IT manager, sighing loudly: I was just in accounting. Don't go over there.
Secretary: Why not?
IT manager: Because it's accounting!
Secretary: (confused silence)
IT manager, sighing: Well, for starters, Bob is wearing a Tigger shirt.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: Not THAT Casual Friday
Clueless coworker, trying to sell candidate to potential employer: Yes, he's bilingual. He speaks five languages!
St. Louis, Missouri
Co-worker #1: Remember [Joann] at [Segal]?
Co-worker #2: The one that looks like a man?
Co-worker #1: Yep. Well, she’s found that sperm donor she’s been looking for.
721 Emerson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
Corporate suit: Hi, is my attorney here?
Young receptionist: No, sir, she's on maternity leave.
Corporate suit: Maternity leave? Did she have a baby?
Young receptionist: Yes, sir, she did.
Young receptionist to paralegal: Doesn't “maternity leave” mean you have a baby?
Law Office
Kansas City, Missouri
Office woman to male manager with aluminum water bottle: Wow, look at you! Going green! Nice!
Manager: If a man really wants to go green, he'll kill himself and let himself be used as fertilizer.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: Intern
Co-worker: If saliva was poison, she’d be a snake, right?
Man: Is that really your inbox, or is it some kind of joke?
Man: I’ll go punch a bunch of buttons. If that doesn’t work, I’ll unplug it.
10877 Watson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
Worker: When he used to work here, I literally left work one day and spent ten minutes trying to figure out where I could park my car so I could shoot him when he left and not get caught.
Main Street
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: frightened newbie
Tech Lead: Our requirements are in terms of bells and whistles at this point, not actual business functionality.
1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway
Chesterfield, Missouri
Overheard by: Jonathan Willis
Coworker on phone: I don't remember…do your people all wear those rubber latex gloves?
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: Yikes! Who is she talking to?
Tech #1: I have to stop using the f-word!
Tech #2: You need something else to say. Like…”butt breath.”
Tech #1: That's nasty.
Tech #3: Not if it's a baby's butt.
St. Charles, Missouri
