Tennessee

Health care counselor, advising another about a caller: Well, unless he has AIDS or MS, he’s out of luck.

Metrocenter Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee

Overheard by: happyhealthworker

Financial director to IT tech who was having difficulty connecting a computer for a presentation: So, you can't get it up?
IT guy: Oh, don't say it like that…

Nashville, Tennessee

Salesperson over intercom: Justin, will you please get out of the happiness place?

Nashville, Tennessee

Overheard by: dolly

Serious nurse: …but, I'd be lying if I said bloodlust didn't have a lot to do with it.

Hospital
Manchester, Tennessee

Overheard by: Mouse

Accountant: We’re taking Mark* to Joe’s Crab Shack for his retirement party at the end of the month.
Secretary: Is that where you want to go? I figured you for more of a Hooters man. Wouldn’t you rather have Hooters than crabs?
Mark: I thought the two went hand in hand! You can’t have one without the other.

401 Church Street
Nashville Tennessee

Caller, after lengthy pause: Sorry, I’m just unplugging the computer.
Tech support: That’s ok. I just pretend I’m getting one of those heavy breathing calls.

Memphis, Tennessee

Woman at the copier: I'm not saying she's a whore, just that she likes penis more than her kids.

Jackson, Tennessee

Manager #1: He is just here to put out the fires that get lit under my ass.
Manager #2: Basically I’m the ass guard. I provide ass protection.

400 East 11th Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee

CSR: Good morning. ABC Bank* — how can I help you?
Customer: I’d like to talk to the person who answers the phones after hours — y’know, the 24-hour line?
CSR: The 24-hour line is automated, but I can put you through to–
Customer: –No, no, no. I want to talk to the lady who answers the phone when you’re closed.
CSR: Oh, see, that’s not an employee. It’s a recording.
Customer: What? No. See, I spoke to her three times last night and she knows my situation, so I need her. Is she there during the day?
CSR: … Sir, it’s not a real person. It’s a recording [hangs up].

Decatur, Tennessee

Outgoing office assistant helping new one fill out HR paperwork: Wow! You look so different in your driver's license picture.
New assistant: Yeah, I was so much skinnier and my hair was so much better.
Outgoing office assistant: How is your hair different now?
New assistant: Well, you know when you're having a bunch of sex, your hair changes?

Nashville, Tennessee