On the phone

Sales rep, on the phone with a client: Well, why don’t you tell me how big yours is, and I’ll tell you how big mine is.

Coker Tire
Chattanooga, Tennessee

Telephone receptionist, over intercom system: I need Dick on line three, Dick on line three!

Bank
Kentucky

Overheard by: will1966

Co-worker on phone: When she goes to a restaurant, does she normally take it off?…Does she normally read the newspaper?…And the pouch, were you able to stick your hands all the way down in the back?

37383 Six Mile Road
Livonia, Michigan

Overheard by: Next Door Nancy

Drafter on phone: Um, ya, give me a second and I can put it up on the screen… (sighs) Oh, there it is… Almost up there… That's better.

Central Point, Oregon

Advertising intern, dialing number: Hello, I was wondering if you still have the silver ferret from yesterday? Okay, thanks.

New Orleans, Louisiana

Overheard by: get me out of here

Program manager on phone: Have you thought of marrying this chick? (pause) Does she give good head? (pause) Okay, is she willing to learn?

North Carolina

Skinny middle-aged man to large middle-aged receptionist: May I borrow your phone?
Receptionist: Sure, sugar.
Skinny middle-aged man, after calmly speaking with another doctor: And when I get there, I'm going to crap on your desk! (to receptionist) Thank you for letting me borrow your phone.
Receptionist: You're welcome, sugar.

Gastroenterology Office
Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: the intern

Drone on phone: Oh yeah, my friend had that disease, he died… I’m sure you won’t die, though.

Storke Road
Santa Barbara, California

Overheard by: angelina

Coworker #1 on phone: No, no, no, dammit! I swear, I’m going to hang up — I mean it, I’m going to hang up. No. No. No! Dammit, I said I am going to hang up!
Coworker #2 walks over, removes phone, slams it down: There, now we can all get back to our lives!
Coworker #1 redials: Sorry baby, some crazy twat I work with is having a bad day… What? What?! No! No! No! Dammit, I hate you! I’m hanging up!

Alpharetta, Georgia

Producer on phone with actor she wants to put in taco suit: We’re a little ways from Shakespeare in the Park, I know…

110 Leroy Street
New York, New York