Employee, talking to a customer on the phone: It’s great to hear a friendly face!
Columbia, Missouri
Overheard by: Kyle Ahrens
Employee, talking to a customer on the phone: It’s great to hear a friendly face!
Columbia, Missouri
Overheard by: Kyle Ahrens
Receptionist on phone: Are your panties un-bunched?!
55th Street and 3rd Avenue
New York, New York
Female employee on cell: You think he still loves me?…No, I think I peed myself right off that pedestal.
201 North Washington Street
Alexandria, Virginia
Overheard by: Mandi
Coworker, slamming down phone: Owww, my panties are in a twist!
Frances Ave
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Woman, calmly on phone in office: I'm forwarding a YouTube video David sent me. He thinks it's your house on fire.
Houston, Texas
Manager on phone, walking out of back office: Shut up! Just shut up! Jesus Christ! (hangs up phone).
(scared clerk is dead silent)
Manager: What? She's a bitch!
(phone rings)
Customer: Did I walk in on something?
Manager (calmly): Go to hell, mom. (angrily) I said go to hell! Die, bitch, die! (hangs up phone)
Scared clerk: You walked in on every day at this place. (shudders)
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Programmer, in otherwise quiet office: Wait, what? How is that “snickerdoodle” isn't in my phone's T9?
Mesa, Arizona
Overheard by: Chris Cardinal
Lady on cell: Hang on, some lady is peeing and I can’t hear you. (pause) No, I called from the bathroom because there’s no privacy at my cube.
Houston, Texas
Senior counsel, on phone with unfortunate client: It was a two-dump morning. Yeah, it was kind of soft.
Falls Church, Virginia
Caller: I just arrived at my lake house for the summer, and the satellite TV isn’t working! Why is it off?!
CSR: Sir, please stay calm. It’s simple: we just need to reset your receiver since you’ve been away for a while.
Caller: How long will that take?
CSR: It’s easy, sir. Do you have a potato handy?
Caller: Um, let me see… [Pause] Yes, we just picked some up at the store on our way in — stocking up.
CSR: Great, sir. An apple would also work. Now, what I need you to do is to cut that potato in half. Then I need you place one half of the potato face-down on top of your receiver. Please make sure it’s dry.
Caller: What?
CSR: Trust me, sir, I’m a professional. We’ll have your service back on in no time.
Caller: Okay… [Long pause] Alright, done. Now what?
CSR: Great, sir. The potato will act upon your receiver’s magnetic field and will bring the service back online momentarily. It’s a built-in security feature so that no one can use your dish while you’re away for most of the year.
CSR presses service reset button, remote satellite transmits ‘wake up’ signal to inactive receiver, TV comes on.
Caller: That’s amazing! Who’d have thought… a potato! Will this work every time?
CSR: Just give us a call if you have any problems in the future, and thank you for using this service.
Bradford Drive
Huntsville, Alabama
