Office chick on phone: I know! He was all, ‘I really like your hoses…’ I did — I told him I liked his hoses as well — I’m not rude.
Itasca, Illinois
Overheard by: Terry
Office chick on phone: I know! He was all, ‘I really like your hoses…’ I did — I told him I liked his hoses as well — I’m not rude.
Itasca, Illinois
Overheard by: Terry
Woman on cell in bathroom: I'm revitalizing my vagina.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Admin on phone: Hello? (pause) Oh, hi Mary, this is Bob. Oh, wait. No. Hi, Bob, this is Mary! (laughs)
Middletown, New York
Overheard by: cubicle neighbor
Banker on phone to call center (shouting): I need the washing machine and dryer installed in my house by tonight! This is completely unacceptable. Tonight! Do you understand? This isn't a debate! (now exasperated) It's an emergency: I've got no clean underwear left.
London
England
Overheard by: So many answers, so many questions
Voice on phone: Hi. I just wanted to ask if you’re open today?
Employee: No, we’re not. I just thought it would be fun to come over here on my free day. That it?
Voice on phone: … Well, that was rude [hangs up].
Cell phone store
Kansas City, Missouri
Editor, on phone with reader: Sir, the phrase “Stick a sock in it” is pretty common. It’s a common phrase.
[Pause.]Editor: It’s no one’s sock, sir. It’s not a threat.
[Pause.]Editor: Well, I disagree. I think it is a pretty common phrase and I think everyone understood what I meant.
[Pause.]Editor: No, sir, it’s not my sock. It’s nobody’s sock.
Walnut Street
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Coworker on phone: So I told my husband, “I'm not going to have sex with you anymore until you lose 30 pounds!”
Dallas, Texas
Girl on cell in hallway: I tend to go wherever my nipples lead me.
Alpharetta, Georgia
CSR on phone with customer: Yes, ma'am, I should be able to put you down to service your area tomorrow. Okay, thank you. (hangs up)
CSR to office: Did I just say what I think I said?
Nashville, Tennessee
Receptionist on phone: I know, this piercing is the best! Now whenever I have sex with someone really stupid, they are bound to find it!
The Generator Hostel
London, England
Overheard by: JJK
