Compare and contrast

Female coworker: I was still drunk when I came to the office this morning.
Male coworker: I thought you seemed happier.

Boston, Massachusetts

Worker: What are those [paper bags with names on them]?
Boss: They’re for the holocaust thing today. … um, we’re remembering the holocaust, we’re not having another one.

East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

Female talking to male co-worker: It was like something out of a V.C. Andrews novel. The one where the brother and sister were locked in the attic and were fucking each other.

Congress Street
Charlotte, North Carolina

Overheard by: Frank

CEO to purchasing manager: People are getting stupider. I can't sell fast enough to cover how much money they're wasting. Pay me to sit around and jerk off for eight hours, I'd do a much better job.

Orlando, Florida

Engineer cleaning out her purse: Hey look! I had four cereal bars in there!
Geeky coworker: Look at the way those are laying next to each other on the desk, one right next to the other… Those aren’t cereal, they are parallel universes!

Richmond Road
Cleveland, Ohio

Overheard by: The Surly Programmer

Coworker #1: I love Angie's box.
Coworker #2: No way, Kat's box is tons better. It would kill Angie's box in a fight.
Coworker #1: But Angie's box is filled with those special Oreo balls!

Pensacola, Florida

Overheard by: New Girl

Woman carrying takeout lunch: This bag is fully biodegradable and compostable… like my career!

Manhattan, New York

Overheard by: Rose Fox

Office gossip: He thinks he's so cool–he's like white on rice!

Austin, Texas

Cubicle dweller on phone: Watching movies is my version of speed reading.

Houston, Texas

Overheard by: notaduhme

Employee: I think I'm too aggressive.
Manager: It's like you have vomit of the mouth. I mean diarrhea of the mouth. Which I guess is like vomit of the butt.

Dallas, Texas