General Idiocy

Advisor guy: You just gotta remember–you can't jump jumbo.

Austin, Texas

Administrator on phone: Yeah, my cat passed away last Sunday. I put him in a paper bag and put it out on the curb for… for trash pick-up… What else could I do? Can’t put him in the back yard. Yeah, I gotta get a new place. I can’t stand the mice anymore.

Department of Education, 65 Court Street
Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: Emma

Blonde #1: I think Starbucks made the fire alarm go off in our building so that everyone from our building would go there and get a coffee.
Blonde #2: Oh my god, can they do that?

West 6th Street
Cleveland, Ohio

Head of security: There's nothing wrong with having an expanded vocabulary.
Chief engineer: I fuckin' love it!

Boston, Massachusetts

CSR: I can’t understand her. She’s confusing me…She’s talking all smart and stuff.

3320 West Cheryl Drive
Phoenix, Arizona

Consultant: Oh my god, sorry! I'm slow. And like… dumb.

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: meeting jockey

CEO: I hit a garbage truck this morning!
Admin: What?
CEO: I hit a garbage truck this morning! Broadsided it! Never even saw it!
Admin: You didn’t see a garbage truck?
CEO: I know! I was doing like 40 miles an hour! And my kid was in the car!

1190 Del Rio Place
Ontario, Canada

Overheard by: Never riding with the boss

Suit: The other way I learned it, from Schoolhouse Rock, is that the alligator is hungry and so wants to bite the larger one.
Woman coworker: Ohhh… I see. That would confuse me, because it’s got animals.

919 3rd Avenue
New York, New York

Overheard by: i guess graduating elementary school just was

CSR lady: Looks like you two are gonna have to conversate via email from now on.
Intern: Conversate? You mean ‘converse’?
CSR lady: I mean ‘conversate.’ Same damn thing.

8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Nikki

Office grunt #1: I hate all these fucking meetings!
Office grunt #2: Didn’t you set this meeting up?
Office grunt #1: Yeah, but that’s not the point.

Oil company office
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: Lara