Illinois

CSR guy: I swear to God, if [Becca] wasn’t pregnant I would have tackled her.

515 N State Street
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Cube Monkey

Office Casanova entering men's restroom: Aw man, I forgot to bring something to play with.
Office cutie entering women's restroom: Oh, I always bring something to play with.

Downers Grove, Illinois

Office drone: I'm totally gay for Matthew Fox.

Illinois

Excited supervisor: Will there be cockroach racing?

Tribune Tower
Chicago, Illinois

VP Software Development: In my opinion you don’t have to be good at what you do to be a good manager.

2 East Main Street
Danville, Illinois

Female coworker, as free surprise deep-dish pizza is brought into office: Damn! Why did I choose today to bring a salad!?
Male coworker: Girl, you better toss that salad! I mean, throw it away!

Chicago, Illinois

Boss on phone: Yeah, you’re a client, but if you don’t pay your bills, you’re only half a client… And not the half I want.

473 Central Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: web edit monkey

Customer: I didn’t realize that I was eligible for this discount!
CSR: Well, we talk about the discount right on the cover letter.
Customer: Well, it’s not right on the application!
CSR: We can’t put it on the application, but sir, it’s right there in the second paragraph of the cover letter.
Customer: But some of us are lazy and don’t read the cover letter!
CSR: I’m not trying to be rude, but we can’t help it if you don’t read what we send you.

181 West Madison Street
Chicago, Illinois

Supervisor: I think my bird is dying. What should I do?
Coworker #1: Put it in a bag and tie it to your car exhaust.
Coworker #2: Put it in the freezer.
Coworker #3: Put in a bag and whack it.
Supervisor: You people scare me… Go back to work.

Chicago, Illinois

Boss in team meeting: I know these conversations are going nowhere, but we’re on a deadline so we need to get nowhere faster!

Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois