Offers and requests

Customer: Do you have ornaments of cities?
Employee: Yes, over here.
Customer: I'm looking for Seattle, it will probably have the Space Needle on it.
Employee: Sorry, I don't see that. We have astronauts, though.

Christmas Store
Frankenmuth, Michigan

Overheard by: Anita

Office drone, after extremely serious meeting: We should all go on a picnic!

Downtown Los Angeles, California

Girl wearing short skirt, sitting on exercise ball: Could you come by my desk and check to make sure you can't see… anything?
Girl wearing short skirt sitting on lady-like chair: Um… I guess that's in my job description.

Stillwater, Minnesota

Employee to another: Hey, Michelle! I've made a mistake and I am trying to cover it up!

Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: katnapoleon

Female server: Hello my name is Samantha* and I will be your server today. Daniel* is in training, so do you mind if he helps out?
Female customer: No. You can double team me anytime.
Male customer: That's what she said.

Jackson, Tennessee

Government employee to admin: Do we have any vanilla folders up here?
Admin: Let me check. No more vanilla folders. We'll have to order some more.

Department of Justice
Washington, DC

Overheard by: Tasty Office Supplies

Target employee: We need a mop.
Cashier #1: They need a what?
Cashier #2: A mop. Hello-o! Mop! M-o-p-p.

Long Island, New York

Overheard by: had to hold back from poking her in eye with mop.

Bossman, loudly: I need three large boxes of navels, shipped out tomorrow.
Office peon: Ew… bellybuttons. That's gross. So, is that a meat order, then?

Hill Country, Texas

Overheard by: front desk of the fruit shippers

Secretary: I'm going out, does anyone want anything from Fordham road?
Coworker: Are you going past a liquor store?

Fordham University
The Bronx, New York

Male coworker #1: I just couldn't take my eyes off her mound. It was so big and, well, unorganized.
Male coworker #2: Big mounds, seems to be the Monday thing around here. Seen one, seen 'em all.
Female coworker, passing through: Well boys, you must be talking about other people's paperwork again, since we all know you both haven't seen a real mound in the last decade.
Male coworker #2: We were actually talking about your mound. Organize that shit, will ya?
Female coworker, laughing: Never!

Kitchener
Ontario
Canadia

Overheard by: Michele