…Or Should We Take a Cigarette Break First?

Young female employee: Is the hole too big now?
Slightly older male employee: Um, I don't know… Here, can you pull it out?
Young female employee: Yeah… Oh, okay, now I think the hole is lined up.
Slightly older male employee: That's better, huh? Push it in.
Young female employee: Oh, wait… now it's moving a little bit.
Slightly older male employee: Yeah? That's better?
Young female employee: Do you want to push it in now against the wall?

Syracuse, New York

Posted on October 22, 2009
Body Parts, Compare and contrast, Coworkers, New York, Questions, Sexuality, Weirdness, Wishes

Public School Teachers Don't Get Paid Enough

Coworker on phone: Okay, don't punch any prisoners in the face.

Fordham University
Manhattan, New York

Posted on October 22, 2009
Body Parts, Coworkers, Education, New York, On the phone, Violence, Weirdness

Gotta Love Electric-Shock Research!

Professor in nearby cubicle: They were human beings; you had to harass them a little.
Student: Yeah.

West Lafayette, Indiana

Overheard by: Rachel S

Posted on October 21, 2009
Cubicles, Indiana, Students, Teachers, Violence, Weirdness

…So, in Summary, the Receptionist Is Out to Lunch.

Coworker on phone: She's out of the circle. (pause) Well, she was never in the circle. (pause) But she was closer to the circle than others. (pause) She was orbiting outside the circle! (snort)

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: innercircle

Posted on October 21, 2009
Compare and contrast, Coworkers, On the phone, Pennsylvania, Weirdness

Say My Title! Say It!

Female manager: Give it to me, give it to me!
Male employee: Take it! Take it! Take it!

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Posted on October 19, 2009
Bosses, Employees, Offers and requests, Pennsylvania, Sexuality, Weirdness

The Sick Part Is, the Magazine Is BusinessWeek

Peon to office: Has anyone seen a magazine and some aloe lotion?

Broadway, Chicago

Posted on October 16, 2009
Coworkers, Health & Hygiene, Illinois, Pop culture, Questions, Weirdness

You're Just Fantastic At…Whatever It Is You Do Here.

Female sales director: So let me get this straight, you're asking me to look as slutty as possible for the event?
Male VP: Well, that is why I hired you, after all.
Female sales director: Wow! Did you really just say that?
Male VP: What? Okay, okay… you're good at your job too. Happy?

California

Posted on October 15, 2009
Bosses, California, Compare and contrast, Hiring & Firing, Offers and requests, Physical Appearance, Possible Sexual Harassment, Questions, Sales, Weirdness

That's How He Knows the Truth Shall Set You Free

Forklift driver on shipping dock to another: Dude, you know where you find god? In jail. That's where everyone finds him. He's not on the street, he's locked up!

Berkeley Heights, New Jersey