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11AM Then I Want You to Stay on the Phone with Me 'til He Gets Here

Customer: Can you tell me if the installer is running on time today?
CSR: I have no way of knowing that, sir. Your appointment is scheduled between twelve and four today. If the installer is not there by four, then you can call back and we can tell you that he is running late.

Enfield, Connecticut


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12PM What the Hell Am I Doing Up in This Helicopter?

Boss: ... And the first thing I thought was, 'I can't read this without liquor!'

6900 Main Street
Stratford, Connecticut


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4PM Congratulations: You've Got the Job!

Peon #1: You know what I can't wait to do?
Peon #2: Let me guess -- dip, masturbate, take a shit.
Peon #1: And...?
Peon #2: Drink?
Peon #1: So you are listening.

Stamford, Connecticut

Overheard by: anon


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10AM If We Keep Talking in Circles, the Truth Will Throw Up

CR manager: The membership grade is effective for a year from the grad date that they told us, but I don't think they'll remember the grad date they said... But it's not actually a year...
Ad manager: But it's good for a year. Doesn't it update automatically?
CR manager: It is automatic, except when it isn't. It only gets updated once a year, so it may be good for over a year.
Ad manager: So we can't say a year if it isn't a year.

14 Fairfield Drive
Brookfield, Connecticut


Overheard by: all ears


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11AM And Then Offered Us a Bite

Cube dweller #1: Oooh, Friday is in full swing.
Cube dweller #2: What makes you say that?
Cube dweller #1: You just used the phrase 'fetus piece.'

35 Thorpe Avenue
Wallingford, Connecticut


Overheard by: jesse


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12PM Which Answer Will Get Me Change?

Cube girl #1: Do you have change for a ten?
Cube girl #2: Do I look like a stripper?

Stratford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Deek


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1PM My Hard Drive's Been Zionized

Bored tech guy: Can I help you?
Bimbette: Yeah, um, I need an update on my anti-Semitic virus program.
Bored tech guy: You mean 'Symantec'?
Bimbette: Yeah, that's what I said -- anti-Semitic.

Quinnipiac University
Hamden, Connecticut


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5PM So Other Than That, Things Are Good?

Counter guy on phone: Where are you? What is that sound? ... Oh! I knew it was a tornado!

Connecticut


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12PM Yeah, the Cardinal's Vestments Totally Rocked

Cube girl: It was like Donald Trump in Hammer pants.

Stratford, Connecticut


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2PM Urge to Know Fading... Fading...

Library patron: Can you help me? I don't remember how to turn the computers on.
Employee: Well, this one's already on, see? [Wiggles mouse to activate screen.]
Library patron: Oh... What about this one? I don't like that one.
Employee: Well, this one's off, so I'll turn it on [presses power button].
Library patron: Ah, so they each have a little trick. What about this one? [Proudly swishes mouse.]
Employee, frustrated: No, see, if the green light is off, then you press the button.
Library patron: Whatever you say...

130 Wall Street
New Haven, Connecticut


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1PM It's Really More about Whether You Bring in Good Snacks

Supervisor: Why do you want to do this?
Mid-level worker: Because no one else is, and it needs to be done.
Supervisor: No one cares how hard you work! This isn't that kind of place!

State government building
Connecticut


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2PM When Lactose Intolerants Dream

Weird coworker: I had a nightmare, too! I was standing in a pool eating taquitos, except they were filled with cream cheese and fruit!

111 Founders Plaza
East Hartford, Connecticut


Overheard by: Bamber


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11AM Women.

VP: They're all doable. We're just not able to do most of them.

Norwalk, Connecticut

Overheard by: Cautiously Optimistic


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4PM By American Standards That Makes Him a Good Father

Office guy: He's married with two kids, but all he does is play Xbox.
Office girl: That's not good.
Office guy: Well, he does find time to do other things, like, you know, play with his kids and smoke weed.

