Colleagues May Reject the Defining Films of Your Generation. Get Over It.

Copywriter: I haven’t seen Mallrats.
Designer: What?!
Copywriter: Or The Goonies.
Designer: Have you seen any movie?
Copywriter: Those are the only two I haven’t seen.

Plum Street, Cincinnati
Ohio

Overheard by: Erica

Posted on June 11, 2008
Cinema, Coworkers, Default, Design and Editorial, Designers and Photographers, Ohio, Questions, Weirdness, Writers and Editors

In the Workplace, the “F” Stands for “Fudge”

Manager to employee: Amanda, WTF?
Employee: Did you just swear at me in acronym?

Vancouver
British Columbia
Canadia

Overheard by: Tessa MacKinnon

Posted on June 9, 2008
Canadia, Coworkers, Default, Employees, Insults, Weirdness, Words

Just When You Thought Dating Shows Couldn’t Get Any More Extreme

Receptionist on phone: It was a male chicken, 12 inches tall. It was corn-fed in Iowa and its sign was Pisces… Yeah, bone in.

Constellation
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Kaleb

Posted on June 6, 2008
Animals, Default, On the phone, Receptionists, Service, Weirdness

Bradley Always Gets This Way When He Eats Eggs

Office guy: Woo-hoo! One less child!

Richmond, Virginia

Overheard by: usual suspect

Posted on June 6, 2008
Coworkers, Cubicles, Death, Default, Employees, Feelings, Virginia, Weirdness

Who Do You Think Was Out in the Hall Applauding?

Boss walking by office at 6 pm: Oh, you guys are still here? I just went to the bathroom with the door open.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Posted on June 6, 2008
Bosses, Default, Pennsylvania, Questions, Restroom, Time Management, Weirdness

The Copier Won Last Week’s Fight, Too

Female coworker to copy machine: You have enough paper, you bitch.

Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: The New Guy

Posted on June 5, 2008
Colorado, Coworkers, Default, Insults, Technology, Weirdness

Hey, the Customer Was Willing to Pay Extra

Photo assistant: Eeewwww! I can’t believe you put that in your mouth!

Culver City, California

Overheard by: LaLa Land

Posted on June 4, 2008
Body Parts, California and Northwest, Default, Design and Editorial, Designers and Photographers, Employees, Weirdness

Now Let’s Find a Scapegoat for Sinus Congestion

Coworker #1: Right?
Coworker #2: Right! [Pause.] What did I just agree to?
Coworker #3: We’re blaming the Jews for traffic congestion.

West 57th Street
New York City, New York

Posted on June 3, 2008
Coworkers, Default, Insults, New York, Questions, Religion, Weirdness

As a Good-Faith Offering, I’ll Send You Some Toenail Clippings

Cubicle dweller on phone: If you are right, I will cut off my own foot and mail it to you.

Ravenswood Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: Nikki

Posted on June 2, 2008
Body Parts, Cubicles, Default, Illinois, On the phone, Violence, Weirdness

Tonight’s Movie: Guess Who’s Going to Hell?

IT guy to IT manager: Nice shoes, are they new?
IT manager: Yeah, but they’re too clean and white. They need to be scuffed up more.
IT guy: You know what they should do? They should make the seven-year old Taiwanese kids who sew these wear them for a few days first.
IT manager: Yeah, that’s perfect. Pre-scuffed shoes. They’d be flopping around in shoes way too big, but at least they’d have shoes for a few days.

Good Hope Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Posted on June 2, 2008
Clothes, Colors, Compliments, Coworkers, Default, Employees, Insults, Tech, Tech People, Weirdness, Wisconsin

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