5PM And Brandishing Our Daggers in Baseball Hats Is Starting to Look Ridiculous

Worker #1: So, is everyone coming for break?
Worker #2: Not me, I have to stay and make pirate hats.
Worker #3: That's the worst excuse ever to avoid us.
Worker #2: Well, I cant have a drawer labeled "pirate hats" without pirate hats. That'd just be silly.

Ottawa
Ontario
Canadia


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4PM Regan MacNeil Grows Up

Secretary in a loud voice, walking down hall: I'm evil, I have a lot of evil thoughts!

Market Street
Wilmington, Delaware


Overheard by: Urban Achiever


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3PM Though I Could Also Picture David Duchovny Saying It

New partner, opening mail: Oh, it's my gold card. Wonder what's the difference between this and a regular Amex.
Smart-ass IT guy: Well, it creates a gravitational anomaly when you whip it out in high-end restaurants, causing all the girls' panties to hit the floor.
New partner: I could have asked a thousand people that question, only you would have given that answer.

Winnipeg
Canadia


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2PM Especially When They Say "Sexual Harassment"

Elderly attorney on phone: I knew you were Armenian. Armenians always have sweet, kind, whispered, milky voices.

Newport Beach, California

Overheard by: Slaveia


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1PM All the Men in the Office Are Burning, If You Follow Me

Intern to girlfriend: Do you really have to be a slutty fire-lady?

Chigaco, Illinois


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12PM The Difference Between Those Who Lived Through the Depression and Those Who Didn't

Cube rat, opening a personal package received at work: This is more fun than a new bar of soap!

Chicago, Illinois

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11AM Yet We're Way Ahead of Canadia

Marketing girl #1: Everything south of us is an hour ahead right?
Marketing girl #2: Ummmmm... No. Everything east of us is an hour ahead.
Marketing girl #1: But Florida is south of us, and they are an hour ahead of us.
Marketing girl #2: (blank stare)

Chicago, Illinois


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10AM Is the Weather Up There Kinda Bitchy Today?

Woman: Don, can you hang this on the wall, because you are tall?
Man: I hate being tall... People are always asking me to do things. Maybe next time I drop a coin I will ask a midget to pick it up.

Minneapolis, Minnesota


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9AM It's Kinda Like Finding a Long-Distance Provider

Black FedEx guy: You married yet?
White banker guy: Haven't met the right girl yet.
Black FedEx guy: There are no white girls!
Banker guy: No right girl.
Black FedEx guy: There are no right girls either. You just got to pick one and marry them and have some kids, that's what I did.

Midtown
New York City, New York


Overheard by: CDog


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5PM Marie Curie Heard That a Lot

Female coworker to another: You are so smart! You should have been born a man!

Denver, Colorado

Overheard by: sixtwentysix


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4PM Complain to the Potato Chip Company?

Cube dweller: But what if you come across a clumpy lay?

Orlando, Florida

Overheard by: Chelsea


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3PM ...Back When It Was a Swedish Colony

Actor #1: I can't believe that Barack Obama is getting away with running for president! I thought you had to be born in the United States.
Actor #2: He was born in the United States.
Actor #1: Nooooo! He was born in Hawaii!

Equity Audition Center
New York City, New York


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2PM That'll All Change Once the Keypad Urinals Are Installed

Boss (in restroom): This is the only room in the building where I know what I'm doing anymore.

Washington, DC


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1PM Have You Read The Da Vinci Code?

Cubicle dweller: God, I hate when I type like a retard. Hmmm... Wonder what a retard types like.

Las Vegas, Nevada

Overheard by: Forrest Gump


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12PM Because I'm Not Sure How to Interpret Your Moaning.

Woman in cubicle: Does it feel good to have the mouse run down there?

Honolulu Credit Union, Hawaii


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11AM ...Well I Know You're in Surgery, But I'd Like an Answer

Female co-worker on phone: I know his grandmother died yesterday and his other grandmother has a week to live, but is that really an excuse to get out of a wedding with me this weekend? Am I being selfish here?

Clifton, New Jersey

Overheard by: Grandma's Boy


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10AM It Was More Of an Exclamation

Boss: Who's better then me?
Worker: Jesus.
Coworker: Good answer.

Huntington, Texas

Overheard by: kaleena


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9AM You Must Be the Best Catholic Ever

Female manager to peon: Sometimes I violate myself.

Nashua, New Hampshire


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5PM They're a Good Source of Protein

Coworker #1: Ouch!
Coworker #2: What happened?
Coworker #1: I'm bleeding--I hit my elbow on my desk and knocked a scab off.
Coworker #2: Ooooh, can I have it?
Everybody: Cheryl*!
Coworker #2: I can't help it! I just love scabs!

Regional Medical Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


Overheard by: Yes, she's real


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4PM I Never Metameme I Didn't Like

Internet hipster: It's a meme of a meme, so it's meta.
Boss: What?!

Fontana, California


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3PM Ad: A Billion Chinese Can Be So Wrong...

Manager to VP: Yep, that Chinese porn will get you every time!

Greenville, South Carolina

Overheard by: Roman


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2PM If They Wait 'Til It's Overripe, It Begins to Ferment

Office worker #1: So, what are they going to do if the baby hasn't come this week?
Office worker #2: Well, they are going to have her cervix ripened on Friday.
Office worker #3: Um, you mean she is getting induced?
Office worker #1: Uh oh, I think Jane* just threw up in the plant.

