Native English speaker coworker: I don't get that… I guess I failed to miss your point.
Boise, Indiana
Overheard by: In Disbelief
Native English speaker coworker: I don't get that… I guess I failed to miss your point.
Boise, Indiana
Overheard by: In Disbelief
Tester: Please read the top line please.
Young girl taking driving test: (mumbles first few letters together)
Tester: Please speak clearly.
Young girl: I can't read dem words.
Tester: What words?
Young girl: On the top row.
Tester: Honey, those are not words, they are random letters.
Young girl: Oh, really?
Missouri State Highway Patrol Testing Facility
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: Ben
Boss to beleaguered IT guy: I have no more bandwidth! My hard drive is completely full. I need you to call Steve Jobs and tell him to stop the internet, because this company is getting off right now!
Austin, Texas
Secretary: Isn't he the one that died?
File clerk, busy typing: Yes.
Secretary: Oh. Okay, well, I won't send the e-mail to him, then.
File clerk, mumbling while typing: Wow.
Riverside, California
Boss, walking by: If I'm going to go to Jupiter I'll have to leave the office.
Chico, California
Overheard by: Corgi
Employee #1: I heard that each time you travel overseas, you lose seven years of your life.
Employee #2: What about pilots?
Manhattan, New York
Team assistant to IT guy: I can't get this file e-mailed cuz it's too big. Can you come up and zip it or something?
IT guy: Why don't you send it to me? I'll see what I can do.
The Hague
Netherlands
Overheard by: Out of Office
Guy to Egyptian coworker: Pam*, it's your song–Egyptian lover!
(Egyptian coworker just stares at him)
Santa Barbara, California
Office director, during phone conference: What's your phone number?
North Carolina
Overheard by: Nick
IT guy #1: Can you change those stupid default setting sounds?
IT guy #2: Those aren't default sounds. I spent time picking those out. I really like the submarine sounds!
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Julie
