Office girl: Are you looking for something to unscrew?
Guy holding drill: No, the reverse.
Rocklin, California
Office girl: Are you looking for something to unscrew?
Guy holding drill: No, the reverse.
Rocklin, California
Seven-year-old coworker's daughter: You're a loser!
28-year-old office worker: Well, you're Barack Obama!
Seven-year-old coworker's daughter: You're John McCain!
28-year-old office worker: You're Sarah Palin!
Seven-year-old coworker's daughter: Well…you're Ashley Tisdale!!
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: three_eyed_fish
Older gentleman with thick Slavic accent, leaning over counter towards male cashier: Oh, those are niiice pants.
Cashier, cheeks reddening: Um, excuse me?
Older gentleman: I don't speak English so good. I am European. Your trousers, they are good. How much?
Wal-Mart
Mountain View, California
Overheard by: lith
Intern, after a lengthy conversation with a make-up artist: Oh, and by the way, I’m here to do more than have conversations about murder and rape…
Sargent Place
Los Angeles, California
Cube dweller: So I came in today, and my phone is blank, and my computer is disconnected from the network. And there's nobody over in it to help me.
Boss: Call the help desk.
Cube dweller: With what? My phone? It's broken.
Boss: So e-mail it!
San Carlos, California
Overheard by: The Punvert
Annoying coworker #1: Hey, this guy's last name is German!
Annoying coworker #2: Is he a foreigner? Myself… (bangs head on desk)
Fullerton, California
Overheard by: Monica
Tech guy: Our media player has its own problems… Like, it's mediocre.
Los Angeles, California
Overheard by: It's not alone
Woman attending performance: It was twenty dollars per nipple.
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: where's my 40 bucks?
Suit: Do you have what I call a “sharpie”?
Secretary: …what you call a sharpie?
Suit: Yes.
Secretary: …you and no one else?
Suit: It’s like a, a felt-tipped pen.
Secretary: Oh, I know what it is.
Suit: Well, most people don’t know what it’s called.
Secretary: You’re kidding, right? It says it right on the pen.
Suit: Well, do you have one?
Secretary: Yes. Yes, I do. I keep it here in what I call my “drawer”.
795 Spring Street
San Francisco, California
Coworker #1 on phone: Seriously, it was like neutering a cat with a butter knife.
Coworker #2 on speaker: What?
DT Sacramento, California
Overheard by: Suddenly glad I don’t have pets
