Employee: Can I help you find something?
Customer: No, you don’t have it.
Employee: Then why are you still here?
Northgate Mall
Seattle, Washington
Employee: Can I help you find something?
Customer: No, you don’t have it.
Employee: Then why are you still here?
Northgate Mall
Seattle, Washington
Receptionist: Every couple weeks or so I have to come back here and molest the printer paper.
Seattle, Washington
Editrix: I remember a time at this company when someone would say there was free food, and I’d go get some. It didn’t matter what it was — I ate it because it was free.
Scheduler: Sounds like a dark time.
2001 Lind Avenue SW
Renton, Washington
Overheard by: Writer guy
Telemarketing guy in retirement plan department, slamming down phone: She’s in 401(K) heat! Ugh!
1445 120th Avenue
Bellevue, Washington
Obnoxious 20-something IT guy to another: Oh, look, here's another set with cats as the background, aren't they just adorable?
Middle-aged librarian lady, overhearing: Da Vinci drew those cats. (pause) And they'll rip your fucking head off.
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: marion the other librarian
Guy: I am full.
Girl: Full of what?
Guy: Full of Dick’s.
539 Queen Anne Avenue North
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: Nick D
Coworker to another, attempting to fix jam in the copier: I swear, Ed, you get more done with your mouth than you do your hands!
Seattle, Washington
Customer: These ice cream cones and a hundred dollars in lotto tickets.
Store clerk: Okay, $106.39
Customer: What? These ice creams cost six dollars?! What a waste of money! No, I dont want them. What a waste. Seriously! No, no — just the lotto tickets.
Eastlake Mart
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: kallisti
Receptionist: Oh, excuse me!
Accountant: It's alright.
Receptionist: Hahaha… do you want to dance?
Accountant: Maybe if you were taller… and better looking.
112th Street
Seattle, Washington
Boy to mother: There isn’t any licorice here!
Liquor Store, 1322 West 3rd Avenue
Spokane, Washington
Overheard by: Eric