Working girl #1: So, I’ve decided I’m going to get a tattoo of dolphins around my belly button.
Working girl #2: But if you get pregnant, won’t they look like… whales?
Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina
Working girl #1: So, I’ve decided I’m going to get a tattoo of dolphins around my belly button.
Working girl #2: But if you get pregnant, won’t they look like… whales?
Main Street
Columbia, South Carolina
CSR, after customer hangs up on her: She called me a cunt… what is that?
Cincinnati, Ohio
Coworker #1 (checking out woman who just entered office): Damn, that bitch is ugleeee. Yikes!
Coworker #2: Hey, you jerk! That's my mom!
New York City, New York
Overheard by: agreeing with co-worker #1
Seven-year-old coworker's daughter: You're a loser!
28-year-old office worker: Well, you're Barack Obama!
Seven-year-old coworker's daughter: You're John McCain!
28-year-old office worker: You're Sarah Palin!
Seven-year-old coworker's daughter: Well…you're Ashley Tisdale!!
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: three_eyed_fish
Peon, slamming down phone: That client is so goddamn dumb! I swear to god, every time I talk to him, I get more and more stupider.
International Finance Centre
Hong Kong
Coworker #1: What else would you have been called?
Coworker #2: I was supposed to be Amy if I was a girl.
Coworker #1: Really?
Coworker #2: Yeah. I would've been a real little slut too.
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: ttg
Older saleswoman, picking up the phone: Hello, this is Sue. How may I help you? Yes? Oh, no! Oh, dear! Definitely! Absolutely, just bring it on in and I’ll take care of it for you. No problem! I’m soooo sorry. I am so, so, so sorry!! [Hangs up phone.] I’m sorry your mother was a prostitute.
Department Store
Omaha, Nebraska
Overheard by: lisa
Coworker: Wow! Those are some shiny shoes! You know, it’s a good thing to have shiny shoes because people are more likely to be enthralled by your feet and less likely to notice your incompetence.
Elevator, Office building
Dallas, Texas
Overheard by: checking own feet
