Supervisor: I saw a unicorn just the other day!
Coworker #1: No, you did not. They're extinct.
Supervisor: What?
Coworker #2: What?
Coworker #1: They been extinct since Jesus's time!
Supervisor: You believe in mermaids?
Coworker #1: Well, duh, mermaids were around during Jesus too!
Coworker #2: Neither of those things exist.
Coworker #1: Ohmigod! Are you serious? But my mom told me when I was a kid!
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Overheard by: Malikat
Secretary: This photocopier is broken.
Office service staff: Why, what's it doing?
Secretary: Well, I tried to make a color copy, but it came out black and white.
Office service staff, looking at original: Um, your original is black and white.
Secretary: Yes, I know, I thought it would insert color onto it.
Vancouver
Canadia
Overheard by: Legally Retarded
Senior administrator: Speaking of birth control, how is your daughter?
Professor: Knocked up.
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Security guy: Um, can I help you?
Admin guy: No, I’m fine. I work here.
Security guy: Well, do you recognize me?
Admin guy: Um, yeah. I see you every day.
Security guy: I’ve never seen you before. Do I look different?
Admin guy: No.
Security guy: I’m older than when you last saw me.
606 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: lexbean
Paralegal to secretary: He just gave me the finger!
Secretary: What?
Lawyer: I did it creatively.
Secretary: I'm pretty sure that makes you the worst boss ever.
Lawyer: But she was annoying me!
Tall Building
Small City, Indiana
Overheard by: Does someone need a time out?
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
Plumber: What do I have to do to install gas lines?
Admin: You have to take our class and enroll in a drug and alcohol testing program.
Plumber: You mean I gotta be on drugs to install gas lines?
Admin: No, sir, you have to NOT be on drugs.
Plumber: Oh, OK. I can do that.
5461 Southwyck Boulevard
Toledo, Ohio
Overheard by: Emily
Admin to sales: I mean, what if I want to be cremated and my family doesn't want my head sold?
Jacksonville, Florida
Admin, to herself: The acorn has a condom in it.
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania
Admin on phone: No, I can't write your budget justification for you, you have to do that yourself. (pause) Because I cannot justify what you are doing, that's why!
Fordham University
