Boss: Jamie Lynn Spears?
Worker: No! Jamie Lynn DiScala. Meadow from The Sopranos.
Boss: Omg, I saw her when I was getting pregnant!
Park Ave
New York City, New York
Boss: Jamie Lynn Spears?
Worker: No! Jamie Lynn DiScala. Meadow from The Sopranos.
Boss: Omg, I saw her when I was getting pregnant!
Park Ave
New York City, New York
Male coworker: Who was the other guy in CHIPS? Not Erik Estrada, the other one.
Female coworker: It was officer Johnathan Baker and… Arthur Poncharelli?
Glastonbury, Connecticut
Overheard by: James Logan
Guy to friend: It was just like Barney… but with Cubans and machetes.
Tampa, Florida
Overheard by: sarswolu
Male cube dweller: Seth finally drilled my hole last night.
Female cube dweller: What?
Male cube dweller: Seth finally drilled a hole in my wall, so I can have cable.
Female cube dweller: That sound better.
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Overheard by: greasymittens
Woman employee, opening her Comcast bill: Shit! I forgot to cancel the porn channel again!
Male coworker, disgusted: Ugh! Too much information!
Charleston, South Carolina
Overheard by: Aaron
Very sketchy neighbor to two-year-old: Who gives a fuck about Dora?!
Hospital
Maine
Overheard by: Irritated
Peon to fellow cube-mates: What would happen if no one ever reached their target, but they just kept placing it further and further away for the sake of “striving for excellence”? (pause) Sounds like you’re setting up your people for failure. You ever watch Ninja Warrior? That show is the bomb. They have crazy, semi-impossible obstacle courses, and if a contestant passes all four stages, they win. The point is, no one is supposed to win! The obstacles get harder and harder to keep people from succeeding, not to hope and pray that they win… You are all honorary ninja warriors.
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Overheard by: Rio
Manager: Go home every day and watch Dukes of Hazzard. Problem solved.
Friendly’s Ice Cream
Convent Station, New Jersey
Secretary: So, what’s her husband like?
Manager: Oh, he’s kind of like Mr Bean…you think he may be slightly autistic but he’s still really sexually attractive.
Secretary: Uhh…
Office
Sydney
Australia
Smart girl: Okay, that guy was nice but really kind of creepy.
Girl: Yeah, but he seemed harmless enough.
Smart girl: Sure, but so did Ted Bundy.
Girl: Oh I love that guy!
Smart girl: Wait… what?
Girl: He’s the one on Married with Children, right?
Omaha, Nebraska
Overheard by: glad my gf is the smart one
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