Little Turkish woman: Since when is September considered part of summer? I mean, years ago, September was considered fall!
Office grunt: Well, technically, fall just began this past week with the autumnal equinox and…
Little Turkish woman (interrupting): I don't believe in astrology. Damn, it is hot out!
Brookline, Massachusetts
Overheard by: She blinded me with science
Boss: What you are talking about only adds up to 10% of snake shit
compared to the problems we have.
Meeting: …
2000 West NASA Boulevard
Melbourne, Florida
Co-worker #1: Why are there empty containers in the fridge?
Co-worker #2: To keep them cold.
12 Bassett Street
Providence, Rhode Island
Call center worker: What does it mean, “do not ship domination”?
Call center supervisor: What?
Call center worker: “D-o-m-i-n-i-o-n.”
26600 SW Parkway Avenue
Wilsonville, Oregon
Recruiter selling a prospective employee on the company: We don’t consider them “departments” so much as “teams”, because the…uh, flow…rolls…from one to the other…
Eisenhower Parkway
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overheard by: …and I thought that ‘rolled downhill’…
Warehouse supervisor: Hey, I have to start having these bi-weekly meetings now…
Sales chick: Oh, that sounds like fun.
Warehouse supervisor: Tell me about it. Anyway, is there anything you can think of that I need to address? … Bi — that means every other week, right?
Sales chick: Um, yeah.
Warehouse supervisor: I just don’t like that word. Bi. It just sounds wrong.
8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Coworker to intern: I mean, not that you’re a terrorist, but…
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: Seriously?
Boss: It’s not like she’s moving to another state; she’s just moving out of state.
70 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard
Uniondale, New York
Boss: Hey, can you help me? I need to make a floor plan for the new office.
Underling: Yeah, sure. What are the dimensions?
Boss: It’s 10,000 square feet.
Underling: Yeah, but what are the dimensions?
Boss: What do you mean? It’s 10,000 square feet.
Underling: Yeah, but like what is the length and width?
Boss: Just make it 10,000 square feet.
Underling: But is it a square, or a rectangle, or what?
Boss: Uh, make it a rectangle.
712 South McClintock Drive
Tempe, Arizona
Coworker: So wait, did it happen on September or November 11th?
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: J
