Questions

35-year-old man at post office: I'd like to buy some stamps, please.
Postal employee: Here you go. (hands him generic stamps)
35-year-old man: Do you have any stamps that are a bit… cooler?
Postal employee: What did you have in mind?
35-year-old man: I don't know… Ninjas?

Post Office
California

Overheard by: Jamie

Worker #1: Did you vote?
Worker #2: I can’t vote.
Worker #1: Why not?
Worker #2: I’m not a citizen.
Worker #1: You’re from here, no?
Worker #2: No, I’m from Canada.
Worker #1: Oh… You don’t look like a Canadian.

45 Rockefeller Center
New York, New York

Guy in suit: Hey man, I heard you got promoted?
Guy in lab coat: Yep. I’m pretty much all herpes now.
Guy in suit: Excellent.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1600 Clifton Road
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: Benay Tegoo

Support tech on headset: Ok, so do you have the application loaded on your handheld now?

45 second pause

Support tech: Sir, sir, excuse me, sir, it was a yes or no question.

1521 Pacific Avenue
Santa Cruz, California

Front office lady #1: “Abraham begot Isaac.” What does that mean?
Front office lady #2: It means Abraham is Isaac’s father -he had Isaac. It’s like “Adam knew Eve.” That means Adam banged her.
Front office lady #1: I don’t think you can say that.

Medical Office
Lincoln, Nebraska

Worker #1: Is anyone else in here cold?
Worker #2: Well I'm not warm…If that's what you mean.

Renton, Washington

Editor: His name is Kobe.
Office manager: Kobe? Is he white?
Editor: Yes.
Office manager: Pure white?

Delray Beach, Florida

Overheard by: Lois Lane

Peon #1: Who’s that old guy walking around?
Peon #2: Hopefully it’s Death and he’s going upstairs for Larry*.

Amherst, Ohio

Office worker #1: Do we need to talk about how to handle a psychiatric emergency with her?
Office worker #2: If it happens, I'm shutting my door on her crazy ass.

Atlanta, Georgia

Employee #1: I just don’t understand the point of Martin Luther King Day.
Emoloyee #2: Come on! It’s a big day! It celebrates when Martin Luther King freed the slaves.
Employee #1: That was Abraham Lincoln.
Employee #2: Oh. Well, it celebrates when Martin Luther King gave the Emancipation Proclamation.
Employee #1: That was also Abraham Lincoln.
Employee #2: Oh. I’m not very good at history.

821 Benvenue
Rocky Mount, North Carolina