Insults

First grader #1: Miss D.*, how old are you?
23-year-old Miss D.: Well…
First grader #2: Shhh! Don’t you know you’re not supposed to ask an old lady how old she is?!

Hauppauge, New York

Overheard by: Toni

American client: Aren’t we supposed to receive last month’s results soon?
French staffer: Normally, yes, but Easter was only last Sunday.
American client: So?
French staffer: Well, it means we’re only in the first week of a two-week holiday. So everything will be ready in three weeks.
American client: What? Do those fucking socialist dicksippers really have two weeks off for Easter?! You know, when I retire I’m going to work in France.

125 West 55th Street
New York, New York

Overheard by: Jean val Jean

Woman: That’s why I’m glad I only have one kid — I can’t keep up with all the names.

Sunset Boulevard
Lexington, South Carolina

Overheard by: LL

Boss: I was going to ask you to come in on Saturday, but then I realized what day it was and who you are, so never mind.

Mineola, New York

Engineer: If there’s a meltdown from us making [a particular mistake], how much damage would it do around the plant?
Sales guy: It’s actually for New Brunswick, so it wouldn’t be too big a deal.

Highways 24 and 401
Cambridge, Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Not moving to New Brunswick anytime soon

Coworker holding severely bent glasses to his face: I utterly despise her! She’s terrible, and particularly useless because she’s already married!

Marley Building, University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

Customer on cell: Well, I need to go home and put a bra on.
Cashier: Yeah, it looks like it.

Lancaster, Ohio

Overheard by: Wonder Bra

Mid-level manager #1: I’ve become a running joke.
Mid-level manager #2: Really? I didn’t know you knew that.
Mid-level manager #1: [Long pause] I just caught on.

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Cube dweller

CSR on phone with customer: Well, are you normally a weak-minded person?

175 South 3rd Street
Columbus, Ohio

Managing director: What happened to you?
Warehouse employee: A skid fell on my leg. Don* just left to call me an ambulance.
Managing director: A skid of what?
Warehouse employee: … Ground coriander.
Managing director: That came in today? Great! We’ve been waiting for that.
Warehouse employee: … My leg is broken.
Managing director: And we appreciate that.

6105 Oakleaf Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: Ren