Gripes

Hospital worker #1: Oh my God! Did you see those warts?
Hospital worker #2: No, I missed them.
Hospital worker #1: How could you miss them? Weren’t you holding the labia?
Hospital worker #2: No, that wasn’t me.
Hospital worker #1: Are you sure? I thought that was you.
Hospital Worker #2: No, I wasn’t holding any labia today.

100 East Carroll Street
Salisbury, Maryland

Copy Editor: Hi, [Marco]. You just missed the porn.
Art Director: What?
Copy Editor: I’m serious. There was porn but I just deleted it. Spam. Usually they take out the pictures…
Art Director: Why didn’t I get the porn?

6100 Center Drive
Los Angeles, California

CSR #1: We’ve had problems like this all day.
CSR #2: Yeah, there’s something going on somewhere in Denmark.

28001 Napier Road
Wixom, Michigan

Annoyed peon: None of it rhymes! He rhymes ‘lizards’ with ‘chinchillas’ and ‘dogs’ with ‘scorpions.’

101 2nd Street
San Francisco, California

Overheard by: pinup

Coworker on phone: How can I help you? Ummm… Okay. Sir, is everything alright? Well, you seem to be breathing a little heavy. No, I can’t help you with that. You should probably go out and buy a magazine. I’m hanging up now sir [hangs up]. Fucking freaks.

Spring Street and Cleveland Avenue
Columbus, Ohio

Overheard by: Ari

General manager: I don't know how you use this thing, with all the damn buttons everywhere.
Reporter: Well, that's the first thing I learned in typing class…where the keys are.

Waynesville, North Carolina

Overheard by: Just an editor

The day after the company picnic. . .

Female clerk #1: Was that the new guy playing volleyball? You know the one that keeps trying to adjust his hours.
Manager: Maybe he just needs to wear a jock strap all the time.
Female clerk #2: Adjust his hours! His schedule! Everything is code for crotch to you!

5760 Highway 80 East
Pearl, Mississippi

Coworker #1: I can’t believe the three of them just strolled right past my cubicle, and Karen* did not ask us if we wanted to go to lunch with them!
Coworker #2: She is so rude! You ready?
Coworker #1: Yeah, I’m starving.

Shier Rings Road
Dublin, Ohio

Overheard by: Invisible Girl

Boss on speaker: Okay then, I’ll be over in about 30 minutes to look at what you’ve got for me.
Media person: Great, we’ll see you then.
Boss on speaker: …Great, now I have one more fucking thing to do today…Fuck…
Media person: Um…You’re still on speakerphone, buddy.

1901 North Shoreline Boulevard
Corpus Christi, Texas

Overheard by: The lowly intern

Coworker #1: What are we getting for lunch today?
Coworker #2: Wang.
Coworker #1: Again? I'm sick of Wang.
Coworker #2: That's a lie, you never get sick of Wang.

Glastonbury, Connecticut

Overheard by: Can't wait for my contract to end