VP to manager: I mean, Barack Obama…he's much more purple than even black.
Franklin, Tennessee
Overheard by: Morgan
VP to manager: I mean, Barack Obama…he's much more purple than even black.
Franklin, Tennessee
Overheard by: Morgan
Aggravated nurse, complaining about slave monitor malfunction: Can someone come help me with this goddamn thing again?
Helpful, tech-savvy male nurse: What's the matter?
Aggravated nurse: My slave is black!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Speechless, blinking….
Intern #1: That whole team is full of white receivers.
Intern #2: What’s wrong with white receivers?
Intern #1: They’re slow, man. I hate to be racist, but they are slow.
Intern #2: Yeah…
Intern #1: Hey, can I be racist against my own race?
1555 Pearl Street
Boulder, Colorado
Black office worker after getting lunch: Teriyaki sauce? Sweet and sour sauce? No BBQ sauce? How am I supposed to eat my chicken nuggets, don't they know I'm black?
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Jesus Jon
Customer Service Specialist on phone: No, sir. You just had a credit line increase yesterday…Well, sir. That’s how the potato chips.
Customer Service Specialist: …Damn towelhead.
14700 Citicorp Drive
Hagerstown, Maryland
Co-worker #1: [Anna] is really mean.
Co-worker #2: It’s because of her race.
Co-worker #1: What? Her race?
Co-worker #2: Yeah, whatever she is; they’re all like that.
171 17th Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia
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
Designers talking about an ad: I’d throw a white girl in there, for shits and giggles.
Midtown
New York City, New York
Sole African American lady in office: Man! If she sticks her head any farther up the boss' ass, she'll look like me!
Jeannette, Pennsylvania
Co-worker on phone: I’m sorry, can you say that again?…I’m sorry…I’m having some trouble understanding what you’re trying to say…Why don’t you have your boss call me and we can get this straightened out?
Hangs up.
Co-worker: Just go back to your motherfucking country…Christ.
839 Marshall Phelps Road
Windsor, Connecticut
Overheard by: Douchey Douchelton
