Loan originator: Hi, Mark.
Techie: Hi, Cheryl.
Loan originator: It’s Cathy.
Techie: Oh, sorry. You loan people all look the same.
1 Wall Street
Madison, Connecticut
Overheard by: ^chi^
Loan originator: Hi, Mark.
Techie: Hi, Cheryl.
Loan originator: It’s Cathy.
Techie: Oh, sorry. You loan people all look the same.
1 Wall Street
Madison, Connecticut
Overheard by: ^chi^
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