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Peon: Hey, I can't look at our webpage without the browser crashing.
IT manager: Which browser?
Peon: Ff 4.
IT manager: What?
Peon: Firefox 4.
IT manager: What's a Firefox?
Peon: Uh, let's pretend I said IE.

South Morang
Australia

President and CEO: That's what “underwater” means.

Cleveland, Ohio

Director: We simply can’t idiot-proof everything. Sometimes the idiots just have to suffer and die.
Co-worker: I think that’s called “evolution”.

2100 I-70 Drive SW
Columbia, Missouri

Overheard by: Amy Zing

Coworker on phone: Scabies. (pause) No… Scabies. (pause, then louder) Scabies! (louder) S-c-a-b-i-e-s!!
(everyone in office looks at him)
Coworker, looking at coworkers and shaking head: Sorry, everyone!

Manhattan, New York

Admin #1: I have to have my green tea to protect me from other people's colds!
Coworker: It's too early for cold season. Yes, do whatever it takes to stay healthy.
Admin #1: Yes, and I also like echinacea but dont have any.
Admin #2: Ah, I like euthanasia too.
(pause)
Admin #2: Wait, what's the difference between euthanasia and echinacea anyways?

Fairfield County, Connecticut

Accountant, about a bruised banana: Oh, was it beating around in your bush?

Toronto
Canadia

Web editor: I'm a very colorful person. You have to get to know me before you see all the colors of my rainbow.
Reporter: I think we just had a Skittles moment.

Huntsville, Alabama

Overheard by: Niki D.

Peon: Oh, you're going downstairs? Can I get a fag yogurt?
Manager: A… what?
Peon: A fag yogurt. (pause) Well, it's spelled f-a-g-e but we pronounce it the other… way. It's kind of… funny. (long pause) Am I fired?

Manhattan, New York

Quiet IT guy: My dingleberries have been really slow lately.

Sparks, Maryland

Overheard by: Operator

PR gal: We need a really memorable tag line, like “Stop, Drop and Roll” from the ’80s. Whatever happened to that, anyway?
Intern guy: It still works if you’re on fire.

41 Madison Avenue
New York, NY