Geography & History

Co-worker #1: Okay guys, I’ll see you next week. I’m heading off to Tennessee to see relatives.
Co-worker #2: Well, don’t hook up with anybody.

456 North Kimball Place
Boise, Idaho

CSR on phone with customer: I'm sorry, sir, but we don't cover vehicles outside the United States.
(five minutes later)
CSR to coworker: I think I told the customer the wrong thing. Is Hawaii part of the United States?

Southington, Connecticut

Coworker: Why did you move to Atlanta?
Customer: Just looking for greener pastures.
Coworker: Oh, are you in livestock?

Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: plz shoot me now

Shrill employee: What the hell? I did a search for Latin restaurants in the area, but all that came up was a Peruvian restaurant!

Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Supervisor, watching The Apprentice: I like that British guy, I hope he wins. Or that English guy. Wait, what’s the difference?
Coworker: Are you kidding?
Supervisor: There’s a difference, right? Do they want to be called something else?

800 Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Erin Eff

Purchasing manager: I’m from Tennessee, so I can’t count.

Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Office Wench

Middle Manager: Snapfish is right in downtown San Francisco.
Transsexual: Hmm, maybe I should go work for them.
Middle Manager: Oh, you’d love it, they’re very diverse…They’re all young. They’re all under 40.
Transsexual: Oh, maybe I’m too old.

3404 East Harmony Road
Fort Collins, Colorado

Professor: It's an island somewhere…probably in the ocean.

University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware

Overheard by: Anne

Admin: What time is it in France?
Worker: I think it’s February.
Admin: Really?

3239 Satellite Boulevard
Duluth, Georgia

Worker #1: Is the city of Singapore in China?
Worker #2: No, it’s in Singapore.
Worker #1: No, I meant where is Singapore?! Is it in China?!
Worker #2: Singapore is a city and a country.
Worker #1, after a long pause: Oh. So… where is Singapore, then?

Vancouver, British Columbia
Canadia