Receptionist: Ugh! I don’t understand how I can do my job when the phone keeps ringing!
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: doing her job
Receptionist: Ugh! I don’t understand how I can do my job when the phone keeps ringing!
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: doing her job
Secretary on phone: You are too happy, you aren't there alone, are you? (pause) Mmmmhmm, it is hot. (pause) I'm gonna let you go and call that crazy Tom* (pause) Oh, you wanna do a three-way instead? Let me see what I can do.
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Overheard by: Not in on the action
Young receptionist: I keep finding cat scratches all over me!
Female accounts: Do you even have a cat?
Young receptionist: Yeah, I had to wash him.
Female accounts: Why in the hell would you wash a cat, they're self-cleaning!
Croydon Road
Australia
Office manager: Could you save this file somewhere in the system, please?
Receptionist: Where?
Office manager: Well, save it somewhere so that I could find it easily.
Receptionist, when manager leaves: Sure, bitch, I will do it, but don’t ask me if you can’t find it.
Office manager, returning: Excuse me?
Receptionist: Uh… I just said that I will save it in your directory, ma’am.
1250 Broadway
New York, New York
Overheard by: jullylully
Secretary: If we call this basket “inhouse” mail, shouldn’t we call this basket “outhouse” mail?
401 Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee
Receptionist: For us it was never really about the torture. It was more about the ping pong, or table tennis if you will.
Hewitt, Minneapolis
Minnesota
Receptionist: Thank you for calling XYZ Inc*.
Customer: Yes, I just received a call from this number on my phone. Who are you again?
Receptionist: XYC Inc. Do you..?
Customer: Oh, yeah! I ordered from you guys! Did my order come in yet?
Receptionist: I have no idea sir. What is y…
Customer: Oh, you probably need my name, huh?
Receptionist: That would help.
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Cat
Receptionist: Every couple weeks or so I have to come back here and molest the printer paper.
Seattle, Washington
Assistant on phone: Do you sell custom rings? Rings, yes… Rings. Rings! Rings… For fingers… Rings for fingers! You are a jewelry store, right? Rings… Rings!
Talent Management company
Beverly Hills, California
VP: Has anyone seen my teabags?
Receptionist: Where did you last put them?
VP: On the kitchen counter.
Receptionist: You put your teabags on the counter? Did anyone see you?
VP: No, no one else was there.
Receptionist: Are they jumbo-sized teabags?
VP: No, they're regular size, and I've looked everywhere!
Vienna, Virginia
Overheard by: Office drone
