Gripes

QA Manager: Who hard-coded loss of revenue into our product?

5720 Peachtree Parkway
Norcross, Georgia

Trainer: Let’s go around and have each of us tell the class some juicy, private thing about ourselves that the rest of us might not know.
Trainee: I don’t want to tell anything about my juicy privates… Uh, juicy… Um… Anything private.
Trainer: … Okay… Next?

810 3rd Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Employee: Ew! You’re dousing your sandwich in tabasco sauce!
Intern: I’m dousing it in self-hatred.

4 W. Oakland Avenue
Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Vivian X

Boss: Never put two cranky diabetics in the same room together. All you’ll get is ‘”fuck this,” “shit this,” and “blood sugar that!”

1200 Sovereign Row
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Overheard by: shaun

Canadian: Is there anything I should know about Cuban business customs before we get started?
Translator: No.

Girl with tray of espressos walks in and hands one to each person.

Canadian: I don’t drink coffee.
Translator: You do today.

Cuban Health Ministry
Havana, Cuba

Overheard by: Drank the coffee

Employee: I’m tired of seeing movies that are just, like, The Adventures of White People.

Kane Hall, University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Anonymous

Boss #1: We have a caulk issue.
Boss #2: Is it big?
Boss #3: Very.
Employee passerby: I know all about caulk — it’s very sticky.

548 Highway 155
St. Germain, Wisconsin

Overheard by: Tony

Co-worker: If I didn’t have so much to do, I would get a lot more done.

3675 Ruffin Road
San Diego, California

Salesman: You know, customers who want their parts on time and in decent condition really get on my nerves.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Salesman: Yeah, I’m fucking fed up with that guy. He hasn’t sent in his reports for weeks. Just keeps flying out to Texas. What the fuck are we paying him for, anyway?
Manager: Texas? What’s he doing in Texas?
Salesman: Oh, apparently his dad died or something.

3000 Birch
Brea, California