Marketing guy: Hey, do you still have that hot and fuzzy DVD?
Designer guy: Yeah.
Marketing guy: Can I bum it from you?
Orlando, Florida
Marketing guy: Hey, do you still have that hot and fuzzy DVD?
Designer guy: Yeah.
Marketing guy: Can I bum it from you?
Orlando, Florida
Boss to employee: Can you just wipe your forehead on my ass?
Columbus, Ohio
Customer (on speaker): But it's too expensive, it isn't fair! I can't afford it. Can't I just pay you half?
Insurance rep: No, the premium for your vehicle is $435.60. You have to pay the full amount.
Customer: Can you find a way so I can just pay $200? That's all I can afford!
Insurance rep: No. You can't just pay any amount you want. You need to pay what you owe.
(this goes on for 10 minutes)
Insurance rep: Well, fine, if you can't afford to pay the insurance for your car maybe you should sell it and take the damn bus.
Customer: What? What did you just say to me?
Insurance rep: I'll transfer you to my manager.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Coworker #1, holding small letter opener: Do you have one of these, only smaller?
Coworker #2: What's wrong with that one?
Coworker #1: It's too thick. I can't fit in in the smaller slits and it tears the whole thing apart most of the time.
Coworker #3: I had a boyfriend like that once.
Coworker #2: What the fuck?
Santa Ana, California
Overheard by: errica
Salesperson calling tech support: Let me hang up so I can call back and talk to someone dumber.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Male coworker to younger female coworker: Wanna babysit tonight so I can go out?
Female coworker: God no, why don't you have a list of teenagers? Where do you live?
Male coworker: All the teenagers are busy…I live in Kent.
Female coworker: Oh well…all the teenagers in Kent already have kids.
Male coworker: Good point.
Kent, Washington
Overheard by: Amy
Office worker: Leslie, before you leave, let me see if I have anything for you to sign.
Leslie: You know I'm signatorially challenged.
A&M University
College Station, Texas
Overheard by: Faith
Admin assistant: Can you get us these things from Starbucks? (hands list to intern)
Intern: Yeah. (pauses, looks at list) This one says “no milk”…do you think that means fat free”?
Admin assistant: Uh…
W 45th
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Actually, it said 2 percent.
Sales peon: You'll have to excuse my intelligence, sir.
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: You're Excused
Annoying IT guy behind partition: Yo, dude, I need god status on this site so I can make changes.(laughs to himself) Hey, I need god status. (another employee enters the room) Hey, yo, I need god status on this site. God status. (laughs again)
Quiet IT girl on other side of partition: Shut up!
Raleigh, North Carolina
