Your Editors Are Betting on Either “Buddy” or “Junior”

Lady on phone: Hey, it's Allison. Do you know if there is a website where you can see if someone has an outstanding warrant out for them? (pause) Can you look online and find one? (pause) You know my husband's name, right?

Florida

Overheard by: Scared In Orlando

Posted on July 20, 2009
Family, Florida, Internet, Names, On the phone, Questions, Weirdness

The Original Premise Of Mannequin Was Much More Interesting Than the Final Product

Senior partner, leaving office: So don't worry, I'll have those figures for you tomorrow.
(elevator doors shut)
Senior partner, to assistant: But anyway, he picked up the mannequin and started biting the fingers off it.
Assistant: No! What did Jenny say?
Senior partner: She was in the bath the whole time! She didn't see a thing!
Assistant: Oh my god! Was that before she came out and found the Puerto Rican guy on the beanbag?
Senior partner: Yes! And by this time, my mother had already left, so Jenny and I just had to get everything of importance out of the lounge room and lock the doors.
Assistant: That's amazing!

Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Kate

Posted on July 20, 2009
Australia, Bosses, Employees, Questions, Violence, Weirdness

Your Bunch Is Waiting for You

Receptionist, over intercom: Would anyone with a banana please come to the front desk?

Boston, Massachusetts

Posted on July 17, 2009
Massachusetts, Meals and Snacks, Offers and requests, On the phone, Receptionists, Weirdness

Wasn't Clitter a Mariah Carey Movie?

Woman to group: Yeah, so she had her baby through c-section.
Surprised woman, interrupting: C-section? Why?
Woman: I don't know, maybe they glued her clitter shut.
Serious woman: Nice, Jane.

Michigan

Posted on July 16, 2009
Body Parts, Coworkers, Health & Hygiene, Michigan, Questions, Weirdness

I'd Rather Not Spill About That Night in Cabo with the Mule

Coworker #1: The system won't let me type any letters in the credit field of my insurance quote.
Coworker #2: Have you tried confessing your darkest sins to the Lord and trying again?
Coworker #1: I'll just have the help desk do it.

Caledonia, Michigan

Overheard by: Playtah