Over heard at work.

[vta]

Working in an office environment, - a very big company with lots of people, you hear a lot of conversations over cube walls. Some of it drives me to blast my headphones, some of it just makes me laugh.

Actual statement made:

"Abraham Lincoln invented Thanksgiving. Someone actually said this and the others listening actually believed it."



I could go on a long saddened commentary about the state of education, but I really can't help but laugh.


Anyone else?

[jimnabby]

Originally Posted by vta

Working in an office environment, - a very big company with lots of people, you hear a lot of conversations over cube walls. Some of it drives me to blast my headphones, some of it just makes me laugh.

Actual statement made:

"Abraham Lincoln invented Thanksgiving. Someone actually said this and the others listening actually believed it."



I could go on a long saddened commentary about the state of education, but I really can't help but laugh.


Anyone else?

It's true, in a sense. Lincoln made it a national holiday and fixed the date.

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creat...hes/thanks.htm

[Sam I Am]

Originally Posted by vta

Working in an office environment, - a very big company with lots of people, you hear a lot of conversations over cube walls. Some of it drives me to blast my headphones, some of it just makes me laugh.

Actual statement made:

"Abraham Lincoln invented Thanksgiving. Someone actually said this and the others listening actually believed it."



I could go on a long saddened commentary about the state of education, but I really can't help but laugh.


Anyone else?

I was in a grocery store back in Texas one time in line to checkout. It was the week prior to the Indianapolis 500. These two guys were standing behind me waiting to checkout also. One of them mentioned the 500 and the other guy responds with and I quote. "Indianapolis 500. That is in New York right?"

[vta]

Originally Posted by jimnabby

It's true, in a sense. Lincoln made it a national holiday and fixed the date.

http://showcase.netins.net/web/creat...hes/thanks.htm

I thought FDR fixed the date on the 4th Thursday in November. Either way Lincoln recognized it as a national holiday, but he didn't invent it.

[vta]

Originally Posted by Sam I Am

I was in a grocery store back in Texas one time in line to checkout. It was the week prior to the Indianapolis 500. These two guys were standing behind me waiting to checkout also. One of them mentioned the 500 and the other guy responds with and I quote. "Indianapolis 500. That is in New York right?"

[jimnabby]

Originally Posted by vta

I thought FDR fixed the date on the 4th Thursday in November. Either way Lincoln recognized it as a national holiday, but he didn't invent it.

Yeah, that's why I said, "in a sense". And yes, FDR changed the national date to the 4th Thursday from the last Thursday, but it was Lincoln who originally fixed a single national date for the holiday.

[vta]

Originally Posted by jimnabby

Yeah, that's why I said, "in a sense". And yes, FDR changed the national date to the 4th Thursday from the last Thursday, but it was Lincoln who originally fixed a single national date for the holiday.

Hey cut the debate, just post some funny **** you overheard at work.

[Trendnet]

Originally Posted by vta

Hey cut the debate, just post some funny **** you overheard at work.

I used to share an office with this one woman. We had a map of the United Staes up, and it was a typical map, where Alaska and Hawaii were at the bottom of the map in their own little sections.

Sitting there typing away, and I hear out of the blue

woman "Huh... that's interesing"
me "what is that?"
woman "I didn't know Alaska was down there"
me "........"

[tupperware]

Restaurant I used to work in had a sub shop and someone seriously asked how big the foot long sub was.

[Faerluna]

http://www.overheardintheoffice.com/

and my other favorite

http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/

[Doomsday]

I use to do desktop support for a large company and we had a user put in a ticket stating that the cup holder on her PC was broken. She thought the CD-ROM was a cup holder.

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by vta

Working in an office environment, - a very big company with lots of people, you hear a lot of conversations over cube walls. Some of it drives me to blast my headphones, some of it just makes me laugh.

Actual statement made:

"Abraham Lincoln invented Thanksgiving. Someone actually said this and the others listening actually believed it."



I could go on a long saddened commentary about the state of education, but I really can't help but laugh.


Anyone else?

They must really be stupid, everyone know Lincoln did not invent Thanksgiving he invented the Turkey.

[Sam I Am]

Originally Posted by Doomsday101

They must really be stupid, everyone know Lincoln did not invent Thanksgiving he invented the Turkey.

I heard this politician once say he invented the Internet.

[ninja]

Originally Posted by Trendnet

I used to share an office with this one woman. We had a map of the United Staes up, and it was a typical map, where Alaska and Hawaii were at the bottom of the map in their own little sections.

Sitting there typing away, and I hear out of the blue

woman "Huh... that's interesing"
me "what is that?"
woman "I didn't know Alaska was down there"
me "........"

Was she hot/blonde?

[Doomsday101]

Originally Posted by Sam I Am

I heard this politician once say he invented the Internet.

In another life women was my idea. Sorry about that.