Words

Designer on phone: You lost your chi? Is it with your red shirt? He stole your chi? He's a chi-stealer!

Broadway
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Editrix

Network Administrator: I’m like a successful pimp. I punch three hos at a time!

859 Cotting Court
Vacaville, California

Coworker #1: I keep putting an “L” in your name when I type it!
Coworker #2, named Heather: Really?
Coworker #1: I think it's because I type “health” all the time…
Coworker #3: I was thinking “leather!”

Central Pennsylvania

Overheard by: suprchick

Hot employee to boss, about repetitive tasks: I don't want to pigeon my hole.

London
England

Boss to secretary: Before you send that in the mail there's one caveat.
Secretary: Who's Juan Caveat? Does he get a copy of the invoice?
Boss: No, no. “Caveat” means “condition.” There's one condition.

Cockeysville, Maryland

Intercom: Hey, how do you spell Sarah with an “h”?
Assistant: Yes.

3350 Tillamook Street
Portland, Oregon

Overheard by: Carrie Cole

40-something owner: I was working with my horse this weekend but he was being difficult. He was acting like a faggot!
Gay employee: Excuse me! I find that extremely offensive!
40-something owner: Well, you know what I mean. “Faggot” is what my friends and I used to call each other when we were kids.

Southern California

Overheard by: Could have been anybody…

Elevator geek: An IUD is not a weapon. It's a contraceptive.
Elevator cougar: Depends on who you ask.

Portland, Oregon

Colleague: What happened to the woman who used to process requisitions? Her office looks deserted.
Secretary: She’s gone.
Colleague: Is she going to be replaced?
Secretary: We don’t replace people in this office; we just hire someone new.

1400 John R. Lynch Street
Jackson, Mississippi

Boss to underling: That's a direct quote. Not word for word, but the gist of it.

Cleveland, Ohio

Overheard by: eric