Belle to coworker, about calling building management: There's a big brown wet spot at my desk, and Mikey put his finger in it.
Detroit, Michigan
Belle to coworker, about calling building management: There's a big brown wet spot at my desk, and Mikey put his finger in it.
Detroit, Michigan
VP: Opps, sorry. I didn't mean to bump into you with my man-bag.
Office drone: It's called an attache, you jerk! Gross!
Commerce, Michigan
Overheard by: Laughing my man bag off
Crazy lady: Help! My food has shit all over it! Help!
Young waitress: Wait, what?
Crazy lady: Don't “what” me.
Young waitress: No, really, what's wrong with it? Is it the wrong dish?
Crazy lady: You didn't tell me it had shit in it.
Young waitress: To what are you referring, precisely?
Crazy lady: The shit the shit the shit! (waves hands madly over dish, gesturing at her pasta, covered in a sauce)
Young waitress: Wait, do you mean the sauce?
Crazy lady: Don't “sauce” me!
Northville, Michigan
Man on phone: How's your brother doing? Is he incarcerated somewhere?
Detroit, Michigan
Office manager on phone: Well, maybe you don't want to touch it at all. You don't know until you get down there and look at it.
Sterling Heights, Michigan
Guy: You need to get one of them “faux pas” things, they won't even consider you if you don't have one. You need to go to the web site and turn them in a “faux pas.”
Girl: Do you mean a “resume”?
Medical Center
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overheard by: Annie Mosity
Sales rep: Why didn't you answer the IMs I sent you yesterday?
Designer: I was off yesterday.
Sales rep: You mean IMs don't go through if someone isn't online?
(designer stares)
Sales rep: What?
Howell, Michigan
Overheard by: Dunder MIfflin
Project manager #1: I'm taking a class, but someone stole my notebook.
Project manager #2: Learning sucks… Let me tell you what I'm going to have for dinner.
Troy, Michigan
Overheard by: Then wouldn't I be learning?
Manager: Yes, but I still dribble a bit.
Subordinate: Well, you may wanna have a doctor take a look at that.
Okemos, Michigan
Overheard by: yawp
Guy #1: I would do anything for a million dollars.
Guy #2: What about eat your arm?
Guy #1: I would eat any body part. It would grow back.
Girl: No! It won’t!
Guy #1: It might.
Girl: Great! I’ll go down to the missions downtown and tell the Vietnam veterans that they’re going to be walking soon.
Wyoming, Michigan