Sales peon: You'll have to excuse my intelligence, sir.
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: You're Excused
Sales peon: You'll have to excuse my intelligence, sir.
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: You're Excused
Sales guy on phone with prospect: Yeah, well, then you get confused and don't know what to do and you're like a deer with headlights.
William St
New York City, New York
Sales exec: I've seen things in the women's bathroom that I never want to see again in my life. And I've seen them more than once.
St Louis, Missouri
Redneck salesman #1: Don't you have a customer coming into the showroom?
Redneck salesman #2: I sure do, but if she's there when I walk in I'm gonna walk right by because I have got to take a shit.
Wichita, Kansas
Overheard by: crittle monkey
Sales VP: You know, Dave* in IT has a navigation tool you can use to help you with that project.
Marketing VP: Great! (mutters note to self) Must ask Dave to show me his tool.
(CEO starts giggling uncontrollably)
Lexington, Massachusetts
Sales rep: Why didn't you answer the IMs I sent you yesterday?
Designer: I was off yesterday.
Sales rep: You mean IMs don't go through if someone isn't online?
(designer stares)
Sales rep: What?
Howell, Michigan
Overheard by: Dunder MIfflin
Coworker (loudly): Wow, it's really quiet in here!
Sales rep #1: Not anymore.
Sales rep #2: Shut up! You're ruining it!
Camden Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Ren
Sales manager to marketing manager: Isn't it sad when you've spent so much time talking on the phone to customers during the day that you don't want to talk to your wife when you get home?
Marketing manager: No.
Sales manager to recently engaged co-worker: See, this is what you have to look forward to. During the first year you'll argue like crazy, then after that… You won't care anymore.
Tennessee
Overheard by: M&M
Sales exec, hurrying to the bathroom: Wish me luck with this one, I’m gonna need it!
Queensbury, New York
