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2PM My Way of Getting to Third Base
Coworker #1: Snogging is heavily kissing... Not getting to third base.
Coworker #2: Oh. I thought snogging was a kind of drink.
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Annabelle
1PM She Just Can't Drive for the Hoop Now That She's Pregnant
Sensitive soul: She's gotten heavier, so now I can beat her.
Central Street
Evanston, Illinois
3PM Almost Everyone's, I Think
Waiter: Is it your birthday today?
Customer: No.
Waiter: Oh, sorry. It's just that there are a lot of birthdays this year.
Minot, North Dakota
Overheard by: Taggart Snyder
9AM And He's Not a Cop!
Name-dropper: I know a guy who's been on Cops twice!
Indianapolis, Indiana
Overheard by: Quizno
3PM But I Speak a Smattering of Moron
Coworker on phone: No, sir, I am not an idiot.
Chicago, Illinois
2PM ... In a Hypothetical World Where I Play D&D
Coworker #1: We should start a D&D game.
Coworker #2: Yeah. Let's ask Ben* if he wants to play, too!
Coworker #1, yelling to Ben: Hey, want to play D&D later?
Ben, yelling back: No! I don't play D&D!
Coworker #2: We thought you'd be a good Druid.
Ben, yelling back: Fuck that, I'm a thief acrobat!
Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Overheard by: Will
12PM You Always Take a Weird Exit off the Conversation Highway
Bible-thumping coworker: It's my son's 35th birthday today. I can't believe my oldest is going to be 35.
Normal coworker: Oh? How many children do you have?
Bible-thumping coworker: Let's see... I have three biological and one spiritual. But we're much more than spiritual, really. It's like we have this connection.
Normal coworker, to herself: Riiiiight.
100 Main Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
11AM Time for a Conversation with Jessica Simpson
Hardhat: Don't eat the tuna salad in the cafeteria. It made me throw up.
Suit: Food poisoning takes a while. How long did it take to make you sick?
Hardhat: About 5 seconds. All I can figure is, someone must've put fish in it - I'm allergic to fish.
7th Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota
3PM "Real" Means Different Things to Different People
Trekkie coworker: Dude, at the convention they had light sabers for sale for two hundred dollars.
Bored coworker: So?
Trekkie coworker: They were just plastic, they weren't even real!
County Road 427
Auburn, Indiana
Overheard by: Doesn't have a real light saber either
9AM MacGyver: After Hours
Supervisor: Well, if that's the case, all I need is a panda, a gun, and a bottle of wine.
Naperville, Illinois
3PM I Think You'll Like the Results
Boss : What is that red thing on top of a rooster's head called? I can't find a description anywhere on the Internet.
Employee: Just Google 'cock' and 'diagram.'
Bloomington, Indiana
Overheard by: Sailorette
1PM Ironically, During the Actual Nuclear War He Handled Himself Fine
ERT member: Sir, you need to exit the building for the evacuation drill.
Employee re-entering building: I'm emotionally distraught. I can't participate.
Midwest
3PM Also Like... What's the Word? ... Real Life
Coworker #1 watching pep rally pass by: Why aren't any of the guy cheerleaders hot? The girls are all pretty -- the guys should be hotter.
Coworker #2: It's kind of like... What do you call it? ... Porn.
328 W Lane Avenue
Columbus, Ohio
Overheard by: (Snort)
10AM But I'm Watching You, Pal
Security guard: Um, we have a problem here.
Traveler: And what might that be?
Security guard: Do you have any other form of identification? Your driver's license is expired.
Traveler: No, it's not... this is 2006.
Security guard: You may pass.
General Mitchell Airport
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Overheard by: Feeling Secure
3PM Nope, Just Thought You Might Need Help Getting That Desk onto Your Truck
Assistant: Are you stealing things already?
Marketing rep: Are you saying that because I'm black?
9401 West Brown Deer Road
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Overheard by: T
2PM And Stick It up His Nose
Lady: What's his new obsession with cocaine? Is that, like, his new drug of choice or something? 'Cause I'm telling you, I'm about ready to have this baby just to spite him.
1548 Lee Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
Overheard by: Fin
9AM Lame Duck Car Buyers
Old woman: How dare you pick me up in a truck? I drive a Cadillac and you pick me up in a truck?! This is the last Cadillac I ever buy from you!
Manager: That's not much of a threat, now, is it? Seriously, look at you. I mean, there's not a lot of Cadillacs left in you, is there?
Car dealership
Ohio
5PM After Successfully Outlawing Science, Kansas Gets Right to Work on Math
Topeka City Council Member: I thought we just voted that down unanimously, with the exception of one or two votes.
Capitol grounds
Topeka, Kansas
Overheard by: wscnsngl
1PM Too Bad It's Another Part That Got the Clap
Girl #1: My boyfriend is in the pen.
Girl #2: For how long?
Girl #1: He's been there for three years.
Girl #2: Wow! You've been faithful to him for three years?
Girl #1: My heart has been...
2720 Villa Prom
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Overheard by: FrancesDanger
2PM It All Started Back in My Mother's Fallopian Tube...
Boss: Why do you look so sad?
Employee: You really want to know?
Boss: No.
Toledo, Ohio
Overheard by: jullylully
1PM The Scary Thing Is, I Agree With Both of Them
Male co-worker: It just ticks me off that Elmo is more popular than Grover. My other job was really boring, and one day I was fantasizing...
Female co-worker, interrupting: I think we've heard enough.
20890 Kenbridge Court
Lakeville, Minnesota
Overheard by: Gigi
11AM Crystal Ball
Boss on phone with IT: How do I see my future emails?
1246 Princeton Street
Akron, Ohio
5PM That's a Wrap
Customer on phone: Can I get reimbursed for herbal remedies through my flexible spending account?
CSR #1: No. Holocaustic medicines are not eligible for reimbursement unless you receive them as part of doctor's visit.
CSR #2: I think you meant holistic.
CSR #1: Whatever. Same thing.
2302 International Lane
Madison, Wisconsin
10AM Brainstorming Session
Creative director on phone: Maybe the guy goes up and kicks the bear in the balls...I don't know.
111 E. Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Hear No Evil
10AM Copyright Infringement
Lawyer: So you actually filed a copyright application?
Creative director: Oh, no, we just slapped a circle "c" after everything.
312 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
4PM Call Transfer
Coworker #1: A lady just called wanting to speak to someone who knows Korean.
Coworker #2: Uh, oh. No one here does. So, what did you do?
Coworker #1: I transferred her over to the Ukrainian Village Branch. Ukrainia is near Korea, right?
7000 County Line Road
Burr Ridge, Illinois
12PM Lunch
Lunchbreaker: Do you want half my cheeseburger?
Worker: No.
Lunchbreaker: Oh, d'oh. I forgot.
Worker: If I'm going to eat meat again, I wanna eat a slab of beef that is over thirty dollars. I want to make sure that when I'm in the bathroom with cramps, that it is worth it.
1 Easton Oval
Columbus, Ohio
9AM Back to Work
Coworker #1: So, good weekend?
Coworker #2: I'm kinda beat. I was on my knees, hoeing all weekend.
Coworker #1: Ummm....Excuse me?
Coworker #2: Oh. That didn't come out right. Maybe I should've just said 'gardening.'
21500 Haggerty Road
Northville, Michigan
10AM Stocking the Shelves
Lady: Where are the eggs?
Sales rep at grocery store: I'm sorry, I don't work here.
Lady, turning to husband: She doesn't speak English.
Sales rep: No ma'am, I don't work here.
1300 Elmhurst Road
Des Plaines, Illinois
5PM That's a Wrap
Boss: Did you hear what Gwyneth Paltrow named her new baby?
Peon: Yeah, Moses. That's old news.
Boss: I wonder what she'll name the next one.
Peon: Well, it looks like she's going in order from the Bible. It'll probably be Caleb or Joshua.
Boss: You sure know a lot about the Bible for someone who's not religious.
Peon: I worked in a church for two years, it's hard not to pick something up.
Boss: Oh yeah? My mother's worked in a church for twenty years, and the only thing she's picked up is drinking.
800 East 28th Street
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: jearu
5PM That's a Wrap
Coworker #1 on boss: Is he here? I think his light's out.
Coworker #2: I'm not even going to touch that one.
111 E Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
Overheard by: Hear No Evil
11AM To Hear Your Messages
Voicemail: Hello, this is Joe* from engineering, I'm having a problem with my computer, and was told you could help me out. It appears that there is a problem with my fixed dick...er, ficked disk, fisk dick.
[pause]
FIXED DISK.....
4747 Harrison Avenue
Rockford, Illinois
3PM Assessing Workflow
Consultant on phone: Is a part of the transition plan cloning yourself?
330 University Avenue
Toronto, Ontario
1PM Quality Assurance
Test coordinator: You accidentally assigned the defect to the wrong application.
Tester: Okay, I'll fix that. Sorry for the incontinence.
1111 Polaris Parkway
Columbus, Ohio
10AM Saying Hello
Boss: Hello Shannon*, how are you today?
Secretary: Just fine.
Boss: You keepin' outta trouble?
Secretary: Yes.
Boss: Oh... then you haven't heard...?
Secretary: What?!
Boss: Nothin'! I'm just messin' with ya!
1501 Woodfield Road
Schaumburg, Illinois
Overheard by: Pirate Wench
3PM Call Center
CSR: So then he goes, "This is Motorola, right? Because with that voice of yours, for a second there, I thought I called the wrong number" oh, but it didn't stop there...he keeps on with "you know, like, a 900 number, right?" I mean, eww...I did not need to know that.
1301 East Algonquin
Schaumburg, Illinois
1PM Backlog in Booking
Guy on bench: I know, this is ridiculous. I've been waiting three hours to turn myself in.
Precinct 1
Cincinnati, Ohio
5PM That's a Wrap
Tech on phone in next cube: How can I help you? ... Uh huh. Well like it said in the doc, you have to name the files alphabetically for that to work. ... Alphabetically means from A to Z. ... No, sir, you can't name one file code_abc and the next one code_aba, a is before c... Yes, abz would work. ... Numbers come before letters. ... You're welcome. [hangs up phone] Fuck this shit, I can't even smoke it. I'm going home!
800 S Canal Street
Chicago, Illinois
2PM Personnel Changes
Manager to department head: That guy is a real Einstein, why did you hire him?
Department head: I didn't hire him, you did. I call him Einstein.
Manager: You gonna fire him?
Department head: Can't, you hired him, you gotta fire him.
Manager: Hey, Einstein! Come here for a minute.
Einstein comes up to manager.
Manager: Einstein, anyone ever tell you that you are sharp as a marble?
Einstein: Gee, no, thanks!
Manager: Einstein, you are just too sharp for this job, I have to let you go.
Einstein: GEE! Thanks!
12 Oaks Mall
Novi, Michigan
1PM Production Services
Manager: Hey there... What are you doin?
Support: Just some really ugly updates to [client]'s website
Manager: Ahh, who cares as long as it's billable.
Support pauses. . .
Manager: It is billable, right?
8840 Commons Boulevard
Twinsburg, Ohio
1PM Identifying Next Actions
Attorney: Well, that client is single now.
Secretary: Really?
Attorney: I'm going to have to lose 20 pounds. Bring me my pills.
415 South Ohio
Sedalia, Missouri
12PM Lunch
Supervisor, watching The Apprentice: I like that British guy, I hope he wins. Or that English guy. Wait, what's the difference?
Coworker: Are you kidding?
Supervisor: There's a difference, right? Do they want to be called something else?
800 Market Street
St. Louis, Missouri
Overheard by: Erin Eff
5PM That's a Wrap
Guy on phone: Why didn't you tell me you didn't get the fax?
Pause
Guy on phone: Well I specifically wrote on the fax cover sheet, "If you don't get this, call me."
265 Madison Avenue
New York, New York
Overheard by: Ray Del Savio
9AM Back to Work
Hosting rep: Alright sir, I reset your password so you can log in.
