Texas

Bookseller: That’s “s” as in “sand”, “b” as in “Betty”, “l” as in… “lupus”.

Barnes & Noble
Grapevine, Texas

Overheard by: lupus? really? you went with lupus?

Female workbee #1: *Dan takes this rubber cockroach and tosses it over into *Linda’s cubicle. She just freaks and goes running out of the building screaming at the top of her lungs.
Female workbee #2: Do you know if anyone ate her donut?

City Offices
Houston, Texas

Woman on phone: Well, do you want to sleep or do you want to die? You can’t have it both ways.

Fort Worth, Texas

Male peon: Lot of words on those pages.
Female peon, trying to read on her lunch break: [Blinks] Yeah… Being a book, and all.
Male peon: Well, I dunno. I never really read any book-books. Just, like, magazines and stuff.
Female peon: [Stares.]

Manor Road
Austin, Texas

Talkative grunt: That was a joke. I’m a comedian. Don’t worry. I’ll be here all week.
Boss walking by: Don’t count on it.

Senlac Drive
Dallas, Texas

Overheard by: I miss the days of job security

Engineer during meeting: So I tried to ask Hitler yesterday, but he was no help.

Senlac Drive
Dallas, Texas

Overheard by: hope he doesn’t know I’m jewish…

Office manager to adult male employee, in reference to getting his name embroidered on his jacket: No, you never do that. That means pedophiles can come up to you and go “Jooohhn… Come heeeeeere, I’ve got some caaaaaaandy!”

Humble Texas

Frustrated supervisor: Yeah, I’m down with all this safety crap, but you know? Sometimes I wish I had a job where I could potentially cut my hand off.

Dallas, Texas

Overheard by: Mr. Safety

Whiny girl: I don’t know why anyone won’t take me seriously!
Mentor: Well, Kimmy*, you’ve got to show some confidence.

San Antonio, Texas

Overheard by: Not Steffi

Client: I never smoked a cigarette a day in my life!
Assistant: Well, you’re just a regular choirboy!
Client: Smoked a kilo of dope — didn’t see a need for cigarettes!

Real estate office
Texas