On the phone

Boss on phone: I'll tell you what you can do. (pause) You can tell me how to spell “urinalysis.”

Richmond, Virginia

Overheard by: maggie

Sales guy on phone: I got it excited and pulled it out!

Greenwood Village, Colorado

Engineer on phone, in happy voice: Kevin! Congratulations! (pause, then in sad voice) Oh… my condolences.

Fishkill, New York

Overheard by: Bored Engineer

HR manager, as phone rings during conversation: I don't know where my daughter is. That's a bit of a problem since she's only eight… I should take this call.

Radnor, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: #1mom

Admin on phone: You can go in the back door… It's a big back door and you've earned it.

Ottawa
Canadia

Colleague on telephone: It's the people from the matrix you created!

Baku
Azerbaijan

Manager on phone with customer service: If they shit on me, I'll piss on them.

Toronto
Canadia

Overheard by: Cue

Cube girl, answering phone: This is Julia*.
Voice on phone: Pussy, pussy.
Cube girl: Oh my god, John*! (her husband) I have you on speaker!

Anchorage, Alaska

Receptionist on phone: It's a tough world out there. Like they say, it's a doggy-dog world.

San Jose, California

Coworker to another: I was going to get you back by putting your phone in the fridge. However, I opened that fridge… and it was like death in there.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma