Guy on phone: Slim-Fast doesn’t work if you eat half a cake every night.
Stratford, Connecticut
Guy on phone: Slim-Fast doesn’t work if you eat half a cake every night.
Stratford, Connecticut
Mom: We can visit the Eli Whitney museum.
Kid: Who is he?
Mom: He invented gin.
Connecticut
Overheard by: Geoff
Man on cell: He put you into a headlock and gave you a noogie? (pause) You realize our son is eight months old? (pause) Okay, almost nine months but still he can barely move his fingers, let alone put you into a headlock.
Founders Plaza
East Hartford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Bamber
Office guy #1: Did you get the e-mail?
Office guy #2: Which one?
Office guy #1: I don't know. Someone just asked me.
Stratford, Connecticut
Overheard by: Deek
IT guy: I don’t know about your god, but my god says it’s okay.
Stamford, Connecticut
Business Officer: You remember when I told you that?
Editor: No, I was drunk at the time.
409 Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut
Receptionist: What’s a brainteaser?
16 Bailey Avenue
Ridgefield, Connecticut
Overheard by: Nikki
Supervisor: Why do you want to do this?
Mid-level worker: Because no one else is, and it needs to be done.
Supervisor: No one cares how hard you work! This isn’t that kind of place!
State government building
Connecticut
VP: They’re all doable. We’re just not able to do most of them.
Norwalk, Connecticut
Overheard by: Cautiously Optimistic
Co-Worker #1: You said if I was bored, I could go through the packing slips, right?
Co-Worker #2: Sure, go ahead.
Co-Worker #1: And you want me to get rid of the ones that are older than six months, right?
Co-Worker #2: Right.
Co-Worker #1: So throw them out?
Co-Worker #2: Yup.
Co-Worker #1: In the garbage?
Co-Worker #2: Uh-huh.
Co-Worker #1: Should I bring them out back to the recycling cans?
Co-Worker #2: You could put them in that recycling bin right under your desk if you wanted to take the time to sort them. We only recycle white paper.
Co-Worker #1: So should I put them in the dumpster out back?
Co-Worker #2: Really, throw them out in any garbage can you want. It. Doesn’t. Matter.
150 Batson Drive
Manchester, Connecticut
