Guy: Wow, you did an amazing job on these illustrations!
Woman: Do I have to keep drawing more illustrations?
Guy: Well, maybe if you sucked we wouldn't ask you to draw anymore.
Woman: Oh.
Guy loudly: Why don't you try sucking? Suck a little harder!
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Scandalous
Manager: Why have we been doing so many refunds this week?
Coworker #1: Because our salespeople can't sell properly. They need to start asking customers simple questions, like, "Will this fit in your gap?"
(much sniggering from others)
Coworker #2: You can't ask people that!
Nottingham
England
Boss #1: We need to cut the cost of producing this calendar.
Boss #2: Yes. What's driving the page count?
New York City, New York
Overheard by: sigh....
Guy in elevator: So I had to go buy new shoelaces over lunch.
Girl in elevator: It's about time. You've been lacing them too tight for weeks. Makes me crazy.
Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: what
Guy, waxing lyrical in bathroom stall: Plop plop. Piss piss. Another dump I slowly dismiss. Although they don't smell like flowers, I can do this all day cause I'm paid by the hour.
St. Petersburg, Florida
Overheard by: Joe the average
Demanding colleague Give it! Give it!
Allergic colleague: (sneezes)
Demanding colleague: Um. That wasn't what I meant.
Harbor Island, Washington
Overheard by: Not unless you hid it in your nose...
Coworker: My best friend, like, he used to be black, so I sometimes speak with a black accent.
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Overheard by: Master Mahan
Boss, sending young workers to interior house painting location: Send the guys to the house. And they need to bring rubber gloves, cause they will be stripping.
Jeanerette, Louisiana
Secular Muslim salesgirl #1: What do you think of what I am wearing?
Secular Muslim salesgirl #2: I'm glad you asked, it's bizarre. Why are you wearing such a short skirt? It's winter! And is that shirt actually lingerie? And why are you wearing a veil? Especially with all this? I've never seen you wear a veil!
Secular Muslim salesgirl #1: My grandmother put glue in my shampoo bottle to try to force me to cover my hair and dress more conservatively. I didn't have time to fix it. I had to wear a veil. And the rest... well, I couldn't let her win.
Clothing Store
Sarajevo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Girl #1: Actually, I think her parents were brother and sister by adoption.
Girl #2: Does that mean she's an albino?
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: Kate
Worker #1, about customer: How is it "annually" if she did it in September, and it's June now?
Worker #2: She's a moron.
Austin, Texas
Suit: It's got a dead animal on the top, just the way I like it.
L'Enfant Plaza
Washington, DC
Overheard by: Guess he's not a vegan
Customer #1: I don't know how she thinks she's hot.
Customer #2: Who?
Customer #1: Sweet tits.
Customer #2: (mumbles obscenities)
Customer #1: Well, I don't know what to tell you, you're the one who always dates mean, nasty women.
Target
Evansville, Indiana
Overheard by: REDman
Director, about IT guy coming to work on her computer: Okay, I'm just going to clear off my desk in case he decides to do me.
Boston, Massachusetts
IT guy: What's wrong?
Foreign IT guy, sniffing: I'm not sure.
IT guy: Don't worry, you're in America now. They'll be stuff wrong with you that you never knew was wrong and whatever it is, there'll be a pill for it.
Foreign IT guy, backing away: Uhhhh... thanks.
Aliso Viejo, California
Attorney on phone: She's a full-time mommy and a full time lawyer. I don't know how she does it.
Eavesdropping legal assistant, muttering: That means she's only part-time...
Austin, Texas
Male coworker: You just didn't want anyone to see how much of a slut you looked like.
Female coworker: That's not true. I did not look like a slut!
Male coworker: Oh that's right--you put underwear on.
Female coworker: Exactly!
Reno, Nevada
Girl: Did you go to sleep right away or were there bedtime activities?
Boy: No, we did not have sex because I was so full of pie!
The Loop
Chicago, Illinois
Guy to waitress: So, this cookie plate. What is it, a plate of cookies?
Chicago,Illinois
Boss at computer: So, when you say "inbox"... What exactly do you mean by that?
Manhattan, New York
Engaged young man: I don't think she even likes me.
Older married man: If she liked you, she would never marry you.
Boston, Massachusetts
IT guy, hurrying through lobby: There's someone downstairs that can't figure out how to use the little box.
Jaded marketing gal: God, I hate that.
Seattle, Washington
PR coordinator: How did that conference call go?
PR director: Well, I doodled a sketch of myself jumping off the top of our parking garage. So... not good.
Ad Agency
Salt Lake City, Utah
Overheard by: Mandorama
Female employee, after answering question: Sorry I couldn't give you a more stimulating answer.
Male boss: That's okay, I'm stimulating myself enough anyway.
(awkward silence)
Adelaide
Australia
Overheard by: walkingawaygiggling
Suit, walking out of conference room: Poop in my hand! Poop in my hand!
Bank of America Tower
Seattle, Washington
Overheard by: bigwig's secretary
Manager: Did you make a new folder for the nursery division?
Accountant: Did I?
Manager: Yes, did you?
Accountant: Would I?
(manager stares blankly)
Freehold, New Jersey
Overheard by: Max
Female coworker #1, walking back from bathroom: I'm so mad I ate that slice of pizza for lunch.
Female coworker #2: Did you just throw up?
Female coworker #1: No! If I did, then I wouldn't be mad.
Female coworker #3: Well, then maybe you should go back.
Manhattan, New York
Supervisor: The problem is that we have some faculty who just will not leave. There's a guy who hasn't been paid since 1991 that still comes in every day.
Worcester, Massachusetts
Secretary to another: Do you know whose toenail clippings are in the conference room under the table?
Raleigh, North Carolina
Male lawyer, presented with basket of assorted candy bars for his birthday: Wow, Skybar, Fifth Avenue! I haven't seen some of these candy bars since the 1970s.
Cute secretary: I was checking out your Clark Bar before.
Male lawyer: I'm flattered!
Law office
Brooklyn, New York
Overheard by: Big Larry
Male coworker #1 to male coworker #2: Hands up! No nipple action!
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Jefferson
Office manager to room full of new hires: I like to reach out and touch everyone. We have lots of different ways to do that.
L'Enfant Plaza
Washington, DC
Coworker: Gather more than five people together in one place, and odds are that at least one will be a shit-munching little crap-weasel.
Ventura, California
Overheard by: Tom
Dave, standing with four females and some candy gift baskets: Hey, Tom.
Tom: Hey, Dave, you should dig in to those treats over there... And no, I don't mean the ladies!
Jersey City, New Jersey
Product development guy: I just got an e-mail in Chinese... What do I do?
Product development gal: Just copy/paste it into Microsoft Word and change the font.
Product development guy: It's Chinese, not Wingdings.
Queens, New York
Boss: What's a few holes between friends?
Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Techmonkey
Boss: Do you like your bananas al dente?
Intern: Yes, I do!
Manhattan, New York
Boss: And I would bet my... um... pencil, on that. Wait... what do they say?
Grad student: Ass. You'd bet your ass on that.
Boss: Oh, no. I don't want to bet that. I'll bet my favorite pencil.
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: LabCat
Coworker #1: Ah, look at the massive turd coming out of the fish!
Coworker #2: Oh, where?
Coworker #3: Is it doing a poo?!
Coworker #2: Oh wow!
Coworker #4: It's good you all have work to do.
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: Not Looking...
Short coworker: Man, I would give anything to be taller.
Tall coworker: I'd totally slip you a couple inches if I could.
(awkward silence)
Laramie, Wyoming
Overheard by: sarah
Hostess: How about a bumblebee?
Server: He was asking about kinds of birds, not bugs.
Hostess: Same difference.
Server: Lots of things fly that aren't birds, like bats.
Hostess: Bats are birds.
Server: Bats are mammals!
Hostess: Birds are mammals.
Server, apoplectic: Birds are birds!
Restaurant
Charleston, South Carolina
Girl on intercom: Happy hour is now beginning in the upstairs happy room.
(intercom off, then back on)
Man: You are all a bunch of bitches.
Washington, DC
Old lady to husband as she walks out of doctor's office: Oh, I love to smell that alcohol!
Longwood Ave
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: smellslikemartinis
Intern #1, breaking office silence: I want to go to the zoo.
Intern #2: I hate religion.
(intern #3 chokes and spits water on herself)
Toronto, Canadia
Female coworker #1, quietly: So have you had any success yet?
Female coworker #2, quietly: No, she won't let me anywhere near her feet.
Female coworker #1: Okay. I'll tell you what you've got to do. (whispers furtively)
Chili, New York
Overheard by: NewGirl
President: Believe me, porn makes you smart.
Cary, North Carolina
Overheard by: The Body
Nurse: How have your bowel movements been?
Elderly man: Oh, very good, thank you! Would you like to see?
Hospital
New York City, New York
Overheard by: Molly
Coworker, walking into women's restroom while lights are on generator power: Wow, this is romantic!
Mason, Ohio
Overheard by: uh...
Office woman to male manager with aluminum water bottle: Wow, look at you! Going green! Nice!
Manager: If a man really wants to go green, he'll kill himself and let himself be used as fertilizer.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: Intern
Cubicle drone on phone: So not only is it wild, but it's attached itself to you?
Plains, Pennsylvania
Girl: So I got a phone call from a guy I met at the bar last week.
Guy: Oh, yeah?
Girl: I didn't remember him and he got upset.
Guy: What excuse did you use?
Girl: I told him that I was with a lot of guys that night.
