Advice

Woman pushing baby carriage: Bob*, I think it’s dead.
Bob: Nah, it just needs a charge.

530 West State Street
West Lafayette, Indiana

Overheard by: Schmeckendeugler

Creative director: I can't take the course because I don't have the software.
Peon: Why don't you find out what the software costs and how to get it, and submit a proposal?
Creative director: I don't know where to find that information.
Peon: Why don't you use something called “the internet” to look it up?
Creative director: You mean like go into Google and type the name of the software?
Peon: Yeah, like that.
Creative director: Oh, good idea.

Columbus, Ohio

Overheard by: Horse Whisperer

Assistant teacher: Shit, never get in a car with him. He drove me home once, and halfway home I realized he was so drunk, and he wouldnt let me out of the car. He started going almost 80 miles an hour!
Teacher: Oh, I thought he was a good driver. When I got in the car, though, he just said, “I’m just warning you. I’m a little tipsy right now.”

450 Glen Cove Avenue
Glen Head, New York

Doctor, to patient: Well, if you just don’t tell them who you are, you won’t have that problem.

7950 West Mississippi Avenue
Lakewood, Colorado

Overheard by: LAP

Female coworker: If we put a bit of vaseline on it he probably could have slid right in!

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: David

Conferenceperson: Could you please have a pot of coffee ready for my 2 o’clock meeting?
Secretary: Um, there’s a scheduled 1 hour long power outage at 1:30.
Conferenceperson: That’s okay, we have lights.

Computer Science Building
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

Fashion designer girl #1: I really want a bookshelf, but I don’t have any books.
Fashion designer girl #2: Maybe you could get a short one and paint it white.

8360 Melrose Avenue
West Hollywood, California

IT: Yeah, seems like your floor plate is damaged, you’re going to have to clear your books so they can fix it.
Worker: “Books”? is that like cookies on your computer?
IT: …

4 Times Square
New York, NY

Overheard by: KaotiXX

President yelling at CFO: You eat an elephant one bite at a time, but we're trying to swallow it whole and we're starting with the tusks!

Elmsford, New York

Overheard by: Bored Beyond Belief

Employee #1: Well, you should move to New Jersey. There are great apartments in my complex.
Employee #2: I don’t know that I want to move out there.
Employee #1: The apartments are great, lots of closet space, granite countertops in the kitchen.
Employee #2: I don’t want granite counters. If I fall and hit my head on them, it would hurt.

1 Liberty Plaza
New York, New York