God Still Owes Me a Favor from That Hurricane

Young attorney shouting to secretary: Anna*, is it Wednesday?
Secretary: Yes, Jim*.
Young attorney: Still?
Secretary: Yes, Jim, still.
Young attorney: Can you work on that?
Secretary: Sure, Jim.

Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: wishing it was friday

Posted on February 15, 2011
Georgia, Lawyers, Offers and requests, Questions, Receptionists, Time Management, Weirdness

You Just Said a Mouthful, Lady.

60-something woman, fumbling through kitchen: I'm looking for a good teabag. It's been a rough day and I just really need a good teabag.

New Haven, Connecticut

Posted on February 15, 2011
Connecticut, Employees, Feelings, Meals and Snacks, Weirdness, Wishes

…What? You Asked How It Was Hangin'!

Cube dweller to another: I can only find one of my nuts and I was hoping you had a spare.

Woodinville, Washington

Posted on February 14, 2011
Body Parts, Employees, Offers and requests, Washington, Weirdness

Aren't We All, Honey?

Angry manager: You are talking apples, I am talking oranges, and we're both trying to get to the banana!

Lynnwood, Washington

Posted on February 11, 2011
Admins, Anger management, Washington, Weirdness, Words

And the Elves Who Assembled It in Their Hollow Factree

Engineer: It's a mini keyboard. I have a computer hooked up to my tv so I can browse the internet and watch p… movies.
Manager, laughing: I heard the “p.”
Salesgirl: Wait, so you lay in bed and play with it?
Manager: Actually, yes, that's exactly what he was saying.
Sales girl: Oh, can I touch it?
Engineer: Only me and the FedEx driver have touched it.

New York, New York

Posted on February 11, 2011
Admins, Engineers, New York, Possible Sexual Harassment, Questions, Sales, Technology, Weirdness

Together, We Can Wipe Out Lipstick Smearage in Our Lifetime.

Male coworker #1: Do you and your wife kiss?
Male coworker #2: God, no! Of course not!

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Thorn

Posted on February 11, 2011
Coworkers, New York, Questions, Relationships, Sexuality, Weirdness

When Freudian Therapists Travel

Tourist: Excuse me, do you know where Randall's log cabins is located?
Local clerk: Randall's log cabins?
Tourist: Yes, do you know where they are located?
Local clerk: Where they are located?
Tourist: Yes, they are somewhere in this area.
Local clerk: In this area?
Tourist: Yes, do you know where they are?
Local clerk:Do I know where they are?
Tourist: Yes, Randall's log cabins, I need directions to it.
Local clerk: You need directions?
Tourist: How about a map, do you have a map of this area?
Local clerk: Do I have a map of this area?

Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

Overheard by: jocko james

Posted on February 10, 2011
Employees, General Idiocy, Geography & History, Questions, Tennessee, Tourists, Weirdness

You Have to Possess a Certain Level Of Maturity When You Work with Puppeteers.

Secretary: Here, let me see it… You need to leave a hole in it big enough to fit a few fingers in, they always put their hands in it.
Male worker: Like this?
Secretary: Yeah, that will work… Now just stick it wherever you like.
Male worker: Anywhere?
Secretary: Yup, anywhere.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Posted on February 8, 2011
Advice, Body Parts, Michigan, Questions, Receptionists, Weirdness

The Cultural Effects Of RuPaul's Drag Race Have Yet to Be Fully Known.

Dispatcher to officer: Holland and Outer, for a male black wearing only a pink sheet running in and out of traffic.

Saginaw, Michigan

Posted on February 7, 2011
Clothes, Cops, Michigan, Race, Weirdness

On Quiet Nights, You Can Hear the Moths Scream

Marketing drone: There is an island near New Guinea where all the animals are small. There is a pygmy puma that survives on moths.
(silence from marketing room)
Marketing drone: Moths!

Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Sumi

Posted on February 2, 2011
Animals, Employees, Geography & History, Illinois, Lies, Weirdness

Weirdness