Guy: You're awesome.
Queen's Quay
Toronto
Canadia
Overheard by: Gibber
Female coworker #1: You need more man-attention than I do, even!
Female coworker #2: Well, you know Paul is coming over this weekend.
Female coworker #1: Who's that?
Female coworker #3: Her booty call.
Female coworker #2: Yeah, he's cool, you should totally call him.
Female coworker #1: Ew! I am not calling your booty call.
Arcata, California
Overheard by: Jessica
Cube mate #1 to cube mate #2: What did we eat? I just crapped an Ewok!
Savannah, Georgia
Man: Is that a real rugby shirt or one of those trendy fake ones?
Woman: It's a trendy one. It's Ralph Lauren. Can't you read the r. F.I. C.?
Man: Well I didn't want to stare... I stare enough already!
Georgetown, Kentucky
Boss: They're all pissed off cuz I yelled at them. I don't know why I yelled at them. It just felt good.
Washington, DC
Boss: I'm jealous, I wish I had a colon infection.
Falls Church, Virginia
Female: Dude, did I tell you what happened the last time we ate here together?
Male little person: No, what?
Female: Sheila* saw us and said to me "Dude, I totally saw you eating lunch with a midget. What's up with that?"
Male little person: Ummmm, okay.
Female: But I said "Oh, I know I was totally with a midget, but he has the hugest cock ever. I've totally seen it."
Male little person: Ummmm, okay. Thanks for the recommendation, I guess?
Female: She said she's going to call you.
Sacramento, California
Bus driver, over intercom, on a crowded bus about to let on more passengers: All standees please drop your backpacks to your feet and move to the back of the bus.
(no one moves)
Bus driver: This is the voice of God. Thou shalt drop your bags to your feet and move to the back of the bus.
Davis, California
Overheard by: Natalie T.
CSR, on phone with customer: I'm sorry, but that's not a confirmation code. That's the word "denied."
Bryan, Texas
Overheard by: Jax
Secretary: She asked me to file these but I'm not quite sure how she wants them.
Lazy old receptionist: Just do it wrong and she'll quit asking you to do stuff. That's what I do.
Crown Point, Indiana
Overheard by: the one that usually asks
Office peon to others: What do you do if you're conjoined twins with only one ass and the other twin keeps farting blood and you want to wear white pants?
Quebec City
Canadia
Overheard by: Frank
Guy to friend: It was just like Barney... but with Cubans and machetes.
Tampa, Florida
Overheard by: sarswolu
White office girl #1, about racist Miley Cyrus picture: So, yeah, I actually found that photo way more offensive than the topless one in Vogue.
White office girl #2: But it wasn't racist. It was just a joke about how funny they look.
White office girl #1: Yeah, I see your point.
Adelaide Central Market
Australia
Cubicle dweller: If they can clone my dog, they can clone me a liver on the side.
Seattle, Washington
New worker: So about the health benefit... will my son gets it?
HR: Of course.
New worker: What about my ex-wife? Because for sure I don't want that fucker to get anything.
Menlo Park, California
Loud-talking painter, not realizing he's being heard: I don't know, Paul, I wouldn't mind spanking that redhead.
Painter friend: What color would we have to paint her office to get her to do that?
(long pause)
Loud-talking painter: Green?
Loserville, Kentucky
Suit on cell: I went across the street to the Chinese/Thai food place for lunch, and not everything afterwards went according to plan. I've spent enough time in the bathroom this afternoon to finish reading a book. I know you weren't necessarily dying for that information, but that's the reason this took me a while to finish. I will still be billing two hours to this, though, even though it took a bit longer.
Manhattan, New York
Hick #1: Oh, Frost/Nixon. I wanted to see this.
Hick #2: What's it about?
Hick #1: It's about when Nixon gets assassinated.
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
Overheard by: I just work here
Suit on phone: Hey, is the Frenchman there? Is the vet there? Who's there?
Times Square
Manhattan, New York
Caseworker: With all due respect sir, you are deaf. You are not disabled.
Norristown, Pennsylvania
Receptionist #1: I don't like stairs.
Receptionist #2: Yeah, they're creepy.
Fort Worth, Texas
Overheard by: bob
Maintenance worker, running into hotel lobby: Look at my union suit! It's a two piece! It was a one piece but I cut it in half because it was ridin' my crotch like a motherfucker!
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Desk clerk
Boss who never listens: I need you to pick up the trash in the parking lot before the bank comes today.
Worker: Pork chop sandwiches!
Boss who never listens: Okay, great, let me know when you are done.
Lakewood, Washington
Working bee: But I'm cute and friendly and everyone should just love me! Damn it!
