Social worker to intake nurse: The patient has a history of mental retardation.
Intake nurse: Has he always been retarded?
(long pause)
Social worker: I'm pretty sure it's not a result of his hospitalization!
Minnesota
Social worker to intake nurse: The patient has a history of mental retardation.
Intake nurse: Has he always been retarded?
(long pause)
Social worker: I'm pretty sure it's not a result of his hospitalization!
Minnesota
Boss: So I have this client, and he's kind of slightly mentally retarded, and he's a huge Cubs fan…
Underling, not missing a beat: That's like saying “I need to go the to the ATM machine to get cash money so I can pay for my beef with au jus.”
Boss, blinking and frowning: I don't get it. And I'm a Cubs fan!
Wicker Park
Chicago, Illinois
Legally blind patient: Ow! Owww, owwww! Hey, you can't do this to me! Where's the doctor?
Man in white coat: I am the doctor.
Hospital
Manhattan, New York
Office lady to friend: When you went with me for pedicures, were you with me?
Oakland, California
Overheard by: Alchemist George
Female manager to male manager annoying her: So how does your coffee and Visine taste this morning?
Bakersfield, California
Coworker, hanging up phone: My daughter swallowed a Lego, I gotta go.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: The_SuperVixen
Office girl, calling boss on phone: Hey! Uh… Help me out here. What's that research called that they're doing with the baby fetuses?
Boss: Umm… What?
Office girl: Did I lose you?
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Overheard by: freudian flip
Office girl #1: Is that soy milk?
Office girl #2: Yes, I'm allergic to cow's milk.
Office girl #1: Oh? Because of the caffeine?
Office Kitchen
London
England
Overheard by: LizD
Coworker on phone: Ugh, it's just the bloating and the pain. (pause) Oh, wait! I think things are on the move! (rushes to bathroom)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Overheard by: CubeDweller
Female coworker #1: He told me I have astigmatism.
Female coworker #2: Oh my god! I don't even know what astigmatism is.
Female coworker #1: It's what my sister has.
Los Angeles, California
