Woman: I want to send a money order.
Teller: Is it going out of state?
Woman: No. It’s not.
Teller: Where are you sending it?
Woman: Chicago.
Teller: That’s out of state.
Woman: It is?!
Bank
Southfield, Michigan
Overheard by: Next in line
Woman: I want to send a money order.
Teller: Is it going out of state?
Woman: No. It’s not.
Teller: Where are you sending it?
Woman: Chicago.
Teller: That’s out of state.
Woman: It is?!
Bank
Southfield, Michigan
Overheard by: Next in line
Boss, on phone: Abby*, it’s Frank*. I’m at the British Library, and there’s a man looking at me.
Abby, on other end of phone: …Yes?
Boss: Who is it?
British Library, 96 Euston Road
London, England
Overheard by: hapless
Rep on phone with trucker: You do know you can’t drive your rig into the ocean, right? That’s bad…Oh, okay. Well, I hope you have a nice view.
1368 Old Fannin Road, Suite 400
Brandon, Mississippi
Office manager: Did you make an anonymous donation to our MS bike team?
Intern: I wish!
51st Street and 5th Avenue
New York, New York
Security guard #1: You hear about that wedding today? Someone’s gettin’ married in the park.
Security guard #2: Who? Bert and Ernie?
GR rep: Not in this state.
Sesame Place
Langhorne, Pennsylvania
Suit: Help desk? My computer went down on me.
Tech support: Please hold on. [Places suit on speaker phone] Can you repeat that?
Suit: My computer went down on me!
Tech support, with entire support team laughing in the background: So, what’s the problem?
3 2nd Street
Jersey City, New Jersey
Overheard by: Hobo Whisperer
Co-Worker #1: That new guy is kind of creepy, like he’s going to come in and shoot up the place.
Co-Worker #2: Yeah, I know, he’s just plain scary.
Co-Worker #1: …and not because he’s brown.
17th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
Canadia
Overheard by: Dispatch God
Employee: Someone just called me. They said, “Hello,” and asked if I could help them because they had a question. I didn’t know what to do, so I said, “No,” and hung up. Was that okay?
Boss: I guess that’s one way of handling it.
US Patent and Trademark Office
Alexandria, Virginia
Overheard by: Why Me?
Co-Worker #1: Hey, what budget number should we use for this? The old one or the new one?
Co-Worker #2: What does that email you printed out and pinned to your wall say?
Co-Worker #1: It says I should use the new one.
Co-Worker #2: Then I think you should use the new one.
Co-Worker #1: Cool, thanks!
Co-Worker #2: No problem.
5201 Paint Branch Parkway
College Park, Maryland
Overheard by: i’m glad i don’t work there anymore
Admin #1: How old is his son?
Admin #2: Ten.
Admin #1: And how many kids does he have?
Admin #2: Three. They’re triplets.
Admin #1: And they’re all ten?
Route 1 South
Princeton, New Jersey
Overheard by: Emily Anne
