Tear-Drinking Demons Are Surprisingly Thoughtful Colleagues

Receptionist: You know, this is not the first time you’ve offered to lick my eye.
Assistant: I don’t doubt the validity of that statement.

Hall of Justice
Sacramento, California

Overheard by: weeelll….hmm.

Posted on August 9, 2014
California and Northwest, Coworkers, Default, Government, Offers and requests, Receptionists, Weirdness

Always a Nice Day for a Weird Wedding

Asian office girl: Yeah, my wedding is going to be a Western wedding and not a traditional Chinese one.
Blonde office girl: (silent and perplexed)
Asian office girl, noticing the confusion: Like, Western culturally. Not like cowboy-and-Indians Western, you know.
Blonde office girl: Ohhhh, okay! I was totally gonna say that would be a really weird wedding!

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: surrounded by idiots

Posted on April 22, 2011
California and Northwest, Coworkers, Race, Weirdness, Words

Raise Your Hand If a Flat TV Set Ever Fell Off Your Wall

Office mate #1: First available jet pack!
Office mate #2: Did you see the video? Looks pretty stable.
Office mate #1: Yeah, I heard they have parachutes that work like airbags.
Office mate #2: Hmmmm…

San Diego, California

Overheard by: Baroo

Posted on April 21, 2011
California and Northwest, Coworkers, Questions, Science and engineering, Technology

…Oooh, Green Ones!

Coworker #1: What happened to my entire box of paperclips?
Coworker #2: You threw them all at me, remember?
Coworker #1: Oh, that's right. Thanks for replacing them, by the way.

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: MarketingMatt

Posted on April 20, 2011
California and Northwest, Compliments, Coworkers, Questions, Violence

And Johnny Cash Singing “Folsom Prison Blues”

Maintenance guy to another, in bathroom stall: All I need is about 6 inches…

Folsom, California

Overheard by: Gotta go now….

Posted on April 14, 2011
California and Northwest, Coworkers, Possible Sexual Harassment, Wishes, Words

Nice to See You Approach It with the Same Dedication You Do Your Work.

Assistant: I need to lose ten pounds.
Employee: Do you exercise?
Assistant: I'll do anything to lose weight, except exercise and diet.

Santa Monica, California

Posted on April 4, 2011
California and Northwest, Diet & Weight, Employees, Philosophy, Physical Appearance, Questions

I Can't Remember Why We Fought

Suit on cell: I touched my toes for the first time in ten years last Tuesday.

Los Angeles, California

Posted on March 18, 2011
Body Parts, California and Northwest, On the phone, Sensory Experiences, Suits, Weirdness

…Mostly About the Continued Popularity Of Miley Cyrus.

Employee: This is going to make me crazy. Why do they keep submitting these requests?
Manager: Seriously, I'm not in the mood today. You are going to get me all riled up.
Employee: I know. I scream every week in my therapy session.
Manager: About this?
Employee: No.

San Francisco, California