receptionist: With a “c”?
(pause)
Receptionist: Catherine with a “c”?
(pause)
Receptionist: Oh, you mean “k” as in “cat”!
Seguin, Texas
Overheard by: Vivian
Guy: Fuck, she is just a total bitch.
Woman #1: What race is she?
Woman #2: Duh, female.
720 Bay Street
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Executive assistant: Does anyone have a dictionary?
Coworker: No, but it is online. You can just go to dictionary.com, or Google dictionary.
Executive assistant: That sounds too hard for me. Can you just e-mail me the link?
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: I can't belive she gets paid more than me
Female admin: I'll be in charge of this project–it'll be my baby.
Safety trainer: Retarded?
Storrs, Connecticut
Female student: Where are you from?
Male student: Milwaukee.
Female student: Oh, you know, I always forget Milwaukee is a state.
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee
Assistant: Is this poster going to be mandatory?
Manager: We’re going to treat this as being required, but not mandatory.
227 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Caleb Yarian
Office worker: I haven’t heard from him since the last time we talked.
4526 11th Ave NE
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: James eDropper
