Suit #1: You can’t deny that Bryant Gumbel is an entertainer.
Suit #2: Yes, you can.
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Suit #1: You can’t deny that Bryant Gumbel is an entertainer.
Suit #2: Yes, you can.
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Bimbette: Twenty days — that’s, like, five weeks, right?
Patient peon: No.
Bimbette: I mean, business days.
Patient peon: … No.
Mercer Street
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: choking on giggles
Consultant giving directions over phone: Yeah, it’s like an hour away. An hour and a half at the most. Actually, it could be more like two hours… Or two and a half. Probably more like three. About four, I’d say.
Queen Street
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: Kate
Professor: So, what did you think of the reading?
Student: Well, when I read the first part, I was like, ‘Dang!’
Professor: Um…
Student: And when I read the last part, I was like, ‘Dang! I mean, dang!’
University of North Texas
Denton, Texas
Lady peon, back from vacation: Yeah, so in Israel they have something called Shabbat every Friday. I think it’s a chicken dish.
2701 NW Vaughn Street
Portland, Oregon
CSR #1, after moving offices: Does the mouse get plugged into the monitor or the computer?
CSR #2: [Stares in disbelief and silence, and then starts laughing.]CSR #1: I can’t believe I just said that. That’s the most stupid question I’ve ever heard!
Perth
Australia
Coworker: Here’s the information you wanted.
Boss: I don’t want paper — it’ll get lost on my desk.
Coworker: Do you want me to e-mail them to you?
Boss: No! It’ll get lost in my inbox.
Coworker: So to get this straight, you don’t want the info on paper or e-mail?
Washington
Lady peon on phone: I don’t know… That whole Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is overrated.
1212 6th Avenue
New York, New York
Shipping manager: Man, something smells good over here!
Nearby cube girl: It’s not me!
8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Countin’ down the days…
Old man peon looking at photograph: This is dated 1873 — a year before Pabst won the ribbon!
Washington, DC