Minneapolis, Minnesota


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1PM Which I Should Not Have Done at Milking Time

Guy in next cube: I told her that if she came at me like that again, I'd cut her tits off... Yeah, I seriously told her that...well, I was drinking heavily.

Warren, Michigan

Overheard by: Scared for my tits


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12PM She Slapped Me for an Innocent "Warm Nuts" Comment

Airline worker: I'm clear at gate 20 and that flight attendant is a bitch.

Denver International Airport, Colorado

Overheard by: Headed toward the Flight Attendant


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11AM Maybe I Shouldn't Have Partied Like It Was 1999

Receptionist: What are those?
Office worker (holding engraved wine glasses): These are wine glasses left over from our Christmas party in 1999, they say "Christmas 1999" on them.
Receptionist: Wow! How old are those?

Pleasanton, California

Overheard by: Mike A


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10AM What Are You, American?

Suit #1: ...and then there's the thing about the readiness proposal.
Suit #2: And are they readiness?
Suit #1: Uh, yeah...they're ready.

Shell Center
London
England


Overheard by: I judge you when you use poor grammar


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9AM Confusing Superman and Batman Is Pretty Gay

Angry boss: Why can't the pen have a laser pointer? Why does the pen have to project the company logo? Why does it have to be gay like we're calling Superman or something?

Overland Park, Kansas


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5PM Gosh, I Miss Newlyweds

Woman to coworker: Why is it called a short story?

San Diego, California

Overheard by: Mike


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4PM Double-Dealing, Backstabbing Electronic Tattletale!

Speaker during break: That double dealing, backstabbing son of a bitch. I wouldn't trust him further than I could throw him. (taps on mike) Is this microphone off?

Town Hall Meeting
Marietta, Georgia


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3PM Actually These Are Just Designer Cell Phones

Body builder in gray wind pants, pink tank top and new Reeboks: So, do you lift weights?
Girl lifting weights: Sometimes.

Evanston Athletic Club
Evanston, Illinois


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2PM I Gotta Say, She Gives Me Hope

Secretary on phone to other secretary: Yeah, I know, like he wants us to go out and pull people off the street to get them in here... What the fuck? (pause) Oh, the hooker who works at the corner by the station is still alive, I saw her the other day, some dude dropped her off out front, she got out wiping her mouth, ewwww, it was totally nasty! But she's still alive!

Lincoln Park, Michigan


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1PM Calms My Worries About My Health

Saleswoman: I've had this cough for weeks. It's in my back now. I'll cough so bad sometimes that I'll almost pee myself or I'll throw up. I've tried every over-the-counter medicine they make. Tylenol, Theraflu, I've tried them all. I just can't get rid of it.
Coworker: Cigarette?
Saleswoman: Yeah, I could really use one.

Baltimore, Maryland

Overheard by: non-smoker


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12PM Where It's Bound, Who Can Say?

Full timer to temp: We're in the East because that is where New York is from.

Park Ave
New York City, New York


Overheard by: Mary Beth


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11AM So Now He Just Does the Nanny

Coworker on phone: So I told my husband, "I'm not going to have sex with you anymore until you lose 30 pounds!"

Dallas, Texas


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10AM Good Thing I Practice Safe Socks

Sheepish cube dweller trying to be quiet: Yeah. This is Angie* from last night. I think I left my gym shoes in your car last night when we were done.

Rockville, Maryland

Overheard by: Septimus


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9AM And Likes Booty

Coworker at reseller conference: I thought one of the resellers was talking like a pirate, but he was just Australian.

Grapevine, Texas

Overheard by: Chuckles The Porn Star


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5PM A Plan That's Bound to Ruffle Some Feathers

Hypersensitive woman: Tacos are a great idea. We'll definitely need a lot of ground beef, but we should also have a vegetarian option, like ground turkey.

Charleston, South Carolina

Overheard by: Tuff Bandito


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4PM A Dramatic Re-Enactment Of the Napster Debacle

Queer (in tears): What you did hurt me, it hurt me to the core!
Fag hag: What are you talking about?
Queer: That was my song, I sing that song--you stole it from me!
Fag hag: It's a song, it's karaoke...fucking get over it!
Queer (still in tears): You don't understand, it's my song!

Brooklyn, New York


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3PM Like the Ones on My Super Sweet 16

Employee: Did you punch your mother?
Manager: You know...some mothers just deserve to be punched.

Arizona

Overheard by: George


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2PM As Long As I Can Bring My Sled Dogs with Me

Woman in elevator: Listen, I survived four years in Canada, I think I can survive your house.

Avenue of the Americas
New York City, New York


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1PM We'll Continue to Monitor This Development Closely

Receptionist: Ooh! I like your boots!
Teaching assistant: Thanks! I actually have legs now!
Receptionist: You have great legs!
Passing teacher: She's never had legs before.

Bexhill College
England


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12PM Let's Talk Again After You Have a Donut

Female employee: You've never had Krispy Kreme donuts?
Male employee: Nope.
Female employee: Ohh. They are so good!
Male employee: Really?
Female employee: Yeah, they're better than sex!
Male employee: Hmm. You must be doing it wrong.

Centerville, Utah


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11AM The Dance All the Kids Are Doing

Employee: Let me ask Roxanne to void it. She always cusses me when I void and toggle.

Nashville, Tennessee


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10AM What Reproduction Will Be Like in the 22nd Century

Female cube dweller: See! If I click "okay", it'll knock me up!

Dublin, Ohio


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9AM When Louis Farrakhan Dreams

Account executive on phone: I don't think we can release the Caucasian...

46th & Lexington
New York City, New York


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