PR coordinator: How did that conference call go?
PR director: Well, I doodled a sketch of myself jumping off the top of our parking garage. So… not good.
Ad Agency
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overheard by: Mandorama
PR coordinator: How did that conference call go?
PR director: Well, I doodled a sketch of myself jumping off the top of our parking garage. So… not good.
Ad Agency
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overheard by: Mandorama
Supervisor: Hey, we’re all here today… Let’s have a meeting!
Employee #1: About what?
Employee #2: American Idol!
Financial center
New York, New York
Overheard by: working hard
Female office worker: My mother's having surgery to remove a tumor in her breast today, so count me out for the lunch meeting, I'm going to wait for a phone call on her condition.
Male office worker (uncomfortably): Uh, I hope she's ok. Have you heard from Chris today?
Female office worker: No, he's coming in, right?
Male office worker: As far as I know, hope he doesn't have breast cancer.
Law Firm
New York City, New York
VP: Wow that sounds bad. Do we need to have a pre-meeting about that meeting?
3415 Vision Drive
Columbus, Ohio
Boss in meeting: Let's send out an e-mail to all employees announcing our new employee newsletter before we e-mail it to everyone, because otherwise people won't read it if it just shows up in their in-box.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: overcommunication hurts
Co-worker #1: There’s an all-hands meeting today at 11:45.
Co-worker #2: Oh, I’m going to be busy then. Do I have to go?
Co-worker #1: Do you have hands?
4540 Lacey Boulevard SE
Lacey, Washington
Overheard by: Melisa
Diversity committee meeting leader: What’s the makeup of the Long Island office?
Voice on speakerphone: Two Jewish, one black, and two American.
Meeting attendee: I think she means WASP.
350 Broadway
New York, New York
Worker #1: I can’t believe [Jim] didn’t show up for the meeting.
Worker #2: I know. He has some nerve.
Worker #1: I hope he gets a painful rash in the anal region…if you know what I mean.
245 5th Avenue
New York, NY
Coworker #1, about unproductive meeting: It's like a circle jerk?
Coworker #2: A circle jerk where no one comes.
Coworker #1: Those are the worst kinds.
Sacramento, California
