Female office worker: There's a mouse in the trap under my desk! Come move it!
Male office work: Is he dead?
(supervisor walks in with on tail end of conversation)
Supervisor: All deceased records go to George.
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Ear Hustler
Girl to friend: Why don't we just give her one of my mom's old boob implants? She had a mastectomy and never had it fixed, so she just puts a sock in there, and has a drawer full of implant boobs we could use.
Amherst, Massachusetts
Coworker #1: Can you believe the whole company needs to take an ethics exam? It’s online, but still…
Coworker #2: Yeah, it sucks. I heard that one department’s doing the whole thing on a conference call together.
Coworker #1: But there’s a test…
Coworker #2: Yeah, they’re all taking the test together. One person says the answer and everybody enters it on their screen after the first person confirms it’s right.
Midtown
New York, New York
Gamer on phone: That good, huh? Wait, what do you mean by “He didn’t finish”? You guys put sex on hold for World of Warcraft! No way, that’s dedication.
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: Sex > wow FTW
CSR: Do you know your son’s name? Your secret question is “What is your son’s name?” Do you know your son’s name?
Person resetting password: No, ma’am, I don’t know what that is either.
Mishawka, Indiana
Male coworker: In my own little way I got to ride John Glenn’s rocket!
Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida
Overheard by: Just passing by
Girl student to friend: If we can't operate an elevator here, how are we going to operate an elevator in another country?
Loyola University
Maryland
Overheard by: Nikki C.
Boss: You close that deal yet?
Sales guy: No, but I just got a verbal faxed.
60 Main Street
Waltham, Massachusetts
Marketing manager to call center manager: The numbers you provided me on this spreadsheet don't add up.
Call center manager: Numbers only add up in a perfect world.
Sudbury
Ontario
Canadia
Clerk: I got an error message on that email I sent.
Manager: Well, then you aren’t holding your mouth right, are ya?
Clerk: What?
1400 Douglas Street
Omaha, Nebraska