Connecticut


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4PM We Figured You Upgraded from Food Crumbs

Male coworker covered in cardboard: Thanks for telling me I've been walking around with box all over my chest.

Stamford, Connecticut

Overheard by: K-Slim


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5PM Amphibians Have Always Been the Key to American Wealth

Woman: What would you do with a million dollars?
Man: I would buy all the frogs in the world and start a frog farm!

111 Founders Plaza
East Hartford, Connecticut


Overheard by: Bamber


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3PM But If a Cops Film Crew Shows Up, the Shirt Is History

Seminar coordinator: Between keeping my shoes on and keeping my britches on, there'll be no running from me!

14 Fairfield Drive
Brookfield, Connecticut


Overheard by: Marissa


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10AM That's Really at the Heart of All of Our Marital Issues, Doctor

Cake decorator: It's because you hit me with the fish!

1 Kent Road
New Milford, Connecticut


Overheard by: Nik


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5PM I'll Refer You to the Hackers' Bible...

IT guy: I don't know about your god, but my god says it's okay.

Stamford, Connecticut


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1PM What Are You Getting At?

Nurse: How much do you weigh these days?
Patient: A hundred twenty-one pounds.
Nurse: And the scale you are using is accurate?

Doctor's office
Connecticut


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9AM When Nuns Teach Sex Ed

Customer service rep: I don't know what that is, but let me explain it to you.

Wallingford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Cubicle Co-Worker


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11AM Except for Some Reason I Keep Getting Pregnant

Coworker: If I ever have a kid, I'm going to send them to Catholic school. I went to Catholic school and I feel I got a gooder education.

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


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3PM No Problem, Then

Coworker #1 on speakerphone: How do I Google something?
Coworker #2: Go to W-W-W dot Google dot com. Then just use it like any other search engine.
Coworker #1: What's a search engine?
Coworker #2: You know, like when you use Yahoo or MSN to look something up.
Coworker #1: I've never Googled before in my life, and I never want to again!

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


Overheard by: it actually got worse


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3PM 'Bobby Brown'

Boss to newbie: Yay! So, tomorrow's Casual Friday, so you don't have to wear a tie. I usually wear shorts. You know, you can get away with a lot of casual clothing, but a certain dress code does still apply. You've got to wear a shirt... Although, so far no one has tried a wife beater. Hey, that'd be a way for you to make a name for yourself!

Glastonbury Boulevard
Glastonbury, Connecticut


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4PM Well, We're at an Impasse, Then

Controller to president: I'm ready, baby, what do you wanna do? You wanna do it in my office? C'mon baby, what do you wanna do?
President: I want for you not to touch me with your viral infections.

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


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11AM More of a Tax Shelter with a Police Force

Physics teacher: How thick do you think a steel pole would have to be that connected the Earth and the moon if there were no more gravity?
Student #1: 10 inches?
Student #2: Five miles?
Student #3: No, way bigger than that.
Physics teacher: It would be about the size of the state of New York.
Student #1: Damn.
Student #2: Ha! I was right!
Student #3: You think that New York is five miles across?!
Student #2: Okay, that's more like Delaware-sized. Is Delaware even a state?

Staples High School
Westport, Connecticut


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10AM I Don't Know about You, but I Am Not Working after Death

Pilot over intercom: Sorry, folks. We've just lost power to one of our engines. Looks like our arrival time in Washington will be 40 minutes behind schedule.
Disgruntled woman: Better hope we don't lose that second engine.
Travel partner: Yeah, really.
Disgruntled woman: If we're 80 minutes late we'll miss that meeting!
Travel partner: Wait, what?

Flight from Bradley International
Windsor Locks, Connecticut


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2PM Dude, If You Can Put It in Your Own Box, You Should Charge Admission!

Suit: We need to start putting our meat in someone else's box.

401 Merritt 7
Norwalk, Connecticut


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10AM We'll Gladly Accept Deliveries at the Back Door

Principal over loudspeaker: We're looking for someone to give us wood.

