Depends– Do You Seriously Measure Them?

Tech worker: Are you seriously saying that eight inches is not a big dump?

Willow
Lansing, Michigan

Posted on July 1, 2008
Coworkers, Default, Michigan, Questions, Tech People, Weirdness

What If the Big Switch in Al Gore’s House Gets Frozen in the “Off” Position?

Accountant: It’s snowed a ton, the roads are really bad today. They’ve closed a bunch of schools.
Receptionist: I hope they cancel my online class!

Washington Square
Lansing, Michigan

Overheard by: No level of stupidity surprises me anymore

Posted on June 27, 2008
Default, Education, Employees, Financial Folk, Michigan, Receptionists, Weather, Wishes

Manager Tantrum! Manager Tantrum!

Red-faced, furious manager, gesticulating at mildly messy sales rack: This is a disaster! Everyone put everything everywhere!

Plymouth, Michigan

Posted on June 26, 2008
Anger management, Default, Gripes, Michigan, Weirdness, Words

Or Something Equally Sciencey

Manager to peons: And it will stay up. Because of, you know, gravity.

Plymouth, Michigan

Overheard by: Megan

Posted on June 17, 2008
Coworkers, Default, Employees, Michigan, Science

In Michigan? Shouldn’t Be Hard

[Whistling can be heard through a door.]Co-worker: Where’s that goddamn whistling coming from? Hello?! Stop fucking whistling! Don’t you know there are people trying to be miserable here?!

Escanaba, Michigan

Overheard by: Auds

Posted on June 13, 2008
Coworkers, Default, Gripes, Michigan, Questions, Sensory Experiences

Maybe You Can’t

Nurse assistant to patient: Do you want corn, carrots, or peas?
Patient: Cake.
Nurse assistant: Cake isn’t a vegetable. What would you like to drink?
Patient: Cookies.
Nurse assistant: You can’t drink cookies.

St. John Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Overheard by: I was laughing

Posted on June 12, 2008
Default, Health & Hygiene, Meals and Snacks, Medical, Michigan, Nurses, Patients, Questions, Weirdness

noroM gnikcuF uoY

Ditzy customer service rep #1: Isn’t there a country where they read right to left?
Ditzy customer service rep #2: Oh, yeah, isn’t that England?

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Overheard by: Way Underpaid HR Manager

Posted on May 14, 2008
Coworkers, Customer Service, Customer Support, Default, General Idiocy, Geography & History, Michigan, Questions

And I Don’t Want to Be Distracted by the Hypnotic Movement of Your Fat

Fat male boss: So, how are you feeling these days?
Slim, seven-months-pregnant admin assistant: Pretty good, but my back is starting to hurt a little from the 17 pounds I’ve gained.
Fat male boss: You know, you’re going to want to watch that. That weight isn’t easy to take off once you’ve put it on.

Zeeland, Michigan

Overheard by: So glad I no longer work for him

Posted on December 26, 2007
Advice, Bosses and Underlings, Diet & Weight, Michigan

Cathedral Bell Towers, Not So Much

Peon: Ever since I saw The Hunchback of Notre Dame, I’ve always had a fondness for gypsy women.

1250 Library Street
Detroit, Michigan

Overheard by: Daniel Gillies

Posted on December 18, 2007
Employees, Gossip, Michigan

The Red Menace Never Sleeps

20-ish female associate: Yeah, and you should see her hair! She dyed it red.
20-ish male associate: Really? How red? Like, Netflix-red?
20-ish female associate: No! Worse than that. Like Tandoori chicken-red!
Middle-aged male associate: Wait, wait, wait — what on Earth are you two talking about? What ever happened to fire engine-red and candy apple-red? [Met with silent, blank stares, then waves his hand in disdain] Bah! You kids nowadays are all freaks!

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Posted on September 21, 2007
Coworkers, Gripes, Michigan