Intern: My uterus is dry‐heaving.
Supervisor: Wow.
242 West 38th Street
New York, New York
Overheard by: Sarah
- Posted on May 21, 2023
- Bosses and Underlings, Gossip, New York
Sergeant: I need you to call an ambulance for a 32‐year‐old pregnant woman.
Control room operator: What do I tell them is wrong with her?
Sergeant: Well, she’s pregnant!
Clark County Detention Center
Las Vegas, Nevada
Overheard by: cro
- Posted on May 21, 2023
- Dumb Employees, General Idiocy, Nevada
Admin: You know that guy upstairs? Dan*? He pinched me with a pair of tweezers on that fatty bit you get on your hips and it *really hurt*. So I went back and burned him with a spoon.
Crewe
England
- Posted on May 20, 2023
- Admins, Anger management, Body Parts, Default, England, Sensory Experiences, Violence, Weirdness
Suit #1: All my clients complain that the questionnaire package we require is too onerous.
Suit #2: Really? I never get any complaint about ours.
Boss: Well, have you ever seen his package? Maybe you two should get together and compare packages.
245 3rd Avenue
New York, NY
- Posted on May 19, 2023
- Advice, Dumb Bosses, New York, Suits, Words
Manager: Everybody who was smoking pot in here last night is fired! … Okay, looks like I have a vacant building.
Schenectady, New York
Overheard by: fired
- Posted on May 19, 2023
- Dumb Bosses, Hiring & Firing, New York
Pharmacist: Okay, that prescription will be filled in 45 minutes.
Old man: Oh my, I’ll be dead by then!
Santa Barbara, California
- Posted on May 18, 2023
- California, Customers, Death, Employees, Health & Hygiene, Time Management
Chiropractor to patient: We are both usually adjusting at the same time, so it is hard to pin down one another.
Englewood, Colorado
Overheard by: Receptionist
- Posted on May 18, 2023
- Colorado, Doctors, Relationships, Time Management, Weirdness
Salesperson to another: Wow! I like your new pants? (pause) Do they fit you?
Plattsburgh, New York
- Posted on May 17, 2023
- Clothes, Compliments, New York, Questions, Sales
Cube guy #1: Yeah, you should go to the overseas office if you get a chance, they treat you real nice there.
Cube guy #2: Really?
Cube guy #1: Yeah, they were real good to me.
Cube guy #2: Yeah? They give you the reach‐around?
Supervisor, walking by on the way to his office: What?
Austin, Texas
Cube neighbor, after getting off phone with daughter: Oh, my kids!
Warehouse employee, walking by: We should all kill our kids. Oh, wait, did I say that out loud?
Irvine, California
Overheard by: scared cube‐dweller
- Posted on May 16, 2023
- Blue Collar, California, Coworkers, Family, Violence, Weirdness