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
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
Social worker to others, standing outside smoking: If we were all 5'9″ we wouldn't be overweight.
Tampa, Florida
Boss to another: I have a policy manual on when to take a dump each day.
Chicago, Illinois
Male cook: Fine, we'll spell it your way!
Female front desk agent: No, seriously! “Banana” is spelled b-a-n-a-n-a.
(later that day)
Female front desk agent to male front desk agent: Hey, how do you spell “banana”?
Male front desk agent: B-a-b…
Female front desk agent, cutting him off: Forget it.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: David
