5PM Coddery Barn?

Lawyer on cell: ... But where am I supposed to find a codpiece?!

Park Central Drive
Dallas, Texas


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4PM Gimme a Hand with It, Okay?

From inside copy room: Oh my god, my flap's gone up! Don't you hate it when your flap goes up?

Queensland
Australia


Overheard by: EM


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3PM Fortunately, the Lobotomy Expedited the Review Process

Partner: Call Greg* and have him look over these documents.
Associate: Greg had surgery yesterday and is in the hospital. Do you want to call someone else to review them?
Partner: No, Greg can do it. It's not like he's dead.
Associate: Okay, I'll call him in the morning.
Partner: No, call him now. It's not like he has anything better to do tonight.

Law firm, 1201 Elm Street
Dallas, Texas


Overheard by: jennifer


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2PM The Gold Metal Bikini's Pretty Cool, Though

Office girl commenting on CEO's haircut: What happened to her?
Queer coworker: I know! It looks like something they created for Star Wars and then rejected: 'Ewww, too ugly!'

701 G Street
Washington, DC


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1PM The Dress Code Still Requires Pasties on Casual Friday

Accounts receivable lady: I don't mean to be rude, but could one of you unhook my bra? I've about had it with this stupid thing! [Order entry woman unhooks lady's bra, and lady takes her bra off to swing around in air while keeping her shirt on.] Freedom! Freedom at last!

8900 Kelso Drive
Baltimore, Maryland


Overheard by: never a dull moment


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12PM Now, for Your Homework, Copy Page 49 of the Textbook

Biology professor: You can't just come up with your own hypotheses!

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland


Overheard by: LabCat


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11AM Even If It Is Part of My Job Description

Woman exiting man's office: Give 'em a copy of your contract -- I don't care. I have better things to do than sit here and jerk myself off.

498 7th Avenue
New York, New York


Overheard by: I care


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10AM Which Also Leaves Out Spanking and Flogging

Boss to assistant: Well, we're not going to fire you, because you'd like that too much.

Calgary, Alberta
Canadia


Overheard by: Sir Rugo


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9AM You're the Only One Who's Ever Noticed

Office peon: You smell like a giant fruit fly!

Fishers, Indiana


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5PM Who Are You?

Peon: I'm not sure if everyone's aware, but I have taken the time to name people's tummies in the In-house Department.

Wilmington, Delaware


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4PM Sure Thing, Tammy.

Waiter #1, pointing: Tammy's* either gettin' a poochy belly, or she needs to trim that beaver.
Waiter #2: It's beaver. I fucked her last month, after her sister died, and I thought I was suddenly in a '70s porno.
Manager: You guys need to go find something to clean.

Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana


Overheard by: Shatmandu


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3PM Like You've Never Wondered?

Worker: Is the mailer-daemon a real person?
Tech: Really?

11766 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, California


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2PM A Taser? Sweet!

Lawyer, offering cigarette: Need one?
Non-smoking secretary: I'm gonna need something a lot stronger to deal with you today!
Lawyer, exiting door to smoke: Top, right desk drawer in my office.

Law office
Indiana


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1PM Oh Noz!

Cashier #1: What do you think of, you know, when people stick random Zs into words? Like, 'For shizzle, my nizzle'?
Cashier #2: Man, I hate it when people do that. They sound like they ain't got no speech.

8700 East 63rd Street
Kansas City, Missouri


Overheard by: Jedusor


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12PM These Are the Options?

Office dude: Some of the guys here are so blatant when they stare at and talk about cute girls that work here. I think it's demeaning.
Office chick: Yeah, but I would rather be sexually harassed for being attractive than have guys call me 'ugly.' Wow... I just set the feminist movement back, like, 50 years.

Seattle, Washington


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11AM I'm No Longer Sure I Want to Get into This

Girl assistant: Well, how often do you move your bowels?
Queer assistant: You mean, like, sit-ups?

745 7th Avenue
New York, New York


Overheard by: finance is funny


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10AM So Abandon All Hope, Yadda Yadda Yadda

Vice president: I know it's a hellhole, but it's my hellhole.

198 Madison Avenue
New York, New York


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9AM Did I Mention the Horses in Gynecological Stirrups?

Medical scientist #1: You know, they've got sheep in the basement...
Medical scientist #2: Our basement?!
Medical scientist #1: Yeah. It's for heart surgery experiments. They bring them up for MRIs at night.
Medical scientist #2: There are sheep using our MRI machines?!
Medical scientist #1: Well, they're only small ones...

Hospital, Flemington Road
Parkville, Victoria
Australia


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2PM Friday Afternoons Quickly Degenerate into Hide-and-Seek

Assistant: What are you up to?
Boss, gleefully: I'm fucking about!

Queen Street
Melbourne
Australia


Overheard by: Kate


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1PM The Original Forrest Gump Script Left Something to Be Desired

Consultant describing different diagnostic tests to client: Gonorrhea is like a can of chili.

555 5th Avenue
New York, New York


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12PM I'm Telling

Middle-aged man #1 on speakerphone: You're a poo-poo head.
Middle-aged man #2: Well, you're a pu-pu platter!

