Philosophy

Admin to intern: Our lives are not just about the dots. (to other interns) These banks, they get married, change their names… (in baby voice) Have babiiiieeesss.

Exchange Place, New Jersey

HR: What we need to determine about her mistake is, is this fuckup a rare occurrence or is this the type of thing we should come to expect from her.
VP: You mean like the normal run of the mill disasters…
HR: Exactly.

75 Washington Avenue
Portland, Maine

Overheard by: brian brinegar

Superintendent: We all know it is wrong, but this should make it not as wrong as it is now.

1400 Douglas Street
Omaha, Nebraska

Engineer #1: Why on Earth do we have to use this?
IT worker: We’re committed to using our own solution.
Engineer #1: Yeah, I understand the dog food rationale.
Engineer #2: The problem is that it’s not dog food. It’s kitty litter.

401 Elliott Avenue West
Seattle, Washington

New coworker: My name's Dave* and my eccentricity is I like everything in paper, not plastic.

Eugene, Oregon

Overheard by: dying a slow death here

CEO: Getting shot’s not so bad… So long as it’s for the right reason.

Park Avenue South
New York, New York

Overheard by: hiding under my desk

Professor: People never say half the things they are supposed to have said. I mean, just ask Jesus — ‘It wasn’t me, it was my flippin’ disciples.’

Queens University
Kingston, Ontario
Canadia

CEO: A man in my position has a high tolerance for other people’s pain.

110 E. Clayton Street
Athens, Georgia

Coworker: I am so not type A. No ambition! Woo hoo!

3811 O’Hara Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Coworker: Those people in the Tsunami, they deserved to die. They were being greedy, collecting fish from the sea…they should have known there are three phases of a Tsunami.

60 Livingston Avenue
St. Paul, Minnesota