General Manager: I have an email problem, I need you to answer a question…Do I have to use all lowercase Ls here? Can’t I use 1s? They look like 1s.
IT: No! You have to use Ls! That is how e-mail works! It’s an address that you have to get right!
General Manager: It’s hard to tell if it is an L or a 1.
IT: Well yes, but from context clues, the email says, “Little Girl.”
General Manager: Well you know what they say about assuming. Makes an ass…you…me.
13601 FM 529 Road
Houston, Texas
Coworker: Well, we just need to nip this in the booty.
Colleague: “Nip it in the booty?”
Coworker: Yeah, some people get offended when you say butt.
Coral Springs, Florida
Overheard by: Sesame
Manager: Look at this, this lady put “dictaphone” under skills on their resume.
Worker: What? A dickaphone? Was she a phone sex operator?
1402 Harborside Drive
Galveston, Texas
Overheard by: ladyinthemidst
IT guy: I'm not sure how we can figure out what happened.
IT manager: Well, I guess the only thing you can do is grab the batch.
IT secretary, eavesdropping: I think I got in trouble for that in high school.
IT manager: For what?
IT secretary: For grabbing a batch.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: i'm sure she did
Male coworker: Your mom.
Female coworker #1: Leave that whore outta this.
Female coworker #2: Whoah, did she just say…?
Female coworker #1: Yes, I did.
Boss: The “h” word?
Female coworker #1: Actually, it's the “w” word.
Plainsboro, New Jersey
Employee, talking to a customer on the phone: It’s great to hear a friendly face!
Columbia, Missouri
Overheard by: Kyle Ahrens
Career woman: Last year I couldn’t even spell consultant, and now I is one.
Two Penn Plaza
New York, NY
Overheard by: Michelle Sydney Levy
Reporter: People don't always speak in direct quotes.
Chicago, Illinois
Receptionist on phone: Are your panties un-bunched?!
55th Street and 3rd Avenue
New York, New York
Coworker: I have one word for this project: absolutely ridiculous.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Mark C
