Retail

Employee: Fuck you very much for calling Blockbuster; how may I abuse you?…Oh, hi, Bill* [regional manager]…Yeah, today’s my last day.

Blockbuster
Del Mar, California

Overheard by: Petyr

Female coworker #1: I’m sure *Mark hates being the only guy on these smoke breaks; especially when we start talking about our vagina issues.
Female coworker #2: That’s how I feel when y’all talk about football. Football is my vagina.

Sex Toy Company
Las Vegas, Nevada

Overheard by: Sex Writer Goddess

Employee #1: You know that part of your brain that stops you from doing stupid shit?
Employee #2: Nope.
Employee #1: Oh.

Galleria
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: consultantinka

White rich girl leaving mall with friends: I am so much more gangsta than you!

Mall
Des Moines, Iowa

Overheard by: Am I Really in Iowa?

Smug manager: The store is set up in concepts.
New, confused employee: [nods]Smug manager: We like to think that it tells a story.

Banana Republic
Dulles, Virginia

Overheard by: Karen

RVP: Hey, I thought you were out sick today.
Sales manager: Nope, I was just tired.
RVP: [peeved] Nice.
Sales manager: Hey, you brought me here for my brutal honesty.

8833 W. Sunset Boulevard
West Hollywood, California

Busboy: I’m joining the national guard next week. You get lots of tuition for only one weekend a month and two weeks a year.
Manager: Yeah, right. Pick me up a key chain from Baghdad, would you?

Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana

Overheard by: Shatmandu

New-Age employee: Yeah, my granddaughter is an Indigo Child. She can talk to the dead. But, if you ask me, her parents really aren’t doing enough with her talent.

1712 Spring Garden Street
Greensboro, North Carolina

Overheard by: Atheist cashier in the wrong line of work

Young boy: Mom! We’ve been in line for a really long time!!
Mother: No, not really. Stop complaining.
Young boy: Yes we have! We got here at 10:00, and it’s almost 12:30!!
Mother: Damn the public school system for teaching you how to tell time.

Petco
Enfield, Connecticut

Overheard by: Dark_Kitty

Collegiate on cell: Hey, Mom, you’ll be proud of me — I actually bought books at Borders — to read!

Barnes & Noble, Center City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: book stacker