Woman to coworker: Why is it called a short story?
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Mike
Woman to coworker: Why is it called a short story?
San Diego, California
Overheard by: Mike
Woman on cell in shoe store, sighing: Yes, honey, I'm still at the DMV, the lines are horrendous!
Buena Park Mall
Buena Park, California
Overheard by: Glad I'm not married to her
Boss to secretary: I think we need to have this copy machine looked at.
Secretary: Is something wrong?
Boss: It's stapling things on the bottom instead of the top.
Los Angeles, California
Male sales VP, looking over sales rep's shoulder at computer: Oh yeah, I have that on my iTunes too: Quando, Quando, Quando, by Englebert Humperdink.
Male sales rep: Yeah, this is my gym mix.
Santa Barbara, California
Female suit on phone in restroom stall: Sorry, I'm in the restroom. So how was the other night? (pause) Oh…I see…what do you mean you didn't do him? (pause) That guy was adorable! There's no excuse for that! (pause, then in a subdued tone) Oh, he likes men…
San Francisco, California
Overheard by: Forbes
Coworker #1, shadowboxing and humming: Dom, duh-duh, dom.
Coworker #2: Are you singing Eye of the Tiger?
Coworker #1: No, I am singing Rocky.
Coworker #2: But that is Eye of the Tiger.
Coworker #1: Are you sure? I thought it was Rocky.
Coworker #2: No, it’s Eye of the Tiger.
Coworker #1: What movie was that?
Coworker #2: Are you a moron?
1160 Battery Street
San Francisco, California
Boss: The funniest thing just happened. I’ve had a banana in my bag for like a month. When I opened my bag a whole bunch of gnats flew out!
Underling: Is that why there are flys all over our windowless office?
Boss: No.
10201 W. Pico Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
HR admin to uninterested IT guy: I’ll be perfectly happy once I’m not morbidly obese.
1037 West 9th Street
Upland, California
Overheard by: Convinced she’s correct
Male coworker: So, did you hear about what Shannon* did for her grandmother’s birthday?
Female coworker: Yeah!
Male coworker: How she got her a stripper?
Female coworker: Yeah, haha. I know!
Male coworker: Pretty funny… She was, like, 90… Did you hear that she died like a week later?
Female coworker: Yeah…
Male coworker: Yeah. It kinda sucks.
Beverly Drive
Beverly Hills, California
Overheard by: Audiogirl Hates Elevators
