Questions

Drone #1: Do you need the reports immediately?
Drone #2: Yeah, but not right now.

2929 North 44th Street
Phoenix, Arizona

Consultant #1: Where is [Jeff]?
Consultant #2: He’s not in my cubicle. That leaves the rest of the universe for you to search.
Consultant #1: Is he at lunch?
Consultant #2: If you’re going to start looking, do it now. The universe closes at 5.

250 Broadway
New York, NY

Employee: Do you always have to act like a child?
Manager: This company is all about innovation. And studies have consistently shown that the most innovative thought comes from the ages of five and under.

31601 Pacific Hwy South
Federal Way, Washington

CIO: So, we’re okay now?
Manager: No, we still have problems, but they’re higher quality problems.

5000 Ellin Road
Lanham, Maryland

Overheard by: Cantabile

Accountant: Could you call and get someone to come and service our coffee machine?
Receptionist: Sure! What’s going on with it?
Accountant: The hot water tap just tastes like regular tap water.

1625 North Palafox Street
Pensacola, Florida

Employee #1: I don’t know what to write.
Employee #2: How about, “I’m surprised you cheap skanks chipped in ten bucks a piece”?
Employee #1: …I was thinking more, “I am sure I will get a lot of use out of this.”

327 West Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Manager: Did you just hear that catfight? Everyone is stressed. We need to go do something fun.
Co-worker: Yeah. We need to go drinking and then they need to take off their clothes and have a pillow fight.

3755 Mansell Road
Alpharetta, Georgia

Writer: What the heck is going on with you?
Designer: Why?
Writer: Because I messaged you like three times.
Designer: Oh. I didn’t see it.
Writer: Thank god I wasn’t sending you my suicide note.
Designer: You would do that through Yahoo!?
Writer: I don’t know. Maybe. Is it too informal?
Designer: Kind of. I mean like print it out or something. Then somebody could drop it in my box.
Writer: What font would I even use?

16430 North Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, Arizona

Overheard by: Miel

Boss: Oh, one other thing. I didn’t think the Sunday [product] was very strong.
Worker: Well, what would you have done differently?
Boss: I’m not really sure…I just think we needed something different there.
Worker: Like what?
Boss: Well, that’s really the question, isn’t it?

120 West First Avenue
Mesa, Arizona

Applicant: Boy, there were a lot of errors in that letter. I hope I wasn’t supposed to correct them. I was just supposed to type the letter the way it is, right?

18 North County Street
Waukegan, Illinois