4 Robert Holcomb Way
Plainville, Connecticut


Overheard by: for a good cause


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5PM Not Something You Want to Interrupt

Guy to coworker sitting on exercise ball at computer: Well, I'll just let you get on with your ball massage.

39 Norwich-Westerly Road
Mashantucket, Connecticut


Overheard by: Calamity Canyon


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4PM You Have to Cut Out Sugar

Guy on phone: Slim-Fast doesn't work if you eat half a cake every night.

Stratford, Connecticut


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4PM Specifically, Vinegar and Onion Pringles

White girl: So, what do you mean you guys don't have stockings on Christmas?
Hispanic girl: Spanish people's Christmas is more about expensive electronic gifts.
White girl: I just don't understand -- you also use all new decorations every year.
Hispanic girl: Yeah, we don't really do tradition well.
White girl: Spanish people are weird.
Black girl: Yeah, well, white girls smell like potato chips.

789 Howard Avenue
New Haven, Connecticut


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1PM On the Plus Side, I Got Almost All the Way Through My Signature

Female coworker: I pulled my butt muscle taking a whiz!

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


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10AM Look, Next Time You Die, Just Handcuff Yourself to God

Manager: There's a sucker born every minute, and I keep getting born!

55 Railroad Avenue
Greenwich, Connecticut


Overheard by: CV


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5PM Don't Have an AutoFit

Tech support assisting with Excel: Whoa! No, no, no, no! I said I was going to adjust your columns, not kill you!

Trilegiant office
Trumbull, Connecticut


Overheard by: Redfox Alpha


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12PM That Depends on How Nice Your Car Is

Coworker: Let's go for a ride. Does your top come off?

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


Overheard by: smooth


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10AM It's actually a Clever Piece of Performance Art Commenting on the Injustice of the Electric Chair as a Means of Execution

Cop: Put the knife down, you don't want to do this.
Depressed guy: Stay back! I'm serious I'll do it!
Cop: Come on, put the knife down so we can talk.
Depressed guy: Stay back!
Cop, pulling out his Taser: Ok, last chance, put the knife down or I'll Tase you!
Depressd guy: Stop, I don't want to get hurt!

Cromwell, Connecticut

Overheard by: CT Observer


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3PM The Cops Are Helpless As Long As We Call Them 'Delis'

Guy: I was at this one place last night where I paid an extra $10 to get a tossed salad at 3am. What a great deli.

Wilton, Connecticut

Overheard by: Derek Paruolo


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3PM Which Means I Don't Understand the Question

Mortgage rep: And, finally, may I ask you what race you are? Caucasian, African-American...
Customer: I'm Canadian.

Fairfield County, Connecticut


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12PM And Conveniently Carries Enough Ice to Cover an Unconscious Body in a Bathtub

Engineer: Where do I put this cooler?
Scientist #1: You know what that cooler is?
Engineer: Um, no.
Scientist #1: That's my old date cooler.
Scientist #2: Huh?
Scientist #1: 'Cause it's tall enough for a bottle of wine.
Scientist #2: I had a cooler too, for organs.
Engineer: This one's tall enough for a whole lung!

Highland Avenue
Cheshire, Connecticut


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1PM A Brain That Dresses All Seductive but Won't Put Out?

Receptionist: What's a brainteaser?

16 Bailey Avenue
Ridgefield, Connecticut


Overheard by: Nikki


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3PM This Turkey Baster Says You Are Mistaken

Co-Worker: My wife's not too happy with me.
Client: Oh, I'm sure--
Co-Worker: --No, she's pregnant again.
Client: Ooooh, that's gotta be your fault. No woman would do that to herself.

Highland Avenue
Cheshire, Connecticut


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5PM Colorado: It's Out of This World (Allegedly)

Worker #1: Oh, didn't I tell you I'm moving to Colorado?
Worker #2: Really? When?
Worker #1: I leave next week, but I decided I would move to Colorado when I was six. That's when I heard John Denver sing "Rocky Mountain High."
Worker #2: That's why you're moving to Colorado?
Worker #1: Well, and because it's so hot here because of all the global warming going on. You know, they don't have that in Colorado.