University of Illinois
Very white girl in business suit on cell in cafeteria: No, I haven't told him yet, I just found out for sure this morning. (pause) Well, I don't have his phone number anymore, I took it out of my phone so I wouldn't drunk dial. (pause) I don't know, I know his address, so maybe I'll just send him a card. "Roses are red, violets are blue, I'm having a baby, and so are you". (pause) Hey, maybe a singing telegram to him at work. That'll go over big. (pause) He's an elementary school teacher... that would probably get him fired. (pulls out ghetto accent) And you know my baby daddy better have hisself a job!
Princeton, New Jersey
Overheard by: Currrly!
Boss: I don't want to drink by myself.
Employee: You won't be. You'll be on a conference call.
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Mark W.
Lady on phone: Hey, it's Allison. Do you know if there is a website where you can see if someone has an outstanding warrant out for them? (pause) Can you look online and find one? (pause) You know my husband's name, right?
Florida
Overheard by: Scared In Orlando
Shift supervisor: What are you doing?
Intense coworker: Working on my sparkle.
Shift supervisor: Your what?
Intense coworker: Once I sparkle, all the girls will want me! (turns to female coworker) C'mon, do I dazzle you?
Wellington
New Zealand
Overheard by: Still Not Dazzled
Senior partner, leaving office: So don't worry, I'll have those figures for you tomorrow.
(elevator doors shut)
Senior partner, to assistant: But anyway, he picked up the mannequin and started biting the fingers off it.
Assistant: No! What did Jenny say?
Senior partner: She was in the bath the whole time! She didn't see a thing!
Assistant: Oh my god! Was that before she came out and found the Puerto Rican guy on the beanbag?
Senior partner: Yes! And by this time, my mother had already left, so Jenny and I just had to get everything of importance out of the lounge room and lock the doors.
Assistant: That's amazing!
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: Kate
Woman in line: I want to go somewhere foreign this summer. How about Guam?
Cashier: Actually, Guam is part of the United States.
Woman in line: Ugh, these things change so often. We must have gotten it, like, a year ago, right?
Cashier: Actually, we've owned Guam since the 1800s. It sends a non-voting member to Congress, but they have no elector, so they don't matter for presidential elections.
Woman in line: Oh, thank god.
Rite Aid
Doylestown, Pennsylvania
30-something IT geek: Don't worry, you can always buy replacement and upgrade parts for your lightsaber!
20-something IT geek: Good! I was worried that I'd need to build a new one.
Dayton, Ohio
Overheard by: Noxi
Student teacher #1: I have to write a unit on the book My Side of the Mountain.
Student teacher #2: What? Why are you teaching something called "mindset of a nun" to your kids?
Ford City, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Lyndsay
Sales rep, about receptionist's coat: What kind of fur is that? Gerbil?
Receptionist: No, I think it's some kind of fox, but it's spelled "f-a-u..."
Los Angeles, California
Coworker #1: I wasn't that drunk by that point. I mean, I was sober enough to realize that they were branding each other's asses with Christmas cookie cutters.
Boss: Sure...
Coworker #1: No, legit. Sticking the cookie cutters in the fire and branding each other's asses.
Coworker #2: Can you imagine shacking up with someone with an inverted Christmas pointing right to your pooper?
Hicksville, New York
Overheard by: Traumatized
Proud grandmother to coworker: Look, here's the latest picture of my granddaughter! She's four now!
Coworker: She is so cute! I see she still has that unibrow thing going on. Will she have it lasered off?
Proud grandmother: Maybe. But she is growing into it.
Irvine, California
Coworker #1: I got so mad at my daughter that I threw a spoon through my refrigerator.
Coworker #2: Through it?
Coworker #1: Well, I dented it.
Coworker #2: Oh, that's no big deal. Everyone I know has done that.
Center City
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coworker on phone: No, you can't let Stan do that! If he uses that bulldozer in your yard it'll look like some blind guy with his head between his ass.
Columbia, New Jersey
Executive director, discussing clients: We can't touch them physically, but we can touch them with things.
Louisville, Kentucky
Receptionist, over intercom: Would anyone with a banana please come to the front desk?
Boston, Massachusetts
Receptionist: Steve, you have to dial 8 before you send a fax, or it won't work.
Mechanic: Even when you dial long distance?
Receptionist: Even when you dial long distance.
Mechanic: But I sent a fax yesterday without dialing 8.
Receptionist: No, you didn't. I got annoyed and put it in the shredder after you walked off and left it beeping.
Mechanic: I guess thats why he didn't get the fax...
Receptionist: Yeah, I guess thats why.
Indianapolis, Indianapolis
Woman to group: Yeah, so she had her baby through c-section.
Surprised woman, interrupting: C-section? Why?
Woman: I don't know, maybe they glued her clitter shut.
Serious woman: Nice, Jane.
Michigan
Art director: If you're going to dress like a woman, act like a woman. Put the seat down.
Dallas, Texas
Overheard by: Lindsay
Cube dweller #1: Okay, sir, so that name is spelled m-i-c-k-e-y?
