The food delivery guy waits outside the office to be let in. A woman comes to the door.
Woman: Who is this food for?
He hands the slip to the woman.
Woman: No! “RING” is what you’re supposed to do when you get here; that’s not the name of the person. How long have you been standing there?
470 Park Avenue
New York, NY
Overheard by: Sarah Federman
Patron: Can you please tell me where I can find post-modern American fiction?
Librarian: Post-modern? That would be in the future, there’s no such thing.
Patron: Uh, okay. Can you tell me where science fiction is?
100 S. Potomac Street
Hagerstown, Maryland
Overheard by: Vince Valenzuela
Maintenance guy: How many nervous breakdowns are we allowed to have in a year?
Office Manager: Excuse me?
Maintenance guy: I don’t know if we are supposed to stay within a goal.
5825 Chimney Rock Road
Houston, Texas
Relic: Jerry, is California one hour or two hours behind us now?…What? Isn’t there some time of the year when they are only one?
2828 N. Haskell Ave
Dallas, Texas
Overheard by: cherry simon
Co-worker: …I like doing things like hiding grape soda and going into the women’s bathroom after work to put up all the seats and write Missy’s name on the wall.
1932 Highland Avenue
Cincinnati, Ohio
Overheard by: Leigh
Employee #1: Helen, what’s your e-mail address?
Employee #2: H-E-H-E-Q-I-N@[overheard].com
Employee #1: So that’s H-E-E-E–
Employee #2: No, H-E-H-E.
Employee #1: Okay, like “hee hee”?
Employee #2: Yes. Q-I–
Employee #1: “Hee hee chin chee”?
Employee #2: No.
1088 Yanan West Road
Shanghai, China
Overheard by: Tom Will
Department Manager: How do we file a claim?
Insurance Rep: Just download a claim form and fax it to us with your bill from the doctor.
Department Manager: Do we have to fax the original bill or can we just fax a copy?
Insurance Rep: Um…yes, it’s a fax.
3900 West Avera Drive
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Overheard by: AllGladHere
Peon: But if we didn’t buy it from them, will they provide service?
Boss: It doesn’t matter. This is an integral part of our everyday operation. If we have to buy a service contract, we will. If we give them money, they will service us.
550 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
Developer: We need to determine the different between how the HTML team views 10 pixels as opposed to how web experience is viewing 10 pixels.
50 Beale Street
San Francisco, California
Employee: Damn it! I broke my speaker phone. I’ve punched it hundreds of times before and it hasn’t broken…
6300 Diagonal Highway
Boulder, Colorado
