Gripes

Support Desk: I wonder why preachers are so hateful? Out of all the customers I’ve dealt with, preachers are all so mean. They’re worse than Canadians

5330 East 31st Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Overheard by: donrae moore

Trader: When I go to my doctor’s appointment tomorrow, my doctor is going to wonder why I have two assholes.

Trader: Lance Armstrong has more balls than I do.

Trader: Why don’t I just go to prison? Then I wouldn’t have to pay to get fucked in the ass.

50 Broad Street
New York, NY

First-grade teacher: CHARLES! Give me those! Those are NAILS! Nails are unsafe and do not belong in your hands.
Student: Pshhh, unless you’re JESUS!

New York, New York

Overheard by: i want to adopt this kid

IT guy: I feel for teachers, because it’s not like the good old days when you could take kids under the stairwell and pummel them.

Bush Lake Road
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overheard by: just trying to finish the day

Underling: I’m really tired of having to assume that everyone else is an idiot and that I should automatically know which questions to ask.

30 E 33rd Street
New York, NY

Technician: We don’t make mistakes. We may create new opportunities and challenges, but we don’t make mistakes.

645 Paper Mill Road
Newark, Delaware

Nurse #1: It’s more important that we get rid of the dead things in the clinic.
Nurse #2: The smell’s still there?
Nurse #3: Have you tried spraying the air with something?

1230 York Avenue
New York, NY

Overheard by: Molly the Mole

Guy: I always thought we would go out Thelma and Louise style when we were both in our 90’s.
Girl: That sounds about right.
Guy: I’m going to move that up about 60 years if this meeting doesn’t end soon.

32 Washington Street
Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: I agree

Coworker #1: I was berated by Susan* yesterday because I asked for my light fixture to be fixed… again… after 13 days. She got angry because she ‘has more important things to worry about.’ Apparently, her husband’s in the ICU.
Coworker #2: Dude, she’s going to have to unplug him.
Coworker #1: I understand that, but I resent the accusation that somehow my asking for my light to be fixed betrays an insensitivity to the plight of her almost-dead husband.

Austin, Texas

Receptionist: What happened to your light?
Worker: The switch broke off.
Receptionist: Well, how can you work in the dark? Are they going to fix it?
Worker: [Chris] went to shut off the fuse so that he can work on it.
Receptionist: Here, I’ll fix it.
Worker: Stop it, you’ll electrocute yourself!

11 Broadway
New York, NY