South Carolina

But the First Step Is Not Admitting You Have a Problem

Staffer: I just left Publix and my cashier’s name was Kartoon.
HR manager: Oh, yeah! My wife was telling me about her. Do you think her parents meant to name her ‘Khartoum,’ after the country in Africa?
Staffer: I don’t know. Maybe it’s just a popular name from her parents’ native country.
HR manager: Oh, you mean she’s not black?
Staffer: What? No, she’s Asian.
HR manager: Oh. Was I stereotyping just now?
Staffer: Ummm, yeah, a little bit… You are so in the right profession.

Office
Hilton Head, South Carolina

Even One’s Probably Too Many

Woman: That’s why I’m glad I only have one kid — I can’t keep up with all the names.

Sunset Boulevard
Lexington, South Carolina

Overheard by: LL

It’s Always in the Last Place You Look

Pregnant teen cashier: Where is my prostate?
Coworker: Uhhh…

South Carolina

The War’s Gonna Get Expensive If We Have to Care for the Injured

Female suit on cell: I can’t understand why they couldn’t just fix him up there in Baghdad… It was only his arm… And it was still attached!

North Charleston, South Carolina

And by That I Mean Those Little Plastic Containers Shaped Like Lemons

Waitress to customers: We take vodka and add fresh-squeezed lemon juice… from lemons.

Pamplico Highway
Florence, South Carolina

Overheard by: I Prefer Limes

She Found Ways to Entertain Herself on Her Last Day at Work

Customer #1: Does the brownie pie have nuts on it?
Waitress: No.
Customer #2: Why do you want to know if it has nuts on it?
Customer #1: Because I don’t like nuts on my dessert.
Waitress: Do you like nuts on your chin?

Parkland Plaza
Cayce, South Carolina

Overheard by: Trying not to choke

10AM Coffee Break

Employee to uniformed employee: You working today?
UE looks down at shirt: Nope, I’m just a figment of your imagination.

1125 Woodruff Road
Greenville, South Carolina

Overheard by: Roman Fox

9AM Back to Work

Secretary: Something’s wrong with my computer. I think it’s broken.
IT: Your monitor is off.

201 Forrester Drive
Greenville, South Carolina

12PM Update the [Janet] File

[Janet]: You can drown if you drink too much water.

[Janet]: Summer is my favorite month.

[Janet]: Where is Latin? Isn’t that a country?

[Janet]: The funniest thing I heard today, I said it myself. I said, “You mean John White, the black man?”

Co-worker #1: I’ve heard about some diets that help regulate the acid-base balance in the blood. Is there any validity in those diets?”
Co-worker #2: I think that your kidneys help do that.
[Janet]: My equilibrium does that.

Instructor: Emphysema patients have chronic weight loss.
[Janet]: Is that why you gain weight when you quit cigarettes?

2070 North Rivers Business Center
Charleston, South Carolina

The Kids Were Playing in Them Again

Intern: I've found the body bags!

Greenville, South Carolina

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