Coworker: Did you watch The Office last night?
Temp: No, I was reading.
Coworker: Well, buddy, you’re working XYZ* Cable now. You better catch up so you know what we’re talking about.
Temp: I’m a temp, I’m done this week anyway.
Englewood, Colorado
Overheard by: Sixtwentysix
Supervisor: Now, you will never truly experience hallway sex until you're married.
Ottawa
Ontario
Canadia
Editor to another: You’re killing me. Why don’t you just cover yourself with tapioca and let the birds eat you?
Beaumont, Texas
Intercom: This is an announcement: check your phones to see if they have a dial tone. If they don’t, call Administration and let them know.
Valhalla, New York
Overheard by: jb
Adviser: Okay, is everyone here? Great. So, John*, why don't you tell us what you've worked on this week?
John: Well, I did…
Adviser, interrupting: Actually, John, I'm just going to hummer you for a minute while I show them the data.
Female grad student: Um, what?
Adviser: I'm going to hummer him and just show everyone this, you know, like run over him like a big fucking car.
Female grad student: Uh, okay, but you can't say that.
Adviser: What? Why?
Female grad student: I'll tell you after lab meeting.
Adviser, angrily: What is so bad about saying that? Is it like mean or something to “hummer” someone?
Female grad student: Well it's not mean, it's just… Yeah, don't say that. Ever. We'll talk later.
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland
Overheard by: LabCat
Creative director: Okay, well… just… put it on the back burner for now. And maybe it will go away.
Art director: I like where your head is at.
Ad agency
Hudson Valley, New York
Overheard by: Staci Lynn
Dude #1, at urinal: Shouldn’t we have two different organs for peeing and reproducing?
Dude #2: Submit a design change request to god.
Bangalore
India
New girl: How do you file your customer requests?
Veteran: By subject.
New girl: But what if there are two subjects in one request?
Veteran: You pick one.
116th and Broadway
New York, New York
Co-worker #1: My corner is dark and quiet.
Co-worker #2: You should move over here.
Co-worker #3: Just make sure you don’t wear Stevie Wonder glasses over at your corner.
6000 Windward Parkway
Alpharetta, Georgia
Manager: If we peed out our nose, then we wouldn’t have this problem.
1400 Douglas Street
Omaha, Nebraska
