General Idiocy

20-something small-town girl to co-workers: Do rabbits breastfeed?
(coworkers are silent)
20-something small-town girl: And cats? Do cats even have nipples? I've never noticed.

Saskatchewan
Canadia

Female coworker: What is that?
Male coworker: Spicy beef.
Female coworker: Is it spicy?

Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: She didn't look that stuipd

Coworker, about iPod: So, you put in the headphones and you hear music?

Colchester, Connecticut

Overheard by: MixteryMike

Customer service rep: Do you spell that with a “k” or with a “c”?
Customer: With a “k”, like “cancer”.

Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: That's so wrong

Word processor: Your buddy Jonah* changed all the bullet points to smiley faces.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: sara n.

Bossman, loudly: I need three large boxes of navels, shipped out tomorrow.
Office peon: Ew… bellybuttons. That's gross. So, is that a meat order, then?

Hill Country, Texas

Overheard by: front desk of the fruit shippers

Customer: Do you have any balls?
Golf pro: What kind of balls are you looking for?
Customer: Colored ones. My wife loves colored balls!

Charleston, South Carolina

Big boss to underling: Your job is to not confuse me.

Nashville, Tennessee

40-something VP, about weather: What a great day–55 today!
Project manager: Wow! I would have never guessed–happy birthday!

Warwick, Maryland

Coworker: “Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people”. Eleanor Roosevelt said that, and you know she was smart, 'cause she was uuuugleeeeeee!

Emory University
Atlanta, Georgia