Coworker #1: Dammit! I hate being poisoned!
Coworker #2: You know, something tells me that you aren’t doing paperwork.
460 Canning Highway
Perth, Australia
Coworker #1: Dammit! I hate being poisoned!
Coworker #2: You know, something tells me that you aren’t doing paperwork.
460 Canning Highway
Perth, Australia
Boss: I would rather be dressed in chaps and a police cap at the Blue Oyster Bar than be subjected to the XYZ Company* auditors.
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: K67
Cheery coworker on Thursday: Thank god it's Friday!
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: confused but amused
Secretary #1: Yeah, he has warosis. That's when you've just gotten back from a war and you have all this trauma from it.
Secretary #2: Oh gosh. I've heard of that – my granddad had it when he got back from the war.
Queen Street
Melbourne
Australia
Coworker, waving around a Stanley knife: I keep picking this up thinking it's a banana.
Sydney
Australia
Aussie: Is Motown a black state?
American: Uh, actually Motown is a nickname for Detroit, and a record label.
Aussie: Is Detroit a black state?
American: No, it’s a city.
Aussie: Is Tennessee a black state?
American: Whaaa… there’s no such thing as a black state.
Aussie: There isn’t?
Reservoir Street
Sydney, Australia
Overheard by: Yank Down Under
Receptionist: Yeah, but if you say that then you’re being illogical–
Exec: Ah, that’s your problem, you’ve brought logic into the argument.
Receptionist: Um…
271 Rathdowne Street
Carlton, Victoria
Australia
Worker #1: Are you coming out for a drink after work tonight?
Worker #2: I’m meeting some friends out afterwards, so I’m going to go home first to get changed.
Worker #1: Why do you need to get changed? Just wear what you have on, it’s fine!
Worker #2: Well all my friends dress like skanks and I don’t want to look overdressed.
Hay Street
West Perth
Australia
Consultant #1 (reading online purity test): Have you ever slept with a relative?
Consultant #2: Define “relative.”
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: Kate