Fairfield County, Connecticut

Overheard by: she actually is moving


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12PM That's Different From What He Said Last Week at the Office Party

Boss: Does anyone have any questions?

Employee asks involved question.

Boss: You know what? I have a million questions that you cannot answer.
Employee: But you asked if anyone had any questions.
Boss: Yeah, and if I asked if anyone had to go to the bathroom, I wouldn't expect you to whip it out and take a whiz right here.

Stamford, Connecticut

Overheard by: Spacing Out


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10AM And If You Put Your Tongue in my Mouth, Does That Cure Cancer or Something?

Experienced woman: So, Chuck* came over last night and made me sit on his face.
Inexperienced woman: Why? Does that, like, help breathing or something?

21 Oak Street
Hartford, Connecticut


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4PM Pulling in All Directions, Simultaneously

Exec: If we are going to succeed, we need strong leadership from everyone on the team.

50 Commerce Street
Trumbull, Connecticut


Overheard by: lowly


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10AM Next You'll Be Reading Our Subpoenas and Overdue Bills

Young boy: Mom! We've been in line for a really long time!!
Mother: No, not really. Stop complaining.
Young boy: Yes we have! We got here at 10:00, and it's almost 12:30!!
Mother: Damn the public school system for teaching you how to tell time.

Petco
Enfield, Connecticut


Overheard by: Dark_Kitty


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11AM Really, Even a Creek Will Get You If You're Careless or Stupid

Guy in cubicle #1: What are you doing?
Guy in cubicle #2: Looking at rivers that can kill ya!

349 Mitchell Street
Groton, Connecticut


Overheard by: Livonthedge


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4PM Wanted: Necromancer (This Position Is Part-Time)

Worker #1: Hi, Sally*, my ID has expired. How can I get it renewed?
Worker #2: I suppose the other people on our team will also be expiring soon, too. Do we need to address them now, or should we wait 'til they actually expire also?

55 East Hartland Street
East Hartford, Connecticut


Overheard by: Linda BoBinda


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3PM If You've Got a 'Brazilian,' You Can Lose the Pants Entirely

Manager: Jen*, what happened to dress code?
Jen: I just rolled my pants up. I was hot.
Manager: Did you shave your legs?
Jen: Yes.
Manager: Then it's okay.

3 Kent Road
New Milford, Connecticut


Overheard by: Nik


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4PM Just Don't Put Them In the Third One From the Left; That's For Tax Evasion

Co-Worker #1: You said if I was bored, I could go through the packing slips, right?
Co-Worker #2: Sure, go ahead.
Co-Worker #1: And you want me to get rid of the ones that are older than six months, right?
Co-Worker #2: Right.
Co-Worker #1: So throw them out?
Co-Worker #2: Yup.
Co-Worker #1: In the garbage?
Co-Worker #2: Uh-huh.
Co-Worker #1: Should I bring them out back to the recycling cans?
Co-Worker #2: You could put them in that recycling bin right under your desk if you wanted to take the time to sort them. We only recycle white paper.
Co-Worker #1: So should I put them in the dumpster out back?
Co-Worker #2: Really, throw them out in any garbage can you want. It. Doesn't. Matter.

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


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1PM Cyber Flirting

Employee #1: How many innings are in a baseball game? Eight? Ten?
Employee #2: Are you serious?
Employee #1: Yeah. C'mon, how many?
Employee #2: Eight. Why do you want to know?
Employee #1: I'm talking to this girl and I just told her she's struck out at the bottom of the ninth, and then I wrote, "even though there's only eight innings in baseball." Ha ha.
Employee #2: Did you send the instant message?
Employee #1: Yeah.
Employee #2: There's nine innings in baseball.

