Office director, during phone conference: What's your phone number?
North Carolina
Overheard by: Nick
Office director, during phone conference: What's your phone number?
North Carolina
Overheard by: Nick
Disgruntled middle aged CSR, answering phone: Hello. (pause) Oh, just at this stupid meaningless job. How are you?
Aliso Viejo, California
Lawyer on phone: You know Bob* in the development office, the bald guy with the peg leg? Man, I am always having these Freudian slips around him that are so inappropriate. Like one time, we were talking about girls and he came in and I asked “what about you, Bob, are you a leg man?”
Huntington, New York
Overheard by: Lady Lawyer
Female suit on cell: I'm just having a baby, it's not like the entire focus of my life is changing.
Federal Building
Washington, DC
Office troubleshooter on phone: We're going to have to put pantyhose on the monster, because we need control.
http://overheardinpdx.blogspot.com/2008/09/gentlemen-prefer-hanes.html
Overheard by: lauraf
Boss on phone: What do you mean she's canceling the meeting? (pause) Delayed? Why? (pause) She has breast cancer? That's great! (pause) Oh no! I must have cut out, I said “that's a great tragedy.” (pause) Well, that must be awful. (pause) I see, well, send her my best. (pause) Thank you, bye now. (to entire office) Cancer just saved my ass! Who wants to go for drinks?
Chinatown
Manhattan, New York
Coworker on conference call: I thought you were on booty call!
Windsor Mill, Maryland
Coworker, on phone on other side of cubicle: No, no, you don't look like Barney. You look good.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Now I've Got That Song In My Head
Female coworker on phone: Was it big? (pause) Oh… Wow! He used an attachment? (pause) Well, how much did that add on?
Ottawa
Canadia
Consultant on speaker phone: How about now? Is that better?
Meeting attendees: Yeah, much better, what did you do?
Consultant on speaker phone: I got out of bed and took you off speaker phone.
Minneapolis, Texas
