Gripes

Annoying coworker to office gossip: I don't know what rubber nuts have to do with Pennsylvania, anyway.

Columbia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Damn Ya-Ya's

Mother: Put those toys away. Think of the other kids who come here.
Little kid #1: Yeah, we’ve gotta think of the other kids.
Little kid #2: I don’t want to think of the other kids. I only want to think about me.

Doctor’s waiting room
North Rocks, Sydney
Australia

Worker bee: Your poor interpersonal communication skills are not my fault. They are my problem, because I have to deal with you, but they are not my fault.

519 Westport Parkway
Grapevine, Texas

Overheard by: DeadEyeDusty

Boss: Put away those pom-poms, young lady — this is a place of business!

North Cedar Street
Lititz, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Michelle

Assistant bishop: What the hell?! I can’t get any damned work done around here!

Salem, Virginia

Overheard by: only agnostic in the office

Spot op #1: [Bill] tells good stories, he’s an excellent storyteller; me, I’m a stuttering prick when I tell a story.
Spot op #2: I tell stories, but they’re not very funny.
Spot op #1: Or interesting.

245 West 52nd Street
New York, NY

Overheard by:

Loud educator to others: Why does everything I touch get hard?

Doylestown, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: G-wiz

Black co-worker: Hey, how are you doing today?
Redneck co-worker: If I were you, I wouldn’t speak to me today.
Black co-worker: Why is that? What’s wrong with you?
Redneck co-worker: I’m not too fond of you black people today. That damn Tiger Woods has won another Major.
Black co-worker: Oh, that’s all? Well, what are you going to do when we take over NASCAR?
Redneck co-worker: [Bewildered silence]

1000 Jerry St. Pe Highway
Gulf Coast, Mississippi

Overheard by: The Guy sitting next to the idiot

Resident: Patient was seen today at his home. He’s still complaining that the beams from Oregon are bothering him, but he said they aren’t affecting him too badly right now. In fact, he said that they don’t affect men too much in general – it’s really women who should be worried about the beams, especially, he said, when they’re aimed at women’s private boxes.
Social worker: Did you just say private boxes?

Psychiatric clinic
Tulsa, Oklahoma

VP: It’s so frustrating trying to reach that guy.
IT: How so?
VP: Whenever I call at lunch or after hours, he’s never there.

12444 Powerscourt Drive
St. Louis, Missouri