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
Coworker on phone: Yeah, I’ll be over later, but without the ticks.
Johnson City, Tennessee
Intern: It was like calling that midget the N-word
Nashville, Tennessee
Accountant: A Charlie Brown Christmas was on the other day and me and my sister were watching it when Peppermint Patty opened her mouth and a man’s voice popped out. I turned to my sister and said: “Oh my god! Peppermint Patty’s a big ol’ dyke! Turn that damn thing off!”
Secretary: I was raised by a lesbian couple.
Accountant: Oh… Oh, I’m sorry.
Sixth Avenue
Nashville, Tennessee
Co-worker: You know, you should stay home when you’re sick. You ruined my whole weekend.
Sick co-worker: [Laughs.]Co-worker, enraged: I’m not kidding! You ruined my whole weekend! Stay home next time, damnit!
Jefferson Road
Cookeville, Tennessee
Analyst #1: I tried working out last night.
Analyst #2: How much did you lift?
Analyst #1: I had 225 on the bar.
Analyst #2: Did you get it up?
Analyst #1: Nah, I chickened out.
Cookeville, Tennessee
Overheard by: Diddy
Girl looking out window at rain: I picked a bad day to go straight.
Clarksville, Tennessee
Overheard by: Girl 3
Coworker #1: She keeps sending me e-mails from home, wanting me to do all this shit that can totally wait until she gets back in the office… She’s supposed to be on vacation, for Christ’s sake!
Coworker #2: So just tell her to back off!
Coworker #1: Nah… I e-mailed her and told her she should be using this time to relax and recharge, and that we would tackle this stuff once she’s back in the office and refreshed from vacation.
Coworker #2: Wow… That’s the most eloquent ‘Fuck you’ I’ve ever heard!
Carruthers Parkway
Franklin, Tennessee
Overheard by: quite impressed
Lady worker: He’s the type of person that stands outside when it’s raining to see if it’s wet enough!
Commerce Street
Nashville, Tennessee
Overheard by: pedestrian
Male boss, after female employee leaves room after argument: Now I know why men beat their wives.
465 Democrat Road
Memphis, Tennessee