Cube dweller #2: M-o-u-s-eeeeee!
Oklahoma
Overheard by: It's a small world afterall
Male employee: I heard you two talking about my project so I came.
Female boss: That's good, I like the way you come.
Bothell, Washington
Female account manager: Kevin*, maybe you know this. I've been asking everyone and no one wants to tell me. What is a "pearl necklace?"
Kevin* (gay HR director): Oh, boy. Shut the door, please.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Juan Chung
Typist lady, answering the phone: Hello! How are you this morning? (pause) I'm wet.
Yaphank, New York
Overheard by: Junior
Coworker #1: The system won't let me type any letters in the credit field of my insurance quote.
Coworker #2: Have you tried confessing your darkest sins to the Lord and trying again?
Coworker #1: I'll just have the help desk do it.
Caledonia, Michigan
Overheard by: Playtah
Guy #1: Have you ever thought about a vagina being like an "inverted" penis?
Guy #2: No.
Guy #1, continuing anyways: That way, if you were to "hit bottom" on a girl, that would mean that your penis was technically "bigger" than hers.
Guy #2: I want to kill myself for having been involved in this conversation.
Joplin, Missouri
Loud girl: Aw shit, I'ma cock-block boo. She gon' get your ass.
Quiet guy in next cubicle, to himself: I am so confused by what goes on in this office sometimes.
South Ozone Park
Queens, New York
Overheard by: Charlie
Coworker #1, looking at coworker #2's plant: Horticulture and philosophy go hand in hand.
Coworker #2: Good luck with life.
Caledonia, Michigan
Overheard by: Playtah
Woman: Can you put green peppers and mushrooms on one half and pepperoni on the other?
Pizza Hut guy: Yes, we have the technology to do that.
Beloit, Wisconsin
Overheard by: Truly amazing
Boss: It's about time! You're finally back, you know Kristen isn't here.
Employee wearing a heart monitor: Yeah, I know she's out sick.
Boss: Do you know how she's feeling? Will she be back tomorrow?
Employee wearing a heart monitor: No, but my doctor said I'm having heart problems.
Boss: Well, you look fine and you're here, so that's not a big deal.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Coworker on phone with customer: No. We do not accept payments via fax. No, I'm sorry, you cannot fax your money to us. (pause) Ma'am, you can mail your check or money order to us, we can take check or CC over the phone, but we do not accept cash via fax.
Southington, Connecticut
Boss to secretary: Have you seen my pants? Check behind the door.
Los Osos, California
Little old Indian professor, struggling to set up lecture on Excel: I am feeling retarded. This is why I don't use those iPods and stuff...I am afraid.
Tufts University
Medford/Somerville, Massachusetts
Overheard by: microsoft excel is pretty evil
Manager handing name tag to an employee: These are the old name tags. We ordered new ones, but the courier who was delivering them fell off the train and died.
Ramat Gan
Israel
Overheard by: ayala
Peon: Did you get your "whore of the year" trophy yet?
Boss: No, it hasn't arrived yet.
Meriden, Connecticut
Overheard by: Brandon
Coworker #1: I had to have a spinal when my child was born.
Coworker #2: I had an epidural, but I could still feel my coon.
Coworker #1: You call your stuff a coon? Do you offer your "coon" to your husband?
Coworker #2: No, I just say, "you want a shot of leg?"
Coworker #1: Gross.
Nashville, Tennessee
Overheard by: bigcutebeachgirl
Employee to coworker: You left your pot in the back of my car. (office talk stops) Er...your cooking pot.
Costa Mesa, California
Male CSR #1: I just keep thinking about his soft lips. His big soft lips.
Female CSR & male CSR #2: (blank look)
Male CSR #1: Did he...I knew he was a complicated little man.
Portland, Oregon
Office guy, as if about the weather: I'd be gay, except for the spooning.
Bentonville, Arkansas
Deli worker #1: You need to be thinking about what you want to do with your life.
Deli worker #2: I want to serve people meat. Is there anything wrong with that?
Shreveport, Louisiana
Coworker to receptionist: Yeah, that's her in the picture. I recognize the triple chin. I bet she's a secret dominatrix or something.
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: crosberg
Employee: Sir, the password to your account is?
Man: J-u-g-g-a-l-o.
Wife: God, that's so embarrassing.
Pleasanton, California
Overheard by: Stephen
Blonde CSC to sales rep: I'm not here to service you, I'm here to service the customers!
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Cyn
Editor #1: Every time I see a picture of a Krispy Kreme doughnut, I drool a little. Even though I don't really want one.
Editor #2: I'm that way with cocaine.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Woman on speakerphone: Get off my back! Now!!
Coworker on phone: Uh, excuse me??
Woman on speakerphone, flustered: Sorry...I meant my cat.
Palo Alto, California
Overheard by: bluesage
Manager: I will be gone after three.
Minion: Will you be back?
Manager: Yes, at various times throughout my career.
St. Louis, Missouri
Female admin assistant to another, about cubicle relocation: I mean, I like it all just fine, but if I had a wiener I wouldn't get a boner or anything.
Houston, Texas
Elderly lady, waving cane: Since that new President got elected, I have seen more and more black people at the grocery store.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Boss: (blows nose)
Annoyingly nice coworker: Are you alright? Can I help you with anything?
Boss: Are you serious? I'm blowing my nose. How do you want to help?
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Overheard by: lori
Coworker #1: You made your own bed, dude.
Coworker #2, pouting: I know! But that's what I do when I'm drunk. I make beds!
Seattle, Washington
Sales guy: Are we penetrating?
Sales gal: It would be great if you could penetrate with us!
McLean, Virginia
Nurse: Okay, so, she's dyin'?
Doctor: I guess.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Engineer to another: What'd you just say? My ass is grass? And you're the lawnmower?
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: jt
Boss, during PowerPoint presentation: We have a sales guy in Houston... Great guy! He'll bend over and do anything for you.
Ottawa
Ontario
Canadia
Overheard by: Michael Abraham
District manager: That's like a yak swimming in the Atlantic!
Mission Viejo, California
Overheard by: Yak Overboard
Coworker #1, dropping summer sausage for lunch: Hey, you want some of my sausage?
Coworker #2: Only if you wash it off first.
Bourbonnais, Illinois
Overheard by: the closet is my office
Blonde coworker: But that's the problem with this country, people are lazy now, never put any thought or effort into anything. They're sloppy. Like, some guy passed a bank teller a "this is a holdup" note on the back of his damn pay stub from his job. I can't respect that kind of stupidity.
Manager: You know what? You would be a really good criminal. I mean that as a compliment.
Blonde coworker: I know, right? It's almost scary. I'd never get caught.
Chelmsford, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Not sure I want to sit by her anymore
Female coworker, about current object of infatuation: Oh...he is so cute, you have to see him. I just love him. I will bring in his mugshot.
Male coworker: He has a mugshot?
Female coworker: Yeah, but he only beats his girlfriends when he is on drugs. He is so sweet. He used to save me a seat on the bus when we were in school.
Mountville, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Mindy
Sales rep #1: So last night I told my husband I don't believe in anal sex.
Sales rep #2: Really? How'd that go?
Sales rep #1: Not so good.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Office dweller on phone: You get Snoop. We get Jon Bon Jovi.
Austin, Texas
Employee: Bridget's out on maternity leave again? That woman is fertile!
Boss: Yeah, I know where to come if I want to have more kids.
Bellevue, Washington
Male coworker #1: I'm having trouble concentrating today.
Male coworker #2: That's because you can't stop looking at me.
Male coworker #1: Every time I look at you, my retinas vomit into my glasses.
Ballarat
Australia
Overheard by: vMan
Coworker #1: Yeah, we just got some lame intern for the department, just because he is friends with the president's daughter.
Coworker #2: Huh? He really is? Isn't she like 13?
Coworker #1: Not Obama, you stoner! The president of the company.
Stonybrook University
Long Island, New York
Overheard by: Kevin
Girl executive: I bank at Wells Fargo.
Guy executive: Oh, they charge a bunch of fees. You must like getting fucked in the ass.
Girl executive: Well...
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Woman to room full of coworkers: I'm not gonna shove a ring up there for a month!
Richmond, Virginia
Irritating female VP to younger male associate: Get the Jameson...and some whipped cream.
Kansas City, Missouri
Overheard by: Not again
Female motherly coworker who needs her back cracked: Will it hurt?
Young, hot, male coworker: It might. I usually do it from behind. I will kind of hug you while I do it quick.
Female motherly coworker: I don't know if I will like that. I don't want it to hurt me. Why don't you do it from the front?
Young, hot, male coworker: Okay, turn around.
Female motherly coworker: Ah, that's it! Right there. Oh, I needed that for such a long time...
Mountville, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Wow
Aspiring movie critic #1: I don't think Zac Efron will ever be able to do anything but High School Musical.
Aspiring movie critic #2: I know. He'll be like...the gym teacher in High School Musical 30.
Richmond, Virginia
CSR: Any possible combination of fetish can be googled and is on the net for free. I mean, if you want to see shit on a midget while he is playing with teddy bears...it's there!
Aliso Viejo, California
Older, proper female professor #1, giggling: Well, I guess after that I should probably just invest in a new turkey baster.
Older, proper female professor #2: I should say so, my dear.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: This place is killing me...
Boss on phone: We really want to focus on your company in 2009. The alternative energy sector is expanding at an incredible rate, and I... (pause) Really? Rape?
