California

Boarding agent: Last call for Felix Calderon, we're about to close the door on flight 2175. You've been waiting for it all day. (shortly after) Boarding has ended for flight 2175. Felix Calderon, you're S.O.L.

Bob Hope Airport
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Alan J. Pedersen

Senior VP: For all you people who are worrying about this problematic new travel coordination system, I just want to reassure you that there is, truly, light at the end of the rainbow.

San Francisco, California

Young guy: What, you don't like Skittles?
Slightly older guy: No, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I eat them.
Young guy: How about Starbursts?
Older guy: Nope.
Young guy to boss lady: Did you hear that? Did you know you're working near a communist?
Boss lady: You see, the fact that you care about this epitomizes why the gen Xers hate your generation.

Los Angeles, California

Designer: Hey, nice shirt!
Principal #1: Yeah, this is my gay shirt.
Principal #2: Oh my god, you can't say that! What are you doing?!
Principal #1: What? Multiple people have told me I look gay in this shirt.
Principal #2: But you can't say that kind of thing!
Principal #1: Oh, I have nothing against gay people; it's just a fact.
Principal #2: Okay, just stop talking.

Architecture Firm
Los Angeles, California

Coworker #1, holding small letter opener: Do you have one of these, only smaller?
Coworker #2: What's wrong with that one?
Coworker #1: It's too thick. I can't fit in in the smaller slits and it tears the whole thing apart most of the time.
Coworker #3: I had a boyfriend like that once.
Coworker #2: What the fuck?

Santa Ana, California

Overheard by: errica

Engineer #1: I'm hung right now!
Engineer #2: What? Why are you hung?
Engineer #1: I don't know…

Mountain View, California

Overheard by: hung as in hung up …

Male coworker singing in creepy falsetto: I work hard for my money, uh huh, uh huh, so hard for my money!

Valencia, California

Overheard by: disturbed yet laughing

Executive officer: I need a teabag, a teabag…my kingdom for a teabag.

San Diego, California

President: Let me tell you what, this is about Hank. You know how when you have a bunch of buddies over to make clam chowder, but it never tastes as good as when you make it yourself? That's what I'm talking about Hank. You've got to have just one guy in control of the paprika.

Sonora Court
Sunnyvale, California

Frazzled coworker who brought her kids to work for lunch: If you touch your sister again I'm going to break all of your fingers off.
Son: Awwww, but I need all my fingers!

Palm Desert, California