Male coworker: You should send the calls to the UK, since they'll be open tomorrow. They don't celebrate Thanksgiving. Who else will be working tomorrow?
Female coworker: Jewish people. No…wait, that's Christmas.
St. Paul, Minnesota
Male coworker: You should send the calls to the UK, since they'll be open tomorrow. They don't celebrate Thanksgiving. Who else will be working tomorrow?
Female coworker: Jewish people. No…wait, that's Christmas.
St. Paul, Minnesota
General manager: Listen, if you guys can find a way for me to whack off another six months, that would be great.
12112 115th Avenue NE
Kirkland, Washington
Coworker to customer: No, no. I don't think it won't take anything no longer than that.
Mt. Laurel, New Jersey
Overheard by: Annoyed
Supervisor: Just do whatever’s easier for you.
Word processor: It’s easiest to do it this way, ’cause then I don’t have to think.
Supervisor: Well, you want to think a little bit…
Word processor: Nah, not really.
1 World Financial Center
New York, New York
Older woman: Yes, I have fifteen years of commission-only sales experience, and I’m accustomed to traveling four days out of the week.
Interviewer: Oh, um, well that’s great. Um, yes, some of our new hires don’t like traveling because it’s so lonely and can be far from home and, um, you know, like solitudish and lonely.
Older woman: That’s okay with me. Travel is fine, but I can’t travel for three weeks out and one week home. I have two cats. I can leave them for four days at a time but not three weeks.
Interviewer: Oh. Well, that’s unfortunate ’cause we really would like you for the job. Well, um, if something would happen that would mean you could take this job, um, like I won’t get into what that would be or anything morbid or sad or anything…but you could always re-apply.
6500 Matalin Place
Louisville, Kentucky
Insurance representative: If you were to come to us individually, it would cost you about $45 a month, but since you guys get a group rate, it's only $8.61 every other week. That's less than $23 a month!
Kirkland, Washington
Overheard by: Ferox
Kindergarten boy: Mrs. Jones*, I need to go to the bathroom.
Teacher: No, you just went.
Kindergarten boy: Please, Mrs. Jones*. I gotta go.
Teacher: No, you were told you had to wait.
Kindergarten boy: But I have to go now! My marbles are itchy!
Manitoba
Canadia
CSR: No, Courtney is with a customer right now. Can I take a message?…Oh, Courtney just hollered and she’s off the customer now.
106 West Grand River Avenue
Howell, Michigan
IT guy #1: So, Stan* is trying to bring some cohesiveness to our group…
IT guys #2 and #3: [Laughing.]IT guy #1: No, I think it’s working. Because now we’re all like, ‘Fuck you, Stan.’
1135 64th Avenue
SE Calgary
Alberta, Canadia
Sales to admin: I'll be missing golf next week because I'll be off getting married. Oh, wait… It's the week after next.
Jeannette, Pennsylvania
