Blue Collar

Waitress: My boyfriend is half Italian but he is mostly white.

Cucamonga, California

Overheard by: halfbreed

Construction worker: Man, just being in this place makes me want
to learn how to read.

841 Broadway
New York, NY

Suit: Why do we have Swiss Miss and Nesquik?
Warehouse guy: Ummm, they’re not the same thing.
Suit: How so? They both make hot chocolate!
Warehouse guy: Well, maybe cause Swiss Miss goes in milk and water?
Suit: So why don’t we just keep this around? It’s a multi-tasking hot chocolate!
Warehouse guy: Huh? Ummm, well, maybe people like the way Nesquik ‘multi-tasks.’ It can be put in cold or hot milk. Good for the summer.
Suit: And this can’t?
Warehouse guy: Dunno. Don’t think so…
Suit: Forget it! I’ll have coffee!

The Boulevard
Norfolk, Virginia

Overheard by: CoffeeJunky

Radio: ‘So if your life has been touched by alcohol or substance abuse…’
Construction guy: That’s me!

125th Street and Lenox Avenue
New York, New York

FedEx Driver: Gs prices are so expensive I am thinking about delivering packages on a bike.
Warehouse employee: You and your people should be used to that.

4000 Coolidge Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland

Coworker: Wait…John Ratzenberger?

430 Main Avenue
Norwalk, Connecticut

Maintenance guy: They shoulda had a Puerto Rican pope. Barbecue every weekend!

335 East 45th Street
New York, NY

Overheard by: Palaverist

Head maintenance guy: I tend to break stuff before I fix it. Then I fix it.

Malvern, Pennsylvania

Overheard by: Wish I had that kind of job security…

Barista: Would you like this brownie heated up?
Brownie man: I like my brownies like I like my women.
Barista: Dark and covered in chocolate?

Coffee shop
Cincinnati, Ohio

Overheard by: agrees with him

Maintenance dude: Is it okay if I borrow your post trolley for a second?
Cubicle girl: Sure, if you don't mind how gay it is.

Cambridge
England

Maintenance grunt: I can't take you seriously with that hat.
Maintenance monkey: This hat? This hat's the shit, man. It was my grandma's.

Collegeville, Pennsylvania