On the phone

Coworker, hanging up: I am the Tiger Woods of mortgage lending.

Portland, Oregon

Boss, with customer on phone, to secretary: Mr Smith* says he doesn't understand this bill you sent him.
Secretary, quietly, from across the room: It isn't complicated, can't he read?
Boss, loudly, next to phone: Yes, he can read!

Winchester, Virginia

Guy: Why’d you just hang up on ’em?
Girl: I don’t wanna talk to her. She’ll call back.
Guy: Yeah, but you can’t just hang up.
Girl: She wanna make a reservation. It’s a waste of time, mine and hers.
Guy: I know, but you can’t tell them that!

U-Haul
394 4th Avenue
Brooklyn, New York

Overheard by: Matthew Healy

Coworker #1: So I was talking to my friend on the phone, and there was a snake in his room! I would have snapped it in half! I would’ve come after it with a pair of hedge clippers.
Coworker #2: It wouldn’t so much snap as it would snip.

405 Main Street
Milford, Michigan

Overheard by: John M.

COO: Hey, Dave*! Larry* just called.
VP: Really, how's he doing?
COO: He said to make sure when I see you to say, “Fuck you, Dave*!”

Miami, Florida

Overheard by: UN Reject

Boss, on phone: Throw up… Just throw up! (slams phone)

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: joe marks

Coworker on cell: “A” as in “apple,” “k” as in “kite”…
Receptionist: Wait, “kite” starts with a “c.”

Manhattan, New York

Customer: Do I have to pay for that over the phone?
Customer service agent: Yes, ma’am.
Customer: Do you take cash?

Glenwood Raleigh, North Carolina

Overheard by: suse

Worker bee on phone: Isn’t your husband anointed? Well, why don’t you just have him lay hands on you, then?

171 17th Street
Atlanta, Georgia

Office worker on phone: Sharice* is the ultimate fly girl. Except for getting arrested in Miami.

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Class Warrior