Colleague: What happened to the woman who used to process requisitions? Her office looks deserted.
Secretary: She’s gone.
Colleague: Is she going to be replaced?
Secretary: We don’t replace people in this office; we just hire someone new.
1400 John R. Lynch Street
Jackson, Mississippi
Broker's assistant: What is today's date?
Current office manger: It's the 30th, according to Jennifer.
Gulfport, Mississippi
Overheard by: Office Manager In Training
Anchor #1 to anchor #2: Hey, I won't be able to anchor the 5 pm news with you. I'm going to cover the hoes on Ridgeway Street.
Jackson, Mississippi
HR clerk, reading weather report: It will be dry today.
Receptionist: Not if I think about the new guy.
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Customer service clerk #1: Whew! It stinks in here. Did the bug exterminator guy spray for bugs in here today?
Customer service clerk #2: No, one of the sales reps just walked through. You are smelling salesman cologne.
5760 East Highway 80
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Employee: Your in-box is not intended to be a point on the Bermunda Triangle.
5760 Highway 80
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Old hag customer: Isn’t that one of those pilgrims from just South of here? She’s ugly as sin.
Bimbette clerk: Oh my god! There are still pilgrims alive? And they live there? That explains so much about the Indian reservation being just down the road.
562 East Main Street
Louisville, Mississippi
Overheard by: Doesn’t Work There Anymore
Employee #1: Hey, have the paychecks come in yet?
Employee #2: I just heard [Aaron] ask and the boss said no. We are going to have to put [Aaron] on suicide watch until the checks get here.
5760 Highway 80 East
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Manager on phone: Does panting count as a response?
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
HR clerk to room full of tech guys: Hey guys, the men's restroom is going to be closed for a while. The plumber is here.
Senior tech guy: Okay. Our loads are secure.
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
