4PM Pop Quiz: What's Going on in This Quote?

Cube monkey #1: You?re heading home already?
Haggard telecommuter that came into the office: Yup!
Cube monkey #1: Okay...um...drive safe!
Cube monkey #2: Don't whip the gerbil too hard!
Cube monkey #3: What? I thought he said he was going home?

Billerica, Massachusetts

Overheard by: Boter