Office Politics

Loud office lady: I don’t need to learn no more. You know money, you know dick, you know pussy — you don’t need to know no more.

Government office, 400 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC

Employee #1: I just don’t understand the point of Martin Luther King Day.
Emoloyee #2: Come on! It’s a big day! It celebrates when Martin Luther King freed the slaves.
Employee #1: That was Abraham Lincoln.
Employee #2: Oh. Well, it celebrates when Martin Luther King gave the Emancipation Proclamation.
Employee #1: That was also Abraham Lincoln.
Employee #2: Oh. I’m not very good at history.

821 Benvenue
Rocky Mount, North Carolina

Owner: Have you proposed to her yet? When are you gonna propose to that girl? You're not getting a bonus, a raise, or a review until you get down on your knees.
Employee: (smirks)
Owner: For her!

Rogers, Arkansas

Coworker, after conversation with boss: A fetus could come up with better ideas.

Melville, New York

Supervisor: I need your traveler in the system by 2.
Employee: Okay, I'll get on that after lunch.
Supervisor: Sounds good. (notices ass pressed up against window) And tell Nick his friend isn't allowed to bring him lunch anymore.

Rio Rancho, New Mexico

Office chick #1: Hey, Lauren* wants you to answer her phone while she's out.
Office chick #2: Tell her to go jerk off in a corner.

Main Street
Peekskill, New York

Overheard by: Pam Beesly

Tech guy #1: Jimmy Carter’s son has a MySpace page.
Tech guy #2: Who the hell is Jimmy Carter?

600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC

Experienced healthcare worker: I told you not to tell our boss that I let you do that procedure, but you told her. Why did you tell her?
New Asian healthcare worker: Sometimes you talk and I just nod my head.

Cleveland, Ohio

Overheard by: Alarmed healthcare worker

Female office worker to another: Most of the stuff on my to-do list is stuff I have to do.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Whaaaaat?

Male VP: We'll beat it off for now.
Female general counsel: We'll beat it off for the next five years.
Consultant: That's probably the longest we can beat it off for.
Female general counsel: And then I'll retire.

Washington, DC

Overheard by: If I so much as smile, I'll get fired.