Williamstown
Australia
Overheard by: Kate
Male coworker: Colon cleansing will fix your insomnia.
Female coworker: Really?
Jacksonville, Florida
Overheard by: never heard that before
Woman on cell: If you're going to get a vagina, you may as well get a nice one.
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: fetishgirl
Woman to coworker: Did I tell you? My New Year's resolution is to always remember to wash my hands before I leave the bathroom.
Princeton, New Jersey
Female admin: I'll be in charge of this project--it'll be my baby.
Safety trainer: Retarded?
Storrs, Connecticut
Hiring manager, after executives commented on physical appearance of new employee: I'm saving you all from litigation by not paying attention to any of you.
Executive one: No, you're not, "ugly" is not a protected class.
Marlborough, Massachusetts
Finance manager: Every time an e-mail outage occurs I'm working on something, and I have to start over. I need you to let me know an hour or so ahead of time next time the system is going to crash.
IT guy: Ummmmm...
Auburn, Indiana
Overheard by: dru
Office supply delivery guy: Well, I was just afraid it was shoved up there and wouldn't be found.
Receptionist: (silence)
Wilmington, Delaware
Overheard by: olamac
Tech guy to another, under the desk plugging cables: Sorry, dude! Didn't mean to teabag you.
San Antonio, Texas
Overheard by: neelia
Customer: Why hasn't my money been deposited into my account today?
CSR: Well sir, it's Martin Luther King Day, so the banks are closed.
Customer: Oh, yeah! I forgot about that, homie!
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: dropping some eaves
Lady accountant: I'm getting fat!
French accountant: Fat?! What are you talking about?! I could eat you and no one would notice! (awkward silence) Actually, pretend I didn't say that.
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: Not an Accountant
Office drone to coworker chewing Big League Chew: Your mouth smells like T-Ball.
Woodlands, Texas
Office manager to HR manager: Did you go to the gym yesterday?
HR manager: No.
Office manager: Why not?
HR manager: Because I went home to drink.
Langley
Canadia
Pretty blonde girl: Umm, excuse me, but do you have a tampon? I'm desperate.
Obese, sassy librarian: Yeah, I have one. But it's inserted.
Monson Free Library
Monson, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Sarah
IT assisting in HR: Yeah, I just got back from CES. They had the adult entertainment convention on the floor above. [name of pornstar] walked by and I told her she looked shorter in person than on film.
Employee, laughing: I can't believe this conversation is happening in HR.
Sonora, California
Overheard by: Breezy
Attorney: It's not so cold out.
Secretary: Is that why your nose is bright red?
Attorney: No, that's because I've been drinking.
Boston, Massachusetts
Overheard by: amused intern
Cubicle dweller on phone: The problem is: it's a very large pole with a very small head, and it's very ridiculous-looking.
Bristol, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: signguy
CSR: Hello Mrs. Batman? This is Robin calling from your hearing aid company about your recent hearing aid purchase. (pause) No, I'm not kidding. My name really is Robin and I'm calling about your hearing aid.
DeKalb, Illinois
Overheard by: Rich
Irritated coworker to inventory worker: If I want your opinion, I'll jingle my zipper next time.
Tampa, Florida
Woman at table with large group: We had so much fun on vacation with the kids.
Man next to her: Wouldn't it have been more fun without the kids?
Woman: What? Why, don't you like kids?
Man: Nah, not really. I've never liked kids. I don't know how pedophiles do it.
Restaurant
Detroit, Michigan
Overheard by: PeterG
Boss: Don't forget to include an STD with that mailing.
Temp: STD?
Boss: "Save The Date" card.
Temp: Oh! I thought you meant "Sexually Transmitted Disease."
Boss: What kind of magazines do you read, anyway?
Providence, Rhode Island
Boss to underling: That's a direct quote. Not word for word, but the gist of it.
Cleveland, Ohio
Overheard by: eric
Boss lady: Okay, does anyone have any suggestions on how to overcome this problem?
Underling: (makes an appropriate suggestion)
Boss lady: Interesting. It's possible that your square peg might just fit into my round hole. (pause) No. I'm not going to say it.
Underling: Ummm...I think I'm going to be sick.
Mississauga
Canadia
Overheard by: TCon
Young receptionist: I keep finding cat scratches all over me!
Female accounts: Do you even have a cat?
Young receptionist: Yeah, I had to wash him.
Female accounts: Why in the hell would you wash a cat, they're self-cleaning!
Croydon Road
Australia
Visitor from another office: I gotta get my child support so I can get a pedicure.
Austin, Texas
Overheard by: The Joys of Temping in Austin
IT guy #1: You're not going to do it the way I want you to do it.
IT guy #2: Well, show me how you want me to do it, and I'll do it.
Winter Park, Florida
Overheard by: joe
Support staff: Hello, how can I help you?
Caller: Can I speak to Nora?
