Office girl: Yeah, my mom is on AIM. I blocked her.
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Love my job
Office girl: Yeah, my mom is on AIM. I blocked her.
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Love my job
Lady on phone: No, he did not get in. He did make an attempt, but things went south from there… I was wearing my skirt with the slit up the side. Nooo, you can only see somethin’ when I am sitting down… Because I am a lady.
18th and L Street NW
Washington, DC
Cube rat on phone: Do you have safety deposit boxes? (pause) And how big is your biggest one? (pause) 10 by 10? How deep are those? (pause) But…what's the third dimension? (pause) There is none? Um, okay, thanks anyway. Bye.
Washington, DC
VP: How do you spell “only”? Is it o-w-n-l-y?
Washington, DC
Overheard by: the man has 3 degrees
Co-worker #1: I’m not sure that’s right, though. I pulled it out of my database.
Co-worker #2: Is that what you call your ass, sir, a database?
2000 Navy Pentagon
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Salted Fish
Assistant: Are you going to be in next week?
VP: Yes, unless al-Qaeda does something.
1120 20th Street NW
Washington, DC
Staff member holding disheveled pile of papers: Now I have to go hand this in with the pages all crinkly ’cause someone threw a water balloon into my cubicle.
Washington, DC
Overheard by: culprit
Boss: G-mail chat is like the grown-up, mature version of AIM, even though we still talk about pee-pee and poo-poo.
2 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington, DC
Old drone: I'm not computer suave-y like you all…
Navy Yard
Washington, DC
Office worker: You know how everyone just looks at themselves and sees pure ugliness?
1800 G Street NW
Washington, DC
