Holidays

Coworker #1: St. Patrick's Day is my favorite holiday. I'm 100% Irish!
Coworker #2: Oh yeah?
Coworker #1: Yeah, especially on my dad's side. He's Irish, Scottish, and Welsh.
Coworker #2: Well, then you're not 100% Irish.
Coworker #1: Yes, I am.
Coworker #2: No, you're not. You're…
Coworker #1: Yes I am. I am 100% Irish.
Coworker #2: Whatever, man.
Coworker #1: The Irish are stubborn, you know.

Phoenix, Arizona

Professor: Yeah, my daughter’s having a slumber party tonight. She invited eight girls, but one of them can’t come because she’s a Jew.
Grad student: Oh…
Professor: I mean, because there’s a Jewish holiday this weekend she has to observe.
Grad student: Oh, okay. Not because you don’t allow them in your home…

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Suit to another, about Grand Canyon: My sister went down on a donkey!

Corporate Office
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Adam

Woman: So, when people take an Alaskan Cruise, do they go to the west coast of Alaska?
Man: Yeah…I think so.

Chicago, Illinois

Female coworker: See you Friday!
Leaving employee: I'm off Friday!
Coworker: See you Saturday!
Leaving employee: I'm off Saturday!
Coworker: See you next week! (mutters under breath) I guess that's the only other option.

Tampa, Florida

Overheard by: ISPgypsy

Coworker: What day is Christmas, the 24th?

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Cubicle dweller: It's Wednesday… Everything is falling apart. You just put it back together and wait for the weekend.

Simsbury, Connecticut

Coworker #1: Any family plans for Memorial Day? Do you have kids?
Coworker #2: No, no kids yet…
Coworker #1: Yeah, me neither. I have a bunch of grandkids, though.

Stamford, Connecticut

Office secretary: You would think with all the tourists they get in Hawaii you would see more out-of-state license plates.

West Bend, Wisconsin

Indian woman: How was your holiday?
White man: Uh, holiday?
Indian woman: Yeah, Rosher Hana?
White man: Rosh Hashanah?
Indian woman: Yeah.
White man: I'm not Jewish.
Indian woman: Oh, you're not?
White man: No. I told you that when you asked me how Passover was.
Indian woman: (silence)
White man: That's okay. That was awhile ago.

Atlanta, Georgia