Suit: Do you have what I call a “sharpie”?
Secretary: …what you call a sharpie?
Suit: Yes.
Secretary: …you and no one else?
Suit: It’s like a, a felt-tipped pen.
Secretary: Oh, I know what it is.
Suit: Well, most people don’t know what it’s called.
Secretary: You’re kidding, right? It says it right on the pen.
Suit: Well, do you have one?
Secretary: Yes. Yes, I do. I keep it here in what I call my “drawer”.
795 Spring Street
San Francisco, California
Woman on phone to client: Well, New Year's Day fell on the 1st this year, which messed a few things up.
Durham, North Carolina
Overheard by: Stunned
Supervisor: You just blew a perfect opportunity to lie and get back into the trust tree.
500 North Gulph Road
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Dave
Suit: On days other than Fridays, slacks are preferred. If you must wear jeans, black jeans are permitted, because they can look like, uh, a slacks process…is…happening.
490 S. Center Street
Reno, Nevada
Overheard by: Good Guy
Customer: Do you have seven-packs of nuggets?
Cashier: We have eight or twelve.
Customer: Oh, wonderful. I’ll take twelve.
Orange City, Florida
Overheard by: laughing
Receptionist: What’s a brainteaser?
16 Bailey Avenue
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Overheard by: Nikki
Worker: It took me forever to get to work today. I don’t mind the snow so much, but I wish it would only snow on the grass.
25101 Chagrin Boulevard
Beachwood, Ohio
Woman on phone: I got a letter from the insurance agency. What should I do?
Lawyer: What does the letter say?
Woman: Aren't you a lawyer?
Lawyer: Yes, but I need to see what the letter says.
Woman: You're e a lawyer. You should know these things.
Lawyer: Without reading it, I don't know.
Boston, Massachusetts
Girl #1: Actually, I think her parents were brother and sister by adoption.
Girl #2: Does that mean she's an albino?
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: Kate
Staying coworker: Now that you're leaving, we're going to have to work twice as hard.
Leaving worker: I know, you have to take advantage of the opportunity. Just like I'm going to start being a dick to everyone.
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Overheard by: DIV
