Employee: I need the $5. Reimbursement from the basket I bought for the company.
Controller: Okay… I need a receipt.
Employee: I gave it to you.
Controller: When?
Employee: A year and a half ago.
Controller: Are you kidding?
Employee: No.
Lakewood, New Jersey
Attorney to client: Are you a predator taking advantage of her?
New Jersey
Employee: I mean, really — who uses the word ‘lubricant’ in passing?
48th Street and Madison Avenue
New York, New York
Supervisor: Here’s the information about Alzheimer’s to include in the news release I was telling you about.
Employee #1: I don’t know anything about this release.
Supervisor: Oh? Oh no? Then who was I talking to about it?
Employee #2: Hey, it’s ironic that you don’t remember who you were talking to about the Alzheimer’s information.
Supervisor: Oh, ha, ha, ha! Yes!…So, you can just use this information for the release.
Employee #1: Okay, but I still don’t know what you’re talking about.
Supervisor: Hmm…Hey, isn’t it ironic that I don’t remember who I was talking to about an Alzheimer’s release?
161 Ottawa Avenue NW
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Overheard by: Beth Marie
Colleague: How long do you think you'll be?
Female colleague: We've just gotta pick up our balls and then we'll come back.
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: confused but amused
Particularly unattractive coworker to the room: How do you spell “ugly”?
Medfield, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Y…O…
Cube drone #1: Hey, Mike.
Cube drone #2: Yup?
Cube drone #1: How's it going?
Cube drone #2: Okay.
Cube drone #1: That project coming along okay?
Cube drone #2: Nope.
(silence)
Cube drone #1: You want to talk about it?
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Kitty
Woman: Where is your next conference?
Hairdresser: Boston.
Woman: Oh, I love Boston.
Hairdresser: Yeah, I've never been to the East Coast before. (pauses) Well, no, I guess I have been to Kentucky.
Hays, Kansas
Coworker #1: How was your trip?
Coworker #2: I ate guacamole.
Coworker #1: Oh! I love guacamole!
Montclair, New Jersey
Overheard by: Crying Inside
Receptionist: Thank you for calling XYZ Inc*.
Customer: Yes, I just received a call from this number on my phone. Who are you again?
Receptionist: XYC Inc. Do you..?
Customer: Oh, yeah! I ordered from you guys! Did my order come in yet?
Receptionist: I have no idea sir. What is y…
Customer: Oh, you probably need my name, huh?
Receptionist: That would help.
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Cat
