London

Client: I measured it, it was 4 centimetres!
Salesman: What’s that in millimetres?
Client: Did you even go to school?

297 Munster Road
Fulham, London
UK

Overheard by: Marshall

IT manager: So do you want to come and find me this afternoon? We can talk about that thing.
Receptionist: Sure, I'm having it a manicure at 2.30, we can do it after that.
IT manager: Okay, but won't you have to wait for your nails to dry?
Receptionist: Oh, am I going to have to touch something?
IT manager: No, don't worry, you won't have to touch anything.

London
England

IT woman #1: How do you work this thing?
IT guy #1: What is it? An iPod?
IT woman #1: Yeah, I’m trying to restart it but I don’t know how.
IT guy #3: Ctrl, alt, delete!
IT woman #1: Don’t any of you have iPods to help me out?
IT guy #2: I’ll call my kids.

Maersk Offices
Algate, London

Office guy #1: Dude, you’re making me nervous with that letter opener.
Office guy #2: Why’s that?
Office guy #1: Because you look like you played too much Dungeons & Dragons back in the day.

18 Adam & Eve Mews
London, England

Female trainee, after listening to instructions from several minutes: Hang on, I need to write this down but I'm peeling an orange at the moment.

London
England

Manager in meeting: We’ll hit that bridge when we come to it.

London
England

Office Manager: There’s a time and a place for shoulder massages and it’s not here and now.
Employee: It’s not a massage. I was rubbing my hands up her.

Aldine House, New Bailey Street
Salford, Manchester
UK

Office worker to colleague: Did you just ask a copywriter how to spell “hmmm”?

London
England

Sales guy: So, Tim*, you’re finished training that guy already?
Support dude: Yeah, it was going to be all day, but his bottom got sore and he had to go home.

Islington
London

Worker bee: So my computer crashed.
Manager: So? Tell the technicians, not me.
Worker bee: No, I mean “crashed onto the floor of my office.”
Manager: What?
Worker bee: I told you the new desks were crap.

Canary Wharf
London
England

Overheard by: Hopeing the floors hold