Sales rep on phone: I don’t want to go see that doctor. He misdiagnosed and killed my grandfather… But he is my neighbor… Okay, I’ll see him.
1600 Utica Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: eric
Sales rep on phone: I don’t want to go see that doctor. He misdiagnosed and killed my grandfather… But he is my neighbor… Okay, I’ll see him.
1600 Utica Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: eric
Account tech, on two personal calls at once: Sorry, I was distracted by my work…
Peabody Drive
Champaign, Illinois
Admin on phone: That's not a problem, Brenda, I can do that for you now. (hangs up). Old hag!
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: clare
Man on phone: Okay. (pause) Well, can I speak to your supervisor? (pause) Hello? Can I speak to your supervisor? (pause) What's your name? (pause) Nathan? Nathan who? (pause) You there? Nathan who? (pause) Okay. Well, do you have some sort of employee number? (pause) Hello? (pause) Why? Because you're a dickhead! You're a fucking idiot, mate! (hangs up, talks to employee) Well, that didn't work.
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: James
Boss on phone: No, no, you gotta understand, I need some help down there…I’m not the pusher, I’m the receiver.
444 Spear Street
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: erikrand
Annoying girl on phone: Great, so your user name is, “the power of oh-nay.” Oh. One. That's probably what that is.
Poydras Center
New Orleans, Louisiana
Overheard by: Rosemary
Broker on phone: Why should you buy my bond? Because you buying it is good for my firm, good for me, and two out of three ain’t bad.
1100 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas
Cube rat on phone: Sometimes when you go vertical it’s hotter than horizontal… You just have to play with it. Sometimes when I’m shooting and I’m too far away from the men’s room…
Owings Mills, Maryland
Overheard by: widget
Drone on cell: Yeah, the trial is tomorrow… Well, he figured if he was going to prison for a rape he did not do, the state owed him a freebie.
Overland Park, Kansas
