Customer: What are all of those light switches for?
Store clerk, without looking up: For turning things on and off.
Wichita, Kansas
Overheard by: Chandra
Customer: What are all of those light switches for?
Store clerk, without looking up: For turning things on and off.
Wichita, Kansas
Overheard by: Chandra
Secretary: Why would she take a gun with her to the parking garage? … This is good news!
111 Huntington Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: intern
Caller on speakerphone: Is so-and-so in?
Office girl: No, he’s out for the week.
Caller on speakerphone: Okay, well, I had you transfer me to what’s-his-name before. Is he in?
Office girl: No, I think he’s gone for the day.
Caller on speakerphone: Do you even work there, or are you just an answering service?
Office girl: Ummm…
Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington, DC
Secretary: Do you think Texas is a southern state?
Wise woman: I guess.
Secretary: It is the furthest south you can go.
2200 Neal Street
Commerce, Texas
Overheard by: Gibby
Receptionist answering phone: XYZ Law Firm*. How can I help you?
Assistant, on the phone: Hey, it’s Kevin*. While I’m buying supplies, can I get myself some candy?
Receptionist: No, just get what’s on the list.
Assistant: But last time I got candy and everyone liked it.
Receptionist: No, no candy.
Assistant: Okay. Um, about the light bulbs… Did you want me to buy frosted or clear ones?
Receptionist: I don’t know. It doesn’t matter. Just get the clear.
Assistant: Yeah… Um, no. They don’t have any clear.
2223 East Speedway Boulevard
Tucson, Arizona
Receptionist: I told him, ‘It doesn’t matter if she’s weird or if she meows like a cat, she’s still your teacher…’
4 Choke Cherry Road
Rockville, Maryland
Overheard by: I never had teachers like that
Receptionist: Girl, you’re young, you’re skinny, you’ve got a boyfriend who makes you happy, and you’re not cramping. You were doomed to have a shitty week here before you walked through that door.
8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: They’re not bitter or anything, though…
Receptionist: Well, I wouldn’t know. I don’t go into the men’s room.
Cintas lady: That’s where I get most of my pleasure at!
8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Nikki
