Sales rep, returning from a meeting: Just because we have brains does not mean we’re smart!
State Street
Rockford, Illinois
Overheard by: Summer Intern
Sales rep, returning from a meeting: Just because we have brains does not mean we’re smart!
State Street
Rockford, Illinois
Overheard by: Summer Intern
Wishful thinking peon on phone: Yes, I can meet with this Simon guy. It’s not that Simon from American Idol, is it? Oh? That’s too bad… I guess I’ll still meet with him, though.
111 East Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Hear No Evil
Lady peon #1: Have you been following this e-mail chain? Derek* wrote that he was going to send his ninja friends after her, and Karen* wrote back, ‘Which ones? Leonardo or Donatello?’ Then Derek replied, ‘Splinter.’
Lady peon #2: I love Splinter!
Lady peon #1: Yeah, me too. That’s what I was going to write back to them.
555 West Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois
Student #1: I had a real question! I really wanted to know the answer, and he acted like it was a joke.
Student #2: So. what was the question?
Student #1: How does a blind person know when they’re done wiping?
Student #2: … What, there’s no punch line?
Student #1: That’s what my teacher asked, but I really want to know the answer — it’s a valid question!
Student #2: Well, I’ll ask my uncle next time I see him.
Elevator, Columbia College
Chicago, Illinois
Project manager: I hate it when people tell you they have to look for something, because then they have to find it.
Oak Brook, Illinois
Assistant: Is this poster going to be mandatory?
Manager: We’re going to treat this as being required, but not mandatory.
227 W. Monroe Street
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Caleb Yarian
Cube chick #1: I thought you put that up so everyone could see.
Cube chick #2: Nope. This is just for me. (deep sigh) I don't know why they made her bald.
Cube chick #1: I think they're trying to make her look 3-d.
Carol Stream, Illinois
Overheard by: eh what?
Prettyish, 20-something salesgirl: I think before the swine flu, no one in this country new what a “swine” even was.
50-something sales manager: Well, that's because it's German. Swinehund! Get it?
Schaumburg, Illinois
Marketing manager: I made it up based on logic…or something.
1 Prudential Plaza
Chicago, Illinois
Customer service: Is your desktop on the screen of your laptop?
Customer: Yes.
Customer service: Okay, go ahead and close all windows.
Customer: My apartment does not have any windows.
245 Crossroads Parkway
Bolingbrook, Illinois