215 Glenbrook Road
Storrs, Connecticut


Overheard by: trying to contain laughter


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4PM Brainstorming Session

New training manager: Back in the day, I had a great idea. I know we're into this touchy-feely self-esteem human resource stuff, but I said: "Take the supervisor who has the highest rate of unqualified, untrained direct reports, walk him to the end of the pier, and shoot him!" They told me I couldn't do that. But it would have been effective!


75 Eastern Point Road
Groton, Connecticut


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12PM Lunch

Coworker #1: If she had been paying attention, she would have caught that.
Coworker #2: Does she know to look for it?
Coworker #1: No, she doesn't know enough to look for it. I'm not ready to show her that, yet.

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


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5PM That's a Wrap

Attorney: This work shit has got to stop. It's really bringing me down.

301 Merritt Seven
Norwalk, Connecticut


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1PM Call on Line One

Receptionist: [Jake] from Queer Image is on line one for you.
Coworker: [Jake] from where?
Receptionist: Queer Image.
Coworker: Queer Image?
Receptionist: Uh-huh.
Coworker, giggling, picks up call: [Jake], what company did you say you were calling from? Ohhhhh, CLEAR Image.

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


Overheard by
: She cracks me up, and she's not even trying


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5PM That's a Wrap

Employee: I asked for tomorrow off, 'cause I don't feel like working in the rain. I'll probably go fishing, though -- I don't mind fishing in the rain.

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


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10AM Coffee Break

Employee is showing off her new belly-dancing outfit.

Supervisor: So, you're really going to belly-dance in public?
Employee: Yeah!
Supervisor: I never really liked going to strip clubs when I was younger.

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


Overheard by
: I love this place!


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4PM Stress Management

Warehouse employee, furiously banging tools around: Happy place, go to your happy place.

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut

overheard by: I love this place!


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12PM Lunch

Coworker #1: How was your vacation?
Coworker #2: Good, except my boyfriend got sick. We think it was on some sushi.
Coworker #1: That's what he gets for drinking that stuff!

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


Overheard by
: I love this place!




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1PM Making Copies

Secretary: Why are these reports formatted so weird?
Boss: Well, because the Germans made them. Those Germans are weird.
Secretary: Hey, now... Be careful, I'm German.
Boss: Uh oh, you're not a lesbian too, are you?
Secretary: Well, I'm not really German.

Main Street Financial Office
East Hartford, Connecticut


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5PM That's a Wrap

Trim middle-aged President: I just received my soccer badge in the mail.
Young receptionist: I can't see you playing soccer.
President: I don't play, I referee.
Receptionist: Still, I can't see your fat ass waddling up and down the field.

150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut


Overheard by
: now I'm going to have to answer the phones again


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12PM Lunch

Receptionist over the intercom: Obituaries...Mmmmmmm....

16 Bailey Avenue
Ridgefield, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Nikki


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1PM Lunch

Secretary: You look kind of like Bill Gates.
Specialist: I don't look dorky enough.
Secretary: How dorky do you not think you look?

25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, Connecticut


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2PM Data Entry

Worker: No, it's not here. I have Wang in my box...What? What did I say?

40 Apple Ridge Road
Danbury, Connecticut


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11AM Damage Control

Co-worker on phone: I'm sorry, can you say that again?...I'm sorry...I'm having some trouble understanding what you're trying to say...Why don't you have your boss call me and we can get this straightened out?

Hangs up.

Co-worker: Just go back to your motherfucking country...Christ.

839 Marshall Phelps Road
Windsor, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Douchey Douchelton


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10AM Exit Interview

Employee #1: So have you heard from [Amanda] since she quit?
Employee #2: No. I called her twice but never heard back from her.
Employee #1: That's because she's probably bitter.
Employee #3: You've tasted her?

138 Greenwood Avenue
Bethel, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Dawn Saunders


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9AM Back to Work

Analyst #1: We need something to make this tea better.
Analyst #2: Have you tried rum?

10 minutes later.

Analyst #1: Do you have any more rum?
Analyst #3: It's ten in the morning.

