Coworker entering another’s cube with hole-puncher, stack of paper, and beginning to punch holes: If I do this in my office, then there will be little paper circles all over my floor, and that’s really annoying.
1632 Da Vinci Court
Davis, California
Coworker entering another’s cube with hole-puncher, stack of paper, and beginning to punch holes: If I do this in my office, then there will be little paper circles all over my floor, and that’s really annoying.
1632 Da Vinci Court
Davis, California
Tech: Okay, now right-click there.
Admin: Here?
Tech: No, right-click. Right there.
Admin: Okay…
Tech: No, get rid of that. Right-click. Right there. Right-click. Right-click…Which button are you clicking?
Admin: The left one.
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas
Executive in meeting: Oh, you brought cold water?
Assistant: Yes, ice water.
Executive: Very nice! Where'd you find ice?
Assistant: In the freezer.
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Christine
Woman on phone: I was supposed to make the business card English on one side and Japanese on the other, and I put Chinese…and I apologize for it, it was dishonest of me…I didn’t think anyone would notice…but I’m a Christian person and I don’t want to die and go to hell, I’d rather apologize and make it right and go to heaven…I know it’s a little thing but I’m a Christian…
2301 South Third Street
Louisville, Kentucky
Visiting salesgirl: Hi, I’m here to see Carrie Bradshaw.
Receptionist: Do you mean Carrie Schwartz?
Visiting salesgirl: No, I’m pretty sure her name was Carrie Bradshaw.
Receptionist: We don’t have a Carrie Bradshaw. Carrie Bradshaw is from Sex and the City.
245 5th Avenue
New York, New York
Manager lady #1: I guess I stocked up -I mean, I got Doritos! Do those count?
Manager lady #2: Yeah, they do, they’re one of the food groups.
[pause]In unison: Corn.
Kansas City, Kansas
Overheard by: can’t believe i work with them
Cashier to bagger: My mom is picking me up because I can't drive until I find my glasses, I lost them and only have my contacts in.
Bagger: So? You can't drive with your contacts?
Cashier: My license says that I must wear corrective lenses!
Atlantic Beach, Florida
Overheard by: Sharyn
Awkward intern: Did you have a menage a trois?
Coworker: What? No.
Awkward intern: I bet you did. Wait, what's a menage a trois?
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: tC
Inside Wholesaler #1: We could cast a fourth Lord of the Rings with some of the people that work on this sales desk.
Inside Wholesaler #2: I know! [Janet] looks like a stump with eyes and a mouth.
601 Congress Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Rob Moody
Copy editor, muttering to herself: Party foul, for dubious misuse of the verb “finger.” (pause) Contractions are your friends! Will everyone stop being so damn British?!
Dundee
Scotland
Overheard by: musingvenus
