North Carolina

Salesman: You know, customers who want their parts on time and in decent condition really get on my nerves.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Tech #1 to admin, while fixing cabling issue: You want me to pull it out now?
Tech #2, walking by: Uhhh…

Monroe, North Carolina

Overheard by: Wary Technician

Attorney to paralegal: Do you still have those creepy photos of that dead guy?

Asheville, North Carolina

A Win-Win Situation, One Might Say

Female project manager to male CFO: I love a man in pleated pants. It's just so sexy…

Wilmington, North Carolina

Male coworker: I have a very lickable hand.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Manager #1: Back in the 90s I wanted to be in a Salt ‘n Pepa video. I was in shape back then. You could bounce a quarter off my ass.
Manager #2: Was that a quarter or a quarter pounder with cheese?

4235 South Stream Boulevard
Charlotte, North Carolina

Overheard by: Sanman

Supervisor: Trust me. I’ll take care of it.
Employee: The last time I heard that line I ended up pregnant.

631 Dickinson Avenue
Greenville, North Carolina

User: We want a tutorial on the website’s front page so we know how to use the website.
Tech: Well, from the front page, you just click on “Help”…
User: Yes, but we want the instructions themselves on the front page.
Tech: I’m sorry, no. The user’s only allowed to be so stupid here. They can click on the help button.
User: Oh, okay!

695 Palmer Drive
Raleigh, North Carolina

Front desk person in overhead announcement at a busy medical clinic: I need a hearse–no, I'm sorry, I need a nurse from hall three to call the front desk please. A nurse from hall three to call the front desk. Thank you.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Overheard by: seftiri

Sales girl: Oh my god… David* is back there cleaning his office and the smell is making my head hurt.
Office manager: What’s he cleaning it with?
Sales girl: The same Fantastic crap under the sink that we all use. I’ve used it on my own desk and never been so overwhelmed by the fumes. Don’t go back there.
Office manager: Why is he cleaning it himself anyway?
Sales girl: I don’t know. (pause) He must be bathing in it. Seriously, I had to get up and walk away.
Office manager: Just close his door.
Sales girl, appalled: I can’t do that! The fumes would kill him! It would be fatal!
Office manager, grabbing her arm: Close the door. Close. The. Door.

England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina