20-ish female associate: Yeah, and you should see her hair! She dyed it red.
20-ish male associate: Really? How red? Like, Netflix-red?
20-ish female associate: No! Worse than that. Like Tandoori chicken-red!
Middle-aged male associate: Wait, wait, wait — what on Earth are you two talking about? What ever happened to fire engine-red and candy apple-red? [Met with silent, blank stares, then waves his hand in disdain] Bah! You kids nowadays are all freaks!

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Worker bee: There’s nothing more romantic than porn falling on your head…

Palmer Street
Missoula, Montana

Office weirdo: Most people don’t realize that mermaids actually have sharp teeth — similar to a shark. They also eat fish… So they have really bad breath.

Washington, DC

Peon #1: So, how’s that burn on your arm?
Peon #2: It kind of looks like prime rib.

1750 East Golf Road
Schaumburg, Illinois

Overheard by: Emily

Office assistant #1: Oh, I see you got braces. Congrats. But aren’t they awfully expensive?
Office assistant #2: Yeah, but it’s worth it… At least my future children will have straight teeth!

Moscow
Russia

Suit on cell: So, my division is like an aborigine, and their division is like a rhinoceros.

Palo Alto, California

Overheard by: Spittake

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

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

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

101 West 31st Street
New York, New York

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