Gripes

CSR: Oh my god. I just spilled soup on my glasses! I was eating soup and it splashed on my face.

1005 17th Street
Denver, Colorado

VP: She was mean! She said, “I guess I’ll just have to come up to New York and kill you then.”
Assistant: Was she being sarcastic?
VP: I think so.

30 E. 33rd Street
New York, NY

Disgruntled woman: Did you get my e-mail?
Boss: Yes, but you’re so consistently negative I didn’t bother to read it. Plus, your e-mails are always too long.
Disgruntled woman: What?
Boss: From now on, you’re limited to two paragraphs– No! Two sentences. And try to be positive for a change.

Chantilly, Virginia

Woman: …and the doctor was like, “I’ve never seen so much wax in one ear before!”, and I was like, “Can we just get on with this already? I’m on vacation in Hawaii!”.

1745 Broadway
New York, NY

Cube rat: Damn the metric system!

State College, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Word.

Worker bee: I won’t spend 60 dollars on something I can’t shoot my friends with.

11145 Westheimer Road
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: me either

Client: You need to fix this design; the text is way too big.
Web designer: What is the text size in your browser set to?
Client: It’s on large so I can read it better.

1335 Columbus Avenue
San Francisco, California

Male teen: I sent her to get it, but you know you can't trust Lisa with cheap beer.

Rogers, Arizona

Overheard by: Joel

Employee #1: So basically, I’m going to wear a shirt that says, ‘Ghouls Gone Wild’ on it.
Employee #2: You can’t do that! You have to dress slutty!

Sixforks and Strickland
Raleigh, North Carolina

Overheard by: Heather

Co-worker #1: You smell of fish!
Co-worker #2: I’ve been at a fishmongers!
Co-worker #1: Oh! I thought it was an urban myth but they actually do sell fish at a fishmongers?
Co-worker #2: …What?

Commercial Road
Hull, East Yorkshire
UK

Overheard by: Simon Green