Cook: So I'm going to school to get my MBA.
Waitress: Oh, what's that? “Master's, Bachelor's, and Associate's”?
Fort Worth, Texas
Cook: So I'm going to school to get my MBA.
Waitress: Oh, what's that? “Master's, Bachelor's, and Associate's”?
Fort Worth, Texas
Receptionist: How long is your flight going to be?
Employee: By the clock, it will be two hours to LAX and nine hours back, taking into account layovers and the time zones. But I'll only be in the air for a few hours.
Receptionist: Why does it take so long to get back?
Employee: They are three hours behind us, and I have a layover in Atlanta.
Receptionist: Well, I don't think I could be in a plane for nine hours.
Greenville, South Carolina
Overheard by: Ape
Mentor: You really shouldn't wear shorts to work.
Intern: I know, but I had to.
Mentor: Why?
Intern: It was raining.
Oil Company
Houston, Texas
Rowdy male coworker: So the third time I went to jail, I was outside of this bank…
Train station
Bronxville, New York
Overheard by: Beth Ann
20-something woman at pharm counter, in slightly squeaky voice: The latest book of Deepak Chopra… You know him, right? No?”
20-something woman at register behind pharm counter: Who is he, a rapper?
Rite Aid
Chatham, New York
Overheard by: eve
Male teacher: This is retarded.
Female special ed teacher: Did you actually say “retarded”?
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: Fellow Teacher
Telemarketing girl: New York people are so stupid! I'm so glad I wasn't raised on the West Coast!
Arkansas
Overheard by: random coworker
Customer service: Thank you for calling, Mr. Smith, is the account holder your spouse?
Confused customer: No, she's my wife.
Columbus, Ohio
Sales guy: Do they still have real mermaids at Disneyland? I haven't been there since I was a kid.
Lake Forest, California
Overheard by: suzanne
Coworker #1: The thought of UPS makes me sick.
Coworker #2: Well, they are union…
Spokane, Washington