Coworker #1: That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!
Coworker #2: I know it sounds stupid…
Coworker #1: No, it doesn’t just sound stupid, it is stupid.
10877 Watson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
Coworker #1: That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!
Coworker #2: I know it sounds stupid…
Coworker #1: No, it doesn’t just sound stupid, it is stupid.
10877 Watson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
Employee #1: Jane says that she feels nauseous. I think she’s going home.
Employee #2: Well Jane should take a course in English vocabulary, because if she feels nausea, then she feels ‘nauseated,’ not nauseous. To be nauseous is to be disgusting or foul.
Employee #1: You’re kinda a bitch.
Hadley Road
South Plainfield, New Jersey
Overheard by: Quitting soon
Student: Crap, I don’t know how to start.
Teacher: I can’t help you.
Student: Why not?
Teacher: If I knew this kind of crap do you think I’d be working at this ghetto school?
1133 Mission
Oceanside, California
Brit at end of conference call: I’m so glad I don’t have to hear that bloody cow anymore.
Large chick: Uh…I’m still here and heard that.
Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Mad Phat Pat
Employee: Hey! I'm not stupid!
Supervisor: If you say so.
Syosset, New York
CSR: Here’s the agenda. You’ll notice my name is missing from the list because I plan on going home at 4PM.
Admin: I notice [Dawn] isn’t on the list either.
CSR: That’s because I figure wherever I put her on the list, she’ll end up under the guy’s table anyway.
3601 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Coordinator
Coworker: I told her she's a bitch. She's 8. I said “it's okay that you're a bitch. I'm a bitch. Your mom is a bitch.”
Jersey City, New Jersey
Admin on phone: That's not a problem, Brenda, I can do that for you now. (hangs up). Old hag!
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: clare
Man on phone: Okay. (pause) Well, can I speak to your supervisor? (pause) Hello? Can I speak to your supervisor? (pause) What's your name? (pause) Nathan? Nathan who? (pause) You there? Nathan who? (pause) Okay. Well, do you have some sort of employee number? (pause) Hello? (pause) Why? Because you're a dickhead! You're a fucking idiot, mate! (hangs up, talks to employee) Well, that didn't work.
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: James
