Gripes

Paralegal: Good afternoon, [Law Firm name]. How may I help you?
Partner: Wow…Wow. You’ve got, like, a 1-900 phone voice. We’re gonna have to take you off the receptionist rotation. Don’t want to give our criminal clients the wrong impression.

600 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia

In a meeting: Providers only terminate their contracts for one of two reasons: Pay or Other.

At a bar with a friend: You know, I was diagnosed as a genius as a child and I think that is why I don’t get along with her; I don’t get along with other geniuses. That is why I think you and I are such good friends.

In response to an email: Ya know, I have tracking on this, and as usual, I am completely embarrassed.

[Bonus: found in coworker’s personal ad: Things that turn me on: Thunderstorms]

522 SW 5th
Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Breanna Freeman

HR manager: God, I hate it when you bring me that junk!
Admin: These are people’s resumes.
HR manager: Fine, shove your junk in my box.
Admin: Excuse me?
HR manager: Just leave it in my box. I’ll throw it away in the morning.

80 Grasslands Road
Elmsford, New York

Overheard by: Bored Beyond Belief

Disgruntled worker: It would be easier if people just walked around with shirts that said, ‘I steal shit.’

University of Washington
Seattle, Washington

Nerd #1: All Brittney* talks about is food and sex.
Nerd #2: Yeah, what do you think she likes doing more: talking about eating while having sex, or talking about fucking while having lunch?

333 Pfingsten Road
Northbrook, Illinois

Overheard by: deltar

Coworker #1: Can you believe the whole company needs to take an ethics exam? It’s online, but still…
Coworker #2: Yeah, it sucks. I heard that one department’s doing the whole thing on a conference call together.
Coworker #1: But there’s a test…
Coworker #2: Yeah, they’re all taking the test together. One person says the answer and everybody enters it on their screen after the first person confirms it’s right.

Midtown
New York, New York

Manager on phone to client: Yeah, that’s like someone watching me take a shower, and after two kids, no one wants to see that.

1120 NW Couch Street
Portland, Oregon

Frustrated coworker: This karma thing has got to stop!

Husargatan 3 Uppsala
Sweden

Asian coworker to black coworker: Why can’t you be like Akeelah in Akeelah and the Bee? She was black, but she could spell!

235 E 42nd Street
New York, New York

Co-worker #1: Will someone please tell me what the fuck is wrong with [Josh]? When he gets up in the morning does he have some kind of funhouse mirror? Does he fucking see Tom Cruise when he looks in the mirror in the morning? Because when I look at him I just see an asshole.
Co-worker #2: Why?
Co-worker #1: He is bullshiting everyone and saying he slept with the new CSR.
Co-worker #2: Does it really matter? She don’t speak English!

2801 Red Lion Road
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania