Exec: I’ll be right back, so don’t lock me out.
Cleaning lady: If I knew who the hell you were, maybe I’d consider it.
Exec: I’m the reason you have a job.
725 East 40th Street
Holland, Michigan
Overheard by: INTERN
Exec: I’ll be right back, so don’t lock me out.
Cleaning lady: If I knew who the hell you were, maybe I’d consider it.
Exec: I’m the reason you have a job.
725 East 40th Street
Holland, Michigan
Overheard by: INTERN
Office manager: Why aren't you wearing a tie today?
Worker: Oh, well… I'm going to see a client, so I didn't think I needed one on today.
Office manager: All the more reason to wear a tie.
Worker: Well, I'm in the office, so I didn't think that I had to wear one.
Office manager, pulling out employee handbook: It says right here: “all employees must always be dressed appropriately. Men wearing dress slacks, button-down shirt, and tie.”
Worker: Oh! See, ties don't really work for me. But that's okay, right?
Staten Island
Co-worker #1: I’m waiting for your response.
Co-worker #2: I just said something!
Co-worker #1: Oh, I can’t tell when you’re talking to me or to yourself.
330 Madison Ave
New York, NY
Overheard by: LRC
Head of HR: I bet you he’s [the COO] a total virgin. Probably even a hand virgin.
402 Pacific Avenue
San Francisco, California
Guy #1: Hey, remember me? I worked with you guys before.
Guy #2: Yeah, yeah I remember.
Guy #1: Yeah, my mom called here and fired me.
272 E. Main Street
Patchogue, New York
Overheard by: Andrew G
Guy: I just don’t think it’s right that they killed [Terry Schiavo]just because she had a disability.
350 5th Avenue
New York, NY
Boss: So how are you doing? Is everything all squared away?
Peon: If by “squared away”, you mean multiple projects strewn across my desk in varying degrees of completion, then yes.
Boss: OK, good. Let me know if you need anything.
600 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas
Boss: It’s my job to eavesdrop on people. That’s why I like to talk really loud, so that when it’s quiet people think I’m not here.
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Lady VP: I left on good terms. Not necessarily with the people I worked with, but definitely the people I worked for.
4 Times Square
New York, NY
Female employee: I have to wear shoes with heels because it’s seen as “professional.”
Male employee: You may as well be wearing a burkha.
11 W. 53rd Street
New York, NY
