Worker on phone: I’m sorry, we can’t hire you…It’s not that, it’s just that I don’t want to work with you.
3838 NW 13th Street
Gainesville, Florida
Worker on phone: I’m sorry, we can’t hire you…It’s not that, it’s just that I don’t want to work with you.
3838 NW 13th Street
Gainesville, Florida
CSA coming off phone call: I just customer serviced the arse off that last customer!
Adelaide
Australia
Overheard by: curious supervisor
Architect on phone: Alright, you’re not understanding me. [pause] Okay, what if I keep this one, but eat the other one… Look, I just need to know can I get any diseases or bacteria from these kittens or what?
2020 South King Street
Honolulu, Hawaii
Overheard by: crackin up
Attorney on conference call: Your honor, opposing counsel is beating a dead whore!
New Orleans, Louisiana
Overheard by: Glad she's not a dead whore
Branch manager on phone: Hello? Ok, put him through. Hey, Matt*! Hold on, let me shut my office door… Yeah… Yeah… I do love my wife…
Cubicle chick: Did he just say what I think he said? ‘I do love my wife’?
Sales guy: Yes, but I think you missed a part. He said ‘I do love my wife, but…’
Cubicle chick: It’s gonna be a goood day!
8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
Receptionist: Cindy's at lunch. I can give you her voice mail.
Woman on phone: Oh…is this her voice mail?
Receptionist (after long, disbelieving pause): One…moment…
Boston, Massachusetts
Attorney on phone to male co-counsel: Helloooo my little queen! Did you get that fat bastard on the phone?
Huntington, New York
Overheard by: Lady Lawyer
CSR on phone: May I speak with Ellen*?
Other line: Who?
CSR on phone: Ellen.
Other line: Ellen? This is a fire station. It doesn’t ring a bell.
14610 IH 10 West
San Antonio, Texas
Overheard by: kelynsh
Employee on phone: You have to lubricate. You can’t just shove it in there. This is a moving thing — you have to take care of it.
270 Park Avenue
Huntington, New York
Coworker on phone: I get all my dogs cremated, so they can get buried with me when I die. Yes, I'm taking all mine with me when I go. Yeah, I have a whole cupboard full of dead dogs. My dad's in there, too.
Christchurch
New Zealand