Pause
Hosting rep: Are you ready for it now?
Pause
Hosting rep: Ok sir, it's all capital letters... It is I-D-1-0-T.
4800 Concentric Boulevard
Saginaw, Michigan
9AM Back to Work
Boss: Where is Luke*?
Assistant: He took a day off. His brother got meningitis.
Boss: That's a bitch. If his brother doesn't die he will be a complete idiot for the rest of his life.
Assistant: How you know that?
Boss: I had it as a child.
101 North Wacker Drive
Chicago, Illinois
4PM Smoke Break
Coworker: When you were younger, growing up in Mexico, you hated America because they had everything. You guys had everything. Then you grew up and you realized "the Joneses" were living right next to you and your parents were just poor.
312 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
1PM Long Term Planning
Subordinate #1, middle-aged: So, how's your broken toe doing, [Sara]?
VP [Sara]: It still hurts, but after four tries, I finally found a pair of high heels I can stand in.
Subordinate #1: Should you be doing that yet?
VP: I have a date tonight and need to look cute.
Subordinate 2, older: You shouldn't be wearing heels yet. You're going to ruin your feet so that when you're old like me you'll be able to wear only ugly shoes.
VP: I'll be married by then, so it won't matter!
208 South LaSalle
Chicago, Illinois
12PM Lunch
Suit on cell to his niece: Did I hear you scored five goals in your last game? Do you have any idea how grateful to me you should be for your athletic ability?
4555 Central Avenue
Columbus, Indiana
10AM Coffee Break
Partner: I was the youngest licensed hypnotist in New York.
312 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
4PM Doing Rounds
Nurse: What is the single dose of Kaletra?
Nurse manager: 400 and 100.
Nurse: So 500.
Nurse manager: 400 and 100
Nurse: Right. So 500?
Nurse manager: 400 and 100.
Nurse: So wouldn't 400 and 100 be 500?
Nurse manager: Well obviously you would get 500; I thought you could just do the math all on your own.
550 North University Blvd
Indianapolis, Indiana
5PM That's a Wrap
Male developer: I want to make sure the data loaded correctly, pardon me if I'm a bit anal
Female project manager: I enjoy anal.
2025 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio
3PM Assigning Personnel
Account manager: Hey, [the customer] wants us to come in and make a presentation. Are you available to come with me next week?
Sales director: No. What I'm planning to do is to put together an entire project team -- sales, marketing, engineering, quality, manufacturing, maybe even finance. I want to show that we have a comprehensive cross-functional team in place, so that we look like we know what we're doing, no matter that the customer asks.
Account manager: That sounds great. Who else is gonna be on the team?
Sales director: Well, it looks like just me and you for now. Ask me again next month.
28100 Cabot Drive
Novi, Michigan
11AM Next Generation of Workers
Mother to son: Don't play with that stapler!
Passerby: Happy take your kid to work day.
One Easton Oval
Columbus, Ohio
10AM Editorial Meeting
Designer: Do you ever wonder if some of the girls here were hired for their looks? Oh, I'm not talking about you -- I know you were hired because you're a good writer.
312 Plum Street
Cincinnati, Ohio
4PM Catching Up
Guy in next cubicle on phone: Speak up! I can't hear you because of the solar flares.
1500 West County Road
Roseville, Minnesota
Overheard by: I can't believe I work here
3PM Vendor Call
Co-worker #1, speaking loudly on headset phone: Well, yeah, I can totally relate to backlog problems! I mean during that refi boom we were just wall to wall with boxes full of papers. We were up to our necks in papers! If the fire marshal would've come in here, I'm pretty positive that he would've shut us down!
Co-worker #2: Should he really be saying that to our vendors?
Co-worker #3: Well, if we ever get closed down due to our vendors calling the fire department on us, at least we'll know who to thank for the days off.
1350 Deming Way
Middleton, Wisconsin
9AM Back to Work
Salesman: I am so sorry I am late. My mom forgot to wake me up.
Manager: You've got to be kidding me.
740 North Larch Avenue
Elmhurst, Illinois
Overheard by: Albie
