Reading tutor #1: It’s your turn.
Reading tutor #2: Shut up, I know. I’m thinking. [Places letter on Scrabble board] There.
Reading tutor #3: What’s a gee-ram?
Reading tutor #2: Gram, you idiot.
Lusher Elementary School, Lowerline and Willow
New Orleans, Louisiana
Employee #1: The heater is on fire! Can you call a manager?
Employee #2, with radio: Uh-uh. I'm on break.
Wal-Mart
California
Oblivious coworker: Yeah, those Australians are always doing that crazy stuff.
Coworker: They wrestle kangaroos, too.
Oblivious coworker: Wait! Are kangaroos real?
Chicago, Illinois
Worker: What’s up with Charlotte*? Is she okay?
Supervisor: I honestly don’t know.
Worker: When I was pregnant, I worked all the way up ’til I dropped the load, and then I came back. Kids these days…
1 Easton Oval
Columbus, Ohio
Woman from regulatory department: Herman's Hermits? Aren't they the ones that sang “Hey hey, we're The Monkees”?
Winona, Minnesota
Coworker asking about wireless: I know absolutely nothing about wireless here; my computer is very wireful.
New York City, New York
Overheard by: ED
Female caseworker #1: It was so cute. The one kid wrote, “you are awesome.” but spelled it a-w-s-u-m.
Female caseworker #2, after pause: Wait… was that wrong?
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Employee: Hi! Can I help you?
Woman: Can I have a six-inch BLT on Italian?
Employee: I’m sorry, we’re out of Italian.
Woman: Can I just have white bread?
Employee: That’s the same as Italian.
Woman: Do you have plain bread?
13600 Solomons Island Road
Solomons, Maryland
Overheard by: I hate Jared.
Perky blonde stylist, describing product to client: It's like a liquid form of moisture…
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: irresolute.tumblr
Guy #1: Shouldn’t you know?
Guy #2: Dude, I don’t know anything. I’m not a Sultan.
West Greenwich, Rhode Island
Overheard by: Stan
