Perky female temp, walking over to supervisor's cubicle: Hey, I heard we got a new fax machine! Awesome!
Female supervisor: Yeah, it's pretty exciting. They're setting it up right now.
Male supervisor: There seems to be some erotic fascination with the new fax machine. Everyone's over there crowded around it.
(awkward silence)
Perky female temp: I'm gonna go look at it right now!
Female supervisor: Yeah, me too!
Bloomington, Minnesota
Overheard by: I'm pretty sure he meant
Customer: How powerful is that pressure washer?
Salesman: I’m not sure… Uh… It’s powerful enough to take your toes off…
Honolulu, Hawaii
Boss at computer: So, when you say “inbox”… What exactly do you mean by that?
Manhattan, New York
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Engineer: Thing about this global warming is that it's all about where the water is. You have a big enough pipe and you can pump it in the desert, where it's needed…
Hopkinton, Massachusetts
Web guy: I think it'd be better to just give them some instructions, like, “click this, then that, and…”
Communications guy, interrupting: Reporters are lazy and dumb. And that's being charitable.
Manhattan, New York
Engineer #1: You don’t understand…the program’s got unresolved
symbols that won’t work.
Engineer#2: Yeah, I got 2 unresolved symbols for you right here.
8000 West Sunrise Boulevard
Plantation, Florida
Cubicle dweller on phone: If I didn't see gay sex when the server started, I'd be worried.
Itasca, Illinois
Office worker #1: But we don't have any hard data for that.
Office worker #2: Don't worry, we'll just make up some numbers for the presentation.
Plano, Texas
Lady, waiting in line at fast food place: What are your milkshakes made out of?
Cute girl serving: Ah, milk.
Lady: Oh. I'm allergic to milk, can I get it without the milk?
Cute girl: It's a milkshake, and we're a burger joint, we don't have the technology to separate milk from milk.
Lady: Oh, I see. But can I get it without milk?
Cute girl: Sure. Is juice okay, then?
North Lethbridge
Alberta
Canadia
Overheard by: Allestra
