Manager: There’s no black in here.
Ink delivery man: What?
Manager: I ordered all the colors, but there’s no black.
Ink delivery man: Well, yeah… Black’s not a color.
700 East North Street
Greenville, South Carolina
Overheard by: colorblind
Manager: There’s no black in here.
Ink delivery man: What?
Manager: I ordered all the colors, but there’s no black.
Ink delivery man: Well, yeah… Black’s not a color.
700 East North Street
Greenville, South Carolina
Overheard by: colorblind
Speakerphone: …but then they said my trial was rescheduled for December 3rd, and then the other day I got a notice that said it was for December 1st and I just wanted to tell [Leslie] that they’re changing it.
Secretary: Um, okay, sorry, but the 3rd of December is a Saturday. Speakerphone: I’m not going to argue with you! I’m just telling you what they said!
Secretary: Um, ok.
3 South Pinckney Street
Madison, Wisconsin
Overheard by: temp drone
Employee, talking to a customer on the phone: It’s great to hear a friendly face!
Columbia, Missouri
Overheard by: Kyle Ahrens
Career woman: Last year I couldn’t even spell consultant, and now I is one.
Two Penn Plaza
New York, NY
Overheard by: Michelle Sydney Levy
Student: Mrs. Smith*, do you have any kids?
Mrs. Smith: No, I don’t have children.
Student: Did somebody steal them?
1212 Cheyenne Boulevard
Birmingham, Alabama
Overheard by: Sheri
Employee: I’m totally gonna sneak up on you when you’re not here.
575 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Thompson
Customer: I need to talk to a manager about just erasing all of my late fees. Because, um, I’m never going to be able to pay those off.
Hollywood Video, Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: queenofsarab
IT person: Usually the email address is just the first initial, then the employee’s last name.
Salesguy: Oh, okay…What’s John Smith’s last name again?
Columbia, South Carolina
Reporter: People don't always speak in direct quotes.
Chicago, Illinois
Coworker: I have one word for this project: absolutely ridiculous.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Mark C
