Coworker on phone: So, I'm trying to get on MTV, and I keep getting rejected.
San Carlos, California
Coworker on phone: So, I'm trying to get on MTV, and I keep getting rejected.
San Carlos, California
Boss on phone walking around office: Look, what you’re needing is something more powerful. You should try Viagra.
Overland Park, Kansas
Co-worker on phone: Yeah, my cat died around 2AM, so obviously I worked from home the next day. Yeah…yeah…
22265 Pacific Boulevard
Dulles, Virginia
American patient on cell: …and I don't even know *how* it happened, I remember I had my pants on…
Emergency Room
Germany
CSR on phone: No ma’am, I cannot get the part to you today. If I could beam myself to your house and deliver the part myself, I would. But since I can’t, you will have to wait for overnight shipping.
553 Benson Road
Benton Harbor, Michigan
Engineer #1: I just lost that guy.
Engineer #2: Didn’t you transfer him up front?
Engineer #1: He’ll call back.
The phone rings.
Engineer #1 on phone: Hello? …Uh, yeah, sorry about that…Here you go.
The phone rings.
9531 Rayne Road
Sturtevant, Wisconsin
Social worker on phone: No! Stay away from that negative force. She is a demented old crab! Okay, I love you, too. Drive safe. And remember — no crabs. And pick up some Vonnegut now that he’s dead.
260 South Broad Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: lora
Male coworker on phone: Well, in this alternate reality that's how babies are conceived.
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Confabulation Nation
Office manager, on the phone: Which one of Mommy’s boyfriends beat you badly enough as a child to turn you into the bitter, empty, hollow shell of a human being you are today?
Supervisor, to trainee: See? That’s why we have to answer the phone quickly in this office: to keep the managers from picking up the phone. Ever.
221 Corporate Gateway Boulevard
Columbia, South Carolina
Overheard by: Geobaldi
CSR: So if someone calls and asks to be transferred to Darryl, I transfer the call to Darryl, right?
51 Madison Avenue
New York, NY
