Phrases I never really want to hear at work

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"there's rather more hair in here than I'm used to seeing!"

o_O

Submit unto ILX, things you have overheard at work that you really wish you had not.

Trayce, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 02:29 (seventeen years ago)

Or you knwo, things that out of context in the workplace were completely WTF.

Like the time my CEO walked past, and screamed "MAATLOOOOOCKKKK" at the tpo of his lungs, Abe Simpson-like.

Trayce, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 02:31 (seventeen years ago)

"here comes the cockboat!"

The Real Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 14:48 (seventeen years ago)

"How about if I promise to suck you off?"

(2 seconds ago, office girl trying to get a bloke to go out with her tonight)

aldo, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:07 (seventeen years ago)

Um that's exactly the kind of phrase I want to hear in pretty much any scenario.

Mark C, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:13 (seventeen years ago)

All-male sauna?

aldo, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:14 (seventeen years ago)

Not that I work in an all-male sauna.

aldo, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:14 (seventeen years ago)

Um that's exactly the kind of phrase I want to hear in pretty much any scenario.

You must be waiting on the General Election announcement with bated breath.

Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:15 (seventeen years ago)

mastur-bated breath amirite lol zing etc

aldo, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:18 (seventeen years ago)

Appropriate turn of phrase there

er, xpost

DJ Mencap, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:19 (seventeen years ago)

"my mom won't talk to you because she has poop on her finger"

remy bean, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago)

"One of these days I'm going to kill all of you"

Shakey Mo Collier, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:52 (seventeen years ago)

"you have until tomorrow to make it exactly the same but two minutes shorter"

remy bean, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 15:53 (seventeen years ago)

"My butt smells like strawberry water. Is it sticky?" (Overheard today.)

Abbott, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 20:03 (seventeen years ago)

Oh dear God.

moley, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:00 (seventeen years ago)

I'm the one at work who says the things people would rather not hear.

moley, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:00 (seventeen years ago)

ya same here.

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:36 (seventeen years ago)

"As we experiment with new formats, we're restructuring and re-thinking a lot of our operation. As such, we've decided to phase the _________________ [insert your position here]...."

Alex in NYC, Wednesday, 3 October 2007 22:50 (seventeen years ago)

"These pants I bought have dried feces and something else in them..."

nickn, Thursday, 4 October 2007 06:21 (seventeen years ago)

http://img258.imageshack.us/img258/6035/14km3.gif

kingfish, Thursday, 4 October 2007 06:28 (seventeen years ago)

HAS TO BE READ IN CONCERT WITH YESTERDAY'S POST:

"Yeah, but my MaccyDees was minging so at least it took the taste away."

aldo, Thursday, 4 October 2007 09:01 (seventeen years ago)

post dilbert cartoons with dirty words inserted into the speech bubbles.

max r, Thursday, 4 October 2007 09:03 (seventeen years ago)

any comedy sketch show catchphrase ever.

max r, Thursday, 4 October 2007 10:22 (seventeen years ago)

"does he have like, the tiniest little penis ever? awwww!"

the woman behind me just said this on the phone.

bell_labs, Thursday, 4 October 2007 14:33 (seventeen years ago)

" the lights were dim, i had barry white on, I'm not gonna take the time to read the bottle"

darraghmac, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago)

.. hit it

ken c, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:05 (seventeen years ago)

HA ha haa!

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:06 (seventeen years ago)

it's not funny, my hands are now a funny colour.

darraghmac, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:08 (seventeen years ago)

"I'm organising a night out for xxxxxxxxxx who's in!"

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:12 (seventeen years ago)

"C'mon! We're going to go clubbing afterwards!"

Ned Trifle II, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:12 (seventeen years ago)

^^^ These two posts.

aldo, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:18 (seventeen years ago)

heard a couple of managers say they're getting rid of an "embargo" on a certain type of expensive paper so that more staff can print on it.

max r, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:20 (seventeen years ago)

I don't see what's wrong with that.

I could probably fill this thread with all sorts of terrible things I've said loudly in the office. Ah i love advertising!

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:33 (seventeen years ago)

your truly 2 days ago: (loudly) "yes, thank you. i get alot of compliments on my thickness"

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:34 (seventeen years ago)

it's just pretentious.

max r, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:34 (seventeen years ago)

(this was a conversation about the weight of a line in an ad)

xpost

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Thursday, 4 October 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago)

I work at the reference desk of a library. Monday night, on the phone, one of our regulars dropped this bomb.

"I need the definition for two words. Buzzard and cunt."

My immediate response was to type "cunt" into Google.

s. morris, Thursday, 11 October 2007 22:41 (seventeen years ago)

"Cunt is a derogatory word for the female anatomy."

"What's that?"

BLAMMO!

s. morris, Thursday, 11 October 2007 22:50 (seventeen years ago)


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