225 High Ridge Road
Stamford, Connecticut


Overheard by
: QRC


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2PM Update Site

Manager: When you're finished with the accessibility development for the hotels path, start on rental cars site.
Programmer: Um...accessibility...for rental cars?
Manager: Yes.
Programmer: So, we want to make it easier for the blind to rent cars?
Manager: Yeah...I know.

800 Connecticut Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut


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11AM Interviews

Candidate: Do you have a listing of job openings?
HR Secretary: Yes, there is a list on the blue piece of paper on the table.
Candidate: Which one?
HR Secretary: The blue piece of paper.
Candidate: This one?
HR Secretary: Yes.
Candidate: I'm not qualified for any of these. Do you have any other positions open?
HR Secretary: Did you turn it over? There are more job listings on the back.
Candidate: Oh.

155 Deer Hill Avenue
Danbury, Connecticut


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3PM Smoke Break

Business Officer: You remember when I told you that?
Editor: No, I was drunk at the time.

409 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut


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4PM Water Cooler

Co-worker #1: I don't like space, or astronauts.
Co-worker #2: Why?
Co-worker #1: Well, this one time I was at the Kennedy Space Center when I was a little kid and there was a statue of an astronaut at the end of the museum and when I got close to it, it moved and it really scared me.
Co-worker #2: Ooh, that's freaky!
Co-worker #1: Yeah. That's why I don't like space.

250 Harbor Drive
Stamford, Connecticut


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1PM Lunch

Co-worker #1: Hey, what are you doing?
Co-worker #2: Nothing.
Co-worker #1: What time are you going to lunch?
Co-worker #2: I was gonna go in a little bit.
Co-worker #1: Know what? I was too. C'mon, let's go take a pee, then we'll go to lunch.

1450 Chapel Street
New Haven, Connecticut


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9AM Work Makes Me Sick

Bean Counter #1: Opening the shades really changed the colors in the
room.
Bean Counter #2
: Yeah, the walls are now a different color puke.


4 High Ridge Park
Stamford, Connecticut


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3PM Hand Out Secret Santa

Co-worker #1: Hey, [Eric]. I know what I'll get you for Christmas.
[Eric]: Oh yeah? What?
Co-worker #1: Some wifebeaters to wear with white shirts so I don't have to see your boobs through the shirt anymore.
Co-worker #2: All right...I've heard enough about [Eric]'s manboobs.

839 Marshall Phelps Road
Windsor, Connecticut


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11AM Finalize November's Numbers

Account manager: Do you get the monthly reports and messages?
Office worker: No, I don't get anything. I'm so lonely.

409 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut


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5PM Get a Ride Home

Co-worker #1: I don't want to drive you home; it's way out of my way. Just take the company van home.
Co-worker #2: If I had a dick I would tell you to suck it.
General Manager: Hey, not in the office.
Co-worker #2: You too.

839 Marshall Phelps Road
Windsor, Connecticut


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5PM Calling It a Day!

Underling: You've got mail!
Financial Analyst: I don't know that person. All right, I'll take it.
Underling: There was some white powder in there, but I smelled it; it seemed fine.
Financial Analyst: Well, that's good. Terrorists don't use anthrax anymore.
Underling: Just family and friends now, huh? Excellent.

27 Terrace Drive
Vernon, Connecticut


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4PM I Declare Today Over

Co-worker #1: Isn't it true that a tick can get into your ear and work its way into your brain?
Co-worker #2: No.
Co-worker #1: I'm worried that a tick or some kind of bug has worked its way into my brain...I've had an awful earache for about two weeks now.

3 Berkshire Boulevard
Bethel, Connecticut


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2PM Pick Up Mail

Mail guy #1: He said he smoked crack at work?
Mail guy #2: Yeah.
Mail guy #1: How did he do that?
Mail guy #2: He said he did it in the bathroom.
Mail guy #1: But how?
Mail guy #2: How?
Mail guy #1: Yeah. He has to walk past about 2 guards to get in the building. Those people are trained to smell shit and they know if you're coming in here dirty.

