Coworker #1: That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!
Coworker #2: I know it sounds stupid…
Coworker #1: No, it doesn’t just sound stupid, it is stupid.
10877 Watson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
Coworker #1: That’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard!
Coworker #2: I know it sounds stupid…
Coworker #1: No, it doesn’t just sound stupid, it is stupid.
10877 Watson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
Boss #1: Did you prepare an overview of the meeting for the lab?
Boss #2: No.
Boss #1: Why not?
Boss #2: I didn’t go.
Boss #1: Oh, yeah, I went to the meeting.
Lab member: Did you prepare a overview?
Boss #1: No.
Clinical Science Research Building
Saint Louis, Missouri
Irritating female VP to younger male associate: Get the Jameson…and some whipped cream.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: Not again
VP: It’s so frustrating trying to reach that guy.
IT: How so?
VP: Whenever I call at lunch or after hours, he’s never there.
12444 Powerscourt Drive
St. Louis, Missouri
Manager: That’s supervision. We don’t handle supervision. We handle oversight.
1 North Jefferson Avenue
St. Louis, Missouri
Steve*, loudly to Tim* in conference room with door shut: That's how we are. We're like an old married couple… I don't talk to my wife anymore, so I have to talk to you.
Worker #1: It sounds like Steve* is getting worked up in there!
Worker #2: It sounds like Steve* and Tim* might be getting a divorce!
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: It happens to 50% of coworkers
Female coworker: Does your phone have a touchscreen?
Male coworker #1: Well, I can touch it, but it doesn't do anything.
Male coworker #2: Do not tell us anymore about that.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: I wanna hear more
Accounting manager to IT manager, after lengthy discussion on software solution: You're not right, but that will work.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: makes sense
IT gal on phone: Well, that's what you get for knowing so much! If you only knew one thing, like me, it'd be easy… And I don't even know it that well!
Kansas City, Missouri
IT director, leaving: If anyone needs me, I'll be in the storage room trying to hang myself. I can't deal with this shit anymore.
Kansas City, Missouri