On the phone

CSR, on customer welcome call: Is your last name Valdez?
Customer: Yes, it is.
CSR, on customer welcome call: Is your father Juan Valdez? You can say you have a famous father!

Troy, Michigan

Overheard by: Mortgage Whisperer

Office worker on phone to friend: No, go ahead and ask the question–I can think and work at the same time.

Jeanerette, Louisiana

Counter guy on phone: Where are you? What is that sound? … Oh! I knew it was a tornado!

Connecticut

Coworker on phone: You live in the country, they were there first! If you didn’t want any animals you should have lived in the city!

333 North Meridian
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Overheard by: fransen comes alive

Workbee on cell: Woah, she clogged that toilet? That’s a new toilet! What’d she do, take a gorilla shit or something?!

New York City, New York

Overheard by: Eileen

Patient on phone: I would like to make an appointment to see Dr. Radcliff*
CSR: Okay, have you seen Dr. Radcliff before or are you a new patient?
Patient: Well, he's been in me three times before (referring to stent placed in heart and legs) So he's pretty much my doctor already!
CSR: Okkkkkk… (nervous chuckle)

Burlington, Vermont

Overheard by: TMI

Woman on phone: Yes, thank you — she has an excessive licking problem.

East Sprague
Spokane, Washington

Coworker on phone: But he always says, ‘I can’t dance, I can’t dance…’ No, it’s because his breasts jiggle around when he swings his hips, and he’s so insecure about his breasts. That’s why he can’t meet any girls — his breasts move whenever he dances.

Austin, Texas

Employee on phone: And how do you know her? And… how… do… you… know… her?… AND… HOW… what do you mean, “Ask less detailed questions”?

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Overheard by: prefekt

Person on phone, in next cube: Does “motherfucking” have a hyphen in it?…Well, in all these criminal cases I see “motherfucking” without a hyphen and spell-check doesn’t recognize it.

8891 Gander Creek
Dayton, Ohio

Overheard by: Snorting coffee out my nose