Disenchanted woman: One of my colleagues just began a sentence with “Star Jones says.” I can’t fucking believe I work here.
Oxnard Street
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Brokeass Harem
Disenchanted woman: One of my colleagues just began a sentence with “Star Jones says.” I can’t fucking believe I work here.
Oxnard Street
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Brokeass Harem
Office grunt: Why the fuck does Stan* have to listen to ABBA all day? God, I hate Sweden.
Hillsboro, Texas
Overheard by: Purchasing Slave
Copywriter: How about ‘Widget* is your final solution for packaging needs’?
Copyeditor: I think we should use any other description.
Copywriter: Why? Does it not make sense?
Copyeditor: Only if you’re not talking about the Holocaust.
4th and Congress
Austin, Texas
Manager, preparing staff party: Oh my God, look! I cut so much cheese I got a blister!
City Centre Building
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Overheard by: evil twin
QA: That enhancement doesn’t work, you need to fix it.
Dev: I guess it won’t be in the patch, then.
QA: I didn’t spend all that time testing and documenting it, we need to release it.
Dev: I’m not going to fix it now.
QA: You just said it was going to be in the patch, now you are saying it’s not going to be fixed in this patch but it is in the patch.
Dev: Your Jedi mind tricks will not work on me.
16388 Westwoods Business Park
Ellisville, Missouri
Overheard by: Marc Brooks
Intern, answering phone: Good afternoon, Science Committee…Mike*, Buzz Aldrin is on the line.
Mike*, rolling his eyes: Oh shit.
Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC
Product Manager: You know, I don’t like playing dumb.
IT: Yeah, well, I don’t either, but sometimes I just have to.
6475 SW Fallbrook Place
Beaverton, Oregon
Designer: Here, just try it.
Writer: No.
Designer: Come on! Why are you being so stubborn?
Writer, shouting: I am not putting that in my mouth! It’s all limp!
Pause.
Writer, shouting into hallway: I was talking about French fries!
16340 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona
Overheard by: Miel
Guy #1: Those lawyers are like rats, they know they suck but do it anyway.
Guy #2: Rats don’t know they suck…
210 Highwoods Blvd.
Raleigh, North Carolina
