Cube-dweller (on phone): Thank you for calling , Andy speaking.
Customer: Can I speak to Charles, please?
Cube-dweller: Speaking.
Customer: Oh, I thought you said you were Andy?
Cube-dweller: Yes.
Customer: So…you're Andy and Charles?
Cube-dweller: Yes.
Customer: Okay… Well, I'm returning your call.
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Canadia
Overheard by: Andy. I mean, Charles.
Pregnant coworker: Do you see this? I’m writing my name on the milk container so she won’t drink out of it! I should probably label it “breast milk”.
Male coworker: That might not stop her.
Huntington, New York
CSR: Hello Mrs. Batman? This is Robin calling from your hearing aid company about your recent hearing aid purchase. (pause) No, I'm not kidding. My name really is Robin and I'm calling about your hearing aid.
DeKalb, Illinois
Overheard by: Rich
CSR, on customer welcome call: Is your last name Valdez?
Customer: Yes, it is.
CSR, on customer welcome call: Is your father Juan Valdez? You can say you have a famous father!
Troy, Michigan
Overheard by: Mortgage Whisperer
Paul: When did you lose your virginity?
Mike: Well, I was sixteen. But I touched my first vagina when I was six.
Paul: What?
Mike: Yeah. We were playing a game I like to call, “Dr. Pokey Fingers.”
Stamford, Connecticut
Purchaser on telephone: Yes, Singleton. “S” as in “Sam,” “I” as in “India,” “n” as in “Nancy,” “g” as in “Gary,” “l” as in “laugh,” “e” as in “echo,” “t” as in “Tom,” “o” as in “Omar,” “n” as in “Nancy.” Singleton.
Administrator: Thank you, Ms. Simpleton.
Framingham, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Really??
Lawyer: Dick worked me pretty hard last night.
Irvine, California
Overheard by: Cassie Bee
Male coworker: I told my wife what you call my little thing.
Female coworker: (stunned silence)
Westlake, Texas
Overheard by: Epp
Male desk jockey to female desk jockey: Wow! Nice throw, Sally! That was great!
Female desk jockey: (silent stare)
Male desk jockey to other coworkers: Did you guys see that? Sally just got her shot in the bin from four desks away!
Other coworkers: (silent stares)
Female desk jockey, shouting: My name is Claire, you asshole! I've been sitting next to you for six months and you still don't know my name! I hate this fucking place so much!
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: crr
Telephone receptionist, over intercom system: I need Dick on line three, Dick on line three!
Bank
Kentucky
Overheard by: will1966
