IT guy: Here, can you hold the microphone while he talks?
Account Manager: Sure. But can you tell me, what’s the sensitive part here? Is it just the tip? Or the whole head?
155 N. Pfingsten Road
Deerfield, Illinois
IT guy: Here, can you hold the microphone while he talks?
Account Manager: Sure. But can you tell me, what’s the sensitive part here? Is it just the tip? Or the whole head?
155 N. Pfingsten Road
Deerfield, Illinois
Boss: Make sure you tickle your calendar to remind you to do the reports.
Co-worker: Tickle?
Boss: Use the tickler system; you do know what a tickler is, don’t you?
Co-worker: Yes, but…you don’t use the one I know at work.
810 Highway 6 South
Houston, Texas
Co-worker #1: Whenever you pass by there’s never anyone in there.
Co-worker #2: It’s probably a Front.
Co-worker #1: It is a front; there’s a fight club going on in the back room.
Co-worker #3: I know a guy that works at one of those.
Co-worker #1: He works at a fight club?
685 Cathcart Street
Montreal, Quebec
Canadia
Overheard by: Timmy O’ Toole
Boss: …in response to what you said–
Minion: What? I haven’t said anything.
Boss: Oh, sorry…I was having a conversation with you in my head.
16 E. 34th Street
New York, NY
Manager: That’s supervision. We don’t handle supervision. We handle oversight.
1 North Jefferson Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
Co-worker: That new guy is really dumb.
Speakerphone: Well it is fun watching him.
Co-worker: It’s like watching a cat shoveling shit with two broken paws.
8400 36th Street
Miami, Florida
Office drone #1: So I guess birth is the last time when you can fit your entire body through a vagina.
Office drone #2: Huh…
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Co-worker: Okay class, now I will read the dialogue to you and
afterwards ask you questions about it.
He reads the dialogue.
Co-worker: So class, I didn’t actually hear and don’t remember anything that I just said so can someone tell me?
Beijao, Shunde, Foshan
Guang dong, China
Overheard by: lost in translation
Student: How are you doing?
Staff: Nothing much. What’s going on with you?
Student: Fine, thanks.
108 E. Dean Keeton Street
Austin, Texas
Employee: I need to go to Accounting. What floor is that on?
Receptionist: It’s on two.
Employee: Is that up or down?
11 West 53 St
New York, NY
