…Hidden under Your Mattress.

Female coworker on phone: For lack of a better word, “pop art,” you know, like that banana picture you have.

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Joy

Posted on June 3, 2023
Arts, California, Coworkers, Meals and Snacks, On the phone, Words

9AM Back to Inanity

Employee: Hey, it’s The Bobster! I was just out–
Bob: Seriously, why did you just add “the” and “ster” to my name?

27450 Ynez Road
Temecula, California

Overheard by: Jake Glazier

Posted on June 1, 2023
California, Dumb Employees, Employees, General Idiocy, Gripes, Questions, Words

Don’t Hate the Player, Hate the Desk

Girl: Can you keep this desk clean?
Guy: What? The desk is clean. Stop hating!
Girl: Hey, hey, don’t say that, I’m not a cock-blocker. I don’t cock-block.
Guy: What the fuck does that have to do with my desk?

350 South Figueroa
Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: Sexual tension in the workplace?

Posted on May 27, 2023
California, Comebacks, Coworkers, Cubicles, Gripes, Health & Hygiene, Insults, Questions

But My Ghost Will Definitely Be Bitching About the Price

Pharmacist: Okay, that prescription will be filled in 45 minutes.
Old man: Oh my, I'll be dead by then!

Santa Barbara, California

Posted on May 18, 2023
California, Customers, Death, Employees, Health & Hygiene, Time Management

They Stupidly Distract Us from Working to Support Them

Cube neighbor, after getting off phone with daughter: Oh, my kids!
Warehouse employee, walking by: We should all kill our kids. Oh, wait, did I say that out loud?

Irvine, California

Overheard by: scared cube-dweller

Posted on May 16, 2023
Blue Collar, California, Coworkers, Family, Violence, Weirdness

I Work Here?

Lauren*: So I went on this diet and I was eating cream of mushroom soup. And I thought, “wow, this is awfully thick. It's like pudding!” Then I realized you're supposed to put water in it.
Boss: Jesus Christ, Lauren*!
Lauren*: I know, right?
Boss: Why did we hire you again?

Fontana, California

Overheard by: Aeirlys