Leader to team gathered in a circle: But if everything worked, then we wouldn't have a job. So that's our approach.
Watertown, Massachusetts
Leader to team gathered in a circle: But if everything worked, then we wouldn't have a job. So that's our approach.
Watertown, Massachusetts
Customer: Why hasn't my money been deposited into my account today?
CSR: Well sir, it's Martin Luther King Day, so the banks are closed.
Customer: Oh, yeah! I forgot about that, homie!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: dropping some eaves
Angry customer, ending long rant: Why do I have to sign a form? Why can't I close it over the phone? I didn't have to sign a form to open the account.
CSR: Yes, you did.
(pause)
Angry customer: Will you e-mail it to me?
Boston, Massachusetts
Guy peon: Haven’t you seen the commercials?
Lady peon: I don’t pay attention to them. I’m so one-dimensional.
745 Boylston Street
Boston, Massachusetts
IT guy: If I harnessed the power of my ass, I'd be invincible.
Waltham, Massachusetts
Coworker #1: Doesn't Tanisha look a bit hot under the collar there?
Coworker #2: Must be the weather.
Coworker #1: I feel so sorry for black people, considering black attracts the sun and all.
Boston, Massachusetts
Female phlebotomist to male patient: I hope this is a size 25 needle. [Sticks him] Oh, no! This is a size 22 needle — it’s too small. Blood is rushing into the vein, see? It’s blowing up. I’m blowing you! … Oh my god, I don’t mean that!
Medical center
Medford, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Dr. Fred
Office worker in cube: There's a weird dead baby smell in here. What is that?
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Doctor #1: So I called him when he didn’t show up for his visit and told him I was waiting for him. He told me that he came, signed in, filled out the insurance paperwork, answered some questions, then left and went home.
Doctor #2: What an idiot. Don’t people realize that when you have a doctor’s appointment, you’re actually supposed to go in to see the doctor?
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Moron
Video store manager: … And the porn was in the candy.
Movie store
Williamstown, Massachusetts