Them Some Mad Symbolist Tomes, Bro

Jock #1: Need me some Steinbeck. You read Grapes of Wrath yet?
Jock #2: No.
Jock #1: Makes East of Eden look like trash! It’s hardcore.
Jock #3: Whoa! Cannery Row!
All three: Awesome.

Barnes & Noble
Southlake, Texas

Overheard by: They can read?

Posted on March 23, 2015
Dumb Customers, Gossip, Texas

9AM Back to Work

Inspector: So, are you still a slave to Cox?

200 Quality Circle
College Station, Texas

Posted on March 21, 2015
Consultants, Possible Sexual Harassment, Questions, Texas

1PM Lunch

Partner: Tell me something. Does anyone around here care about me at all? I mean if I were to drop dead right here and now in the middle of the floor would just leave me lying there or at least push me into a dark corner?
Receptionist: I’m sure I could manage a little bit better than that.
Partner: Well, thank you. At least someone cares.

1218 Webster Street
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: Office Slave

Posted on March 21, 2015
Bosses, Death, Gripes, Health & Hygiene, Receptionists, Texas

To Be Fair, They Work at a Toy Factory.

Short male coworker to another: Shouldn't you be making toys somewhere?

College Station, Texas

Posted on March 16, 2015
Coworkers, Questions, Texas, Weirdness

Remember What Happened When You Tried to Dump Dumbo?

Advisor guy: You just gotta remember–you can't jump jumbo.

Austin, Texas

Posted on March 16, 2015
Advice, Employees, General Idiocy, Texas

'Cause Home Is Where the Pancreas Is

Drug rep: All the regulations in this industry just keep getting more strict all the time. I set up a meeting the other day with one of our medical reps and a doctor I know and I couldn't say a word the entire time except to introduce them. I was like a mouse on the floor.
Admin (laughing hysterically): Do you mean “a fly on the wall”?
Drug rep (embarrassed): Give me a break. It's Friday morning and I'm wearing a suit for a meeting that was canceled and nobody told me. I'm going home!

Arlington, Texas

Overheard by: Genyis

Posted on March 15, 2015
Admins, Gripes, Office Politics, Sales, Texas, Words

For Those Who Are Always Getting Sucker-Taught

Coworker #1: You know how there are teachable moments?
Coworker #2: Yeah.
Coworker #1: Well, there should also be punchable moments.

Austin, Texas

Posted on March 14, 2015
Coworkers, Philosophy, Texas

Memo to All Staff: There Will Be a Meeting to Discuss What Can be Done to Curtail the Number of Meetings

Office grunt #1: I hate all these fucking meetings!
Office grunt #2: Didn’t you set this meeting up?
Office grunt #1: Yeah, but that’s not the point.

Oil company office
Houston, Texas

Overheard by: Lara

Posted on March 11, 2015
Comebacks, Coworkers, General Idiocy, Gripes, Meetings, Texas

…Who Buys a Zoot Suit?

Coworker #1: Mothball or malt ball sized hail?
Coworker #2: I think that only matters if you are a windshield.
Coworker #1: They can all die. They ate holes in my 800-dollar zoot suit.
Coworker #2: Aw, man!

Austin, Texas

Posted on March 9, 2015
Animals, Clothes, Coworkers, Death, Money, Texas

Remarkably Unhelpful– I Salute You!

Employee: What happens when things are damaged in transit?
VP of operations: Then it probably won't work when you get it.

Austin, Texas

Posted on March 9, 2015
Bosses and Underlings, Philosophy, Questions, Texas