Australia

Man, shouting at secretary: No! You will take this to the bank, then you’ll pick up my coffee, then you can go in to recovery!

Victoria Parade, East Melbourne
Victoria
Australia

Overheard by: Kate

Medical scientist #1: You know, they’ve got sheep in the basement…
Medical scientist #2: Our basement?!
Medical scientist #1: Yeah. It’s for heart surgery experiments. They bring them up for MRIs at night.
Medical scientist #2: There are sheep using our MRI machines?!
Medical scientist #1: Well, they’re only small ones…

Hospital, Flemington Road
Parkville, Victoria
Australia

Young female worker: Oh! Just the lady I wanted to see!
Mature female worker: Hang on! I have to do something and then I’ll be in my usual cupboard if you want to see me!

Freshwater Place, Southbank
Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Nose E Parker

Salesman, displaying new kind of cabinet: So, as you can see, it's very sturdy and designed to last.
Female CEO: I can see that… I like a good long screw

Victoria
Australia

Overheard by: So do I

Man in non-matching bright orange Hawaiian patterned shirt and shorts: So here is what I am thinking for the theme of the event…

Sydney
Australia

Overheard by: Rusty

Loud American coworker in next cubicle: Are you a mammal?

University Research Centre
Sydney
Australia

Frustrated coworker: I think I'm gonna have to rename my voodoo doll.

Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: confused but amused

Suit walking out of office: No, I don't want to do that. I'm far too pretty to go to prison! (whole office stops and stares at him) I just said that way too loud, didn't I?

Melbourne
Australia

Overheard by: Scotty

Customer: Will this XBox game work on a Playstation 2?
Salesperson: No.
Customer: Well, I will try it, but if it doesn’t can I return it?

Clarke Crescent
Perth, Western Australia

Overheard by: Kiran

Employee on phone with child care center: Ummm, I don’t know… do you have trouble with children escaping?

Canberra, Australia

Overheard by: the entire, amused office