California

Worker: Hey, it’s Friday! You should go drink something in the lounge before you leave. Almost everyone’s in a meeting. I’ve already had two beers.
Intern: Haha, um… I’m actually underage.
Worker: Oh, who cares?

San Francisco, California

Overheard by: not in meeting

Coworker #1: Haha–you have to use the little boy urinal.
Coworker #2: That's okay. I need the extra clearance.

Woodland Hills, California

Overheard by: Envious

Boss: We need to account for shipping to the Stans. You know what the Stans are, right?…You know, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iranistan, Kakistan, Islamastan…
Employees: …

10418 Donner Pass Road
Truckee, California

Project manager: From now on, when we staple, we do it in the top quarter inch of the page.

San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco, California

Foreign producer on phone: I tell him it’s okay if you’re dead… We’ll make from him a midget…

Film studio
Hollywood, California

Female coworker #1: You need more man-attention than I do, even!
Female coworker #2: Well, you know Paul is coming over this weekend.
Female coworker #1: Who's that?
Female coworker #3: Her booty call.
Female coworker #2: Yeah, he's cool, you should totally call him.
Female coworker #1: Ew! I am not calling your booty call.

Arcata, California

Overheard by: Jessica

Office chick: You know what the best part of getting McDonald's is? Just when you think you're done, you find five or six bonus fries in the bottom of the bag.
Office dude: It's the simple pleasures for you, huh?
Office chick: Oh yeah, nothing better! Something small and salty to snack on!
Office dude, filled with innuendo: In that case, I have another bonus fry for you to enjoy.
Office chick: Seriously? I think you just admitted to having a small dick.

Figueroa St
Los Angeles, California

High school senior #1: I am thinking about taking pre-med, I just hope it's not hard. I kind of like science.
High school senior #2: Why not study business?
High school senior #1: Because in my thoughts business always fails, but science is always, like… good.

Fresno, California

Old Australian man trying to flirt with young female barista: Remember back in the old ages when we could burn women at the stake? That was lovely!
Young female barista: Hahaha!

Los Angeles, California

Overheard by: jerry

New guy: You tend to put a lot of extraneous information in your reports.
Lifer: “Extraneous”? There's one I don't hear often. I generally get “terse.”
New guy: Oh, I just think “extraneous” is a better adjective.
Lifer: They are opposites!

Irvine, California

Overheard by: never a dull moment