Loan originator: Hi, Mark.
Techie: Hi, Cheryl.
Loan originator: It’s Cathy.
Techie: Oh, sorry. You loan people all look the same.
1 Wall Street
Madison, Connecticut
Overheard by: ^chi^
Loan originator: Hi, Mark.
Techie: Hi, Cheryl.
Loan originator: It’s Cathy.
Techie: Oh, sorry. You loan people all look the same.
1 Wall Street
Madison, Connecticut
Overheard by: ^chi^
Boss man: We need a lawyer to handle this. If it were 5 years ago, I’d call my brother. He was the one of the best lawyers in the country, but he can’t help me anymore because he’s been disbarred.
Midtown
New York, New York
CSR #1: What does IT stand for?
CSR #2: Idiotic tendencies.
CSR #1: Oh, so that’s why we forward them all the stupid questions.
4800 NW 1st Street
Lincoln, Nebraska
Overheard by: customerserviceslave
Intern #1: How did the interview go?
Intern #2: You know how punctuality is a good thing?
Intern #1: Oh my gosh, were you late?
Intern #2: No, I was two weeks early.
1150 17th Street NW
Washington, DC
IT Worker #1: Hey, the system is down.
IT Worker #2: …The whole thing?
500 Eldorado Boulevard
Broomfield, Colorado
Office worker: Wow, I almost finished something today!
San Rafael, California
Peon #1: This is going to sound stupid…
Peon #2: Don't say it then.
Peon #1: No, but seriously: when I eat peanuts, it tastes like peanut butter.
Peon #2: (stares in disbelief, then walks away)
Adelaide
South Australia
Overheard by: plethora
Receptionist to coworker: My whiney-ass husband was complaining that he slit his hand open.
Portsmouth, New Hampshire
Customer: How much is a sheeet of 100 24-cent stamps?
Clerk: $24.00.
Customer: Okay, I'll take a sheet.
Clerk: I don't have a sheet of 100. Will a roll of 100 be okay?
Customer: I don't know. How much is that?
Clerk: $24.00.
US Post Office
Newton, Kansas
Suit: When are you going to wear that neon green shirt?
Businesswoman: Oh, that shirt. He said he didn’t like it, so I looked at it and I thought, “You know what? He’s right!” It was hideous! So I went right away to that flea market place? The thrift store. Now someone else can wear it. Probably some homeless lady! Ha, ha, ha!
350 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
