…UnlikeTheRestOfUs

Colleague: He has trouble communicating. He can only say one word at a time.

Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Overheard by: Exceptional Communicator

Posted on December 31, 2010
Coworkers, General Idiocy, Language barrier, New Jersey, Relationships, Weirdness

Beer Makes All the Difference, I Find

Office assistant: The Mexican they teach in school is way different than what real Mexicans use.

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Posted on October 13, 2010
Compare and contrast, Employees, General Idiocy, Language barrier, Oklahoma

Eh, It's Greek to Us.

Office lady: Greek? Is that a language?

Steubenville, Ohio

Posted on September 1, 2010
Coworkers, Language barrier, Ohio, Questions

…While I Imagine That You're Antonio Banderas

Latin legal assistant, getting off the phone: That lady just told me to jump in a lake.
Dowdy woman: What is that in Spanish?
Latin legal assistant: She said it in English.
Dowdy woman: Yeah, but I want to hear it in Spanish.

Law Firm
Bay Shore, New York

Posted on June 24, 2010
Coworkers, Insults, Language barrier, Lawyers, Legal, New York, Wishes

Those Are My Personal Spatulas

Food service worker: And he was all reaching for them, like, “can I touch them?”
Maintenance worker: What?
Food service worker: Yeah! And I said, “no, you cannot touch them. Where I'm raised, you don't just go touch them.”
Maintenance worker: Yeah, you can't just reach out and grab them.
Food service worker: No! Well, he didn't speak much English, but I think he got the point.

St. Louis, Missouri

Overheard by: Trying not to smile

Posted on April 13, 2010
Blue Collar, Employees, Language barrier, Missouri, Sensory Experiences

But According to HR, We Have to Wear Pasties This Year.

Accounts manager, muttering quietly to herself about cubicle decorations: We can Amsterdam it up. Like our own flashy little brothel.

Bloomington, Minnesota

Overheard by: glasses girl

Posted on March 4, 2010
Bosses, Compare and contrast, Financial Folk, Language barrier, Minnesota, Sexuality

Seems to Be a Common Mistake

Sales rep, about clients coming in later: Just so you know, one of them is deaf.
Secretary: Oh. Should we have printed some of the reports in braille?

Austin, Texas

Posted on February 19, 2010
Admins, General Idiocy, Health & Hygiene, Language barrier, Questions, Sales, Texas

We Prefer Weaponry to Punctuation

Boss on phone with tech support: Wait… What is a colon? (pause) The dot and the squiggle line or the dot and the dot? (pause) Hello? Are you listening to me? (pause) No, I'm not stupid, I'm German.

Ocala, Florida

Overheard by: Mystique