… That You’re Going to Be Fired… Oh, You Don’t?

Coworker #1 on phone: No, no, I would never say anything to anyone about that.
Coworker #2, as other hangs up: About what?
Coworker #1: Don’t worry, you already know.

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Doesn’t know

Posted on October 2, 2026
California, Coworkers, Gossip

So Do I Have the Job or What?

60-year-old coworker: I wanna go in the back door.
Supervisor: Okay…
60-year-old coworker: I really like going in back doors.

801 Marquette Avenue
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Overheard by: Porter

Posted on October 1, 2026
Coworkers, Minnesota, Possible Sexual Harassment

Guess the Word Is Out

Lady peon: Okay, who put these condoms on my desk?

101 West 31st Street
New York, New York

Posted on October 1, 2026
Coworkers, New York, Questions

Trenton, but Close Enough

Doctor to patient with teardrop tattoo under eye: That’s a pretty cool tattoo. Where’d you get it?
Patient, uneasily: Uh… At this place I used to stay.
Doctor: That wouldn’t be jail, would it?
Patient: Maybe…

Hospital
Newark, New Jersey

Overheard by: this guy

Posted on September 30, 2026
Doctors, Gossip, New Jersey

While He Was Trying for a Nice Piece of Assonance

Male cube rat: I need a word that rhymes with ‘vaginal.’
Female cube rat #1: Why?
Male cube rat: I’m writing a poem.
Female cube rat #1: What kind of poem has the word ‘vaginal’ in it?
Male cube rat: Don’t interrogate me. Just help me out.
Female cube rat #2: This poem isn’t about me, is it?
Male cube rat: I’ll bet Alfred Lord Tennyson didn’t have to put up with a bunch of fucking questions.

Insurance company
Melville, New York

Overheard by: Big Larry

Posted on September 30, 2026
Coworkers, Gripes, New York

Come into My Office and I’ll Show You Some Photos

Boss lady: I just don’t think thong underwear is that attractive. I mean, maybe if you’re 12 years old and tight…
Assistant: I don’t think a 12-year-old in thong underwear is attractive.
Boss lady: Well, when you’re 12, you’re tight.

Burbank, California