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
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
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
Coworker on phone: So, how big are your tits now?!
MoPac Expressway and Braker Lane
Austin, Texas
Large, bearded interviewee: … And I have to tell you that I do smoke pot… But I used to do construction, and I was high the whole time I did that, and that’s a lot more dangerous than this.
Addison, Texas
Overheard by: curtis
[Male employee #1 offers doughnut to female employee.]
Female employee: I am not putting that into my body.
Male employee #1: That is pretty pompous.
Male employee #2: I know! You should see what she puts into her body, and how fast!
Male employee #1, after long silence: Um, so, did you see my e-mail from yesterday?
North Lamar Boulevard
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: Oh really?
Legal assistant on phone: I said I don’t like talking about MySpace! … Because it always starts a fight!
1900 Pearl Street
Austin, Texas
Teacher: Do you all know your Roman numerals?
Student: Yeah — aren’t them those noodles you eat?
Rosedale Street
Fort Worth, Texas
Overheard by: MsTchr4678