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
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
Coworker: This one student went to school in New Mexico, so that's a foreign school, right?
Boss: Um… No, New Mexico is a state.
Coworker: Oh, really? New Mexico is a part of the United States?
Portland, Maine
Disgruntled middle aged CSR, answering phone: Hello. (pause) Oh, just at this stupid meaningless job. How are you?
Aliso Viejo, California
Female suit on cell: I'm just having a baby, it's not like the entire focus of my life is changing.
Federal Building
Washington, DC
