Manager: If I break your chair, then it's broken!
Durham, North Carolina
Overheard by: Well…yeah
Manager: If I break your chair, then it's broken!
Durham, North Carolina
Overheard by: Well…yeah
Leader of meeting to team members: Alright, team, let's keep working to get out of this backlog. The backlog is our baby and we need to get rid of it!
Raleigh, North Carolina
Male coworker: I've been an escort more times than I've realized.
Raleigh, North Carolina
Boss: I stuck this in your box.
Employee: You just stay out of my box!
Durham, North Carolina
Overheard by: BWC
Sassy black sales rep: There is nothing attractive about Larry King!
Charlotte, North Carolina
Office guy #1: Are you making love to your coffee?
Office guy #2: Oh yeah, it moans for me!
Huntersville, North Carolina
Boss, during sales meeting: I'm still trying to hire a new salesperson. Actually, Mark* was the best candidate, based on Monica's* recommendation, but he couldn't accept the job. And that happens. So, Monica*, you don't need to feel guilty about wasting anyone's time. Although I don't think you do feel guilty, which is really weird because you're Jewish.
Charlotte, North Carolina
Customer: Excuse me, maybe you know the answer to this. Are betta fish mythological?
Waiter: Um, no. They're real.
Customer: Well, I know they're real, but are they mythological?
(waiter walks away)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Program manager, about difficult client: I had to bring extra staff because I couldn't count on her to be there. Did you know she has a chihuahua named Anna Nicole? She snuck it into the hotel.
Marketing manager: Oh. My. God. (pause) At least she didn't name it Paris Hilton.
North Carolina
Lady browsing thrift store racks to friend: That's why I need to win the lottery, to get a butt makeover. I don't even need the whole body, just the butt.
Fayettteville, North Carolina
