Secretary: My pencil drawer is broken. It needs a new twisty nail.
Boss: Twisty nail?
Secretary: Yeah, you know, with the X‑groove on top.
Boss: You mean a Phillips‐head screw?
Secretary: Whatever.
118 East Whittier
St. Francis, Kansas
Secretary: My pencil drawer is broken. It needs a new twisty nail.
Boss: Twisty nail?
Secretary: Yeah, you know, with the X‑groove on top.
Boss: You mean a Phillips‐head screw?
Secretary: Whatever.
118 East Whittier
St. Francis, Kansas
Very upset office lady: I can’t believe she is downstairs eating corn while you are printing this out!
Topeka, Kansas
Overheard by: DougEvil
Nurse walks out to designated smoking area as her pager goes off.
Nurse, shaking her head in disgust: ‘Emergency!’ Of course. Why these people gotta be goin’ into diabetic shock when I wanna go outside? [Sits down to smoke cigarette.]
1031 SW Fleming Court
Topeka, Kansas
Overheard by: Jonna
Coworker on phone: It’s a shoe… or a snake.
Lawrence, Kansas
Nurse: Thanks for taking out the trash. I’ve been a nurse for so long I don’t have a sense of smell anymore. You could roll in roadkill and I wouldn’t notice.
15001 Quivira Road
Overland Park, Kansas
Overheard by: Naomi
Old man worker #1, across the room: Is the softball team jumping around again?
Old man worker #2, looking out the window: No, they’re running now.
Old man worker #1: That’s just as good.
College Boulevard
Overland Park, Kansas
Boss: Well, we’ll come to that bridge when we cross it.
Assistant: I would certainly hope so.
Boss: What?
Assistant: Nothing.
Kansas
Coworker: I can’t remember if he used two fingers or three…
Metcalf Avenue
Overland Park, Kansas
Company owner: Okay, so I haven’t heard a real definition of ‘bad touch’ yet…
111 Oak Street
Bonner Springs, Kansas
