North Carolina

Branch manager: What do you want me to do? Do you want me to fire him? I’ll fire anyone — I don’t care!

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Employee on phone: G as in ‘Jesus.’

8604 Cliff Cameron Drive
Charlotte, North Carolina

Cube dweller: Just like men can get breast cancer, women can get prostate cancer. My gynecologist screens all his patients for it.

North Carolina

Overheard by: Not too worried about it

Director to editor, about shot in short film: If I had done all the moves right, I would have just come on her back.

Wilmywood, North Carolina

Overheard by: Actor

Sales guy: Oh, crap! I left the cap off my Sharpie last night! [Tries it on paper] Oh, no! What can I do?!
Cube rat #1: Well, you could try running a little water over the tip. Or, um, you could just throw it away and get a new one.
Sales guy: Put some water on it? Would that work?
Cube rat #2: Is it a Sharpie or a marker?
Cube rat #3: If putting water on it doesn’t work, try licking it.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

New girl, during one of her constant personal calls: Don't you find it insulting to be a Democrat?

Charlotte, North Carolina

Overheard by: Karen

Boss: The black one is almost 88% bigger, but the yellow one is more efficient.
Coworker: Let's just stick with the white ones, it's simple and we know how they work.

Raleigh, North Carolina

Assistant: I became a secretary because I relate well to paper.

Goldsboro, North Carolina

Overheard by: Wow

Customer: I don't know if I should get the two years subscription, I might not live that long.
Employee: How old are you?
Customer: 68.
Employee: Well, Tom*, that's a crapshoot.

Harrisburg, North Carolina

New office girl: Oh! You just had to go and print on the noisy tractor-feed printer. Now I can't hear my song!
(printer stops)
Old office girl #2: Is that…?
Old office girl #3: The Titanic Song?
Old office girl #2: Are you serious?
Old office girl #3: THIS is your song?

Charlotte, North Carolina