California

Customer: By chance, was your mom a flight attendant?
Employee: Why, do you think you’re my dad?

Costa Mesa, California

Overheard by: Still laughing now

Interviewer: I’m sorry. From my conversation with your former supervisor I expected you to be a man!
Interviewee: I’m a girl! I’ll show you!

Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, California

Jewish executive: The CEO of [name] company is coming from Israel for negotiations.
Redneck executive (exasperated): I hate dealing with Israelis! They're the hardest people to negotiate with. They're never satisfied with any deal you work out.
Jewish executive: (silence)
Redneck executive: It's like water torture!
Peon: Um, I think that's the Chinese.

San Mateo, California

Office worker: Lemme forward you this e-mail from slave whore Ella*!

BDSM Production Company
Long Beach, California

Overheard by: Joy

Art director: Is it wrong that I saw something on the news about a triple homicide in Koreatown, now I’m craving Chinese food?

Los Angeles, California

Security guard to boss: Michael Jackson loved apricots. Don't forget.

Burbank, California

Customer: Do you have The Odyssey in the original Latin?

Haste Street and Telegraph Avenue
Berkeley, California

Bar skank: And she got all pissy at me because I wouldn’t share my sex toys with her.

1760 Camino Del Río North
San Diego, California

Overheard by: not sharing mine either

Director: I have you down for 8AM.
Analyst: I can’t at that time. I have to drop off my son at day care.
Director: That’s okay, I’ll do you later.

4302 Town Center Boulevard
El Dorado Hills, California

Boss: So do you think I should get 3 pies for the meeting since we have 30 people?
Worker Bee #1: Sure, 3 pies should be enough.
Worker Bee #2: I think you need more than 3.
Worker Bee #1: How many do you think we should get?
Worker Bee #2: We need 3.14159 pi.
Boss: Get out of my office. Now.

1010 Second Avenue
San Diego, California