3PM Slushie Run

Coworker#1: Okay, I’m back.
Coworker#2: Where did you go?
Coworker#3: We went to get a slushie.
Coworker#2: What? Where’s mine?
Coworker#1: You didn’t say you wanted one.
Coworker#2: Well, must my slushie needs be known to everyone? I just can’t believe you went without even asking me.
Coworker#3: How is she supposed to know if you wanted a slushie?
Coworker#2: I always ask her if she wants one when I go. I even give her money if she wants one. Oh, and look now. Now your’re drinking it in front of me.
Coworker #1: Dude! You never said you wanted one. You even saw me walk out. Do you even want one?
Coworker# 2: No, I’m fine.

19219 N 4th Street
Covington, Louisiana

Posted on October 31, 2016
Coworkers, Feelings, General Idiocy, Gripes, Louisiana, Meals and Snacks, Offers and requests, Time Management

Maybe You Should Try Singing with Your Mouth

Employee on phone: Church choir practice kicked my ass last night!

1400 Douglas Street
Omaha, Nebraska

Overheard by: DB

Posted on October 18, 2016
Arts, Employees, Gossip, Gripes, Nebraska, On the phone

I’m a Harvard MBA, for Christ’s Sake

General manager: I’ve got a small favor to ask you…
Sales guy: I am not getting in a chicken suit and dancing on the roof again!

8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Stayin’ until 5…

Posted on September 19, 2016
Bosses and Underlings, Gripes, Maryland

4PM Work on Audit

Manager: This audit is driving me crazy!
Receptionist: Oh, you won’t have to drive there. For you, it’s just a short walk.

50 East Exchange Street
Akron, Ohio

Overheard by: Ed Poe

Posted on September 1, 2016
Bosses and Underlings, Comebacks, Gripes, Ohio

9AM Back to Work

Secretary: Don’t mail your boogers to people!

401 Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee

Posted on August 28, 2016
Advice, Gripes, Health & Hygiene, Offers and requests, Receptionists, Tennessee

Hey, Those Shackles Were for Our Safety

(at a three day workshop)
Suit #1: I don’t think I can sit through another afternoon of this.
Suit #2: It’s not as bad as yesterday. I’m finding it quite interesting.
Suit #1: That’s what you call Stockholm Syndrome, when you start to love your kidnapper.

Istanbul
Turkey

Posted on August 18, 2016
Asia, Compare and contrast, Default, Europe, Gripes, Health & Hygiene, Suits

The Perfect Job for People With Impulse Control Problems

Blonde cube dweller: I can't get this damn profile to load. Now my screen froze! Fuck this, I'll be a stripper!

Chelmsford, Massachusetts

Posted on August 8, 2016
Employees, Gripes, Internet, Massachusetts, Sexuality

Damn Those Ninja Shoes

Sales assistant #1: Man, I hate Glen* — becomes a manager and gets all crazy.
Sales assistant #2: What’s he makin’ you do?
Sales assistant #1: Sweep the whole service alley! Man, sometimes I just wanna hit that guy. I’ve been here two years, and he makes me, the head sales assistant, do the crap work.
Sales assistant #2: [Stares.]Sales assistant #1: He’s right behind me, isn’t he?
Sales assistant #2: Yup.

3709 East Central Texas Expressway
Killeen, Texas

Posted on July 25, 2016
Dumb Employees, Gripes, Texas

Jeez, I Already Know How to Pass Out at Parties

Slutty waitress: My baby daughter is driving me insane!
Waiter: That'll teach you to pass out at parties.
(slutty waitress glares, storms off)
Waiter, shrugging: Well, it should.

Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Shatmandu

Posted on July 23, 2016
Bimbettes, Coworkers, Drinking, Family, Gripes, Indiana

So It’s Not All Bad

Lady peon #1: If we keep working at this rate we are A — going to get sick, B — going to be tired, and C — going to hate each other!
Lady peon #2: … You forgot D — divorced.

Tallahassee, Florida

Posted on June 23, 2016
Coworkers, Florida, Gripes

Gripes