Manager: You know, people a long time ago, people like Jesus, they weren’t fat.
2904 Rodeo Park Drive East
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Overheard by: in the office next door
Manager: You know, people a long time ago, people like Jesus, they weren’t fat.
2904 Rodeo Park Drive East
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Overheard by: in the office next door
Admin on phone: I’m sorry, that person has left for the day. We close at 5 PM.
Caller: Well, it’s only a little after 4 here, so does that mean that I, like, have to call you in your time zone?
Admin: Uh, well, yes. Yes, you do…
Mount Desert Island, Maine
Overheard by: snoopervisor
Male co-worker: Check out this photo.
Female co-worker: This is an old photo of you.
Male co-worker: Yeah, it was taken around 1991.
Female co-worker: Wow! That was about 27 years ago!
6606 Tussing Road
Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Overheard by: Someone that can add & subtract
CSR on speakerphone: Hey, when am I going to get my email fixed? I have things that I need to send out to clients.
IT guy: Oh, yeah, we sent you an email requesting some more information. We need you to send that email back before we can fix your issue…Hello? Are you sending that email?
CSR disconnects the call.
CSR: I’m going on break now.
1616 27th Avenue NE
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Interviewer: Have you ever had to deal with rude or irate clients over the telephone?
Asian interviewee: Yes, at my last job I had to call the USA, and you know how rude they can be.
Interviewer: Yes, I know all too well, considering I am American and so is this company. This interview is now finished. Try not to hit my car on your way out of the parking lot…You know how Asians can’t drive!
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Elle (the other interviewer)
Boss: Does anyone have any questions?
Employee asks involved question.
Boss: You know what? I have a million questions that you cannot answer.
Employee: But you asked if anyone had any questions.
Boss: Yeah, and if I asked if anyone had to go to the bathroom, I wouldn’t expect you to whip it out and take a whiz right here.
Stamford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Spacing Out
Travel agent: Where were you looking to take a cruise to?
Client: Do they have cruises to Las Vegas?
Proctor Street
Tacoma, Washington
Overheard by: potitia
Co-Worker #1: So is Mumbai, like, a country that we do business with?
Co-Worker #2: No, it’s a city! It used to be called Bombay before those imperialist American jerks finally pulled out and the native people got their land back.
Co-Worker #1: Oh. So it was Moscow that was the country I was thinking of?
Co-Worker #2: Probably.
323B 41st Avenue
Calgary, Canadia
Desk clerk on phone: No, ma’am, you don’t need a cable for the wireless network.
328 West Lane Avenue
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: Amused, if I wasn’t dealing with the same idiot
Dumb girl: So if it is like 6 in California then it’s like 6:30 in Nevada, right?
Dumber girl: No, Nevada’s really close to Cali. It’s probably only like 6:15.
6397 Springfield Mall
Springfield, Virginia
Overheard by: marshamellow
