Old coworker: You don’t know anything about the Beatles.
Young coworker: Sure I do. They were influenced by the Monkees.
90 5th Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Shaun G
- Posted on
- Coworkers, General Idiocy, New York
Peon #1: The French are pretentious, but every once in a while they invent something cool.
Peon #2: Yeah, like wife-swapping.
504 Main Street
Colorado
Overheard by: shaine
- Posted on
- Colorado, Dumb Employees, Gossip
Employee digging for appropriate giveaway for children’s project: Let’s see what we got… Oooh, a grenade! Kids love grenades!
Noho
New York, New York
- Posted on
- Dumb Employees, General Idiocy, New York
Cop: Is there any such thing as too many crackheads? I don’t think so. There are just never enough.
Academy Street
Newark, New Jersey
Overheard by: Dude
- Posted on
- Cops, General Idiocy, New Jersey
Secretary: Stop it… Stop it! I will menstruate all over you!
Citic Tower
Hong Kong
China
- Posted on
- China, Receptionists, Threats
Associate: I have a hard time crying over dead children.
910 Louisiana Street
Houston, Texas
Overheard by: The Man
- Posted on
- Dumb Employees, Gossip, Texas
Company rep: Good morning, monsieurs and madames! I thought we were all friends, but I’ve heard that someone here thinks I’m pretentious.
Law firm
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: Megsie
- Posted on
- Australia, Consultants, Gossip
Cashier #1: I don’t understand why people act like such assholes to us, you know?
Cashier #2: Because they know we can’t say anything back.
Cashier #1: But… for all they know we could be mentally unbalanced and one little comment from them could send us over the edge, and we could get their addresses and hack them into pieces one night.
Cashier #2: I’m telling my mama not to go through your line no more, you crazy bitch.
Grocery store
Farmville, North Carolina
Overheard by: MB
- Posted on
- Coworkers, North Carolina, Violence
Woman to boss: You should absolutely take your daughter to see To Kill a Mockingbird. Unless, of course, you’re worried about rape.
Toronto, Ontario
Canadia
- Posted on
- Advice, Canadia, Crimes, Dumb Employees
Admin girl: Are you sure you don’t have any meetings scheduled this afternoon or want to leave early to get a start on your weekend?
Boss: Nope, I’m all free this afternoon and thought I’d catch up on paper work.
Admin girl: Oh, okay.
Boss: Why?
Admin girl: Because when you leave early I normally give you 10 minutes’ headway and then sneak out myself.
Boss: Ugh, just go already.
Brisbane
Australia
- Posted on
- Admins, Australia, Bosses and Underlings, Time Management
