Words

Engineer #1: Can I borrow these probes?
Engineer #2: Are you going to bring them back?
Engineer #1: Yeah, sure.
Engineer #2: Probes never come back. There’s like a probe-hole somewhere. Like the same place socks go in the laundry.
Engineer #1: … Did you just say ‘probe-hole’?
Engineer #2: Ummm… Yes.

Rochester, New York

Boss: Don't forget to include an STD with that mailing.
Temp: STD?
Boss: “Save The Date” card.
Temp: Oh! I thought you meant “Sexually Transmitted Disease.”
Boss: What kind of magazines do you read, anyway?

Providence, Rhode Island

Whiny cube dweller: But I just really enjoy my sausage in the morning, ya know?

Coburg, Oregon

Boss #1: We have a caulk issue.
Boss #2: Is it big?
Boss #3: Very.
Employee passerby: I know all about caulk — it’s very sticky.

548 Highway 155
St. Germain, Wisconsin

Overheard by: Tony

Executive: Are you making jokes about my weight again?
Assistant: No, I always call you “The big g”. The “g” stands for “goodness”.

Avenue of the Americas
New York City, New York

Interviewer, during phone interview: Do you have any experience with suppository management?

Cupertino, California

Office Manager: How do you spell “Useta”?
Co-worker: Use it in a sentence.
Office Manager: I “useta” drink Cokes; now I only drink water.
Co-worker: That is an Arkansas word.

1700 Westpark Drive
Little Rock, Arkansas

20-something female coworker, about guy he's met online: He's so smart. He uses real sentences, with real words, with real punctuation!

Grandview Heights, Ohio

Overheard by: Rich Hamburglar

Director: It’s one of those chicken-before-the-horse things.

925 4th Avenue
Seattle, Washington

Overheard by: Blaque Mackintosh

Woman on phone: I really wanna get you off tonight. [Pause] No, I mean call your manager and see if they need you to come in! Shut up, stop laughing!

Peachtree Road
Atlanta, Georgia

Overheard by: sneaky pete