Team leader: Alright everyone, I’m headed out for the weekend. So long.
Teammate #1: Farewell.
Teammate #2: Auf wiedersehen.
Teammate #3: Goodbye!
Hanover, Maryland
Overheard by: Adam
Team leader: Alright everyone, I’m headed out for the weekend. So long.
Teammate #1: Farewell.
Teammate #2: Auf wiedersehen.
Teammate #3: Goodbye!
Hanover, Maryland
Overheard by: Adam
Canadian: Is there anything I should know about Cuban business customs before we get started?
Translator: No.
Girl with tray of espressos walks in and hands one to each person.
Canadian: I don’t drink coffee.
Translator: You do today.
Cuban Health Ministry
Havana, Cuba
Overheard by: Drank the coffee
Student: Yeah, my name is Frank, but I go by Franco, only the ‘O’ isn’t an ‘O,’ it’s a sun glyph.
NIC, CDA
Idaho
Boss storming through office: Fuck those idiots! They couldn’t sell pussy to a troop train!
New girl: What about a train? [Long pause] And did he just say ‘pussy’?
Norfolk, Virginia
Overheard by: On the laugh train…
Bailiff: Okay, I think we need a Jewish interpreter over here! What did you say? Hay broo? Okay, whatever.
141 Livingston Street
Brooklyn, New York
Telemarketer: My name is [Adam Randor], ma’am…[Adam Randor], ma’am…Ma’am like madam, madamoiselle…No, my name isn’t ma’am…No, my name is [Adam Randor], ma’am…[Adam Randor]. Would Senorita work better?
130 West Canal Street
Winooski, Vermont
Overheard by: Kelly G.
Restaurant customer waving to waitress: Check, check!
Waitress: No, ma'am, we don't take checks!
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: t bean
Coworker: Apparently, according to German law, I'm entitled to a castle.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Matt McLaughlin
Excited coworker: Cool, you have a French accent!
Office mover: I am from Iran.
Navy Yard
Washington, DC
Call center rep to another: You know, some people who don't speak English very well are like, so ignorant!
Seattle, Washington