281 Tresser Boulevard
Stamford, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Brenda Fate


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3PM Chai Break

New guy #1: Exotic kay? I'm keeping away from that!
New guy #2: What?
New guy #1: Exotic...kay?
New guy #2: Key?
New guy #1: Khi?
New guy #2: Chee?

401 Merritt 7
Norwalk, Connecticut


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12PM Update Records

Man: I'd like to change the name on the account. She's been dead for a while now.
CSR: For how long?

170 Utopia Road
Manchester, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Mellen


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11AM Get New Budgets

Boss: Do you receive that on paper or Excel spreadsheet?
Employee: I receive it on electronical format.

285 Primrose Lane
Fairfield, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Sam


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1PM Pick Up Facsimiles

Co-worker on phone: I will send it V. I. A. fax.

285 Primrose Lane
Fairfield, Connecticut


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5AM Especially at that Special Olympics Race

Intern #1: I walk funny in high heels.
Intern #2: Everyone looks retarded in heels.

200 Orange Street
New Haven, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Samurai Jacqueline


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12AM I Didn't Realize the Disgruntled Were So Anal

Employee: I wanted to know where the line for disgruntled employees starts.
HR Secretary: Right behind me.


500 Federal Road
Brookfield, Connecticut


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12AM That's About As Funny As I'd Expect a CEO to Get

VP: It's not working. I can't get it up. I can't get it up.
CEO: They make a pill for that now, you know.

28 Crescent Street
Middletown, Connecticut


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6AM That's Quite a Cyberporn Collection

Manager: There is something on the drive that is taking up 5 gig of space.
Employee: What's taking it up?
Manager: I don't know.
Employee: Things that make you go hmmmmmm.
Manager: What?

777 West Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Ballsalamode


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4PM You're Just Usurying That as an Excuse

Loan originator: Hi, Mark.
Techie: Hi, Cheryl.
Loan originator: It's Cathy.
Techie: Oh, sorry. You loan people all look the same.

1 Wall Street
Madison, Connecticut


Overheard by
: ^chi^


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8AM Terry Schiavo? The Pope?

Yard worker: I raked the yard yesterday and I figured I'd be sore but I'm not.
400 lb. woman: I would be. You're in better shape than I am.
Co-worker: Who isn't?

246 Scoville Hill Road
Harwinton, Connecticut


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8AM At Yale University, To Boot

Boss lady: Wait a second...February....February...
Gay underling: Feb-ROO-ary
Boss lady: It has an R?
Gay underling: Two, in fact.
Boss lady: Great. I work in publishing.

302 Temple Street
New Haven, Connecticut


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8AM "Tech support; can you help me?"

Techie #1: You know what's better than eating girl scout cookies?
Techie #2: Eating girl scouts?
Techie #1: Um, I was going to say, "eating girl scout cookies with milk".
Techie #2: Yeah, that's pretty good too.
Techie #1: You're a fucking sicko.

1 Wall Street
Madison, Connecticut


Overheard by
: ^chi^


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8AM "I didn't wake up on time this morning. The Jews again."

Lunching lady #1: It's the fault of the non-Catholics and non-believers that Terri Schiavo didn't wake up Easter morning.
Lunching lady #2: It's so true, you're so right. They just don't believe.

401 Merritt 7
Norwalk, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Not a Catholic


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12PM The Tech Guy: So Bright, and So Bitter

Office guy: Hey [Scott]! My laptop screen is off.
Tech: It helps if you push this button.

As the tech walks past my desk I hear him saying: Great, another fucking genius!

440 Wheelers Farm Road
Milford, Connecticut


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9PM "Listening to you?"

Floor supervisor: To begin, I understand some of you have complaints. First, can anyone tell me exactly what it is we are asking you to do that we are not paying you to do?

20 Alexander Drive
Wallingford, Connecticut


Overheard by
: Jody Ruskouski


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