Support staff: I'm sorry, there is no Nora in this office.
Caller: I called yesterday too.
Support staff: Yes, I remember. There was no Nora yesterday, either.
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Shamim
Boss: You sent me that attachment on e-mail but I need the paper version.
Underling: So print out the attachment.
Redmond, Washington
Overheard by: Really?
Lab worker packing specimens to send to reference lab: Wow! I don't have any gonorrhea or chlamydia today!
Kokomo, Indiana
Woman in cubicle to peon: Did you see me do the donkey face?
Malden, Massachusetts
Overheard by: Better than a punch
Man on cell: Where the hell is my box of mustaches?
Dallas, Texas
Overheard by: CarnivorousGnar
Clerk #1: Bob and Mark left on a service call.
Manager: Did you tell Mark to dump Bob off on the side of the road, like a puppy no one wants, instead of bringing him back?
Clerk #2: Hey! We're not that mean here. We like puppies.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Cube monkey: Why do things that happen to stupid people always happen to me?
Sex Toy Company
Las Vegas, Nevada
Overheard by: Sex Writer Goddess
Sassy receptionist: You are going straight to hell with gasoline drawers!
Navy Yard
Washington, DC
CSR #1, about recall of peanut butter crackers: I had no idea that peanut butter could contain salmonella.
CSR #2: Yeah, well...nuts can be pretty dirty.
Greenwood Village, Colorado
Overheard by: Bonny
Pregnant woman in meeting: This is Kate, she'll be taking over for me, since I'll be leaving in March to reproduce.
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: Really?
IT guy to friend: I lost a job and a girlfriend to World of Warcraft...it was so worth it!
Asheville, North Carolina
Overheard by: Sarah M.
Office guy: I spent a year of my life having chocolate milk and a Butterfinger Bar for breakfast.
Office girl: Oh my god! I hate boys! Girls could never do that!
Office guy: That's because women have babies.
Boston, Massachusetts
Boss: Are you homophobic?
Employee: I have an African American cousin! Of course I'm not homophobic!
Nashville, Tennessee
Boss from other room: The most expensive coffee in the world, and...
Database monkey, yelling: Is that the kind that's shat out by monkeys?
Boss: No, leopards!
Austin, Texas
Patron: Will the bank will be open on Friday?
Teller: Yes sir, we are open. Why shouldn't we be?
Patron: I heard it will be very cold Thursday and Friday.
Teller: No sir, we don't close the bank due to cold weather. How can I help you?
Manhattan, New York
Overheard by: Eddie
Female security to male engineer who had again forgotten ID badge: I don't know why you guys don't just put it in your pants and just leave it there!
Portland, Oregon
Supervisor to staff member: Leave me alone or I will spit my nastiness on you.
Mclean, Virginia
Web developer boss: Aww, I didn't get a dildo this time. That's sad.
Mesa, Arizona
Girl to friend: We'd take a day off to celebrate our box!
St. Louis, Missouri
Man on cell: That's just the delay in copulating your pig.
Ithaca, New York
Overheard by: MonCree
Loud American coworker in next cubicle: Are you a mammal?
University Research Centre
Sydney
Australia
Admin on phone with engineer: Hello, it's me. (pause) At the desk. (pause) I know, what are you wearing? (pause) Haha...okay, we need to end this conversation, because I do not need to go to a seminar.
Boston, Massachusetts
Coworker #1: I'm on this new diet.
Coworker #2: Oh yeah?
Coworker #1: Yeah, it's this diet where if you aren't hungry you don't eat.
Bloomington, Minnesota
Coworker: I just grab any woman who walks past--that's how I empower them!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: I've been on the receiving end.
Student teaching CPR: They're unconscious. They won't know what's going on, so it's all good.
Leesburg, Virginia
Man on phone: Okay. (pause) Well, can I speak to your supervisor? (pause) Hello? Can I speak to your supervisor? (pause) What's your name? (pause) Nathan? Nathan who? (pause) You there? Nathan who? (pause) Okay. Well, do you have some sort of employee number? (pause) Hello? (pause) Why? Because you're a dickhead! You're a fucking idiot, mate! (hangs up, talks to employee) Well, that didn't work.
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: James
HR supervisor on phone: He called me the other day all worried because she was running out of food. I told him: she has all those animals and she likes to wring their necks...
Fontana, California
Overheard by: Aeirlys
Suit #1: Hey, did the DB team ever send you that data for your report?
Suit #2: No.
Suit #1: Can't you just make up the numbers?
Suit #2: I would, but I already made up 60% of the numbers in the report.
Suit #1: 60%?
Suit #2: Yeah, generally 40% of the numbers in a report have to be accurate. It's an accepted standard.
Cleveland, Ohio
Lackey: I'm secure in my masculinity. I can wear balls on my head.
Memphis, Tennesee
Overheard by: Rabbit