Male intern #1: Conor's sick, won't be in at all today.
Female intern: Is he really sick, or just too sick for work but not sick enough for drinks?
Male intern #2: Really? He liked Katy Perry on Facebook at about half nine! Can't be that sick…
Dublin
Ireland
Coworker: Did you watch The Office last night?
Temp: No, I was reading.
Coworker: Well, buddy, you’re working XYZ* Cable now. You better catch up so you know what we’re talking about.
Temp: I’m a temp, I’m done this week anyway.
Englewood, Colorado
Overheard by: Sixtwentysix
Intern, staring at document: Wow. So this guy was executed in Corcoran, and he had to sign for it?
Paralegal: No. ‘Executed at’ means that is where he signed it… You know, he signed it in Corcoran.
Intern: Ohhh.
311 Douty Street
Central Valley, California
Overheard by: californiatrinity
Australian guy: Pardon my language, but my last boss was such a cunt.
Intern: I feel like it’s more acceptable to say the C-bomb when you have an accent.
Spring Street
Oyster Bay, New York
HR boss to intern: I need your screwing skills now!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: HR Manager
Employee: So, we were going to mail all these invoices, but instead we’re going to fax them since our postage machine died. Just put them on here and press start.
Temp: Okay! Got it.
Temp begins faxing.
Employee: Um, you have to take them out of the envelopes first.
380 Interlocken Crescent
Broomfield, Colorado
Overheard by: Catherine
Apprentice: I choose to believe we evolved from badgers.
West Midlands
United Kingdom
Overheard by: Engineer
Marketing Manager: Do we have any more blue bins?
Summer minion: Oh my God, no! Those bins are disappearing like a fat kid on cake.
66 Wellington Street W
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
Co-worker: …and if you have to go to the bathroom, just buzz me or the office manager. You don’t have to hold it.
Temp: Good to know this is a compassionate work environment.
1000 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
Intern #1: I work for Toyota. I don't work for Japan.
Intern #2: Aren't they the same thing?
Washington, DC
