Cube dweller: So I came in today, and my phone is blank, and my computer is disconnected from the network. And there's nobody over in it to help me.
Boss: Call the help desk.
Cube dweller: With what? My phone? It's broken.
Boss: So e-mail it!
San Carlos, California
Overheard by: The Punvert
Middle management: Hey, I like your tie. It looks very vintage.
Regular employee: “Vintage”…Yeah, hey I like that! That sounds great!
Later, at lunch.
Regular employee: Hey, guys, check this out! I just put cheese on my soup. Now that is vintage!
Raleigh, North Carolina
Owner’s wife on phone: Where are the timesheets?
Girl who was just fired: They are in my hands right now.
Owner’s wife: Where are you?
Girl: What do you mean where am I? I’m at your office, you called me here!!
3202 Vie Street
Knoxville, Tennessee
Annoying coworker #1: Hey, this guy's last name is German!
Annoying coworker #2: Is he a foreigner? Myself… (bangs head on desk)
Fullerton, California
Overheard by: Monica
Loud cube rat: It's just a booger! You want a booger?
Normal cube rate: No, but let me help you out. (pulls out a Kleenex)
Mebane, North Carolina
Overheard by: Horrified
Co-worker: When is Cinco de Mayo? Did I miss it already?
3424 Peachtree Road Northeast
Atlanta, Georgia
Coworker #1: Is it in regular writing or slanty writing?
Coworker #2: “Slanty” writing? Italics?
Coworker #1: No, italics is when it is bold.
Medical Office
Durham, North Carolina
Girl #1: It doesn’t really feel like Friday.
Girl #2: What does it feel like?
Girl #1: I don’t know. It feels like a week from Friday.
220 Kroncke Drive
Sun Prairie, Wisconsin
Overheard by: Luke
African American Female: So, [Becky], where are you from?
Native African Female: Uganda.
African American Female: Oh, I thought you were from Africa!
7500 Greenway Center Drive
Greenbelt, Maryland
Boss: So see if you can find these people’s email addresses.
Intern: …You want me to find Desmond Tutu’s email address?
Boss: Try Google if you get stumped.
2130 H Street NW
Washington, DC
