Peon: I don’t know… It just seems like kind of a waste of Jell-O.
1 Athenaeum Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Peon: I don’t know… It just seems like kind of a waste of Jell-O.
1 Athenaeum Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts
U-Haul guy #1: Okay! Pickup on the right…dropoffs on the left.
U-Haul guy #2: Yeah…Pickups on the left, dropoffs on the right.
U-Haul guy #1: What? No! You’re fucking it up, dickhead!
3270 Broadway
New York, NY
Paralegal to secretary: He just gave me the finger!
Secretary: What?
Lawyer: I did it creatively.
Secretary: I'm pretty sure that makes you the worst boss ever.
Lawyer: But she was annoying me!
Tall Building
Small City, Indiana
Overheard by: Does someone need a time out?
Hotel Manager: Can we help you, ma’am?
Guest: My husband just got on the elevator without me, I can’t believe that little shit/
Hotel Manager: Well, if we track him down we can send him your way.
Guest: If I can’t keep track of him after 30 years you won’t either.
9 East Wilson Street
Madison, Wisconsin
Project Manager: He needs to step into my office. The office of my fist. If he messes with my developer one more time, I’m gonna drop him like a bad habit. And by “drop” I mean “drop kick”. And by “bad habit” I mean “communist hobo”.
1375 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, Georgia
Employee #1: So this presentation on customer service was just so stupid! The speaker kept saying that to diffuse tense situations, you should reiterate back to the customer why they're upset to show that you understand their point of view! I totally disagree. I hate when that happens! That's just so dumb.
Employee #2: So if I understand this correctly, Alan*, you think it's a bad idea to summarize why a customer is unhappy and restate that back to them.
Employee #1: Yes, exactly!
Atlanta, Georgia
Suit #1: So I was banging Alice in her office, and she started crying. It reminded me of George and Meredith in Grey’s Anatomy.
Suit #2: Wow! That must have been a turnoff.
Suit #1: No, I kept going. I just pretended I was banging Meredith.
80 J Street
Sacramento, California
Overheard by: Extra Character
Boss: I need you to email this to [Kevin].
Assistant: No problem, I have the electronic version right here. I’ll email it out in a sec.
Boss: Great…Oh, and make sure my notes don’t show up when you send it out.
Assistant: Your notes?
Boss: Yeah, the notes I wrote there in the margins.
Assistant: Um, don’t worry. They won’t.
Boss: Great, thanks.
Assistant: Just fucking retire already…Jesus!
300 West Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Girl #1: They missed their deliverables again. Can you believe that shit?
Girl #2: No, I can’t believe it. I am so frustrated for you. What is the excuse? “Our neanderthal foreheads make it difficult to see the screen?”
275 Battery Street
San Francisco, California
HR coordinator: Ugh, last thing I need Monday morning is a stack of papers from “miz thaaaaang” in marketing.
Finance manager: I try to limit my contact with miz thaaaaang as much as possible.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Observer
