Questions

Customer: What’s this called?
Sales associate: A duvet cover.
Customer: No, no… what’s inside it?
Sales associate: A duvet.

IKEA
Costa Mesa, California

Overheard by: trying not to laugh

Lady in large party: How can you remember all of this?
Waiter: The longer I stand here, the less I remember.

Restaurant
Placerville, California

IT manager to much more technical IT analyst: How can I be wrong when I don't even know what I'm talking about?

Sam Houston State University
Huntsville, Texas

Overheard by: Knows what she's talking about.

Male worker to supervisor complaining about noise: Oh, I'm sorry. Are we interrupting the interesting conversation about your cancer dog?

Norristown, Pennsylvania

Coworker on phone: By the way, do you know where I can buy some coyote pee?

Warehouse
Illinois

Office girl #1: She talks about him like he poops gold or something. Wouldn't it be great to poop gold?
Office girl #2: Um, no not really.
Office girl #1: Think about it. It's gold.
Office girl #2: Okay, I guess so. But, I mean, would it still smell?

Charleston, South Carolina

Overheard by: Peps

Secretary #1: How was your mother's day?
Secretary #2: Oh, my mother is dead.
Secretary #1: I know. (hyena laugh)

Townsend St
San Francisco, California

Co-owner of company to underling: Was she able to tell that you were vegetarian by looking at your fingers?

Branchburg, New Jersey

Man at music counter: Do you happen to have ‘The Wreck of the F. Scott Fitzgerald’?

Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Bearphan

Worker bee: I’ve got a carton of condoms. Do you think that will be enough?

Perth
Australia

Overheard by: Rachelle