Dominatrixes Have Strict Certification Requirements

Coworker on phone: All I want to hear is you had a class…I don't want to hear about being tied up… It's all in a day's work.

Columbia, Missouri

Overheard by: just trying to focus

Posted on August 12, 2008
Compare and contrast, Coworkers, Default, Education, Missouri, On the phone, Wishes

What? I'm Being Ironic!

Bill: I wish we had a bar like Cheers where everyone knows your name.
Shawn: Maybe we could wear nametags next time we go to a happy hour?
Howard: We wore nametags at your company's happy hour fundraiser and no one remembered shit.
Shawn: Hey!
Bill: That's because the employees of Shawn's company are slow in the head.
Shawn: Okay, we may be slow, but at least we aren't uh… (pause) I'll think of something (scratches head) just give me a minute.

Washington, DC

Overheard by: Management Ninja!

Posted on July 31, 2008
Default, Friends, General Idiocy, Names, Offers and requests, Washington DC, Wishes

We Grab Our Asses During the Day

Boss, explaining how to prepare contract documents: We do this so that we’re not running around, trying to grab our asses in the middle of the night. That’s not what we want to do!

Navy Yard
Washington, DC

Overheard by: Matt

Posted on July 31, 2008
Bosses, Default, The Military, Time Management, Washington DC, Wishes

Besides, No One Should Commit Career Suicide Alone

Retail employee #1: I’m gonna have to leave early today, my friend and I are going to go and get the Wii.
Retail employee #2: Oooh, the weed? I want some!

Stonebriar Mall
Frisco, Texas

Posted on July 28, 2008
Compare and contrast, Default, Employees, Retail, Substance Use & Abuse, Technology, Texas, Wishes, Words

Which Is When He Told Me About Overheardintheoffice.com!

Coworker on phone: So I told our new accountant what I needed, and he looks at me and says: “But this will take me all day.” I told him: “It takes me all day to do my job too. Did you have other plans?”

3rd Avenue
New York City, New York