Massachusetts

3PM On-the-Job Training

Assistant: Hey, I couldn’t figure out how to put it into Word from Excel. So here you go.

Boss: You just cut and paste it.

Assistant: But you can’t do that from Excel to Word, it won’t let you.

Boss: Yes, you can, just right-click and copy and paste it.

Assistant: Trust me, I just spent the whole morning trying to, it’s a locked document.

Boss: OK, 1947 called, and they want their technology ability back. What’s wrong with you? Hey, who hired you again?

300 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Cam

1PM Lunch

Enginee: I’m gonna beat you up!
Senior Engineer: What are you going to do, beat my chin up with your nuts?

117 South Street
Hopkinton, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Fat French Kid

You Should Read My Blog

Male manager: You can't imagine all the different things I've had in my mouth over the last 40 years.

Logan Airport
Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: That's what she said

The Perfect Job for People With Impulse Control Problems

Blonde cube dweller: I can't get this damn profile to load. Now my screen froze! Fuck this, I'll be a stripper!

Chelmsford, Massachusetts

…In the Stockroom, If Anybody's Interested

Cube dweller #1 to cube dweller #3: Why are you eating Fritos?
Cube dweller #2: Well, everybody needs a good Lay.
Cube dweller #3: I could have two or three right in a row.

Marlborough, Massachusetts

So I Did

Dollar store sales clerk to another: Did you hear that customer? She tried to return panties, I told her she couldn't, so she said “you can smell them if you want”!

Lawrence, Massachusetts

A Lesser-Known Corollary Of the Patriot Act

iPod chick #1: I told Lauren* to look hot today, we’ll see…
iPod chick #2: I know, it’s so hard for her. She can only look hot like once a month.

Waltham, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Joe

How Does That Symbolize Employee Empowerment?

Temp: So the seal was playing a wind instrument?

Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley, Massachusetts

…I'm Told.

Office peon: How the hell do you not know what Knight Rider is? I can't stand chicks like that. They're only good for one thing, and even that isn't that good.

Boston, Massachusetts

Overheard by: I know what Knight Rider is

Hear Them Howling Outside My Window?

Dean: I'm like catnip to women over 80!

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Overheard by: meow?

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