Office lady: I kept the Crock-Pot under my desk and stirred the meatballs all day.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Overheard by: Scared of the foot food
Office lady: I kept the Crock-Pot under my desk and stirred the meatballs all day.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Overheard by: Scared of the foot food
The boss is laughing hysterically.
Peon: Are you okay?
Boss: I’m okay.
Peon: Are you sure?
Boss: I told you that I thought Wendy’s spiked my Coke.
Peon: With what? Crack?
Boss: Spiked my Coke with crack!
3100 W. Lake Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Counter guy on phone: Where are you? What is that sound? … Oh! I knew it was a tornado!
Connecticut
Inspirational speaker: The left side of the brain in charge of your creative process, so when you don’t feel inspired, take a deep breath closing your right nostril with your finger so all the air goes only and directly to the left side of your brain…
Audience, while inhaling as told: Wow…
Miami, Florida
Secretary #1: Yeah, he has warosis. That's when you've just gotten back from a war and you have all this trauma from it.
Secretary #2: Oh gosh. I've heard of that – my granddad had it when he got back from the war.
Queen Street
Melbourne
Australia
Boss: So, if there is a fire, you go after the hard drives first?
Fireman, dumbfounded: Uhhh… Well… We would go for life preservation first — of whoever’s in the building…
Boss: Oh, and then you go after the computers and stuff?
Fireman: … After that we try to contain the fire…
Graphic design office
Huntington Beach, California
Bossman: I think I’m going to switch my cell phone company. It looks like I can save some money with AT&T. I just want to make sure I can keep my number.
Co-worker: What if someone using AT&T already has the same number?
4156 Freedom Way
Weirton, West Virginia
Receptionist: I’m sorry, sir, you’ll have to call 4-1-1 for that number.
Customer: Who should I ask for?
Receptionist: What company are you looking for?
Customer: National Association of Pizza Deliverers*.
Receptionist: Um, then that’s who you should ask for.
Washington, DC
Recruiter #1: The fax wouldn’t go through. I don’t understand it.
Recruiter #2: You left a staple in it.
Recruiter #1: So?
Admin: I think you’re setting yourself up to fail.
330 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
Aussie: Is Motown a black state?
American: Uh, actually Motown is a nickname for Detroit, and a record label.
Aussie: Is Detroit a black state?
American: No, it’s a city.
Aussie: Is Tennessee a black state?
American: Whaaa… there’s no such thing as a black state.
Aussie: There isn’t?
Reservoir Street
Sydney, Australia
Overheard by: Yank Down Under
