Overheard in the Office http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/ The Voice of the Cubicle Copyright 2008 Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00:00 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.31 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss That Would Do It, All Right Employee #1: I don't understand what his problem is...
Employee #2: His problem? He's low-level and he's stupid.

Louisville, Kentucky

Overheard by: CB

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Not-so-ghetto coworker: Cocaine white?
Ghetto coworker: Yeah, you know that really pearly white color?
Not-so-ghetto coworker, sarcastically: Does it have meth-yellow trim?
Ghetto coworker, oblivious: No, just white. But I tell him he's crazy, it would never work. When they put in the dirt it would cave in the roof!

Modesto, California

Overheard by: That's not my job.

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Coworker #2: You know I had the same problem too.

Livonia, Michigan

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Bahia Vista Street
Sarasota, Florida

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]]> http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006731.html http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006731.html Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 -0500 Or the Fact That Someone's Listening to Us Talk About Me in a Nappy Middle management moron: Ha, yes you'd look good in a nappy.
Long-suffering fellow goon: I don't know what disturbs me more: the thought of *me* in a nappy, or the thought of *you* thinking about me in a nappy.

Osborne Park
Western Australia

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Chicago, Illinois

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]]> http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006729.html http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006729.html Fri, 09 May 2008 12:00:00 -0500 ...the Color of Pressed Ham Smoker #1: See this tie? Got it for $1.49 at Jewel.
Smoker #2: Jewel sells ties? It's a grocery store.
Smoker #1: I say fuck 'em, if I have to wear a tie it's going to be a $1.49 Jewel tie.

Wacker
Chicago, Illinois

Overheard by: I hate my tie too

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Nurse #1: Oh my god.
Nurse #2: What?
Nurse #1, looking horrified: I just entered all of these notes on the wrong patient's file.
Nurse #2: It's okay. Just go back, delete, and re-enter them for the right patient.
Nurse #1, distressed at herself: But that's awful! What would have happened?
Nurse #2, shrugging: 's'okay, happens all the time.

Hospital
Beckley, West Virginia

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]]> http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006727.html http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006727.html Fri, 09 May 2008 10:00:00 -0500 You Celebrate Your Way, I'll Celebrate Mine Worker: What are those [paper bags with names on them]?
Boss: They're for the holocaust thing today. ... um, we're remembering the holocaust, we're not having another one.

East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

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Westport, Connecticut

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]]> http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006725.html http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006725.html Thu, 08 May 2008 17:00:00 -0500 Is It Creepier to Know That Mr. Rogers' Middle Name Was "McFeely"? Guy: Yeah, so now's the time I go home, take my shoes off, change into sneakers and sing "It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood".
Chick: That's kinda creepy.
Guy: Yeah, I guess it is kinda creepy. But that's what I was going for.

Avenue of the Americas
New York City, New York

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Cube employee #2: Because you squirted my eye with bubbles of joy.

23rd Street & Park Ave
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Turns out it was just dish soap.

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]]> http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006723.html http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006723.html Thu, 08 May 2008 15:00:00 -0500 Or Would It Be Better to Say "Happy Newjob"? Older woman, observing plate of donuts near man: Oh wow, is it your birthday?
Younger man: Actually, it's my last day today. I got another job.
Older woman: Great. Well, happy birthday!

Madison Avenue
New York City, New York

Overheard by: Chris

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]]> http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006722.html http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/archives/006722.html Thu, 08 May 2008 14:00:00 -0500 Hey, Who Doesn't Have Stuff in the Freezer That Needs a Decent Burial? Man on phone: Okay, so I heard you have a raccoon in your freezer.
[Pause]
Man on phone: How did it get there?
[Pause]
Man on phone: Did you kill it? What do you plan do with its body? What do you mean no one wants it?

S. Sycamore Street
Elizabethton
Tennessee

Overheard by: concerned for the racoon

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Male coworker: It's okay. I only like the bottom anyway.

Broadway, Newmarket
Auckland
New Zealand

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