General Idiocy

Elegant lady to another: I don't know… I mean if you do, it really plays havoc with your wiggly bits.

Dublin
Ireland

Coworker #1 watching pep rally pass by: Why aren’t any of the guy cheerleaders hot? The girls are all pretty — the guys should be hotter.
Coworker #2: It’s kind of like… What do you call it? … Porn.

328 W Lane Avenue
Columbus, Ohio

Overheard by: (Snort)

Old hacker: You look like Che Guevara… You don’t know who that is, do you?
Young artsie #1, sheepishly: No…
Young artsie #2: Did you see Motorcycle Diaries?
Young artsie #1, excitedly: Yes! [Sadly] But I don’t remember it.
Young artsie #2: That’s him.

6th and Washington
St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Hack Prime

Co-worker on phone: I have a trailer to be picked up…Yes, it is ready now. It’s in a parking lot. You know, where cars park.

33 Shaws Lane
Springfield, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Disgruntled Cube Tenant

Boss: Maybe I’m suffering from a case of magnesia…uh, uh, you know, like I forget things.

75 Union Avenue
Rutherford, New Jersey

Two female coworkers in unison: Nu nu nu nu nu nu nu nu nu nu!

Suitland, Maryland

Trainer: In America, when our kids don’t finish their meals we tell them that there are starving kids in Africa. What do you tell them?
Clients from Kenya: [Silence]

Cafeteria, Hazina Towers, 258 Monrovia Street
Nairobi, Kenya

New girl to sales rep: Washington DC isn't in the state of Washington?
Sales rep: No, let me show you a map.
New girl: We really only have 49 states? Washington DC isn't a state?
Sales rep: Washington DC is a district, not a state. “D” is for “district.” How did you graduate high school?
New girl: I'm taking the class in college too.

Crawfordsville, Indiana

Cashier: Alright, so that’s going to be $47.68.
Customer: What? The book was $31.99!
Cashier: Ummm, actually, it was $44.99…
Customer: It says $31.99!
Cashier: I’m afraid you were looking at the American price, ma’am…
Customer: So?!
Cashier: We’re in Canada.
Customer, indignant: Well, I want to speak to a manager!
Cashier: Unfortunately, I don’t think he’ll be able to change global economy, but let me page him…

Ontario
Canadia

Assistant on phone: Do you sell custom rings? Rings, yes… Rings. Rings! Rings… For fingers… Rings for fingers! You are a jewelry store, right? Rings… Rings!

Talent Management company
Beverly Hills, California