Michigan

Coworker #1: You know I had trouble finding a Die Zauberflöte ringtone on my phone.
Coworker #2: You know I had the same problem too.

Livonia, Michigan

Secretary #1: It looks nice, don’t it?
Secretary #2: Did you just say, “it looks nice, don’t it?”…Doesn’t it! I’m just trying to get us ready for the bigwigs next week!
Secretary #1: It don’t matter, sweetie.

10559 Citation Drive
Brighton, Michigan

Overheard by: Abigail Fisher

Woman in line with unruly child: Now you stand there and behave! (two seconds later) Ow, don't you bite me!
Younger woman behind her: That reminds me, I have to pick up my birth control pills!

Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: Kevin

Rental manager: So I told my husband we should try that Enzyte or Extenze stuff. He was a little upset, but I told him, “you know what a big ol' slut I am, I wouldn't have married you if you didn't pay the bills and cut the mustard.”

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Recruiter selling a prospective employee on the company: We don’t consider them “departments” so much as “teams”, because the…uh, flow…rolls…from one to the other…

Eisenhower Parkway
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Overheard by: …and I thought that ‘rolled downhill’…

Secretary to coworker, about wife's recent knee replacement surgery: So did your wife get one of those titanic knees?
Coworker: You mean “titanium.” Yes.

St. Clair Shores, Michigan

Coworker: Why did you move to Atlanta?
Customer: Just looking for greener pastures.
Coworker: Oh, are you in livestock?

Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: plz shoot me now

CSR #1: We’ve had problems like this all day.
CSR #2: Yeah, there’s something going on somewhere in Denmark.

28001 Napier Road
Wixom, Michigan

Receptionist: I’m sorry ma’am, but that offer expired over a month ago — we can’t honor it.
Biotech: Oh, I’m sorry, but when you’ve got a real job, it’s hard to get out sometimes.
Receptionist: Hmmm… Well, when you work two jobs and go to college full-time, sometimes it’s hard to put up with idiots.

Rivertown Parkway
Grandville, Michigan

Overheard by: Megan

Worker bee, discussing his 75-year-old uncle’s brain injuries: I don’t want him to be a vegetarian for the rest of his life!

Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: worker bea