Cheery coworker on Thursday: Thank god it's Friday!
Melbourne
Australia
Overheard by: confused but amused
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
Peon #1: This is going to sound stupid…
Peon #2: Don't say it then.
Peon #1: No, but seriously: when I eat peanuts, it tastes like peanut butter.
Peon #2: (stares in disbelief, then walks away)
Adelaide
South Australia
Overheard by: plethora
Male desk jockey to female desk jockey: Wow! Nice throw, Sally! That was great!
Female desk jockey: (silent stare)
Male desk jockey to other coworkers: Did you guys see that? Sally just got her shot in the bin from four desks away!
Other coworkers: (silent stares)
Female desk jockey, shouting: My name is Claire, you asshole! I've been sitting next to you for six months and you still don't know my name! I hate this fucking place so much!
Sydney
Australia
Overheard by: crr
