Manager: Or are you in so deep that you have to finish it before you can move on?
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Overheard by: figuratively speaking, of course
Manager: Or are you in so deep that you have to finish it before you can move on?
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Overheard by: figuratively speaking, of course
Boss: What's the hourly rate for Becky? (pause) I want to know her hourly rate. How much per hour?
Lexington, Kentucky
Overheard by: Brian
Cubicle rat in break room: What time is it?
Bagger, looking at digital time clock: 6:30, straight up.
Albertsons Supermarket
California
Overheard by: Bill
Boss: Can you come help me with this Excel thing? I deleted something that I needed.
Admin: Okay. Well, you should just click “undo”.
Boss: What's “clickundo”?
Dayton, Oregon
Overheard by: glad to be in a different department
Co-worker #1: Hey, do we need to dress up when the Japs show up next week?
Boss: Don’t ever refer to them as Japs! That’s racist and very offensive. Please refer to them as Japanese instead.
Co-worker #2: Hey, while we’re being all culturally sensitive and shit, can I show up to work dressed as a ninja to welcome them to America?
115 Perimeter Center Place, NE
Atlanta, Georgia
Coworker: I got rear-ended over the weekend!
VP: In your car?
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: twoferrets
Suit to intern: Why don't you have your boyfriend dig you out?
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Assistant: Are you going to be in next week?
VP: Yes, unless al-Qaeda does something.
1120 20th Street NW
Washington, DC
Presenter: So which button do I hit to get to the next slide?
Coworker: The space bar.
Presenter: Okay, and which one is that?
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: mystified
Customer pays with credit card featuring bear logo.
Employee, very curious: Oh, do you like bears?! [Customer looks quizzical while another employee laughs hysterically.]
Omaha, Nebraska
