Bos: So, do you lift weights?
New guy: Uh, yeah, sometimes.
Boss: Because man, I’d hate to run into your chest at 40 miles an hour!
Co-worker: Why would that ever happen?
1710 Roy Acuff Place
Nashville, Tennessee
Bos: So, do you lift weights?
New guy: Uh, yeah, sometimes.
Boss: Because man, I’d hate to run into your chest at 40 miles an hour!
Co-worker: Why would that ever happen?
1710 Roy Acuff Place
Nashville, Tennessee
Avis clerk: I just love your little beanie!
Jewish guy: It’s actually called a yarmulke. I’m Jewish, and all Jewish men wear them.
Avis clerk: Oh! Well, you have yourself a merry Christmas!
Charlotte Airport, North Carolina
Overheard by: Renjeau
Clerk: Hey, man, y'all ever heard of Ms. Brady*, teacher at the middle school?
Guy: Yeah–I know her–big butt Brady*!
Clerk, scowling: Uhhh–that's my momma.
Convinence Store
South Mississippi
Overheard by: Mississippi Girl
Hiring manager, after executives commented on physical appearance of new employee: I'm saving you all from litigation by not paying attention to any of you.
Executive one: No, you're not, “ugly” is not a protected class.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Suit: I saw a dude on the train this morning with an ass so big when he sat down he got taller!
Jersey City, New Jersey
Overheard by: Hobo Whisperer
IT assisting in HR: Yeah, I just got back from CES. They had the adult entertainment convention on the floor above. [name of pornstar] walked by and I told her she looked shorter in person than on film.
Employee, laughing: I can't believe this conversation is happening in HR.
Sonora, California
Overheard by: Breezy
Gas station attendant: Yeah, but that was before. Now she just looks like a Mexican.
Cutlerville, Michigan
Coworker #1, reading news headlines: Mother of 550-pound teenager has been charged with neglect.
Coworker #2: That's ridiculous, obviously the kid is well fed.
The Woodlands, Texas
Overheard by: Jeremy
Male coworker: Do you have any hot girlfriends?
Female coworker: Why?
Male coworker: I need a date to the Christmas party. She needs to be hot, so that I can make all the other guys jealous. Conservative hicks.
Female coworker: Passive aggressive, much? And no, I won't submit my friends to you evil desires.
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: Female Peon
HR rep: Oh, yeah…I was going to do that. But then I got distracted by the festive donkeys.
Brooklyn Center, Minnesota