Exec: I'm having problems receiving e-mail.
IT guy: It's the IMAP you are using. It's not compatible with the settings that you have in your program.
Exec: This is unacceptable. I want you to call IMAP and get this resolved immediately!
IT guy: I can't.
Exec: Why can't you do this?
IT guy: Because IMAP is out to lunch with HTTP.
Los Angeles, California
Office girl #1: If you're 20, are you still in your teens?
Office girl #2: Yes, I think it goes up to 21.
London
England
Overheard by: Laura
Male employee, leaving bathroom: Be careful in there. I just gave birth to a little brown man!
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Overheard by: Gagging Uncontrollably
Receptionist, as boss "innocently" puts hand down his pants to re-adjust: Are you out all next week? I have something for you...but I left it at home.
The Loop
Chicago, Illinois
Disgruntled lady with broken iPod: I expect the customer service to go hand in hand with the product I bought.
Apple store employee: I see, but there is water damage to the iPod.
Disgruntled lady with broken iPod: But it did not happen while I have had it, it probably happened in the store.
Apple store employee: How long have you had it?
Disgruntled lady with broken iPod: It's brand new.
Apple store employee: This model has been discontinued.
Disgruntled lady with broken iPod: Well whatever damage happened, I didn't do it. I didn't drop it in water.
Apple store employee: Ma'am, we don't put water in our iPods.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Celine
Office boy: The Jonas Brothers are another reason I want to kill myself.
Agoura Hills, California
Bookseller in children's department: Can I help you find anything?
Mother: Has CS Lewis written anything new lately?
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Russian coworker: Ice fishing isn't about fishing. It's about drinking vodka.
Denver, Colorado
Student #1: What's Joe's last name?
Student #2: Joe who?
Upstate New York
Suit on cell: He was a good bad guy, y'know? But they should have made him disappear into a vortex!
Westwood, Massachusetts
Oblivious coworker: Yeah, those Australians are always doing that crazy stuff.
Coworker: They wrestle kangaroos, too.
Oblivious coworker: Wait! Are kangaroos real?
Chicago, Illinois
Male office worker: So, what kind of nuts do you like?
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: Sean
Office drone #1: That's the thing about chicken, you never get tired of it.
Office drone #2: Well, some people do.
Office drone #1: Yeah, I do.
Charleston, South Carolina
Blonde coworker: I was just talking to him and he bit my head off. Literally!
Orinda, California