Gripes

FedEx Driver: Gs prices are so expensive I am thinking about delivering packages on a bike.
Warehouse employee: You and your people should be used to that.

4000 Coolidge Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland

CSR: I really hate it when customers are named that.
Supervisor: What?
CSR: ‘Dick.’ [Giggles] Because then I have to say that…

473 Ridge Road
Dayton, New Jersey

Overheard by: office peon

Accounts receivable lady: I don’t mean to be rude, but could one of you unhook my bra? I’ve about had it with this stupid thing! [Order entry woman unhooks lady’s bra, and lady takes her bra off to swing around in air while keeping her shirt on.] Freedom! Freedom at last!

8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: never a dull moment

Boss: So, is there any other duty that you do on a daily basis that we should include on this list?
Worker: You mean other than miscellaneous bullshit?
Boss: Well, how much time do you spend on miscellaneous bullshit everyday?
Worker: Depending on the day, between 10 minutes and 8 hours.

4913 West Laurel Street
Tampa, Florida

Overheard by: hang on voltaire

Secretary: All morning I’ve been so happy, singing and dancing and now the whole day is ruined. Oh, I could commit carry harry right now!

Monson Way
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
UK

Overheard by: Benjaminov

Customer: These ice cream cones and a hundred dollars in lotto tickets.
Store clerk: Okay, $106.39
Customer: What? These ice creams cost six dollars?! What a waste of money! No, I dont want them. What a waste. Seriously! No, no — just the lotto tickets.

Eastlake Mart
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: kallisti

Manager: I hate my new badge picture. It makes me look like I have a fat head.
Employee: But you do have a fat head.
Manager: I know that. I just don’t want to advertise it to the whole world.

610 Gateway Drive
North Sioux City, South Dakota

Manager, to underling: Haven’t apes evolved to the point where they could do your job?

3888 Stewart Road
Eugene, Oregon

Overheard by: Mike

Financial analyst: Guys will say, ‘Oh, Asian women are so exotic,’ like we’re a commodity. I’m not a rug!

Wall Street
New York, New York

Office girl #1: Oh, I love Jane magazine.
Office girl #2: What’s that?
Office girl #1: It’s a chick magazine, but not so girly. That’s why I like it.
Office girl #3: That’s why I hate it — it has, like, articles.

45 West 45th Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: RaRa