Male cube dweller: Isn’t that the church where they had the wet t-shirt contest?
Female cube dweller: That was a baptism!
Male cube dweller: Oh…
McLean, Virginia
Male cube dweller: Isn’t that the church where they had the wet t-shirt contest?
Female cube dweller: That was a baptism!
Male cube dweller: Oh…
McLean, Virginia
Guy talking on cellphone while sending a fax: My wife tells me men don’t multi-task very well, and I guess I’m proving her… Well.
Seaway Boulevard
Everett, Washington
Overheard by: in my cube
Engineer: Did you see that e-mail bob sent?
Technician: Yes, he’s creating an army of idiots in his own image!
Wayne, Pennsylvania
Ditzy customer service rep #1: Isn’t there a country where they read right to left?
Ditzy customer service rep #2: Oh, yeah, isn’t that England?
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Overheard by: Way Underpaid HR Manager
Jen: Today is Leonardo Da Vinci’s birthday.
Beth: Really? I guess he’ll be going out to dinner with Gisele Bundchen. Oh wait, they broke up, didn’t they?
Jen: […]
Sylvan Way
Parsippany, New Jersey
Overheard by: Karen
Customer: I would like four chocolate chip, four raisin, and four cinnamon crunch bagels to go, please.
Employee: [Turns to look at bagel rack, turns back to customer.] I’m sorry ma’am, I can’t sell you those.
Customer: But you have four of each sitting right there.
Employee: [Looks back at bagel rack.] But those are the last of our special bagels, and they are reserved for our in-store customers.
Customer: But I’m in your store, and I want to buy your bagels.
Employee: But my manager said I can’t sell those to go.
Customer: So let me get this straight. You’re selling bagels, I want to buy bagels, but you won’t sell me your bagels?
Employee: Well, yes… but it’s my manager…
Customer: How bout I speak to your manager?
Employee: [Gets on phone, whispers to manager, comes back to counter.] Okay, I’ll sell you the bagels.
Customer, under breath: Holy shit.
Panera Bread
Santa Monica, California
Overheard by: kim
Douche boss: Hey *Jennifer, what are you working on?
Overworked secretary: An expense report for John, why?
Douche boss: Oh man, you have to do John’s expense reports too?
Overworked secretary: Yes, you asked me to start doing them last month.
Douche boss: Oh, yeah, right. I didn’t want to mention this but, you haven’t done my time sheet yet today.
Overworked secretary: Oh, I’m sorry, I’ll do it right after this.
Douche boss: Uhh, is there any way we can get it done a little sooner?
Overworked secretary: Sure, I’ll do it now, then.
Douche boss: Thanks, I just don’t want to have to stay as late as you do tonight.
9th Street
Washington, DC
Male peon: Lot of words on those pages.
Female peon, trying to read on her lunch break: [Blinks] Yeah… Being a book, and all.
Male peon: Well, I dunno. I never really read any book-books. Just, like, magazines and stuff.
Female peon: [Stares.]
Manor Road
Austin, Texas
Cat owner #1: So I went to the doctor yesterday, I asked him what was causing this rash on my forearms, he says, “It’s your cat”!
Cat owner #2: My cat?
Rosewood Drive
Pleasanton, California
Overheard by: Jimmybob
Bank employee, accompanying exterminator: [Sings.] Spraying for bugs!
[She realizes she sang that out loud to a room full of customers.]Bank employee, under her breath: Oops. Just kidding, we don’t have bugs.
Tucson, Arizona
Overheard by: Ken