Dupont Circle
Washington, DC


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11AM Nuns Wore Stilettos

Older worker: You know what they used to call those shoes when I was your age?
Peon wearing ballet flats: Um, I'm not sure I want to know...
Older worker: Slut shoes. You could always tell which girls were easy because they wore shoes just like that.

Miami, Florida

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10AM Um, Was That on the Table?

Annoyed executive: I wouldn't piss in his mouth if it was a urinal!

84 Newbury Street
Peabody, Massachusetts


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9AM For Those Who Feel Bad about Quitting College

Engineer lady: The price of first class stamps is now 41 cents!
Engineer guy: If they made them in China, they'd be a lot cheaper.

3003 West Casino Road
Everett, Washington


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5PM All I Meant Was You Seem to Need a Lot of Stimulation... Dammit!

Male manager to female assistant carrying two cups of coffee: Double fisting? ... Wow, sorry. I'm sorry.

175 5th Avenue
New York, New York


Overheard by: Emily


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4PM You Get Used to Double-Entry Is the Best I Can Say

Receptionist: You can do that while you're sleeping?!
Accounting girl: Well, yeah.
Receptionist: ... Does it feel good?
Accounting girl: [Shrugs.]

Hutchinson, Kansas

Overheard by: The Temp


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3PM Or Something the Size of a Seed, Anyway

IT nerd to another: Yeah, it was just a banana hammock, but I never did much with it besides keep sunflower seeds in it and stuff.

Park Lane and Highway 75
Dallas, Texas


Overheard by: cherry


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2PM When Cats Are Forced to Live in Suburban New Jersey

Cube dweller on phone: Stupid, beer-drinking cat.

Bedminster, New Jersey


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1PM My Fainting Couch Won't Be Delivered Until Tomorrow

Employee: Why are you eating?
Hungry guy: Because it's Tuesday.

8531 E Marginal Way South
Seattle, Washington


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12PM Kind of a Toxic Waste of Everybody's Time

Reporter: I can't get away from effin' Bernie Smith*. Every time the man farts, the attorney general calls me!

Newsroom
Ocean County, New Jersey


Overheard by: inothernews


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11AM Have We Learned Nothing from the "Cock Diagram" Incident?

Secretary: Can you believe the new temp said her favorite movie was Blow?!
HR director: I am not familiar with that. Look up 'blow' on Google.
Accounting manager: I wouldn't do that if I was you.

1250 Broadway
New York, New York


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10AM ... Without Being Shot

IT guy: I feel for teachers, because it's not like the good old days when you could take kids under the stairwell and pummel them.

Bush Lake Road
Minneapolis, Minnesota


Overheard by: just trying to finish the day


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9AM Condi Rice Finally Loses It

Loud office lady: I don't need to learn no more. You know money, you know dick, you know pussy -- you don't need to know no more.

Government office, 400 Maryland Avenue SW
Washington, DC


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5PM Hint, Hint.

Post-doc: I see... You condition the mouse to know that it gets a treat after you pick it up.
Professor: Exactly. 'I know I'm happy when you touch me and give me food!'

3400 North Charles Street
Baltimore, Maryland


Overheard by: LabCat


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4PM Just Easily Distracted. Look -- a Bug!

Accountant: It was my son's first day of second grade, and it took him two hours to do his homework.
Sales rep: Awww, poor guy. What kind of homework?
Accountant: It was a word search...
Sales rep: [Silence.]
Accountant: But he's not stupid or anything.

2100 Lafayette Street
Louisiana


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3PM Or Maybe Like Epcot without Them

Grunt: I don't like Vegas. Actually, I liked Vegas when the mob ran it. Now it's like Disneyland with hookers.

402 Watertower Circle
Colchester, Vermont


Overheard by: Bastian


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2PM We Happily Bring You an Amusing Anecdote Reader's Digest Won't

Clerk: God, why is that old man so angry?
Manager: Give him a break. How many more times is he going to be buying new shoes? He'll probably be buried in these.
Old crab, from across room: I'm not deaf, you bitches!

Circle Centre Mall
Indianapolis, Indiana


Overheard by: Shatmandu


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1PM And Send Off a Whole Bunch of Crap

Secretary: I gotta shit... I mean, I gotta check my e-mail.

900 N Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois


Overheard by: say what?


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12PM Gotta Love That Extra-Thick Straw

Cube rat #1: Slurpees are the best things ever. Hawaiian Punch Slurpee, man. Only second to lemonade Slurpee.
Cube rat #2: I haven't had a Slurpee in, like, 20 years.
Cube rat #1: You're ridiculous.
Cube rat #2: You're gay!
Cube rat #1: Gay for my Slurpees.

12012 Sunset Hills Road
Reston, Virginia


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11AM I Set My Expectations Low, and I Still Got Burned

Coworker, after snow predicted night before: So, I want to know what happened to the one to three inches I was promised.

Portland, Oregon


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10AM And the Winner of Today's "Most Entertaining Location" Contest...

Male worker bee: Do you know it's getting closer?
Female worker bee: Closer every day.
Male worker bee: But do you know what that means to me?
Female worker bee: I do. Eggs!

Intercourse, Pennsylvania


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9AM But You're Just Motivating the Hell Out of Me Today

New senior manager: So... When have you ever given a shit?
Employee: I don't know. It's been a while.

Interstate Parkway North
Atlanta, Georgia


Overheard by: Deno


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