Time Management

Intern on phone: Uh-huh, yeah. We're staying with the nuns. Apparently you pray for an hour and then you can sleep there. I know.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Boss in team meeting: I know these conversations are going nowhere, but we’re on a deadline so we need to get nowhere faster!

Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Sales guy: If anyone needs Larry* in the warehouse, don’t call. He’s in the dumpster.

8220 England Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Boss: So, is there any other duty that you do on a daily basis that we should include on this list?
Worker: You mean other than miscellaneous bullshit?
Boss: Well, how much time do you spend on miscellaneous bullshit everyday?
Worker: Depending on the day, between 10 minutes and 8 hours.

4913 West Laurel Street
Tampa, Florida

Overheard by: hang on voltaire

Co-worker #1: Are they going to do that thing where they make it get darker earlier again this year?
Co-worker #2: You mean Daylight Savings? Yes, I think so. I think it happens pretty much every year.

171 17th Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia

Suit: It was 6 hours of nonstop powerdrinking. My wife was at a Christmas party and asked me to pick her up, and I said, “Even I would not get behind the wheel now!”

350 Madison Ave.
New York, NY

Old lady, told class would run late: I have to get home and toss my husband’s salad!

Class erupts with laughter, and the boy next to her explains the innuendo.

Old lady: If I was going to lick his ass, I’d say so… But it isn’t something I’d do before dinner.

CCSN campus
Las Vegas, Nevada

Housekeeping lady, emptying cubicle garbages: Were you in a training class all week?
Engineer: Yes. It made for a long week.
Housekeeping lady: I swore I would never go back to another class after I graduated high school.

Phoenix, Arizona

Overheard by: Lisa

Cute office peon: What’s wrong, Tom*?
Tom: I’m just feeling a little depressed today.
Cute office peon: Why?
Tom: I had planned this party over the weekend, and no one showed up.
Cute office peon: Don’t feel bad about that, Tom. It’s not your fault that your friends can’t come!

5500 University Parkway
San Bernardino, California

Overheard by: And she knows this how?

Angry old engineer: Goddammit! This company couldn’t engineer its way out of a paper bag with a fucking uzi and a blowtorch! What the fuck is it that we do around here?!

5634 University Avenue
Denver, Colorado