Why Couples Shouldn’t Work in the Same Office

Good listener #1: Have you tried mango Propel?
Good listener #2: Nope.
Good listener #1: Is it any good?

Human Services, Frances Avenue
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: uberkt

Posted on October 1, 2014
Dumb Employees, General Idiocy, Meals and Snacks, Pennsylvania, Questions

Do You Want to Be in Another Country Song? Do You?

Co-worker #1: Who was that boy? He was cute!
Co-worker #2: It won’t work. He’s a preacher and you’re a whore.

Main Street
Gainsville, Florida

Posted on September 30, 2014
Compare and contrast, Compliments, Coworkers, Default, Florida, Insults, Questions

They’ll Strap Me to a Chair and Force Me to Look at Anne Geddes Photographs

30-something woman: Are you going to the baby shower?
20-something girl: No. Being in a room full of women talking about babies is my worst nightmare.

401 Congress Avenue
Austin, Texas

Overheard by: athens

Posted on September 30, 2014
Coworkers, Gripes, Hiring & Firing, Questions, Texas

If You Don't Drink Coffee, You're Boring and All Your Stories Suck

Assistant: I'm going to Starbucks; can I get you anything?
IT tech: What's Starbucks?

Lawrence, Kansas

Overheard by: a girl who HASN'T been living under a rock

Posted on September 29, 2014
Dorks, Geeks, & Nerds, Employees, General Idiocy, Kansas, Meals and Snacks, Nerds and Geeks, Questions, Tech People

Have You Tried the Colorizing Copier?

Secretary: This photocopier is broken.
Office service staff: Why, what's it doing?
Secretary: Well, I tried to make a color copy, but it came out black and white.
Office service staff, looking at original: Um, your original is black and white.
Secretary: Yes, I know, I thought it would insert color onto it.

Vancouver
Canadia

Overheard by: Legally Retarded

Posted on September 29, 2014
Admins, Canadia, Colors, Coworkers, General Idiocy, Questions, Technology

Much Like Workplace TMIs

Cube guy #1: Hey, I got that ointment you mentioned last night.
Cube guy #2: Oh yeah, did it go away?
Cube guy #1: Well, you know … It never really “goes away”.

Internet Company
Scottsdale, Arizona

Overheard by: Cube Guru

Posted on September 29, 2014
Advice, Arizona, Coworkers, Cubicles, Default, Employees, Health & Hygiene, Questions, Service, Words

Apparently, “Analyst” Is, Like, a Gay Thing

Specialist: So we can do more width, or more length. Which do you want?
Analyst: Let's go with more length.

South Burlington, Vermont

Overheard by: Megan

Posted on September 28, 2014
Dorks, Geeks, & Nerds, Questions, Vermont, Wishes, Words

Last Time I Tried Both, I Was Asked to Leave

Old employee to young one: So, it was more important to get laid than go to the company picnic?

666 11th Street
Washington, DC

Posted on September 27, 2014
Coworkers, Questions, Washington DC

I Just Mean, I See You Reading a Lot of Menus

New guy to female coworker, handing her lunch menu: You look like someone who would be interested in this.
Female coworker: What is that supposed to mean?
New guy: Oh.

Main Street
Watertown, Massachusetts

Overheard by: so glad i'm not male

Posted on September 27, 2014
Coworkers, Diet & Weight, General Idiocy, Massachusetts, Meals and Snacks, Questions

I've Told You a Million Times to Just Slap Them, Sweetie

Woman on phone to daughter, asking who sent her home to change her “inappropriate” outfit at school: Were they fat people?

Nashville, Tennessee

Posted on September 27, 2014
Clothes, Family members, On the phone, Physical Appearance, Questions, Tennessee

Questions

Have You Tried the Colorizing Copier?