Gripes

Peon, to no one: When you have deja vu more than once a day, you know you have a fucking boring job.

Omaha, Nebraska

Male co-worker: It just ticks me off that Elmo is more popular than Grover. My other job was really boring, and one day I was fantasizing…
Female co-worker, interrupting: I think we’ve heard enough.

20890 Kenbridge Court
Lakeville, Minnesota

Overheard by: Gigi

Manager, hearing loud sounds of construction hammering: They're supposed to do their banging at night!

Lehi, Utah

Overheard by: Still Snickerin'

Female Co-worker: Even if I was a woman, I wouldn’t put a Chippendales calender on my desk.

12602 W. Bridger Street
Boise, Idaho

Matronly office drone: The internet keeps playing games; it keeps going down on me. (pause) Wait, that sounds bad.

Bellevue, Washington

Broker #1: Ok, here’s one: would you rather lick the bulge on Johnny’s* leg or eat the skin that Peter* peeled off his foot last year?
Broker #2: As sick as this sounds, I’d take Johnny’s bulge in a second. I had to sit next to Peter. His foot had a crack in it so deep you could stick a pencil in it.

440 South LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois

Lab tech, during fire evacuation: Paul*, get out of the shade. It’s not in the safety zone.
Paul: But I’m fat. I can’t stand in the sun.

650 Cathill Road
Sellersville, Pennsylvania

Boss: Those are pretty. Who are they from?
Secretary: Myself. Sorry men send flowers. I don’t need any sorry men in my life.

8555 United Plaza Boulevard
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Coworker angrily hanging up: Geez! What is wrong with these customers?! I’m trying to watch a colo-rectal comedy on UTUBE!

2600 Van Buren Street
Norman, Oklahoma

Overheard by: Nina

Coworker, in graphic design lab: Now I have balls in my ass, too!

Utica, New York

Overheard by: dont wanna know