Boss, on phone: Throw up… Just throw up! (slams phone)
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: joe marks
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
Visiting techie on phone: What's wrong with the clock? Is it plugged in? Well, move the fridge then… I can, but I'm two-and-a-half hours away…
Texas
Woman on phone to cable company: Okay. Hey, hold on a sec. (yells into the phone) Don't go meet him, he's gonna stab you! I know he stabbed your brother, that's why I think he's gonna stab you too! (pause) Fine! if you want to get stabbed don't come crying to me. Just make sure you bring your phone so you can call 911, okay? Sorry about that…now what do I do next?
Call center rep: Uhh, I think I need to report this call.
Woman: Why?
Time Warner Call Center
Albany, New York
Overheard by: Dani
Manager on phone with refrigeration company: That oven that never comes on but is always on? It didn’t come on.
Answering service: Would you please repeat that?
Manager: You know, that oven that never comes on but is always on? Well, it didn’t come on.
Answering service: Thank you, sir. I’ll let the service rep know.
Restaurant, Slide Road and Loop 289
Lubbock, Texas
Manager, yelling slowly into phone: It’s a little wet, but it’s wild.
Auckland
New Zealand
Gorgeous admin on phone with employee, while looking for e-mail: Oh, I just found it… It went straight to my junk!
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Overheard by: Wish I Was That Email
