Coworker coming out of bathroom: Betty*! It still won't come out!
Louisville, Kentucky
Coworker coming out of bathroom: Betty*! It still won't come out!
Louisville, Kentucky
Boss: What is all of this? My e-mail is overflowing with junk mail.
Manager: Just delete it all.
Manager, to assistant: You hear that, Jen*? You gotta keep your junk clean!
(silence followed by uncontrollable laughter)
Jen: That wasn't inappropriate at all.
Edmonton
Canadia
Insurance department boss: A death claim is better than a long-term injury.
Merchant Street
Honolulu, Hawaii
Smoking coworker, making a cigarette “dance”, singing: It's that time again, time for a kiss with my smoky friend.
Receptionist: Were you dropped on your head as a child?
Smoking coworker: Actually, I was!
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Overheard by: Amused
Receptionist to boss: Susie craps like a buffalo.
Tempe, Arizona
Worker #1: He has a groin pull so he’s asking for pain pills .
Worker #2: He told me he hurt his leg.
Consultant: Yeah, my third leg. I’m a tripod.
Worker #1: A tripod wouldn’t have hurt himself playing basketball with a 50 or under league.
100 Summer Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Regina C
Lady in elevator: Well, I operated on my eye again. I looked in the mirror and saw another big white thing so I got the needle and the lighter. This time it went pop and all the stuff went into my eye. I was thinking: “Now I’ll get staph!”
Century Place
Nashville, Tennessee
Overheard by: delworthio
Genius: Sometimes the staples are just hanging there, and someone could get hurt.
68 Marginal Way
Portland, Maine
Female coworker #1: Yeah, I didn't come into work the other day because I was bleeding so bad, I mean I was in the bathroom every hour changing my pad.
Female coworker #2: I know, I bleed extremely heavily! I'm in there at least every 20 minutes.
Female coworker #1: At least I'm not like Patti*, she was bleeding like the Niagra Falls. When I'm bleeding all over myself, I just don't feel like working.
Cecil County, Maryland
Doctor: Okay, so what are you having done today? Varicose veins?
Woman waiting for surgery: What? No. I'm having a port put in.
Nurse: A port? Well, you don't need a port for varicose veins.
Woman waiting for surgery: I know it's for my chemo.
Nurse: Oh, I get it now. I thought your form said “Cheerios.”
Australia
