Geography & History

Sales rep #1: How do you spell “Pacific”?
Sales rep #2: Huh?
Sales rep #1: You know, if I'm talking about something in Pacific…

Commodore Street
Rockingham
Australia

Overheard by: David

Employee #1: Where is Great Britain?
Employee #2: I think it’s a city in Scotland or something.

Toronto, Canada

Co-worker: If someone is from Puerto Rico, do you say that they’re Mexican? Or Hispanic?

150 East 55th Street
New York, NY

Cube dweller: Is Massachusetts the only state in this country that doesn't suck?

6th Ave
New York City, New York

Redneck high school kid checking out campus: Guantanamo Bay? Is that one of the places the bugs attack in Starship Troopers?

UT Campus
Austin, Texas

Overheard by: Flabbergasted Longhorn

Worker guy #1: I love names that are states. Or cities. Madison, Dakota, Georgia…
Worker guy #2: Jordan…

733 Third Avenue
New York, NY

Overheard by: the temp

Lady worker answering phone: Hi Alex*! … I knew it was you because this is a 321* area code, and you work in Boston and it wasn’t your home number… And if it wasn’t you, then I was prepared for your boss to be calling me telling me you fell off a stool, hit your head, and wound up dead on the floor.

Indiana

Boss: It’s not like she’s moving to another state; she’s just moving out of state.

70 Charles Lindbergh Boulevard
Uniondale, New York

Employee #1: So as the guy was doing my nails–
Employee #2: –Wait, you have a man do your nails?
Employee #1: Oh, it’s okay, he’s Asian.

John Adam Street
London, England

Overheard by: rubywoo

Server #1 : So…yeah, I'm going on a cruise to Hawaii.
Server #2: Oh, wow, where are you leaving from?
Server #1: Florida.
Server #2: That's a really long cruise.
Server #1: No, it's not! They're practically right next to each other!

Twinsburg, Ohio