Queen of America.
I was in work and an American woman came in an asked me could I change some of her coins for notes. She did not have much so I obliged.
She handed me the coins and I looked and one was a 1 American dollar coin with Sacagawea (native American)
I handed it back and said sorry I can take it.
She looked at the coin and said
'oh sorry, who is that? Oh that's the queen of England'
I said it was Sacagawea and she said 'who??'
I could not answer as I was trying not to laugh.
Overheard by Marty, Work
Posted on Sunday, 15th November 2009
Cat wars
Was working in xtravision one day, now you always get people coming in asking for recommendations like a good action flick or a thriller but this takes the biscuit. Guy walks up to me and says with all seriousness "do you have any futuristic thrillers about cats?" Cue my fellow workmate roll around the floor laughing and I had to head out back to laugh. Needless to say I couldn't think of one but I would like to see one.
Overheard by Danger diver, Xtravision kimmage
Posted on Friday, 11th September 2009
The generation gap is alive and well
Was in work a couple of weeks ago and one of the lads was saying how he watched the Luke Kelly tribute and it was very good, then one of the girls pipes up and says "who is Luke Kelly?" he replied "he was in the Dubliners" and she says "oh right, I don't really follow football!!"
Overheard by S, In work
Posted on Wednesday, 02nd September 2009
Look on the brightside
While in work, it was mentioned that it was my birthday.
The usual round of congratulations followed until one guy stated
that I should look on the brightside - I no longer have to worry about dying young
(I'm 35!!!!)
Overheard by Shay, Leixlip
Posted on Friday, 24th July 2009
If the Shoe Fits
Working in the kids section in Clarks shoe shop, an angry parent rings up complaining that his son was given shoes that didn't fit. After threatening the manager with everything from the small claims court to Joe Duffy he agreed to come back into the shop and as I was most senior kids fitter in at the time I was sent to deal with him.
"My son won't even let us put these near his feet they're so uncomfortable! Now what are you going to do about it?!" he roared at me.
I put the shoes on the kid had a look and they seemed fine, turned to the boy and asked
"Do you just not like the shoes?" to which he replied
"Yeah, they're ugly and I don't like them..."
cue one very mortified father
Overheard by Lauren, Liffey Valley
Posted on Thursday, 23rd July 2009
Not as close as you'd think
A woman relating the story of how close her son is to her sister (his aunt). He tends to spend more time in his aunts house then his mothers and they had recently been away in Santa Ponza on holiday. So close are they in fact that in her words "they are always together, they are like chalk and cheese!"
Overheard by Dave, In Work
Posted on Wednesday, 01st July 2009
Unzipped
Myself and a woman in the office, were explaining to the office blonde how fellas jeans are different to girls jeans. The zipper and buttons are on different sides etc. Oh says the blonde" I didn't know that!" I said to her "The next time your taking the pants off some fella have a good look and see"
She replies in all seriousness "But they always rush to take them off really quickly so I hardly get to look..."
Overheard by Gormdubhgorm, at work
Posted on Wednesday, 24th June 2009
Blonde moment
Girl in work goes over to the thermostat on the wall and then asks...
"If I lower the temperature, Do think it will get colder"
Needless to say the girl is Blonde
Overheard by Dave, Work
Posted on Wednesday, 25th March 2009
Couldn't put it better themselves!
"I'll never listen to a politician again. Everything they ever say is just unremitigating dribble!"
Overheard by Patricius, Tea room at work
Posted on Monday, 16th March 2009
cuteness of youth
Christmas time; and a friends child tells me about her dad putting the angel on the tree top. "Ya, he put it up all atlantically".... I was totally confused... re-checking the situation, she repeated and then I cliked... "slanty"!!!!
Overheard by cailin, in work
Posted on Saturday, 27th December 2008
Did the Earth move?
working with a very dim but lovely girl, she comes out with "it's mad how it knows when to get dark and when it knows how to get bright, isn't it?" She was referring to day/night.we went on to explain the whole story about the earth rotating around the sun. The look on her face was priceless."so you mean the Earth is moving, right now as we speak?
Me: "Yes"
Her: "So why can't we feel it?"
Me: (Eyes to heaven...)
Overheard by Jen, At work, Swords
Posted on Sunday, 21st December 2008
coconuts and wine!
Was at an office christmas party last week when we began talking about a female colleague who didn't make it to the festivity's... I asked a friend if she had been invited to one of her wine parties,
my friend replied "no I wasn't where you? was it fancy dress?"
i said "no i've never heard of a fancy dress wine party?"
to which my friend replied "oh I thought you said hawaiian, not her wine!"
Another english person struggling to understand my dublin accent!
Overheard by paul in cornwall, office christmas party
Posted on Saturday, 13th December 2008
Northside Olympics
A few years ago, in the run up to the Special Olympics in Ireland, I was holding a collection in the office for the "Support an Athlete" programme.
Now, I'm a proper Northside Dub and have the accent to go with it, and I work with this Southside babe from Foxrock. Lovely, but a bit dim.
I walked up to her desk and told her that I was fundraising for Support an Athlete. She smiled her lovely smile and said "That's wonderful", but then with a puzzled look asked: "Who's Natalie?"
Overheard by Kev, at work
Posted on Thursday, 11th December 2008
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