Geography & History

Support Desk: I wonder why preachers are so hateful? Out of all the customers I’ve dealt with, preachers are all so mean. They’re worse than Canadians

5330 East 31st Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Overheard by: donrae moore

Blonde hostess: So, I started saying, ‘Oy’ all the time this summer, and someone asked me where that word came from. I think it must just be a midwestern thing to say, huh?

Ames, Iowa

Office peon: Not that I believe Jesus was Jewish or anything.

Silver Spring, Maryland

Coworker, seeing guy in the hall: Hey, Jeff! Aren't you in China?

Plainsboro, New Jersey

Supervisor: Can you send this letter to The Netherlands?
Receptionist: Where's Neverland?

Old Town Alexandria, Virginia

Overheard by: i wish i could say this doesn't happen on a regular basis…

Cube girl: I am starving suddenly. Like, Albania-starving.
Cube guy: Are people starving in Albania?
Cube girl: The anorexic ones.

350 Madison Avenue
New York, New York

Receptionist: How was Ireland?
Office manager: Actually, I was in Scotland.
Receptionist: That's not the same place?

Park Avenue
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Sammy Sanchez

Suit to colleague: So everyone's standing around, like they're wearing togas or something, and somebody comes over and says Julius Caesar's not wearing any clothes.

Louisville, Kentucky

Overheard by: Roman Naked

Boss to intern: Oh, you're from Kentucky! Is there anything important there?
Kentucky-born intern: Uh, the gold vault.
Boss: (blank stare)
Kentucky-born intern: You know, Fort Knox.
Boss: Oh, yeah! That's where they get the saying “She's locked up tighter than Fort Knox!”

Virginia Beach, Virginia

VP: She was mean! She said, “I guess I’ll just have to come up to New York and kill you then.”
Assistant: Was she being sarcastic?
VP: I think so.

30 E. 33rd Street
New York, NY