Employee #1: The heater is on fire! Can you call a manager?
Employee #2, with radio: Uh-uh. I'm on break.
Wal-Mart
California
Employee #1: The heater is on fire! Can you call a manager?
Employee #2, with radio: Uh-uh. I'm on break.
Wal-Mart
California
Grunt: I’m sorry, Rick*. You’re gonna have to start over. I completely zoned out. I saw you standing there, and I heard you talking, and it sounded great, but…
10877 Watson Road
St. Louis, Missouri
Supervisor: Hey, do you mind training a new hire and going over some calls?
Employee: Sure, let me just put away my taco.
Omaha, Nebraska
Overheard by: CDB
Boss: So what’s the going rate for hiring midgets these days?
Boss: Yeah, I’m sure you can just fire up Google and type in “Midget to hire tri-state” and somthin’s gonna pop up.
12 East 46th Street
New York, NY
Manager: So, can we finally take his picture off the home page?
Developer: What’s the matter? Do you have something against nipples?
Manager: I don’t even like the word ‘nipples.’ ‘Butter,’ that’s another word I don’t like.
Developer: You should meet a friend of mine. She doesn’t like the word ‘goggles’.
Centre St
New York
Coworker to another: Give him he meat. That's what he wants.
Orlando, Florida
Overheard by: Dina
Asian girl: I only know his size in millimeters -it’s 245.
Shoe store clerk: I won’t be able to help you, we only have American sizes and centipedes.
Asian girl: Ok, Einstein. Give me a 24.5 centipede.
Potomac Mills
Woodbridge, Virginia
Overheard by: Steve
Someone from upstairs on PA system: Mrfff marhhh purpfff rrharp!
Receptionist downstairs on PA system just moments afterwards, completely deadpan: Would Charlie Brown's parents please stop paging people on the intercom? Thank you.
Roswell, New Mexico
Overheard by: The Help
Receptionist: Hey, help me with this list. The boss wants me to go to the store and get some stuff for the coffee room. You know, stuff like filters and cups and stuff. But I can’t figure out what these icet rays are.
HR clerk: Let me see the list…Sweetie, this says ice trays. You know, for the freezer to freeze water into cubes.
Receptionist: Are you sure? Because if the boss wants icet rays, that’s what I better get.
HR clerk: Well okay, if you really want icet rays, try the office supply store and make them check in the back. You may have to ask for their manager.
Receptionist: Thanks, see you in a little while.
HR clerk: You know, I should have used that opportunity to sell her a bridge.
5760 Highway 80
Pearl, Mississippi
Overheard by: Brain Dancing
Patron using computer: I want to print this. (points to screen)
Librarian, looking over patron’s shoulder: You want to print that YouTube video?
Public Library
Atlanta, Georgia
